Ruby Ashbourne Serkis

In this article, the surname is Ashbourne Serkis, not Serkis.

Ruby Ashbourne Serkis
Born	Ruby Leilani N. Ashbourne Serkis (1998-10-11) 11 October 1998 (age 26) Hackney, London, England
Other names	Ruby Serkis
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2010–present
Parents	Andy Serkis (father) Lorraine Ashbourne (mother)
Relatives	Louis Ashbourne Serkis (brother)

Ruby Leilani N. Ashbourne Serkis (born 11 October 1998) is an English actress.

Early life

Ashbourne Serkis was born in Hackney, East London, to actors Andy Serkis and Lorraine Ashbourne and grew up in North London with her younger brothers, including Louis. She attended the City of London School for Girls.[1]

Career

Ashbourne Serkis began her career with small cameos before landing a titular role in the 2015 BBC One television film adaptation of Laurie Lee's memoir Cider with Rosie, for which she received critical acclaim.[2] The following year, she portrayed a young version of Susan Lynch's character in the Channel 4 miniseries National Treasure.[3]

Ashbourne Serkis returned to television in 2020 as Lavinia in the Netflix fantasy series The Letter for the King, an English-language adaptation of the classic Dutch book by Tonke Dragt.[4] She appeared opposite Alice Englert in the first episode of the crime drama The Serpent.[5] She and her brother Sonny played siblings in the film La Cha Cha. Although the film received mixed reviews, her performance was praised.[6] In 2022, Ashbourne Serkis appeared in Peter Farrelly's biographical film The Greatest Beer Run Ever for Apple TV+[7] and portrayed Amy Robsart in the Starz historical drama Becoming Elizabeth.

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll	Kid
2012	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Young Hobbit
2014	Off the Page: Groove Is in the Heart	Janine	Short film
2014	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies	Laketown Girl
2021	La Cha Cha	Libby Rees
2022	The Greatest Beer Run Ever	Christine Donahue	Apple TV+ film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Cider with Rosie	Rosie	Television film
2016	National Treasure	Young Christina	Miniseries; 2 episodes
2020	The Letter for the King	Lavinia	Main role
2021	The Serpent	Celia Wilson	Miniseries; 1 episode
2022	Becoming Elizabeth	Amy Robsart	Miniseries; 3 episodes
2024	Shardlake	Alice	Miniseries; 4 episodes

Audio

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	In Here	Ruby	BBC Radio 4[8]

References

1. "City Girl impresses in BBC Drama 'Cider with Rosie'". Attain. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
2. Hughes, Sarah (27 September 2015). "Cider With Rosie, TV review: A drama that avoids the traps of heritage television". The Independent. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
3. Harding, Laura (20 March 2020). "Andy Serkis admits to embarrassing his daughter on set of Netflix show". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
4. Trapunski, Charles (23 March 2020). "Interview: The Letter for the King's Ruby Ashbourne Serkis". BriefTake. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
5. Hough, QV (3 April 2021). "The Serpent: Who Plays Celia Wilson? How You Know Ruby Ashbourne Serkis". Screen Rant. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
6. Maher, Kevin (17 September 2021). "La Cha Cha review — Ruby Ashbourne Serkis is the only grown-up in infantile endeavour". The Times. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
7. Grobar, Matt (8 November 2021). "'The Greatest Beer Run Ever' Adds Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, Matt Cook, Omari K. Chancellor & Will Hochman". Deadline. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
8. "Drama, In Here". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 21 November 2021.

External links

• Ruby Ashbourne Serkis at IMDb