Ruth Connell

Ruth Connell is a Scottish actress and producer who also worked as a professional dancer and choreographer. She was born in Falkirk and grew up outside Bonnybridge, dancing with Scottish Ballet as a child and later earning an acting degree at the Rose Bruford College in London. After graduating she toured in Bertolt Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle and appeared in Faust and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in Edinburgh. Her portrayal of Mrs Darling and Captain Hook for the Blank Theatre in Los Angeles brought a Best Leading Actress nomination at the 2013 Broadway World Los Angeles Awards. On television she played the witch Rowena MacLeod on Supernatural from 2014 to 2020, and she has voiced Merida in video games and television, produced stage shows and the short film Sapphire Strange, and taken lead roles in independent features.