Rudi Davies

"Ruth Davies" redirects here; not to be confused with Ruth Davis.

Ruth Emmanuella "Rudi" Davies (born 24 March 1965) is an English actress, the daughter of writer Dame Beryl Bainbridge (1932–2010).

Rudi Davies
Born	Ruth Emmanuella Davies (1965-03-24) 24 March 1965 (age 60)
Years active	1982–1995

Career

Davies began her acting career as Penny Lewis in the BBC school drama, Grange Hill.^[1] She appeared there from 1979 to 1982. She did not return for Series 4, due to filming Forever Young. Her character was written out, stated to have had a horse riding accident offscreen. She reappeared, alongside the rest of the original cast, in a single episode of Series 5.^[2]

She appeared opposite David Thewlis in Resurrected (1989), and appeared in A Sense of Guilt. She later was cast in The Object of Beauty (1991) alongside John Malkovich and Andie MacDowell which received a lukewarm reception from critics,^[3][4] and the 1995 film Frankie Starlight.

Davies is married to actor and writer Mick Ford.

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1983	Forever Young	Suzie	Credited as Ruth Davies
1987	The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne	Mary
1989	Resurrected	Julie
1991	The Object of Beauty	Jenny
1995	Frankie Starlight	Emma
2020	Dracula the Messiah	Mrs. Westenra

Television roles

Year	Show	Role	Notes
1979–1982	Grange Hill	Penny Lewis	Regular cast; credited as Ruth Davies
1987	Lizzie's Pictures	Sylvie	2 episodes
1990	A Sense of Guilt	Sally Hinde
1990	Screenplay	Laura
1993	Screen Two		Series regular
1993	Shattered Family	Mitch