Ruta Gedmintas

Ruta plays Serafina Pekkala in His Dark Materials for BBC1/HBO, alongside Ruth Wilson, Lin Manuel Miranda and James McAvoy. The third and final series premiered in December 2022.

She played the leading role of Dutch opposite Corey Stoll and David Bradley in Guillermo del Toro’s The Strain for FX.

She also played the lead role in the film The Incident written and directed by Jane Linfoot – and starred opposite Luke Treadaway in A Street Cat Named Bob, the feature film from Sony.

She played the lead role of Frankie in BBC series Lipservice.

Other TV credits include Ripper Street, Waking the Dead, The Tudors, The Borgias, Spooks Code 9, Stage and The Guilty.

Theatre includes Backbeat (London’s West End. Directed by David Leveaux, and Unfaithful (Found 111).

Film

Production	Character	Director	Company
A STREET CAT NAMED BOB	Belle	Roger Spottiswoode	Sony
THE INCIDENT	Annabel	Jane Linfoot	Working Title
EXIT LOG	Amy	Gary Freedman	Independent Films Ltd
HELP POINT	Maya	Andrew Margetson	Moth Productions
YOU INSTEAD	Lake	David Mackenzie	Park Flims Ltd
MISS CONCEPTION	Alexandra	Eric Styles	Blue Angels Film / First Look International
THE ATHLETE	Charlotte	Davey Frankel	Invicta Entertainment
THE LOST SAMARITAN	Elle	Thomas Jahn	American Cinema International
ZEROSOME	lara	Christopher Kublan	Zero Some Films

Television

Production	Character	Director	Company
HIS DARK MATERIALS	Serafina Pekkala	Otto Bathurst	HBO/BBC
THE STRAIN	Dutch Velders (regular)	Various	FX
STAG	Sophie	Jim Field-Smith	BBC
THE GUILTY	Teresa	Edward Bazalgette	Hartswood Films
DO NO HARM	Olivia Chase	Philippe Gagnon	NBC
RIPPER STREET	Clarissa	Andy Wilson	Tiger Aspect / BBC
LIP SERVICE: 2	Frankie	Various	Kudos
THE BORGIAS	Ursula Bonadeo	Various	Showtime
LIP SERVICE	Frankie	Various	Kudos / BBC
P.A.S	Evie Hartmann	Various	BBC 3
SPOOKS CODE 9	Rahcel	Various	Kudos for BBC 3
GOLDPLATED	Miranda	Sue Tully	ITV
THE TUDORS	Elizabeth Blount	Charles McDougall	Channel 4 / Showtime
THE INNOCENCE PROJECT	Mary	Bill Anderson	BBC
WAKING THE DEAD	Shelley Martin	David Thacker	BBC

Stage

Production	Character	Director	Company
UNFAITHFUL	Tara	Adam Penford	Found111
BACKBEAT	Astrid Kircherr	David Leveaux	Duke of York Theatre
WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS	Lady Sybil Tenterden	Braham Murray	Manchester Royal Exchange