Biography
Date of Birth
16 December 1988, Paducah, Kentucky, USA
Birth Name
Rumer Glenn Willis
Nickname
Rue
Height
5' 6" (1.68 m)
Mini Biography
Rumer Glenn Willis was born August 16th, 1988, in Paducah, Kentucky, to actors Demi Moore and Bruce Willis. She was named after the British novelist Rumer Godden. She made her debut at the age of 5 in the movie Now and Then (1995) but was credited as Willa Glen. Her mother hired cameramen to video tape her birth.
Trivia
Demi Moore & Bruce Willis' oldest daughter.
Scout Willis & Tallulah Willis' big sister and Mabel Willis & Evelyn Willis' older half-sister.
Uncle is Morgan Guynes.
Cousin of Cooper Guynes and Oliver Guynes.
Was born in Kentucky where her father, Bruce Willis, was filming In Country (1989).
Is very good friends with Dakota Johnson, daughter of Melanie Griffith.
Former stepdaughter of Ashton Kutcher.
Her ancestry includes German (from her paternal grandmother), English, Scottish, Dutch, French, Welsh, and Irish.
Has played the daughter of both her parents on film. She played Demi Moore's daughter in Striptease (1996) and Bruce Willis's daughter in Hostage (2005).
While attending boarding school, Rumer's bedroom wall was adorned with pinups of unbeknownst stepfather-to-be Ashton Kutcher.
Graduated high school from Wildwood School in June 2006 (which her sisters Scout Willis and Tallulah Willis also attended) and enrolled at USC in the Fall for one semester before dropping out.
Enrolled as a junior at Wildwood Secondary School in Los Angeles, California. [January 2005]
Enrolled as a freshman at the Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, Michigan. [November 2002]
Named Miss Golden Globe for 2008. [November 2007]
Won season 20 of Dancing with the Stars (2005).
Rumer Glenn Willis was given her middle name to honor Glenn Gordon Caron who was instrumental in casting her father, Bruce Willis, in the hit TV comedy Moonlighting (1985).
Considered for the role of Serena van der Woodsen in Gossip Girl (2007) which eventually went to Blake Lively.
Friends with Annie Starke since childhood.
Has been romantically linked with Harry Morton, Rafi Gavron, Micah Alberti, Chord Overstreet, Jayson Blair, Ricky Whittle and Val Chmerkovskiy.
Quotes
I would never want the responsibility of being the prettiest girl on screen; it's too much.
Everybody is going to have an opinion on you; not everyone is going to like you. You can't live your life based on other people's opinions of you or let that change what you do or how you feel about yourself, because then you're not living.
I definitely understand not entirely fitting in. I think everyone has their own version of feeling out of place and I think one of the great things we have the ability to do is to know it's all right. It's OK to have that awkward phase.
Just in general, no matter what you're doing, be true to yourself. Never let anyone else dictate how you live your life.
Look, nobody is ever exactly the same as anybody else. You're handed the cards you are for a particular reason, so you follow that path and see where it takes you.
My parents always knew that I wanted to act, so it didn't really come as a big surprise. The only thing they told me was that I had to wait until I was 18 so I could get my education out of the way first.
For a while I thought about studying medicine at school and becoming a doctor because I've always been interested in psychology and how people's minds operate. But I'm able to explore some of that as an actor and ultimately I think it seems more interesting.
Education is very important to my parents and to me.
Being stick skinny to the extent where you can see your bones through your skin is not a good look. You don't need to be that to be beautiful or to be perfect or to fit in. Who you are is exactly who you should be. You can't let other people dictate your life or how you feel about yourself because then you're not living.
Everyone has opportunities and different doors that are opened to them in different ways. In the end, if you're talented you'll get work, if you're not, you won't, so it doesn't really matter who you know.
As you get older, you realize your parents aren't these superheroes. They're actually people.
I've never wanted to just ride on coat tails. I don't know, if you don't earn something then it doesn't feel as good.
You don't have to change to be successful, just be you. You have to walk into a room like 'I have so much to offer.'
