Ruta Gedmintas

Ruta Gedmintas is a British actress known for her work on television. Her credits include The Innocence Project (2006–2007), The Tudors, Spooks: Code 9 (2008), The Borgias (2011), Lip Service (2010–2012), The Strain (2014–2017), and His Dark Materials (2019–2022).

Early life Gedmintas was born in Canterbury, Kent, the daughter of a Lithuanian father and an English mother. She grew up in Buckinghamshire and trained at the Drama Centre London under Reuven Adiv.

Career Gedmintas appeared in Spooks: Code 9 as Rachel Harris, a former police officer. She has also had guest roles in the BBC's Waking the Dead and ITV1's The Bill. She also appeared as Elizabeth Blount in Showtime's The Tudors.

Gedmintas appeared in the American drama Do No Harm as Olivia Flynn. The series aired for one season from January through September 2013 before being cancelled. She starred in an episode of the critically acclaimed show Ripper Street. In 2019 she was cast as Serafina Pekkala in His Dark Materials.

Gedmintas starred in the play Unfaithful at London's Found111, alongside Sean Campion, Niamh Cusack, and Matthew Lewis.

Filmography

+ Stage Year Title Role Notes 2015Backbeat: The MusicalAstrid Kirchherrat the Duke of York's Theatre, London