OHMYGOSSIP — Ruth Madeley is to play the lead role in new factual drama ‘Independence Day? How Disabled Rights Were Won’.
The BBC Two show is about the passing of the Disability Discrimination Act and focuses on the people behind the campaign that led to the passing of the act, which has improved the civil rights of disabled people in the UK.
Ruth will take on the part of Barbara Lisicki, who is one of two disabled cabaret performers – the other being Alan Holdsworth -who met at a performance in the 1989 and went on to become the driving forces behind the Direct Action Network (DAN), which was so pivotal in pushing the issue of disabled rights into the public domain.
Ruth, 33, said: “To have the opportunity to play such an incredibly powerful character and tell such an important story is honestly a dream, especially within the context of disabled, deaf and neuro-diverse history.
“As soon as I saw the script I knew this was going to be something so special and I am couldn’t be happier to work with Jack and Gen on a drama that deserves to be front and centre on screen.”
Written by Bafta winner Jack Thorne and actor-turned-writer Genevieve Barr, the film will be directed by Bruce Goodison and Amit Sharma.
Jack said: “Ruth Madeley is one of those rare actors who take scripts and turns them into something else. She does things with words and makes human and fragile, even the smallest thing like putting on a kettle.
“I emailed two people when I was offered the chance to tell this incredible story – one was Genevieve and the other was Ruth. We wrote every word for her and we love her and I’m so excited to work with her again.”
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