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{{short description|Australian actress, director and writer (born 1995)}}

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''' Ruby Rees ''' is an Australian actress, director and writer. She is best known for playing “Edith” a main character in ''[[Picnic at Hanging Rock (TV series)]]'', alongside [[Natalie Dormer]] and [[Samara Weaving]]. <ref name="bbc">{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/picnic-at-hanging-rock/rees |title= Picnic at Hanging Rock - Ruby Rees (Edith Horton) |publisher= bbc.co.uk |year=2018 }}</ref>
''' Ruby Rees''' (born Ruby Rees-Wemyss in 1995)<ref name="hb"/> is an Australian actress, director and writer. She is best known for playing “Edith” a main character in ''[[Picnic at Hanging Rock (TV series)|Picnic at Hanging Rock]],'' in 2018, alongside [[Natalie Dormer]] and [[Samara Weaving]].

==Education==
Rees attended [[De La Salle College, Malvern]]<ref name="face">{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/people/Ruby-Rees-Wemyss/100006696437222|title=Ruby Rees Wemyss |publisher=facebook.com|date =2020 }}</ref> before furthering her acting education first at the [[Larry Moss (acting coach)|Larry Moss Masterclass]] at the 16th Street Actors Studio in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]<ref name="resume">{{cite web|url=http://cpmgt.com.au/talent/ruby-rees-wemyss/|title=Theatrical Resume |publisher=cpmgt.com.au|year=2018 }}</ref> then as a full-time student at [[HB Studio]] in [[New York City]].<ref name="resume"/><ref name="hb">{{cite web|url=https://hbstudio.org/performance-lab-design-for-living/|title=Performance Lab – Design for Living |publisher=hbstudio.org|date =May 15, 2015 }}</ref>

==Career==
==Career==
Ruby Rees first appeared on screen as a baby in the 1996 Australian movie ''[[River Street (film)]]''.<ref name="baby">{{cite web|url= https://www.famedstar.com/ruby-rees/ |title= Ruby Rees |publisher= famedstar.com |year=2018 }}</ref> From 2010, Rees starred in a number of short films '' Warhead '', '' Once '', '' A Frigid Night '', '' Bracelet '', '' Good Boy '', “I Alien”, “Harvey” and '' The Hunt'', as well as appearing on television in ''[[The Saddle Club]] '' (TV Series) 2008, ''[[ Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries]]” 2012, and '' [[Picnic at Hanging Rock (TV series)]] ” in 2018.
Rees first appeared on screen as a baby in the 1996 Australian movie ''[[River Street (film)]]''.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} From 2010, Rees starred in a number of short films ''Warhead'', ''Once'', ''A Frigid Night'', '' Bracelet '', ''Good Boy'', ''Harvey'' and ''The Hunt'', as well as appearing on television in ''[[The Saddle Club]]'' in 2008 and ''[[Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries]]'' in 2012.<ref name="resume"/> Rees starred as “Edith” a main character in [[Foxtel]]'s ''[[Picnic at Hanging Rock (TV series)|Picnic at Hanging Rock]],'' in 2018, alongside [[Natalie Dormer]] and [[Samara Weaving]].<ref name="bbc">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/picnic-at-hanging-rock/rees|title= Picnic at Hanging Rock - Ruby Rees (Edith Horton)|publisher= bbc.co.uk|year=2018}}</ref>

In 2020, Rees performed for [[Bolinda Publishing|Bolinda]] an unabridged narration of [[Anthea Bell]]'s English translation of [[Erich Kästner]]'s 1949 German children's novel ''[[Lisa and Lottie|The Parent Trap]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kästner|first=Erich|date=December 1, 2020|title=''The Parent Trap''|url=https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/?id=AQAAAECcMwxzgM|publisher=[[Bolinda Publishing|Bolinda]]}}</ref> the basis for [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]'s [[The Parent Trap (1961 film)|1961 film adaptation of the same name]] starring [[Hayley Mills]] and its [[The Parent Trap (1998 film)|1998 remake]] starring [[Lindsay Lohan]].


==Writing and Directing==
==Writing and Directing==
Rees has written and directed the award-winning play ''Serpents'',<ref name="resume"/> which was performed at the St Michael's theatre, [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]] in 2010. Rees directed the play ''Neighbourhood Watch'', directed and screenwrote the short film ''Alien'' about a young girl, dealing with racism, which was shortlisted for the [[Tropfest|Tropfest short film festival]], Australia, in 2014.<ref name="mezz">{{cite web|url=https://www.mezzaninefilms.com.au/portfolio/alien/ |title= Alien - Short Film|publisher= mezzaninefilms.com.au|year=2017}}</ref>
Ruby’s writing and directing career is surprisingly extensive for one so young, at the age of 15 she wrote and directed the award winning play “Serpents”, .<ref name="serp">{{cite web|url= http://www.rubyrees.com/serpents/ |title= Serpents |publisher= rubyrees.com |year=2018 }}</ref> which was performed at the St Michael’s theatre, [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]] in 2010. Rees directed the play “Neighbourhood Watch” at the age of 18, the short film “Alien” which was shortlisted for the Tropfest film festival Australia, in 2014”, .<ref name="alien">{{cite web|url= http://www.rubyrees.com/about-1/ |title= Acting, writing and directing|publisher= rubyrees.com |year=2018 }}</ref> In 2014, Ruby moved to New York City, where continued to write and direct plays with The Manhattan Repertory Theatre, her play “Kaston” debuting there in 2015. .<ref name="alien" /> wrote the play “Bad religion” in 2016, and wrote and starred in the short film “Harvey”. Ruby Rees’s first venture into writing feature movies is the film “Women by the sea” which is essentially a film entirely about women due to hit the big screen in 2019. Rees is a big advocate of equality for women, and the production of this movie employs females only as a spotlight to demonstrate that females can and do speak out against inequality and sexism. <ref name="WBTS">{{cite web |url=http://www.rubyrees.com/women-by-the-sea/ |title=Women by the sea |accessdate=2018-07-13|work= rubyrees.com }}</ref>


In 2014, she moved to New York City, where she continued to write and direct plays with The Manhattan Repertory Theatre, her play “Kaston” debuting there in 2015.<ref name="resume"/> wrote the play ''Bad religion'' in 2016, and wrote and starred in the short film ''“Harvey''.<ref name="resume"/>
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==Filmography==


In 2022, she directed her sister Eva Rees in the latter’s stage writing debut, “he/r (or, remember tomorrow when everything was ok)”, A Fairly Lucid Production, which was staged at [[Fortyfivedownstairs]] in Melbourne.<ref name="eva">{{cite web|url=https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/he-r/#1452941644640-19a0de81-e87a0201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f1010b-47ae |title= her (or, remember tomorrow when everything was ok)|publisher=fortyfivedownstairs.com|year=2021}}</ref>

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==Filmography==
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|2019
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| ''[[River Street (film)]]''
| '' Women by the Sea'' (Film) (writer)
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| Baby
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| Writer <ref name="sea">{{cite web|url= https://www.theislandstorygatherers.com/ruby-rees |title= Ruby Rees: Women by the sea |publisher= theislandstorygatherers.com |year=2018 }}</ref>
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| 2010
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|2018
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|'' Warhead '' (Short)
| '' The Hunt'' (Short) <ref name="holly">{{cite web|url= https://www.hollyhargreaves.net/projects-coming-2018/ |title= Projects coming 2018 |publisher= hollyhargreaves.net |year=2018 }}</ref>
| Rose
| Joe
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| 2011
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|2018
|'' Once '' (Short)
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| '' Harvey '' (Short) <ref name="har">{{cite web|url= http://www.rubyrees.com/harvey/ |title= Harvey |publisher= rubyrees.com |year=2018 }}</ref>
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| Self-Consciousness
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| Revengeful little girl
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| 2014
|'' I Alien (Short) '' (writer)
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| Sophia
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| Self-Consciousness
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| 2010
| 2014
|'' Warhead '' (Short)
|''Alien (Short)''
| Writer and director
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|2018
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| 1996
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| ''The Hunt'' (Short) <ref name="holly">{{cite web|url= https://www.hollyhargreaves.net/projects-coming-2018/ |title= Projects coming 2018 |publisher= hollyhargreaves.net |year=2018 }}</ref>
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| ''[[ River Street (film)]] ''
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| 2018
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|'' [[Picnic at Hanging Rock (TV series)]] ”
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| Edith (6 episodes) <ref name="bbc" />
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| 2012-2013
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| ''[[ Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries]]” (TV Series)
| Jane (8 episodes) <ref name="abc">{{cite web|url= http://www.abc.net.au/tv/phrynefisher/characters/jane.htm |title= Who says crime doesn’t pay? Jane - Ruby Rees |publisher= abc.net.au|year=2018 }}</ref>
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| 2008
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|''[[The Saddle Club]] '' (TV Series)
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| Lily (1 episode)
| Lily (1 episode)
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| Jane (8 episodes) <ref name="abc">{{cite web|url= http://www.abc.net.au/tv/phrynefisher/characters/jane.htm |title= Who says crime doesn't pay? Jane - Ruby Rees |publisher= abc.net.au|year=2018 }}</ref>
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| 2018
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|''[[Picnic at Hanging Rock (TV series)|Picnic at Hanging Rock]]''
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.rubyrees.com/ Ruby Rees website ]
*[https://www.facebook.com/people/Ruby-Rees-Wemyss/100006696437222 Ruby Rees facebook]
*{{IMDb name| 0920728 }}
*{{IMDb name| 0920728}}
*[http://www.rubyrees.com.au/ Ruby Rees Profile]

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Latest revision as of 01:26, 28 March 2024

Ruby Rees (born Ruby Rees-Wemyss in 1995)[1] is an Australian actress, director and writer. She is best known for playing “Edith” a main character in Picnic at Hanging Rock, in 2018, alongside Natalie Dormer and Samara Weaving.

Education[edit]

Rees attended De La Salle College, Malvern[2] before furthering her acting education first at the Larry Moss Masterclass at the 16th Street Actors Studio in Melbourne, Australia[3] then as a full-time student at HB Studio in New York City.[3][1]

Career[edit]

Rees first appeared on screen as a baby in the 1996 Australian movie River Street (film).[citation needed] From 2010, Rees starred in a number of short films Warhead, Once, A Frigid Night, Bracelet , Good Boy, Harvey and The Hunt, as well as appearing on television in The Saddle Club in 2008 and Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries in 2012.[3] Rees starred as “Edith” a main character in Foxtel's Picnic at Hanging Rock, in 2018, alongside Natalie Dormer and Samara Weaving.[4]

In 2020, Rees performed for Bolinda an unabridged narration of Anthea Bell's English translation of Erich Kästner's 1949 German children's novel The Parent Trap,[5] the basis for Disney's 1961 film adaptation of the same name starring Hayley Mills and its 1998 remake starring Lindsay Lohan.

Writing and Directing[edit]

Rees has written and directed the award-winning play Serpents,[3] which was performed at the St Michael's theatre, Melbourne, Australia in 2010. Rees directed the play Neighbourhood Watch, directed and screenwrote the short film Alien about a young girl, dealing with racism, which was shortlisted for the Tropfest short film festival, Australia, in 2014.[6]

In 2014, she moved to New York City, where she continued to write and direct plays with The Manhattan Repertory Theatre, her play “Kaston” debuting there in 2015.[3] wrote the play Bad religion in 2016, and wrote and starred in the short film “Harvey.[3]

In 2022, she directed her sister Eva Rees in the latter’s stage writing debut, “he/r (or, remember tomorrow when everything was ok)”, A Fairly Lucid Production, which was staged at Fortyfivedownstairs in Melbourne.[7]

Filmography[edit]

Year Title Role
1996 River Street (film) Baby
2010 Warhead (Short) Joe
2011 Once (Short) Self-Consciousness
2012 Bracelet (Short) Danielle
2012 A Frigid Night (Short) Amy
2013 Good Boy (Short) Sophia
2014 Alien (Short) Writer and director
2018 The Hunt (Short) [8] Rose
2018 Harvey (Short) Revengeful little girl

Television[edit]

Year Title Role
2008 The Saddle Club Lily (1 episode)
2012-2013 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Jane (8 episodes) [9]
2018 Picnic at Hanging Rock Edith (6 episodes) [4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Performance Lab – Design for Living". hbstudio.org. 15 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Ruby Rees Wemyss". facebook.com. 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Theatrical Resume". cpmgt.com.au. 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Picnic at Hanging Rock - Ruby Rees (Edith Horton)". bbc.co.uk. 2018.
  5. ^ Kästner, Erich (1 December 2020). "The Parent Trap". Bolinda.
  6. ^ "Alien - Short Film". mezzaninefilms.com.au. 2017.
  7. ^ "her (or, remember tomorrow when everything was ok)". fortyfivedownstairs.com. 2021.
  8. ^ "Projects coming 2018". hollyhargreaves.net. 2018.
  9. ^ "Who says crime doesn't pay? Jane - Ruby Rees". abc.net.au. 2018.

External links[edit]

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