Ruta Gedmintas
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Ruta Gedmintas is an English
actress known for her work on British television, primarily in Spooks: Code 9, The Tudors
and Lip Service
.
Parents, and trained at the Drama Centre London under Reuven Adiv.
She appeared in Spooks: Code 9 as Rachel Harris, a former police officer. She has also had guest roles in the BBC's Waking the Dead
and ITV1's The Bill
. Her most prominent roles to date are as Elizabeth Blount
in Showtime's The Tudors
. In 2010 she worked on the independent films - Zerosome and Atletu (aka The Athlete); and then starred as Frankie in BBC Three
's Lip Service
.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
actress known for her work on British television, primarily in Spooks: Code 9, The Tudors
The Tudors
The Tudors is a Canadian produced historical fiction television series filmed in Ireland, created by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime...
and Lip Service
Lip Service (TV series)
Lip Service was a programme broadcast in the UK on ITV2.Holly Willoughby, of ITV's Dancing on Ice, and Spencer Brown take a look at the best, weirdest and funniest bits from celebrity chat shows around the world....
.
Biography
Ruta was born on 23 August 1983. She grew up in Stockholm and then Buckinghamshire. Gedmintas was born in England to LithuanianLithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
Parents, and trained at the Drama Centre London under Reuven Adiv.
She appeared in Spooks: Code 9 as Rachel Harris, a former police officer. She has also had guest roles in the BBC's Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead (TV series)
Waking the Dead is a British television police procedural crime drama series produced by the BBC featuring a fictional Cold Case Unit comprising CID police officers, a psychological profiler and a forensic scientist. A pilot episode aired in September 2000 and there have been a total of nine series...
and ITV1's The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
. Her most prominent roles to date are as Elizabeth Blount
Elizabeth Blount
Elizabeth Blount , who was better known by her nickname of "Bessie", was a mistress of Henry VIII of England.-Early life:She was the daughter of Sir John Blount and Catherine Pershall, of Kinlet, Bridgnorth, Shropshire...
in Showtime's The Tudors
The Tudors
The Tudors is a Canadian produced historical fiction television series filmed in Ireland, created by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime...
. In 2010 she worked on the independent films - Zerosome and Atletu (aka The Athlete); and then starred as Frankie in BBC Three
BBC Three
BBC Three is a television network from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience includes those in the 16-34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent...
's Lip Service
Lip Service (TV series)
Lip Service was a programme broadcast in the UK on ITV2.Holly Willoughby, of ITV's Dancing on Ice, and Spencer Brown take a look at the best, weirdest and funniest bits from celebrity chat shows around the world....
.
Filmography
- Waking the DeadWaking the Dead (TV series)Waking the Dead is a British television police procedural crime drama series produced by the BBC featuring a fictional Cold Case Unit comprising CID police officers, a psychological profiler and a forensic scientist. A pilot episode aired in September 2000 and there have been a total of nine series...
(1 episode, "Undertow: Part 1", 2005) .... Shelly Martin - GoldplatedGoldplatedGoldplated is an eight-part drama series from World Productions which made its debut on Channel 4 on Wednesday 18 October 2006 at 10.00pm. It follows self-made businessman John White , as he struggles to complete a business deal that could be compromised by past indiscretions...
(unknown episodes, 2006) .... Miranda - The Innocence ProjectThe Innocence ProjectThe Innocence Project is a BBC television series.The Innocence Project may also refer to:*The Innocence Project, a non-profit legal organization in the United States founded in 1992 by Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld...
(6 episodes, "#1.1", "#1.2", "#1.3", "#1.4", "#1.5" and "#1.7", 2006–2007) .... Mary Jarvis - The TudorsThe TudorsThe Tudors is a Canadian produced historical fiction television series filmed in Ireland, created by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime...
(3 episodes, "In Cold Blood", "Simply Henry" and "Arise, My Lord", 2007) .... Elizabeth BlountElizabeth BlountElizabeth Blount , who was better known by her nickname of "Bessie", was a mistress of Henry VIII of England.-Early life:She was the daughter of Sir John Blount and Catherine Pershall, of Kinlet, Bridgnorth, Shropshire... - The BillThe BillThe Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
(1 episode, "Stealth Attack", 2007) .... Gemma Heyes - The Lost Samaritan (2008) .... Elle Haas
- Miss ConceptionMiss ConceptionMiss Conception is a 2008 comedy film directed by Eric Styles and starring Heather Graham. Graham plays a woman who learns she has only one month left to conceive a child...
(2008) .... Alexandra - Spooks: Code 9 (6 episodes, "#1.1", ""1.2", "#1.3", "#1.4", "#1.5" and "#1.6", 2008) .... Rachel / Kylie
- AtletuThe AthleteThe Athlete is a 2009 Ethiopian drama film directed by Davey Frankel and Rasselas Lakew. The film was selected as the Ethiopian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it didn't make the final shortlist...
(2009) .... Charlotte - Personal AffairsPersonal AffairsPersonal Affairs is a British television drama-comedy series, broadcast on BBC Three. It stars Annabel Scholey, Laura Aikman, Maimie McCoy and Ruth Negga as four City of London Personal Assistants looking for the lost friend Grace Darling .-Premise:Off-beat, fast-paced, funny, sexy and candid...
(2 episodes, "Vital Statistix" and "Connectivity", 2009) .... Evie Hartmann-Turner - Prowl (2010) .... Suzy
- Lip ServiceLip Service (TV series)Lip Service was a programme broadcast in the UK on ITV2.Holly Willoughby, of ITV's Dancing on Ice, and Spencer Brown take a look at the best, weirdest and funniest bits from celebrity chat shows around the world....
(6 episodes, "#1.1", "#1.2","#1.3","#1.4","#1.5" and "#1.6", 2010) .... Frankie Alan - Zerosome (2010) .... Lara (post-production)
- Exteriors (2011) .... Pearl
- You InsteadYou InsteadYou Instead is a 2011 British "Rock 'n' roll romantic comedy" written by Thomas Leveritt and directed David Mackenzie.The film stars Luke Treadaway, Natalia Tena, Gavin Mitchell and Alastair MacKenzie...
(2011) .... Lake - The BorgiasThe Borgias (2011 TV series)The Borgias is a 2011 historical fiction television series created by Neil Jordan.The series is based on the Borgia family, an Italian dynasty of Spanish origin, and stars Jeremy Irons as Pope Alexander VI with David Oakes, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger and Aidan Alexander as Juan, Cesare,...
(6 episodes, "#1.4", "1.5", "#1.6", "#1.7", "#1.8" and "#1.9", 2011) .... Ursula Bonadeo / Sister Martha
External links
- Gedmintas on TwitterTwitterTwitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
- Bio at United Agents