Ruth Connell

United Kingdom 🎬 Actresses

Ruth Connell joined Supernatural in season 10 as Rowena, a Scottish witch with a body count and a wardrobe that cost more than most people's cars, and promptly stole the entire show. The Scottish actress brought a camp theatricality to the role that should have been campy in the bad way but was instead campy in the way that makes a show genuinely fun to watch again — all raised eyebrows and precisely delivered venom and the occasional moment of genuine vulnerability that hit harder because of all the artifice around it. Rowena became one of Supernatural's most beloved recurring characters across six seasons, which is a testament to what Connell brought beyond the script. Before Supernatural, she'd built her career across UK theatre and television; after it, she's got one of the most loyal fanbases in the genre space. With 17 images in her library and a reputation that precedes her into every room, Ruth Connell made a witch into a queen.