Ruby Cruz

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Ruby Cruz
File:Ruby Cruz at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival 01 (cropped).jpg
Cruz at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival
Born
Ruby Jean Cruz[1]

(2000-03-31) March 31, 2000 (age 26)[1]
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
FatherBrandon Cruz

Ruby Jean Cruz (born March 31, 2000)[1] is an American actress. She has acted in various short films and television series including Mare of Easttown and Castle Rock, and most notably as Kit Tanthalos in Willow.[2]

In 2023, she made her feature length movie debut as Hazel Callahan in Bottoms, directed by Emma Seligman.[3]

Career

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Ruby Cruz was born to actor and musician Brandon Cruz and Liz Cruz, an entrepreneur.[1][4][5] Cruz grew up in Los Angeles, California, and began auditioning for film and television roles in high school.[6] She studied theater at DePaul University before dropping out to pursue her acting career.[6]

In 2018, Cruz played the younger version of Lizzy Caplan's character, Annie Wilkes, in Castle Rock. Cruz received praise from TVLine for the way she captured Caplan's physicality.[7] In 2020, Cruz appeared in season 10 of Blue Bloods.[8]

In 2021, Cruz appeared as Jess Riley in the HBO drama series Mare of Easttown.[9] Later that year, Cruz was cast as Kit Tanthalos, the first openly lesbian Disney princess, in the television series Willow.[10] She took over the role from friend and Mare of Easttown costar Cailee Spaeny, who dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.[11] The show, which premiered in November 2022, acts as a sequel to the 1988 film of the same title.[12][13][14]

In 2023, she appeared alongside Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri in Bottoms as Hazel Callahan, a co-founder of a high school fight club for girls.[15][16] In 2024, she joined the cast for the third season of The Sex Lives of College Girls as Ash.[17] In 2025, she starred in The Threesome, a romantic comedy film.[18]

Personal life

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Cruz is queer and of Mexican heritage.[19][20] Her father is American former actor and punk musician Brandon Cruz.[21] Her mother, Elizabeth "Liz" Cruz (née Finkelstein), is an entrepreneur, whom her father married in 1994 and later divorced. She has one older brother, Lincoln, born 1995.[22]

Filmography

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Films

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Year Title Role Notes
2018 Aging Out June Short film
The Jump Luna
Murder On The Green Lucy
2019 Spin The School Girl
2020 God Is a Lobster Bea
2023 Bottoms Hazel Callahan
2024 What Would Jesus Do? Thandi Short film
2025 By Design Shelia the Intern
Steak Dinner Taylor Short film
The Threesome Jenny

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2019 Castle Rock Teen Annie Wilkes 2 Episodes
2020 Blue Bloods Amanda Webster Episode: "Where the Truth Lies"
2021 Mare of Easttown Jess Riley 6 Episodes
2022 Willow Princess Kit Tanthalos/Young Bavmorda (voice only) 8 Episodes
2024-2025 The Sex Lives of College Girls Ash 5 episodes

Music videos

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Year Title Artist
2023 "Salad" Blondshell

References

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Further reading

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