Ruby Jerins
{{short description|American actress}}
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Ruby Jerins is an American actress who played Grace Peyton for seven seasons in the comedy-drama series Nurse Jackie. She started out playing guest star parts on NBC’s Law & Order: SVU and Kidnapped, and then was a recurring character in the ABC series Six Degrees. She played the daughter of Kevin Bacon in the HBO film Taking Chance, and when she was 8, Martin Scorsese cast her opposite Leonardo DiCaprio and Michelle Williams in Shutter Island. She then played Caroline Hawkins in the 2010 film Remember Me opposite Robert Pattinson, Emilie de Ravin, and Pierce Brosnan. After that she booked the role of Melanie in Louder Than Bombs, a film by Joachim Trier that was in the main competition at Cannes in 2015.{{Citation needed |date=September 2023}} She can be seen in "BLKBX", a music video filmed in several parts featuring Grace Gaustad that promotes self empowerment and healing above bullying for young women. Jerins studied acting at LaGuardia High School of the Arts in New York City, and went to college at Tulane University.{{Citation needed |date=September 2023}}
Life and career
Jerins is the daughter of the artist Edgar Jerins and actress Alana Jerins, and the older sister of Sterling Jerins, an actress who appeared in The Conjuring.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZRHN3c94vQ "Edgar Jerins at the PAFA Legacies Exhibition"], YouTube, July 7, 2009 Jerins made her acting debut in the film The Wedding in 2001, alongside Jaid Barrymore and Stephen C. Bradbury, playing the flower girl. Jerins has also guest starred in television series such as Kidnapped, Law & Order, Guiding Light, As the World Turns, Six Degrees, and Saturday Night Live. She also had a main role in Nurse Jackie.[http://www.backstage.com/bso/production-listings/new-york-production-listings-1004014286.story "New York Production Listings"], Backstage, September 19, 2009
In 2010, Jerins played one of the main characters in the film Remember Me, alongside Robert Pattinson and Emilie De Ravin.[http://www.celebrity-mania.com/news/view/00009258.html "Robert Pattinson Seen Riding Old Bicycle on 'Remember Me' Set"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090921075116/http://www.celebrity-mania.com/news/view/00009258.html |date=2009-09-21 }}, Celebrity Mania, Thu, 02 July 2009 22:02:11 ET
Filmography
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! Year !! Film !! Role !! Notes | |||
| 2001 | The Wedding | The Flower Girl | |
| 2004 | Water | Mary | |
| 2006 | Guiding Light | Katie | Episode: "#1.14850" |
| 2006 | Saturday Night Live | Princess Amendola | Episode: "Natalie Portman/Fall Out Boy" |
| 2006–07 | As the World Turns | Jill Marks | 5 episodes |
| 2006–07 | Six Degrees | Eliza Morgan | 11 episodes |
| 2007 | Zoe's Day | Zoe | Short film |
| 2007 | Kidnapped | Annabelle Kellogg | Episode: "Do Unto Others" |
| 2008 | Law & Order | Lacy Talbot | Episode: "Falling" |
| 2009 | Taking Chance | Olivia Strobl | Television film |
| 2009–15 | Nurse Jackie | Grace Peyton | Main role; 70 episodes |
| 2010 | Shutter Island | Rachel Laeddis | |
| 2010 | Remember Me | Caroline Hawkins | |
| 2010 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Rose Samonsky | Episode: "Bullseye" |
| 2015 | Louder Than Bombs | Melanie |
Awards
- Recanati-Kaplan Excellence in the Arts Scholarship, June 2007.[http://www.92y.org/content/recanati-kaplan_program.asp "Recanati-Kaplan Program for Excellence in the Arts: For Young Artists, Dancers and Musicians"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100314111943/http://www.92y.org/content/recanati-kaplan_program.asp |date=2010-03-14 }}, 92nd Street Y website
References
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Further reading
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100307090529/http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2010/03/04/robert-pattinson-remember-me-shutter-island-leonardo-dicaprio-ruby-jerins/ "Robert Pattinson Vs. Leonardo DiCaprio? 'Remember Me' & 'Shutter Island' Star Ruby Jerins Picks Sides"], MTV News, March 4, 2010.
External links
- {{IMDb name|2157839}}
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Category:American child actresses
Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses