Ruby Bentall

Ruby Bentall (born 3 April 1988) is an English actress, known for playing Minnie in Lark Rise to Candleford, Mary Bennet in Lost in Austen, Verity Poldark in the 2015 BBC adaptation of Winston Graham's Poldark novels, and Angelica in The Serpent Queen.

Background Bentall was born at home in Camden, London. She is the daughter of actors Janine Duvitski and Paul Bentall. The family moved to Petersham outside Richmond when Bentall was eight. She attended Grey Court School and went to Richmond upon Thames College between 2004 and 2006, graduating with a BTEC National Diploma in Performance.

Bentall has three siblings, and two elder half-siblings from her father's first marriage. She currently lives in London. Her younger sister Edith is the lead singer of the band FOURS.

Career Bentall's first professional acting job was an episode of Holby City, which she filmed in 2006 while still at Richmond College. Her other television credits include You Can Choose Your Friends, Doctors, Oliver Twist (2007) and New Tricks. She played Mary Bennet in the 2008 mini-series Lost in Austen, a performance described as "by far the most interesting interpretation of the sanctimonious middle Bennet daughter of Pride and Prejudice yet". In 2009 she joined the regular cast of Lark Rise to Candleford, playing Minnie.

Bentall made her stage debut at the National Theatre in 2008, appearing in productions of DNA and The Miracle. She has also lent her voice to the BBC Radio 4 drama Sister Agnes Investigates.

On 30 March 2014, it was announced that Bentall would be playing Ross Poldark's cousin Verity in the new BBC One version of Poldark, broadcast in 2015. Bentall made a guest appearance in Holby City in July 2018.

Filmography Film Year Film Role Notes 2009 Tormented Emily 2010 Robin Hood Margaret Walter's Maid 2019 The Personal History of David Copperfield Janet 2020 MisbehaviourSarah 2022 Operation Mincemeat Connie Bukes 2023 Firebrand Cat

Television Year Show Role Notes 2006 Holby City Robyn Dent 1 episode 2007 You Can Choose Your Friends Phoebe Snell Doctors Poppy Foster 1 episode Oliver Twist Charlotte 1 episode 2008 New Tricks Heidi 1 episode Lost in Austen Mary Bennet 4 episodes 2009The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler Stefania The Bill Kim Patterson 2 episodes 2009–2011 Lark Rise to Candleford Minnie Mude Series regular 2012 The Paradise Pauline Series 1 regular 2014 Blandings Linda 1 episode 2015–2018 Poldark Verity Poldark 2015 Jekyll and Hyde Hilary "Hils" Barnstaple 10 episodes 2017 Absentia Molly / Lolly 1 episode 2018 Holby City Cassie Lincombe Episode: "Two for Joy" 2019 Midsomer Murders Stella Starling Episode 20-3: "Drawing Dead" 2020 Industry Lucinda Young 2022 The Serpent Queen Angelica