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Actor from Melbourne, Australia.

Ruby Rose, 37

A woman with short dark hair and tattoos on her arm holding a small dog with light-colored fur, wearing a blue jacket and a blue bow, inside a room with brick walls and windows.

Ruby is an actor, disc jockey, model, and television presenter from Melbourne, Australia. She was a presenter on MTV Australia, followed by several high-profile modelling gigs, including Maybelline, Urban Decay, Nike, and Swarovski.

Her interests and hobbies include films, reading, nature, animals and community.

When asked why she wanted to support Adopt a Grandparent, Ruby said: “My initial inspiration to join the Adopt a Grandparent programme came years before I found the organisation. Growing up in a church choir, we regularly volunteered at elderly homes, singing for them, playing board games – it was a joy. At 15 my first job was for the local pharmacy, delivering medication to the elderly on my bicycle. I’ve always cared deeply about our older community.”

She added: “Early on in the pandemic, a friend of mine shared her experience with AAG and I knew, instantly, that I had to reach out and help in any way I could. What I didn’t know at the time, was how long the pandemic would last, how meaningful my weekly video calls with Iris, my adopted grandma, would become, and how healing the whole process would be.”