Ruby Rees

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. and was then as a full-time student at HB Studio in New York City.

Career Rees first appeared on screen as a baby in the 1996 Australian movie River Street (film). 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.

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, 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,

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.

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRole 2008 The Saddle Club Lily (1 episode) 2012-2013 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Jane (8 episodes) 2018 Picnic at Hanging Rock Edith (6 episodes)