---
name: "Hester Ruoff"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hester-ruoff"
fi1m_id: "hester-ruoff"
imdb_id: "nm1936275"
tmdb_id: 1820015
wikidata_id: "Q133459705"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-30T21:27:12.900570+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Hester Ruoff

## Identity

Hester Ruoff

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hester-ruoff
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hester-ruoff
- **IMDb ID:** nm1936275
- **TMDB ID:** 1820015
- **Wikidata ID:** Q133459705
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133459705, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1936275/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1820015

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133459705, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1936275/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1820015

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Boiling Point*](https://film.one/film/boiling-point.md) (77)

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## Biography

Hester Ruoff is a British actress and producer. She began her career producing award-winning short films, including the BAFTA-longlisted Gerry (2018), before moving into feature production.

Ruoff produced the one-shot drama Boiling Point (2021), for which she received a BAFTA nomination for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. She also appeared in the film as Kelly. Other acting credits include Debbie Firth in EastEnders (2011) and roles in The Marine 6: Close Quarters (2018) and Villain (2020).

In 2021 she co-founded the production company Ascendant Fox with Bart Ruspoli. She has produced further features including Gassed Up (2023) and received BIFA nominations for her work.

*Sources: ascendant-fox.com, bifa.film, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Boiling Point* (2021), Fi1m 77, as Kelly — [page](https://film.one/film/boiling-point.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Gassed Up* (2024), Producer
- *Boiling Point* (2023), series, Executive Producer
- *A Violent Man* (2022), Producer
- *Anonymous* (2021), as Abby
- *Boiling Point* (2021), as Kelly · Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/boiling-point.md)
- *Ernie* (2020), as Rita
- *Villain* (2020), as DCI Higgins
- *Palindrome* (2020), as Terri
- *The Marine 6: Close Quarters* (2018), as Kelly
- *Gerry* (2018), Producer
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, as Debbie Firth — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

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