Bridgerton as she played Marina Thompson, Colin Bridgerton's love interest on the last two seasons.The actress has taken to Instagram to tell her followers that she was "taking a break" from work after being hospitalised due to her "mental health struggles".Ruby shared the powerful video yesterday in view of her 232,000 Instagram followers.She began: "I am better, I have been really unwell for a really long time.
I want to be honest with everyone. I have been struggling."I am in hospital at the minute and I am going to be discharged soon and hopefully get to continue with my life."I am going to take a little bit of a break for myself and I would encourage others, if you are struggling, do yourself a favour and take a break, stop being so hard on yourself."A post shared by Ruby Barker (@rubybarker)She continued: "I was raged-filled, angry, all this intergenerational trauma bundled up inside me."I was carrying the weight of the world on my back and now I am at the point where I have a diagnosis, I am drawing a line in the sand."I can't carry on the way that I was, I need to change so that is what I am trying to do.
I want to survive and I will survive, I am going to."Ruby concluded the video by thanking her friends and family, as well as streaming service, Netflix, for giving her an opportunity and "saving [her]".Ruby also revealed that she struggled to get her life back on track after contracting Covid-19, with her mental health struggles leading her to drop out of the West End production, Running With Lions.She said: "I cannot wait to fulfill all of my engagements and to have a good career and a good life.