Ruth Alexandra Elisabeth Jones MBE (born 22 September 1966) is a Welsh
actress, comedian, writer, and producer. She co-wrote and co-starred
in the award-winning BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey (2007â€"2010, 2019).
She has also appeared in various television series, including Fat
Friends (2000â€"2005), Little Britain (2003â€"2007), Nighty Night
(2004â€"2005), Saxondale (2006â€"2007), The Street (2009), and Stella
(2012â€"2017) for which she was nominated for a British Academy
Television Award and won three BAFTA. Jones was appointed Member of
the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for
services to entertainment.Ruth Jones was born on 22 September 1966 in
Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales. Her father was a lawyer for British Steel
Corporation, Port Talbot, and her mother was a General Practitioner.
She has two older brothers and a younger sister. Jones was brought up
in Porthcawl, where she attended Porthcawl Comprehensive School, the
same school as Rob Brydon. At school she participated enthusiastically
every year in musical theatre productions. After graduating from the
University of Warwick with a degree in Theatre Studies and Dramatic
Arts, she trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in
Cardiff.In November 1989, Jones took her first professional role, with
Dominic Cooke's company Pan Optic, playing the Countess Almaviva in
Cooke's adaptation of The Marriage of Figaro which toured the UK for
six months. After the tour finished she found it difficult to get
acting work, temping as a clerical assistant in the Education
Contracts dept of Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council. At this
point she considered giving up acting and training as a solicitor.
However, in 1990, comedian and pantomime producer Stan Stennett
offered her an Equity contract shifting scenery and playing a Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtle (Michelangelo) in Dick Whittington at the
Porthcawl Pavilion, where she had performed in school musicals. Her
first television job was a non-broadcast sketch show for BBC Wales
including Rob Brydon and Steve Speirs. Soon after, she joined an
improv group in Bath: the group also included Julia Davis, with whom
Jones would later appear in Nighty Night and Gavin & Stacey.
actress, comedian, writer, and producer. She co-wrote and co-starred
in the award-winning BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey (2007â€"2010, 2019).
She has also appeared in various television series, including Fat
Friends (2000â€"2005), Little Britain (2003â€"2007), Nighty Night
(2004â€"2005), Saxondale (2006â€"2007), The Street (2009), and Stella
(2012â€"2017) for which she was nominated for a British Academy
Television Award and won three BAFTA. Jones was appointed Member of
the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for
services to entertainment.Ruth Jones was born on 22 September 1966 in
Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales. Her father was a lawyer for British Steel
Corporation, Port Talbot, and her mother was a General Practitioner.
She has two older brothers and a younger sister. Jones was brought up
in Porthcawl, where she attended Porthcawl Comprehensive School, the
same school as Rob Brydon. At school she participated enthusiastically
every year in musical theatre productions. After graduating from the
University of Warwick with a degree in Theatre Studies and Dramatic
Arts, she trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in
Cardiff.In November 1989, Jones took her first professional role, with
Dominic Cooke's company Pan Optic, playing the Countess Almaviva in
Cooke's adaptation of The Marriage of Figaro which toured the UK for
six months. After the tour finished she found it difficult to get
acting work, temping as a clerical assistant in the Education
Contracts dept of Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council. At this
point she considered giving up acting and training as a solicitor.
However, in 1990, comedian and pantomime producer Stan Stennett
offered her an Equity contract shifting scenery and playing a Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtle (Michelangelo) in Dick Whittington at the
Porthcawl Pavilion, where she had performed in school musicals. Her
first television job was a non-broadcast sketch show for BBC Wales
including Rob Brydon and Steve Speirs. Soon after, she joined an
improv group in Bath: the group also included Julia Davis, with whom
Jones would later appear in Nighty Night and Gavin & Stacey.
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