Ruth Bradley


Sharon Ruth Bradley is an Irish actress. She is best known for playing Emily Merchant in Primeval and Karen Voss in Humans. She has also had recurring roles in Legend, The Innocence Project, Plus One and Love/Hate. She won the IFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2007 for Stardust. Afterward, Bradley won a Best Actress award at the Milan International Film Festival 2010 for her starring performance in the film In Her Skin.

Career

Bradley's first screen appearances were in 2002 in Ultimate Force and Sinners.
Since then, she has had recurring roles in The Clinic, Love Is the Drug, Legend, The Innocence Project, Plus One and Love/Hate.
She presented at the 4th Irish Film and Television Awards in 2007. She won the IFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2007 for Stardust. In 2009, Bradley starred in the film In Her Skin, the true story of an Australian teen who goes missing and is later found to have been murdered by her childhood friend. Bradley won a Best Actress award at the Milan International Film Festival 2010 for her performance.
In late 2010, she filmed the female lead in the Irish monster movie Grabbers, which opened in August 2012 and later screened worldwide.
She had a recurring role as Emily Merchant in the fourth and fifth series of the ITV science fiction show Primeval.
She played companion Molly O'Sullivan in the Doctor Who audio drama Dark Eyes.
She has appeared as DI Karen Voss in the Channel 4/AMC science fiction series Humans since 2015.
In autumn 2019, she played Angie in the dark and comic BBC series Guilt.

Personal life

Bradley was born in Dublin, Ireland to IFTA winning actress Charlotte Bradley. Bradley lived in Newfoundland, Canada from shortly after birth until she was five. She enrolled in Trinity College Dublin to study drama and languages, but dropped out after three weeks and moved to London, United Kingdom to pursue acting full-time.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotes
2002SinnersAngelaTV movie
2002Ultimate ForceGeorgia GraceyTV series
2003The ClinicMoya CassidyTV series
2004Love Is the DrugBrendaTV series
2005ShowbandsMaggieTV movie
2005The Golden HourErin CooperTV series
2006StardustAntoinette KeeganIFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Television
2006FlyboysLaura
2006LegendJacintaTV series
Nominated — IFTA Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role in Television
2006–07The Innocence ProjectBeth McNairTV series
2007Comedy ShowcaseLauraTV series
2008AlarmMolly
2009Plus OneLauraTV series
2009In Her SkinCaroline Reid RobertsonWinner — Best Actress Award at the Milan International Film Festival
2009Rásaí na GaillimheGarda Aoife Ní ChaoimhTV series
Nominated — IFTA Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role in Television
2009LoveSalShort
2010–11Love/HateMary TraceyTV series
2011PrimevalEmily MerchantTV series
2012GrabbersGarda Lisa NolanReleased on August 10, 2012 in the Republic of Ireland
IFTA Award for Best Actress in a Feature Film
2012TitanicMary MaloneyTV mini-series
2012Doctor WhoMolly O'SullivanDark Eyes
2012ThreesomeJulieTV series
2012Beauty and the Beast: A Dark TaleGraceTV movie
2013Big ThunderTV movie
2013The SeaClaire
2013Breakfast WineLadyShort
2013HorizonLauraTV movie
2015PursuitGráinne
2015–18HumansDI Karen Voss / BeatriceTV series
2016RebellionFrances O'FlahertyTV mini-series
2016HolidaysElizabeth CullenSegment: "Saint Patrick's Day"
2016The FlagCharlie
2016The FallWallaceTV series
2017DaphneTracey
2017Philip K. Dick's Electric DreamsYaro PetersonTV series
2018The SplitLauren BrookerTV series
2018Agatha and the Truth of MurderAgatha ChristieTV movie
2019GuiltAngieTV series