Ruth Emmanuella "Rudi" Davies (born 24 March 1965) is an English actress, the daughter of writer Dame Beryl Bainbridge (1932–2010).
Davies began her acting career as Penny Lewis in the BBC school drama, Grange Hill.
Her character was written out, stated to have had a horse riding accident offscreen.
She reappeared, alongside the rest of the original cast, in a single episode of Series 5.
She later was cast in The Object of Beauty (1991) alongside John Malkovich and Andie MacDowell which received a lukewarm reception from critics,[3][4] and the 1995 film Frankie Starlight.