Ruby Rose

Ruby Rose Langenheim (born 20 March 1986) is an Australian model, actress, disc jockey, and television presenter.

In order to land her job as an MTV VJ in Australia, Rose competed against 2000 other hopefuls in a three-week national search, as former VJ Lyndsey Rodrigues moved to the United States to co-host TRL.

As part of the competition, she downed 100 shots of beer in 100 minutes against Jackass's Bam Margera, and kissed strangers on a busy Sydney street.

She stated, "Being a model there is always something they want to change. Whether they want someone a little bit skinnier, a little bit taller, a little bit prettier, but MTV wants you to be yourself ... not censoring anything and not conforming to anything."

Rose first joined the Girlfriend model search in 2002, for which she came in second to Catherine McNeil.

She was a presenter on MTV Australia (2007–2011), followed by several high-profile modelling gigs, including Maybelline New York in Australia.

Rose pursued a career in acting from 2008 onwards.

Rose was selected in 2008 to act in the Australian comedy film Suite for Fleur.

In addition, she has co-hosted various television shows, including Australia's Next Top Model (2009) and The Project on Network Ten (2009–2011).

In 2009, Rose won the ASTRA Award for Favourite Female Personality.

She also travelled to Kenya to "highlight ... [the] amazing work" done by Global Vision International.

She appeared in the episode "Media Virgins", of Australia's Next Top Model, acting as a guest judge, and also worked as a correspondent for the finale of Australia's Next Top Model.

In July 2009, Rose along with Dave Hughes, Charlie Pickering, Carrie Bickmore and James Mathison hosted The 7pm Project, an Australian television news talk show produced by Roving Enterprises which airs weeknights on Network Ten.

She left the program to pursue her own hosting projects.

In October 2009, it was announced that FOX8 had picked up the rights to UK format Ultimate School Musical, which features ordinary teenagers from a school attempting to put on a music production to a professional standard in just six weeks.

In 2009, she appeared on the first episode of Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation, representing Generation M alongside comedian Josh Thomas.

In 2010, she collaborated with the Australian fashion label Milk and Honey to design a capsule fashion line.

The collection, named Milk and Honey Designed by Ruby Rose, includes washed jeans, leather jackets and T-shirts.

The clothing line was available in selected retailers in Australia.

Rose also released a collaboration collection with street footwear brand Gallaz.

The Australian version was produced by FremantleMedia Australia with Rose as host, and aired in 2010.

Rose also hosted the Foxtel Mardi Gras for 3 consecutive years before becoming an official correspondent for Foxtel for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

She had a small role in the drama film Around the Block (2013) and came to wider attention for her role in season three of the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black (2015–2016).

She also appeared alongside Christina Ricci and Jack Thompson in the 2013 film Around the Block.

In 2014, Rose began collaborating with Phoebe Dahl for their clothing range Faircloth Lane.

She has featured predominantly within mainstream fashion titles, including Vogue Australia, InStyle Magazine, Marie Claire Magazine, Cleo, Cosmopolitan, Maxim, Nylon and New York's Inked Magazine.

She's been the Australian ambassador for JVC, Australian clothes company JAG and luxury Danish label Georg Jensen.

Rose is the face of Maybelline New York in Australia.

Rose credits her 2014 short film Break Free, which she produced herself, for the success of her acting career.

In an interview with Variety, she described how she was not able to get a manager, agent, or audition; so she decided to create short films "as a way of being able to give myself something to do and to study my craft."

In October 2015, Rose hosted the 2015 MTV Europe Music Awards alongside Ed Sheeran in Milan.

She also had roles in the action films Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016), XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017) and John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) and co-starred in the musical comedy Pitch Perfect 3 (2017) and the monster film The Meg (2018).

Since March 2016, Rose has been the face of Urban Decay Cosmetics.

In March 2017, Rose starred in Nike's latest campaign "Kiss My Airs" celebrating its Air Max Day.

In May, Rose was the face of Swarovski 'Urban Fantasy' FW17 Collection launch.

She also starred in the lead role of Kate Kane / Batwoman in the first season of the CW television series Batwoman (2019–2020).

Rose was born in Melbourne, the daughter of Katia Langenheim, a then 20-year-old single mother.

As a young child, Rose travelled frequently, living in rural Victoria, Tasmania, and Surfers Paradise before finally settling in Melbourne.

As a teenager, she attended University High School and Footscray City College.

Rose is the great-granddaughter (respectively) of German movie actress Ellen Bang and Alec Campbell, the last surviving Australian soldier who fought in the Battle of Gallipoli.