Acting
Ruth Madeley
Born August 4, 1987 · Westhoughton, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, UK (age 39)
Ruth Madeley (born 4 August 1987) is a British actress known for her roles in Years and Years, The Rook and Doctor Who. She was born with spina bifida and has worked with the charity Whizz-Kidz for much of her life. She was nominated for a television BAFTA in 2016 for her work in Don't Take My Baby. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ruth Madeley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of c…
Known For
Joy · 2024Joy
★ 6.92024
MovieDrama
A young nurse, a visionary scientist and an innovative surgeon face opposition from the church, state, media and medical establishment, in their pursuit of the world’s first ‘test tube baby’, Louise Joy Brown.

Nov 6, 2026
Being Heumann · 2026Being Heumann
2026
MovieDrama
Scrappy, defiant, and done being treated like a burden, Judy Heumann turns her outrage into a revolution. In 1977, she and more than 100 disability rights protestors send a very loud message: The system is broken—not us.
Canvas 5 · 2021Canvas 5
★ 6.02021
MovieHorror
When gallery director Ruth is accused of using her position to exploit people of colour, she protests her innocence. But her doubt turns to paranoia when anonymous portrait Canvas 5 starts to exert a power of its own.
Then Barbara Met Alan · 2022Then Barbara Met Alan
★ 6.82022
MovieDrama
The untold disability civil-rights love story of two cabaret performers, Barbara and Alan, who met at a gig, fell in love, and became the driving force behind an unprecedented campaign of direct action that ultimately led to the passing of the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act.
The Almond and the Seahorse · 2022The Almond and the Seahorse
★ 4.92022
MovieDramaRomance
For Gwen, it's always 1999. The face in the mirror is unfamiliar and her partner isn't recognizable to her despite waking up together every day. Joe's past is coming undone and his partner, Sarah, fears she will be forgotten. A doctor refuses to give up on them, determined not to let them unravel.
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War · 2025Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
★ 5.12025
MovieScience FictionAdventure
Belinda Chandra has been kidnapped by robots, faced a terrifying god and a creature of pure evil on her travels with the Doctor. With the TARDIS still unable to get her home to Earth, Belinda must fight for her life as the Doctor faces an almighty threat to reality itself…
Verisimilitude · 2020Verisimilitude
★ 8.02020
MovieDramaComedy
A struggling disabled actress gets a job advising a film star how to be disabled for his latest role.
Outnumbered - Christmas Special 2016 · 2016Outnumbered - Christmas Special 2016
★ 8.02016
MovieComedy
The Brockman family are on a special mission at Christmas time.
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