Anna Sophie Jobarteh is an English actress, best known for playing the role of Ruth Kirby on the British television series Waterloo Road

Waterloo Road (TV series)

Waterloo Road is an award-winning British television drama series, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 9 March 2006. Set in a troubled comprehensive school in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, the series focuses on the lives of the school's teacher and students, and confronts social...

. She also played a role in thriller series Paradox

Paradox (TV series)

Paradox is a 2009 British science fiction police drama, starring Tamzin Outhwaite as Detective Inspector Rebecca Flint. Written by Lizzie Mickery and produced by Clerkenwell Films for the BBC, it was filmed and set in Manchester, England....

 in 2009, when she played the role of Dionne Hudson. She starred as Christie in a show called Combat Kids on the CBBC Channel

CBBC Channel

CBBC is a BBC television channel aimed at 6 to 12 year olds. It complements the CBBC programming that continues to air on BBC One and BBC Two. Launched on 11 February 2002, it broadcasts from 7am to 7pm on Freeview, cable, IPTV and digital satellite, occupying the same bandwidth as, but a different...

in 2010.

Ruth Kirby

Jobarteh's character Kirby first appeared in the show in September 2010, in the first episode of the sixth series. Ruth has a brother, Jonah Kirby, portrayed by Lucien Laviscount. Her father, Marcus Kirby (played by Wil Johnson) also works at the school as a Geography teacher. Ruth is a bright pupil with an attitude, and wastes no time in trying to get herself expelled from her new school, before deciding that it's the best place for her and her brother. Ruth and her family will remain in the show throughout Series 6 and will depart in the second half of the series.
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