Ash Ricardo

Ash Ricardo is an Australian actress. She is best known for playing Kerry Green in Network Ten's Offspring and Detective Zoe Rawlings in the Channel Nine crime thriller Bite Club.

Early life Ricardo was born in Sydney to an Italian family. She studied acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art.

Career Ricardo's first big role of her career was when she played Kerry Green in Offspring with Asher Keddie. She then played a minor role in the 2017 Marvel superhero Thor sequel Thor: Ragnarok, alongside Chris Hemsworth, before landing one of the lead roles in the crime thriller series Bite Club, with Todd Lasance and Dominic Monaghan. She has most recently played the role of Jennifer Falk in 2014 mystery thriller film Force of Nature: The Dry 2, opposite Eric Bana.

Ricardo has also appeared in many theatre productions for Sydney Theatre Company such as Noises Off and Les Liaisons Dangereuses along with Hugo Weaving.

Personal life Ricardo revealed she has suffered miscarriages. Since she was 16, she has been battling excruciating period pain. When she was 26, she had three ovarian cysts that exploded. At the age of 32, she and her partner decided they wanted children. She then underwent surgery to find out if she had endometriosis, which she had long expected. When the results showed she had it, she got it cleared out. Soon afterwards, she had a son named Jameson. Ricardo gave birth to a second son named Holden Ricardo Meadows on 28 September 2023.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2003 Pretentious KC 2004 Coffee, Tea, or Me? Ebony Short 2005 The Rules Brie Short 2006 Convictions Mel Johnson 2011 Snobs Amber 2012 Grace Grace Short 2012 Ravage Annabelle Short 2013 Around the Block TV journalist 2013 Caught on Camera Ana Short 2013 Between Us Juliet Short 2015 Now Add Honey Mindi 2015 Observance Receptionist 2015 Mary: The Making of a Princess Patricia Donaldson 2017 Event Zero Leyla Nassar 2022 Thor: Ragnarok Odin's assistant 2023 Contagion of Fear Leyla Nassar 2024 Force of Nature: The Dry 2 Jennifer Falk

Television Year Title Role Notes 2009 Packed to the Rafters Tarsha McNeil Episode: Look into my Eyes 2009 Rescue: Special Ops Abigal Episode: Building Site 2012 Tricky Business Natasha Campbell Episode: Opportunity Knocks 2014 Old School Diane Cavendish Episode: Tiny Dancer 2014 Party Tricks Charlotte Wynn 6 episodes 2016 Molly Joy 2 episodes 2016 Home and Away Danika Kulevski 7 episodes 2016 The Wild Adventures of Blinky Bill Claude 2 episodes 2016-2017 Offspring Kerry Green 15 episodes 2018 Bite Club Zoe Rawlings 8 episodes 2020 Colour Blind Alisha Miniseries 2020-2021 Space Nova Aubrina Eridani Voice, 11 episodes 2021 Clickbait Dakota King Episode: The Reporter 2021-present RFDS Mira Ortez 24 episodes