Ruth Madeley

Personal context

Summary

Ruth Madeley is a British actor known for Don’t Take My Baby, Years and Years, and Then Barbara Met Alan. Her work includes disabled characters whose stories range from disability being central to their lives to one part of a broader character, and she has spoken about the value of showing disabled people as complex, sexual, and sometimes flawed. Madeley has repeatedly called for more disabled actors in leading roles and for disabled people to work behind the camera, and has said she wants screen stories to change perceptions of disability. She has been involved with Whizz-Kidz since childhood and is a patron and ambassador; no public party campaigning or statements on race-focused activism are on record.