Ruby Cruz

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Ruby Cruz
Born
Ruby Jean Cruz [1]

(2000-03-31) March 31, 2000 (age 24) [1]
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Father Brandon Cruz

Ruby Jean Cruz (born March 31, 2000) [1] is an American actress. She has acted in various short films and television series including Mare of Easttown and Castle Rock, and most notably as Kit Tanthalos in Willow. [2]

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In 2023, she made her feature length movie debut as Hazel Callahan in Bottoms, directed by Emma Seligman. [3]

Career

Ruby Cruz was born to actor and musician Brandon Cruz and Liz Cruz, an entrepreneur. [1] [4] [5] Cruz grew up in Los Angeles, California, and began auditioning for film and television roles in high school. [6] She studied theater at DePaul University before dropping out to pursue her acting career. [6]

In 2018, Cruz played the younger version of Lizzy Caplan's character, Annie Wilkes, in Castle Rock. Cruz received praise from TVLine for the way she captured Caplan's physicality. [7] In 2020, Cruz appeared in season 10 of Blue Bloods. [8]

In 2021, Cruz appeared as Jess Riley in the HBO drama series Mare of Easttown . [9] Later that year, Cruz was cast as Kit Tanthalos, the first openly lesbian Disney princess, in the television series Willow. [10] The show, which premiered in November 2022, acts as a sequel to the 1988 film of the same title. [11] [12] [13]

In 2023, she appeared alongside Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri in Bottoms as Hazel Callahan, a co-founder of a high school fight club for girls. [14] [15]

Personal life

Cruz identifies as queer. [16] [17] Her father is American former actor and punk musician Brandon Cruz. [18] Her mother, Elizabeth "Liz" Cruz ( née Finkelstein), is an entrepreneur, whom her father married in 1994 and later divorced. She has one older brother, Lincoln, born 1995. [19]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019 Castle Rock Teen Annie Wilkes 2 Episodes
2020 Blue Bloods Amanda WebsterEpisode: "Where the Truth Lies"
2021 Mare of Easttown Jess Riley6 Episodes
2022 Willow Princess Kit Tanthalos/Young Bavmorda (voice only)8 Episodes
2024 The Sex Lives of College Girls Ash5 episodes

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018Aging OutJuneShort film
The JumpLunaShort film
Murder On The GreenLucyShort film
2019SpinThe School GirlShort film
2020God Is a LobsterBeaShort film
2023 Bottoms Hazel CallahanPremiered March 11 at SXSW Festival
2024What Would Jesus Do?ThandiShort film
TBA The Threesome JennyIn post production

Music Videos

YearTitleArtist
2023"Salad"Blondshell

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