Ruth Bradley

Ruth Bradley
Ruth Bradley
Born	Sharon Ruth Bradley; 24 January 1987 (age 37); Dublin, Ireland
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2002–present

Ruth Bradley is an Irish actress. She is best known for playing Emily Merchant in Primeval (2011) and Karen Voss in Humans (2015–18). She has also had recurring roles in Legend (6 episodes, 2006), The Innocence Project (8 episodes, 2006–07), Plus One (6 episodes, 2009) and Love/Hate (seasons 1 and 2). Awards she has won include the IFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2007, for her role in Stardust, and a Best Actress award at the Milan International Film Festival 2010 for her starring performance in the film In Her Skin.

Career

Bradley voiced the pink Power Ranger in the Irish-language version of Power Rangers.^[1] Bradley's first screen appearances were in 2002 in Ultimate Force (as Georgia Gracey) and Sinners (as Angela).

Since then, she has had recurring roles in The Clinic (3 episodes, 2003), Love Is the Drug (4 episodes, 2004), Legend (6 episodes, 2006), The Innocence Project (8 episodes, 2006–07), Plus One (6 episodes, 2009) and Love/Hate (seasons 1 and 2).

She presented at the 4th Irish Film and Television Awards in 2007. She won the IFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2007 for Stardust. In 2009, Bradley starred in the film In Her Skin, the true story of an Australian teen who goes missing and is later found to have been murdered by her childhood friend (played by Bradley). Bradley won a Best Actress award at the Milan International Film Festival 2010 for her performance.

In late 2010, she filmed the female lead in the Irish monster movie Grabbers, which opened in August 2012 and later screened worldwide.^[2]

She had a recurring role as Emily Merchant in the fourth and fifth series of the ITV science fiction show Primeval.

She played companion Molly O'Sullivan in the Doctor Who audio drama Dark Eyes.

She has appeared as DI Karen Voss in the Channel 4/AMC science fiction series Humans since 2015.

In autumn 2019, she played Angie in the dark and comic BBC series Guilt.

Personal life

Bradley was born in Dublin, Ireland to IFTA winning actress Charlotte Bradley. Bradley lived in Newfoundland, Canada from shortly after birth until she was five. She enrolled in Trinity College Dublin to study drama and languages, but dropped out after three weeks and moved to London to pursue acting full-time.^[3]

Acting credits

Key
†	Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2006	Flyboys	Laura	^[4]
2008	Alarm	Molly
2009	In Her Skin	Caroline Reid Robertson
2009	Love	Sal	Short
2012	Grabbers	Garda Lisa Nolan
2013	The Sea	Claire
2013	Breakfast Wine	Lady	Short
2015	Pursuit	Gráinne
2016	Holidays	Elizabeth Cullen	Segment: "Saint Patrick's Day"
2016	The Flag	Charlie
2017	Daphne	Tracey
2019	The Informer	Cat
2022	The Wonder	Maggie Ryan
2023	Embers	Amy

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Ultimate Force	Georgia Gracey	Episode: "The Killing of a One-Eyed Bookie"
2002	Sinners	Angela	TV film
2003	The Clinic	Moya Cassidy	3 episodes
2004	Love Is the Drug	Brenda	Recurring role
2005	The Golden Hour	Erin Cooper	1 episode
2005	Showbands	Maggie	TV film
2006	Legend	Jacinta	Recurring role
2006	Stardust	Antoinette Keegan	Mini-series
2006–2007	The Innocence Project	Beth McNair	Recurring role
2007	Comedy Showcase	Laura	Episode: "Plus One"
2009	Plus One	Laura	Recurring role
2009	Rásaí na Gaillimhe	Garda Aoife Ní Chaoimh	Recurring role
2010–2011	Love/Hate	Mary Tracey	Recurring role
2011	Primeval	Emily Merchant	Recurring role
2012	Titanic	Mary Maloney	Mini-series
	Threesome	Julie	Episode: "Alice's Friend"
	Beauty and the Beast: A Dark Tale	Grace	TV film
2013	Big Thunder		TV film
2013	Horizon	Laura	TV film
2015–2018	Humans	Karen Voss	Series regular
2016	Rebellion	Frances O'Flaherty	Mini-series
2016	The Fall	Wallace	5 episodes
2017	Electric Dreams	Yaro Peterson	Episode: "Human Is"
2018	The Split	Lauren Brooker	1 episode
2018	Agatha and the Truth of Murder	Agatha Christie	TV film
2019–2023	Guilt	Angie Curtis	Recurring role; 5 episodes
2021	Endeavour	Sarah Sellars	Episode: "Striker"
2021–2023	Ted Lasso	Ms. Bowen	Recurring role; 5 episodes
2023	The Gold	Isabelle Cooper	Recurring role; 4 episodes^[5]
2024	Slow Horses	Emma Flyte	Season 4

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes
1996	Buddleia	Daughter	Donmar Warehouse, Covent Garden, London
2002	Sive	Sive	Olympia Theatre - Dublin, Glór Music Centre - Ennis, Cork Opera House - Cork & Town Hall Theatre - Galway	with Druid Theatre Company
2009	The Playboy of the Western World	Pegeen Mike	Abbey Theatre, Dublin
2019	This Beautiful Village	Liz	Abbey Theatre, Dublin

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2007	Irish Film and Television Awards	Best Actress in a Lead Role in Television	Legend	Nominated
2007		Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Television	Stardust	Won
2010		Best Actress in a Lead Role in Television	Rásaí na Gaillimhe	Nominated
2011		Best Actress in a Lead Role in Film/Television	Love/Hate	Nominated
2011	Milano International Film Festival Awards	Best Actress	In Her Skin	Won
2013	Irish Film and Television Awards	Best Actress in Film	Grabbers	Won
2016		Best Actress in a Lead Role - Film	Pursuit	Nominated
2016		Best Actress in a Lead Role - Drama	Rebellion	Won
2017		Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Drama	Humans	Nominated
2020		Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Drama	Guilt	Nominated