Ruta Gedmintas
Ruta Gedmintas is an English actress known for her work on television, primarily in The Strain, , The Borgias, The Tudors, and Lip Service.
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 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. In 2010 she worked on the independent films Zerosome and Atletu ; and then starred as Frankie in BBC Three's Lip Service.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 due to poor ratings. She has also starred in an episode of the critically acclaimed show Ripper Street. She also starred in The Strain as Dutch, a computer hacker. Most recently she is cast as Serafina Pekkala in His Dark Materials.
Gedmintas stars in Unfaithful at London's Found111, alongside Sean Campion, Niamh Cusack and Matthew Lewis. Gedmintas was interviewed regarding her previous roles as Astrid in Backbeat, Sophie in Stag, Betty in A Street Cat Named Bob, released in November 2016.
Personal life
As of March 2013, Gedmintas lives in a flat in North London with boyfriend Luke Treadaway, Luke's actor twin-brother Harry Treadaway, and a friend of the twins who plays in a band.Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2005 | Waking the Dead | Shelly Martin | Episode: "Undertow: Part I" |
| 2006 | Goldplated | Miranda | 1 Episode |
| 2006–2007 | The Innocence Project | Mary Jarvis | 6 episodes |
| 2007 | The Tudors | Elizabeth Blount | 3 episodes |
| 2007 | The Bill | Gemma Heeves | Episode: "Stealth Attack" |
| 2008 | Rachel | 6 episodes | |
| 2009 | Personal Affairs | Evie | 2 episodes |
| 2010–2012 | Lip Service | Francesca "Frankie" Alan | 9 episodes |
| 2011 | The Borgias | Ursula Banadeo/Sister Martha | 6 Episodes |
| 2013 | Do No Harm | Olivia Chase | Main cast; 12 Episodes |
| 2013 | Ripper Street | Clara Silver | Season 1, Episode 8 |
| 2013 | The Guilty | Teresa Morgan | 3 episodes of a 3-part miniseries |
| 2014–2017 | The Strain | Kirsten "Dutch" Velders | Recurring Main cast |
| 2016 | Stag | Sophie | 1 episode of a 3-part miniseries |
| 2019 | His Dark Materials | Serafina Pekkala | Main role |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2015 | Backbeat: The Musical | Astrid Kirchherr | at the Duke of York's Theatre, London |