OITNB Star Ruby Rose Opens Up On Reason She Decided Not To Transition

She made her debut as Stella in the third season of OITNB, and now Ruby Rose has made a name for herself in creating awareness and discussion in gender fluidity. The actress, who made a short film Break Free, documented the struggles facing transsexual people in a clip now viewed more than nine million times. Speaking to Access Hollywood, the 29-year old, revealed that her gender issues started from an early age, recalling the time her father was approached in a restaurant when she was a child: “I was in a restaurant and the waiter came up and he was talking to my dad and he was like 'we're trying to work out is she a beautiful girl or a handsome boy?'. And my dad went to be like 'she's a beautiful...' and I was like... 'I don't know!'. You know I remember thinking about it and being like I'm a handsome boy and for the most part of my life I wanted to be a boy.”   The Australian actress, who started saving for gender reassignment surgery at the age of five, later chose as a teen she didn’t want to transition. Rose says that aged 15, she “just wanted to feel comfortable in her own skin”: “It wasn't until much later in life that I realised I could kind of do both and be androgynous and not have to necessarily be womanly.” The actress is currently engaged to Roald Dahl’s granddaughter, British fashion designer Phoebe Dahl.