Ruby Rose 'exploding with joy' at new role in Orange is the New Black

She went from teenage MTV star to self-styled genderqueer celebrity and now Australian TV presenter and model Ruby Rose is joining the cast of the new series of Orange is the New Black.
Redefining the model/actress/whatever moniker, Rose is set to play Stella Carlin, a new inmate at Litchfield federal correctional institution, the fictional women’s prison where the critically-acclaimed Netflix show is set.
Stella will be a love interest for the central characters of Piper and Alex, producers confirmed, “whose sarcastic sense of humour and captivating looks quickly draw the attention of some of Litchfield’s inmates”. Orange is the New Black welcomed Rose officially to the fold via its Twitter feed.

Rose revealed the role in an interview with US Elle magazine, having previously dropped some heavy hints on social media using the hashtag #stellaishere. Posting to her Facebook fanpage as the news began to trend worldwide, Rose said she was “exploding with joy over here!!”
Born in Australia to a single mother, Rose grew up mainly in Melbourne and found fame first as a child model and later as an MTV VJ while still in her teens.
Openly gay from an early age, Rose more recently revealed her lifelong oscillation between male and female gender identities, which she labels as “reincarnations”. In a Guardian interview she said she started binding her chest as young as six and that, if she had to choose her gender, “it would be a boy, a guy”.
“I think at this stage I will stay a woman but … who knows,” she said. “I’m so comfortable right now I feel wonderful about it, but I also fluctuate a lot.”
Now based in Los Angeles, Rose released a short film, Break Free, exploring this gender fluidity in July 2014.