Celebrity Traitors is currently airing on BBC and BBC iPlayer and the celeb contestants are trying their best to win £100,000 for their chosen charity
Ruth Codd had an unconventional rise to fame and several huge acting roles before joining the first series of Celebrity Traitors. The Irish actress is currently starring on the iconic BBC show where she is trying to win £100,000 for her chosen charity.
The star was very vocal during Wednesday night’s episode where she accused Jonathan Ross of being a Traitor – which, as viewers will know, she was right about. However, she thinks her days are numbered on the programme as she said she has put a target on her back as the next celebrity to get “murdered”.
She has become a stand-out contestant on Celebrity Traitors but she didn’t have a conventional rise to fame at first. Ruth is best known for her Netflix role in thrilling series The Midnight Club.
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Despite this being her first professional role, Ruth already had a large following on TikTok beforehand. She managed to gain a huge 670,000 followers before appearing on our TV screens, meaning she already had a collection of fans for a completely different reason other than acting.
Ruth was able to gain her followers during the coronavirus pandemic when she was laid off from her job as a barber. She would use her social media account to post makeup and hair tutorial videos.
It was thought her TikTok videos that Netflix producers discovered Ruth and approached her to be on The Midnight Club. She posted videos as a comedic nun and on disability awareness which kickstarted her acting career.
Ruth has starred as Anya in The Midnight Club and Juno Usher in The Fall of the House of Usher, both on Netflix. She has also appeared in an episode of horror series Creepshow and the second series of ITV comedy The Dry.
In 2024 Ruth finished in third place on E4’s Celebrity Cooking School before starring in her first film, the live adaptation of How to Train Your Dragon. Ruth has her right leg amputated below the knee in 2023 due to complications from a serious foot injury she got while playing football in 2015.
She now uses a prosthetic leg and has learned to walk on it. Speaking to The Irish Examiner, Ruth said: “It never healed correctly so until I was 23, I was on and off crutches, getting loads of operations.
“Because of nerve damage and chronic pain, I chose to get it amputated. It took eight years of my life, constantly going in and out of hospital. For years, I didn’t see it getting any better. I was stuck in a really bad mindset and I was p**sed off at life.”
She added: “When I made the decision to amputate it, things finally started to turn around. It was a relief. I could get on with my life.”
Source: Mirror
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