{{short description|Australian actress, director and writer (born 1995)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Use British English|date=July 2018}}
'''Ruby Rees''', also known as '''Ruby Rees-Wemyss''', 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== Ruby Rees was formerly named Ruby Rees-Wemyss.<ref name="hb"/>
Rees partook in the 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> and was 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== 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,'' 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 an unabridged narration of Anthea Bell's English translation of Erich Kästner's 1949 German children's novel ''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}}</ref> 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== 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 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>
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"/>
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>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !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) <ref name="holly">{{cite web|url= https://www.hollyhargreaves.net/projects-coming-2018/ |title= Projects coming 2018 |publisher= hollyhargreaves.net |year=2018 }}</ref> | Rose |- |2018 | ''Harvey'' (Short) | Revengeful little girl |- |}
==Television==
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Year !Title !Role |- | 2008 |''The Saddle Club'' | Lily (1 episode) |- | 2012-2013 | ''Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries'' | 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> |- | 2018 |''Picnic at Hanging Rock'' | Edith (6 episodes) <ref name="bbc" /> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name| 0920728}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rees, Ruby}} Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:21st-century Australian actresses Category:Australian film actresses Category:Australian television actresses Category:Living people Category:Place of birth missing (living people)