‘I THOUGHT THERE’D NEVER BE ENOUGH WORK!’ RUTH MADELEY ON SEX, SUCCESS AND BECOMING A STAR OUT OF SHEER NOSINESS
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She is shaking up showbiz and redefining the way disability is portrayed on screen. Ahead of her end-times thriller The Rapture, the star talks about being a Doctor Who badass and why her husband finds her job hysterical The day I met Ruth Madeley in a hotel in central London was the peak of the last…
Eerily, this is a major theme of The Rapture, the BBC’s new adaptation of Liz Jensen’s 2009 bestseller. It’s set in a children’s secure psychiatric unit, and the 38-year-old actor plays Gabs, a clinical psychologist recently paralysed in a car accident that killed her husband. She becomes transfixed by the inmate Bethany – a surly, biting performance from India Amarteifio – who has been convicted of killing her own mother.
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- The Guardian: She is shaking up showbiz and redefining the way disability is portrayed on screen.
- The Guardian: Ahead of her end-times thriller The Rapture, the star talks about being a Doctor Who badass and why her husband finds her job hysterical The day I met Ruth Madeley in a hotel in central London was the peak of the last…
- The Guardian: Eerily, this is a major theme of The Rapture, the BBC’s new adaptation of Liz Jensen’s 2009 bestseller.
- The Guardian: It’s set in a children’s secure psychiatric unit, and the 38-year-old actor plays Gabs, a clinical psychologist recently paralysed in a car accident that killed her husband.
- The Guardian: She becomes transfixed by the inmate Bethany – a surly, biting performance from India Amarteifio – who has been convicted of killing her own mother.
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- Topic: UK — the feed headline centres on THOUGHT, THERE, NEVER, ENOUGH, WORK.
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- Published: 17 Jul 2026, 13:00 UK.
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