Ruthie Ann Miles

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Ruthie Ann Miles (born April 21, 1983) is an American actress and singer best known for her appearances in musical theatre and on television. She has appeared in Christmas Eve on Avenue Q and appeared as Imelda Marcos in Here Lies Love, winning a Theatre World Award and a Lucille Lortel Award for the latter role.

Miles appeared in The King and I on Broadway, 2015–2016 Lincoln Center production of The King and I, for which she was named Best Featured Actress in a Musical.

She appeared on The Americans on television in 2016.

Miles returned to the stage in 2018, after recovering from injuries after a car accident that killed her daughter and caused her to miss her unborn child, and she was in a revival of The King and I.

Early life and education

Miles was born in Arizona and raised by her Korean mother, Esther Wong, a music teacher, first in Korea and then in Honolulu, Hawaii, from 2nd grade. Miles has said, "I had to work really quickly and really hard to develop my accent." She attended Kaimuki High School, graduating in 2001, and then Southern Oregon University before earning her bachelor's degree at Palm Beach Atlantic University in 2005. At New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, she earned a Master of Music in Vocal Performance with a focus on music theatre.

Personal life

Jonathan Blumenstein is the product of her marriage. Miles was wounded, and Abigail Blumenstein's four-year-old daughter was killed while crossing a street in Brooklyn, New York, after they and other pedestrians were struck by a red light on March 5, 2018. Miles was 7 months pregnant with her second child at the time of the shooting. Miles and Blumenstein's unborn child died on May 11, 2018. Miles debuted on stage in August 2018. Miles gave birth to Hope Elizabeth, a daughter born in April 2020.

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Career

Miles appeared in In The Roar of the Crowd, Off-Broadway Theatre, as Leah in Two by Two and Red Urchin. Beginning in 2011, she portrayed Christmas Eve and other characters in Avenue Q off-Broadway in two years. She received a Theatre World Award and a Lucille Lortel Award for her role as Imelda Marcos in Here Lies Love in 2013 off-Broadway at The Public Theatre. Miles has appeared on national tours of Sweeney Todd (as Adolfo Pirelli) and Annie. She has appeared in numerous films in regional theatre and appeared as a doctor in the film I Am Michael.

Miles' role as Lady Thiang in the 2015 Broadway revival of The King and I, with Ben Brantley of The New York Times writing that "turns 'Something Wonderful" into an exquisite piece of romantic realism that may be the show's anthem." "The one featured performer in a play or musical, on or off-Broadway, who I felt was giving the best performance this season" (her) Lady Thiang is more empathetic than in other productions I have seen. ... People who see this King and I will be concerned about Lady Thiang. They'll be thinking about what she knows and what she feels about herself. She received the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for this role.

Miles appeared in a recurring role in the television series The Americans, as Young-Hee Seong, a Korean immigrant and Mary Kay consultant whose husband is of concern to the KGB. Frieda/Betty returned to Broadway in 2017 in the Park with George in the revival of Sunday in the Park. Miles appeared in Svetlana in a Kennedy Center concert performance of the musical Chess in February 2018. Miles appeared in The King and I in August 2018, reprising her Broadway role.

Miles has appeared in the television series All Rise since 2019.

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