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Netflix series Ozark returned for season four, part two recently with viewers binging through the last seven episodes. Ozark follows financial advisor Marty Byrde (played by Jason Bateman) and his political lobbyist wife Wendy (Laura Linney) who unwittingly end up working for a Mexican drug cartel in Missouri. Season four saw the Byrdes now at odds with former associate Ruth Langmore (Julia Garner).

How old is Ruth Langmore supposed to be?

Actress Garner was one of the breakout stars of Ozark when it first launched on Netflix back in 2017.

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Her character Ruth proved to be a vital asset to the Byrdes after starting out on a bad note.

Ruth has shown a criminal nous and intellect as she’s learned more about the business while working for Marty.

She really demonstrated how far she’s come from season one as she stepped up the money laundering operations at the Missouri Belle riverboat casino for Marty and Wendy in the third series.

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Even at the start of season four, she revealed she had gained so much knowledge after working for Marty and could now go into business on her own.

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Ozark fans are curious to know how old Ruth Langmore is (Image: NETFLIX * GETTY)

Ozark: Ruth Langmore was a teen in season 1 (Image: NETFLIX)

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In some ways, she sees Marty as a surrogate father figure, particularly since Cade Langmore (Trevor Long) was murdered in a hit.

When viewers first meet Ruth, she’s 19-years-old and lands herself in hot water after trying to make off with a suitcase full of cartel cash.

Season two came out in 2018 and picked up in the aftermath with hardly any time passing between the first and second outings.

However, season three of Ozark saw an 18-month gap before finally being released in 2020.

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Ozark: Ruth Langmore is played by actress Julia Garner (Image: NETFLIX)

Ozark: Marty Byrde and Ruth Langmore got off on the wrong foot (Image: NETFLIX)

Within the timeline of the show, the third cycle was set six months after the season two finale.

Season four, Part one pretty much picks up from the third run's finale, so Ruth won't have really aged much.

Going by this, Ruth could either still be 19 or have turned 20 depending on when her birthday is.

One thing is clear though, Ruth is wise beyond her years and is fiercely intelligent.

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In real-life actress Garner was 22 when she landed the role of Ruth in May 2016.

She was born on February 1, 1994 and is now 26-year-old. With every season of Ozark, the age gap between Garner and her alter-ego has become greater.

Speaking to W Magazine in 2017, Garner admitted she badly wanted to get the role of Ruth.

She told the publication: “I remember thinking, I have to get this part—I was obsessing over it for like two weeks. I was really nervous.”

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Garner continued: “The thing that drew me was the dialogue, and how I got a sense of the character through what she was saying.

“It was very complex—even though I didn’t know the context of what happened in the show apart from the pilot, I figured out quickly, this girl is this, and this, and this. It was very clear.”

Unlike her onscreen character, the New York native doesn’t have a strong Missouri accent.

Instead, Garner auditioned with a Southern Missouri dialect because she felt it was right for the character.

Her Missouri inflections helped her to bag the role of Ruth, saying she’d done a similar accent for the movie Tomato Red the year before.

While the accent wasn’t easy, she said it had been “familiar” to her when she went for the part.

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