Ruby Barker

Ruby Barker (born 23 December 1996) is a British actress. She was awarded Best Actress at the British Urban Film Festival for her role in How to Stop a Recurring Dream. On television, she plays Marina Thompson in the Netflix period drama Bridgerton.

Barker was born in Islington to parents from Ireland and Montserrat. She joined her sister Harriet in the foster care system just after she was born, and the two were adopted. Barker spent her early childhood in London and Winchester before growing up in Glasgow until her teen years.[1] While living in Glasgow, she took weekend classes at the Elizabeth Murray School of Dance. Her earliest acting experience was in an RBS advertisement.[2]

Her parents separated, and Barker moved to Church Fenton, a village in the Selby District of Yorkshire, with her mother and stepmother. She attended Tadcaster Grammar School nearby.[3][4] She was going to study International Relations at the London School of Economics after taking a gap year, but decided to pursue drama instead. She worked at the National Railway Museum in York while participating in local theatre productions