Ruby Lorraine is a performing actor and emerging director hailing from Perth. The family are unsure where she got her flair working in the Performing Arts, because she hasn’t followed anyone else’s footsteps, but she has paved the way for the generation that comes after. She would call that “a job well done”.
She has studied Aboriginal Theatre and Movement at WAAPA and a Diploma of Stage and Screen Performance at NIDA. She is an Aboriginal Woman from Darumbal/Yimen country located in Queensland. She has worked with remote communities with local Elders to help build the confidence of young Aboriginal people using the performing arts. Ruby was the assisting director for the Aboriginal theatre students at WAAPA for their showcase doing Coranderrk.
She has written two short plays; Stray Cat performed with Short and Sweet (Perth) and I promise, you promise performed with Ilbijerri Theatre in Melbourne.
She has held one-on-one workshops with first-time actors and was the first person ever, to perform in the Western Australian Parliament House for the celebrations of women’s rights in Parliament.
Ruby is a musician with a background in classical music, having toured internationally.