Ruby Barnhill

{{Infobox person

| name = Ruby Barnhill

| image = Ruby Barnhill waving at 2016 Cannes Film Festival.jpg

| imagesize =

| caption = Barnhill in 2016

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2004|7|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Knutsford, Cheshire, England

| occupation = Actress

| yearsactive = 2015–2019, 2024–present

}}

Ruby Barnhill (born 16 July 2004) is an English actress. She played the lead role of Sophie in Disney's live-action adaptation of The BFG, directed by Steven Spielberg, in 2016.{{cite web|title=Steven Spielberg Casts 10-Year-Old Ruby Barnhill as Lead in 'The BFG'|website=Thewrap.com|url=http://www.thewrap.com/steven-spielberg-casts-10-year-old-ruby-barnhill-as-lead-in-the-bfg|accessdate=21 February 2016|last=Wrap Staff|date=16 December 2014 }}[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/14/how-schoolgirl-landed-a-giant-role-in-hollywoods-bfg "How schoolgirl landed a giant role in Hollywood's BFG"], telegraph.co.uk; accessed 25 November 2016. She also subsequently provided the voice of Mary Smith in the English dub of 2017's Mary and the Witch's Flower, a film from Studio Ponoc directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi.

Early life and career

Barnhill was born on 16 July 2004 in Knutsford, Cheshire, England. She lives with her parents and younger sister in Cheshire, and she is a member of the local youth theatre.{{cite web|title=We found Sophie – Newcomer Ruby Barnhill from Cheshire, UK, is cast as Sophie in Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Roald Dahl's The BFG|website=Roalddahl.com|url=https://www.roalddahl.com/blog/2014/december/we-found-sophie|accessdate=22 February 2016}}

In 2024, it was confirmed that Barnhill would voice Aurora in the English dub of Studio Ponoc's The Imaginary.{{cite web | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-06-06/hayley-atwell-levar-burton-kal-penn-star-in-english-dub-for-ponoc-the-imaginary-film/.211625 | title=Hayley Atwell, LeVar Burton, Kal Penn Star in English Dub for Ponoc's the Imaginary Film }} Prior to this announcement, Barnhill's acting career seemed to be on hiatus as she had not been in anything since 2019's Princess Emmy, in which she voiced the title character. Back in 2016, Barnhill said in an interview that she was being careful not to let her instant fame go to her head. She admitted: "I'm not sure I want to do any more films. I like the idea of becoming a director – TV or maybe theatre – or a drama teacher."{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class = "unsortable" \| Notes
2016 \| The BFG{{cite web\|title=Steven Spielberg -- Stick With Me Kid … I'll Make You a Quick Million!\|website=TMZ.com\|date=19 June 2015 \|url=http://www.tmz.com/2015/06/19/steven-spielberg-bfg-movie-child-star-contract-ruby-barnhill\|accessdate=21 February 2016}} \| Sophie \|Nominated – London Film Critics Circle Award for Young British/Irish Performer of the Year Nominated – Young Artist Award for Best Young Leading Actress Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor
2018 \| Mary and the Witch's Flower \| Mary Smith \| Voice; English dub
2019 \| Princess Emmy{{cite web\|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/features/studio-100-announces-international-cast-for-princess-emmy/\|title=Studio 100 Announces International Cast for 'Princess Emmy'\|work=Animation Magazine\|date=15 February 2018\|accessdate=18 February 2018}} \| Princess Emmy \| Voice
2024 \| The Imaginary{{cite web \| url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-06-06/hayley-atwell-levar-burton-kal-penn-star-in-english-dub-for-ponoc-the-imaginary-film/.211625 \| title=Hayley Atwell, LeVar Burton, Kal Penn Star in English Dub for Ponoc's the Imaginary Film }} \| Aurora \| Voice; English dub

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class = "unsortable" | Notes

2016

| The BFG{{cite web|title=Steven Spielberg -- Stick With Me Kid … I'll Make You a Quick Million!|website=TMZ.com|date=19 June 2015 |url=http://www.tmz.com/2015/06/19/steven-spielberg-bfg-movie-child-star-contract-ruby-barnhill|accessdate=21 February 2016}}

| Sophie

|Nominated – London Film Critics Circle Award for Young British/Irish Performer of the Year
Nominated – Young Artist Award for Best Young Leading Actress
Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor

2018

| Mary and the Witch's Flower

| Mary Smith

| Voice; English dub

2019

| Princess Emmy{{cite web|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/features/studio-100-announces-international-cast-for-princess-emmy/|title=Studio 100 Announces International Cast for 'Princess Emmy'|work=Animation Magazine|date=15 February 2018|accessdate=18 February 2018}}

| Princess Emmy

| Voice

2024

| The Imaginary{{cite web | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-06-06/hayley-atwell-levar-burton-kal-penn-star-in-english-dub-for-ponoc-the-imaginary-film/.211625 | title=Hayley Atwell, LeVar Burton, Kal Penn Star in English Dub for Ponoc's the Imaginary Film }}

| Aurora

| Voice; English dub