How to Be A Bad Ass
Cosmopolitan - South Africa|June 2017

You Know And Love Her From  Orange Is The New Black.

Laurie Sandell
How to Be A Bad Ass

Now  Ruby Rose Is Kicking Butt  In – Count ’Em – Three New Action-Packed Movies. Meet The Stunning Actress Who Is Defying Hollywood’S Stereotypes To Succeed On Her Own Terms. Then Keep Reading For 2017’S Other Totally Baller Babes doesn’t know what time it is. ‘It’s definitely not 10.30am,’ she says, flashing her Dior watch. ‘That must be from wherever I was last.’

The 31-year-old Aussie is in such demand, she’s barely in one time zone long enough to reset the clock. Today, we’re talking over vegan burgers in LA. Tomorrow, she’ll be in New York, on a panel with Gigi Hadid, Zoë Kravitz, Lena Dunham and US Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman as part of Reebok’s #PerfectNever campaign. By the time you read this, you’ll probably have watched her star turns in xXx: Return Of Xander Cage, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter and John Wick: Chapter 2.

Ruby is an eye magnet – all sharp cheekbones, lightgreen eyes and cropped hair slicked back just so. Tattoos cover much of her body’s real estate, creeping up her neck and onto her fingers.

She’s been compared to Justin Bieber and Angelina Jolie – A-listers as famous for their talent and looks as they are for their rebellious streak. And as some have pointed out, when Angelina’s image was recast as a dogooder mother and activist, she left a bad-girl void in Hollywood. Until now.

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