Ruby Ruiz

Acting

Ruby Ruiz

Ruby Ruiz is a Filipino actress. She is a two-time Gawad Urian and one-time FAMAS nominee. She won international awards for her leading role in Iska at the 2020 Harlem International Film Festival and the 2020 Herat International Women's Film Festival. In 2026, she tied with Pokwang in winning Best Actress at the 22nd Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival for the dramedy film Status: Rejected.

Acting credits

The Bourne Legacy poster
6.3

New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.

The Bourne Legacy

2012

This, That, and Everything in Between poster
6.5

A TV writer returns home to her estranged mother, igniting chaos as they navigate painful secrets and the complexities of their dysfunctional family.

This, That, and Everything in Between

2026

Sta. Niña poster
5.0

When Paulino Mungcal and his co-worker in a lahar-filled quarry unexpectedly dig up the remains of his 2-year daughter Marikit, they discover that she showed no signs of decay. Could this be a miracle, and could she -- despite death – cure the sick? Inspired by whatever healing power the deceased child may have, Pol asks the church to declare her a saint. But how, when her resurgence stirs up emotions buried by time, and shores up questions about pure love, guilt, sin and salvation?

Sta. Niña

2012

Grandmother poster
7.2

Two elderly women bear the consequences of a crime involving their respective grandsons. One is the victim, the other is the suspect. Both weak and poor, they laboriously solicit money in the midst of a storm, one for the victim's burial, the other for the suspect's bail bond.

Grandmother

2009

The Revolution Knows No Gender poster
3.0

With his family life in shambles amidst the government's war on drugs, a young man transitions from being an ordinary filmmaker to being a full-fledged member of the revolutionary movement, proving that conviction knows no gender.

The Revolution Knows No Gender

2021

Paalam, Salamat poster
3.0

Ligaya, a prostitute who has never known true love despite the many men she’s been with, remains unaware of one man’s unwavering devotion, someone who has loved her quietly and faithfully from afar.

Paalam, Salamat

2025

Enjoy Your Stay poster
7.2

To avoid losing custody of her six-year-old daughter in Manila, Luz, an undocumented Filipina cleaner working in a luxury Swiss ski resort, must earn money at any cost – even if it means transgressing her own moral limits.

Enjoy Your Stay

2026

Fuccbois poster
6.0

Ace, 23, and Miko, 17, desperately want to become famous actors but it seems the Universe has a different plan for their lives.

Fuccbois

2019

Payback poster
NR

Chased by police, bike thief Isaac asks his boss for help but gets the cold shoulder. He then plans vengeance against the boss... Payback depicts a man caught in a slum's crime ring.

Payback

2021

Sitio Diablo poster
3.9

A story about a gangster couple who returns to Sitio Diablo, a gangland in Manila, and form a new gang, Illustrados. A bloodbath is set to happen when they face their old gang, Los Hijos Diablos who rules Sitio Diablo.

Sitio Diablo

2022

Adan poster
5.6

A naive provincial girl finds a way to get ahold of her independence through the help of her girl best friend. But their actions have nerve-shattering consequences.

Adan

2019

Status: Rejected poster
NR

Longing for love and the promise of a better life, a grandmother finds herself swept into an unexpected online romance that challenges her sense of worth, family, and the dreams she refuses to let go of.

Status: Rejected

2026

Bona poster
6.6

Bona, a middle-class student, becomes infatuated with a struggling actor, Gardo, and drops out of school to live with him. She becomes his unpaid maid, performing chores and enduring his relationships with other women, in the hopes of reciprocation.

Bona

1984

She Who Must Not Be Named poster
NR

A dyslexic playboy falls for a mysterious woman who refuses to tell him her name.

She Who Must Not Be Named

2026

Chameleon poster
NR

In early 2000's in Sapporo, Japan. Filipino transgender dancer Marie becomes entangled with the dangerous underbelly of the criminal world after an immigration raid pulls her into the orbit of the deadly Yakuza.

Chameleon

Raya Among the Clouds poster
NR

Set in 2005, follows third-grader Raya Carpio as she struggles with stage fright and societal judgment during a school family showcase. When questions arise about her unconventional family, Raya hesitates to invite her mother, Sabel, to an upcoming Family Day. With the help of her friend Makoy, Raya sends heartfelt messages via paper airplanes, hoping to bridge their emotional gap. Though the plan falters, a heartfelt trip brings mother and daughter closer, revealing the depth of their bond.

Raya Among the Clouds

2024

Creak poster
4.2

A young woman moves into a new building, and soon strange and terrifying things begin to happen.

Creak

2023

Tisoy poster
NR

A university student learns that it is not so easy to borrow a library book. Martika Ramirez Escobar and Sari Estrada's segment in the anthology "Anatomiya ng Pag-Ibig."

Tisoy

2015

Echorsis poster
5.0

A young hustler takes advantage of the love of a gay man, and pays consequences for it in the form of a demonic possession.

Echorsis

2016

I Do poster
6.0

Mayumi is a girl with a happy disposition in life who dreams of meeting her "the one" someday. She has been dreaming of meeting her "the one" and having the perfect wedding ever since she was a little girl. When she meets Lance, a Chinese descendant, in a wedding, she immediately knows that he is "the one" she is waiting for, her faith and destiny. The two of them become lovers despite the unwillingness of their families to their relationship.

I Do

2010

Butchered poster
6.2

A young man tries to make some money so he can marry his girlfriend. He takes a job for $2,000 and then soon realizes that this job involves killing a woman.

Butchered

2009

Possession poster
5.0

The film follows two competing television news teams as they chase a variety of leads, gradually zeroing in on an impending and possibly apocalyptic storm, and a middle-aged teacher who may or may not be possessed by a demon. Writer and actress Raquel Villavicencio plays the ruthless head of the top-rated network, coming off as a Tagalog variation on Faye Dunaway's fabled character in Network. Her team has eschewed covering politics in favour of triedand- true tabloid fodder: demonic possession.

Possession

2013

Revenge poster
6.3

A strong and loving woman fight to get back everything that is stolen from her.

Revenge

2017

Lihis poster
5.0

The film splits itself between two timelines. In 2006, Ada is basing her thesis on a massacre that occurred twenty years prior in a village called Acacia. Her mother Cecilia was part of a fact-finding mission into a massacre, and Ada’s inquiries bring up her history as a member of the NPA. The other timeline traces the relationship of Ka Felix and Ka Jimmy, two rebels who fall in love, despite the movement’s laws against such a pairing.

Lihis

2013