When a character comes in with a minx-like attitude, acerbic one-liners and a nature that makes you wonder if she’s just here to wreck lives, it can be a risk – very easily a newcomer like this can put viewers right off. But from day one, Emmerdale – not to mention acclaimed actress Beth Cordingly – have nailed Ruby Fox-Miligan.
![[Anthony Fox looks at his daughter Ruby Fox-Miligan in Emmerdale]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/31_12_emm_anthony_ruby_01-3ee0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Quite honestly – and I am taking no debate on this – Queen Ruby is easily one of the best soap characters to debut in years. She’s the epitome of a classic soap female – feisty and hilarious, trouble to the core, but with a strong vulnerability that gives her so many dimensions.
![[Caleb and Ruby speak in Mill Cottage in Emmerdale]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/05_12_emm_caleb_ruby_02-0661.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
This week, as if she hadn’t already, she sealed her place as a beloved character we are rooting for. She may have been a schemer – and probably still is – intent on antagonising Moira Dingle (Natalie J Robb) at first. And she could so easily have left viewers enraged at her forever after her ill-advised liaison with Cain (Jeff Hordley).
![[Cain and Ruby kiss in the garage in Emmerdale]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ruby-cain-emmerdale-3-7442.png?w=646)
But the hard-hitting storyline which has revealed that she suffered sexual abuse as a child at the hands of her vile dad Anthony (Nicholas Day) has really dug deep into reasons behind Ruby’s defensive nature. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video.
![[Ruby Fox-Miligan looking troubled as she glances at a photo in Emmerdale]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12_12_emm_ruby_02-0c74.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
