GRANGE Hill's Ruth Carraway is unrecognisable 33 years after playing Helen Kelly in the kids' TV show. The former actress's four years on the show in the late 80s were full of memorable storylines.
She burst onto the scene as a member of bully gang the Terrahawks fronted by Imelda Davies. Fortunately, she grew as an individual and became a popular female role model who pursued a career in the male dominated engineering industry.
Grange Hill was Ruth's first acting job and she went on to star in Streetwise, a drama about bike couriers in London starring Andy Serkis, and Aids feature film Closing Numbers in the early 90s.
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