<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1999--present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> John Reardon (m . 2008) </Td> </Tr> <P> Meghan Ory (born August 20, 1982) is a Canadian television and film actress . She is best known for her role as Red Riding Hood / Ruby on the ABC fantasy series Once Upon a Time and also starred in the short - lived CBS drama Intelligence as Riley Neal . Ory currently stars in Hallmark family drama Chesapeake Shores as Abby O'Brien . </P> <P> Ory was born in Victoria, British Columbia, and attended Royal Oak Middle School and then Claremont Secondary School . After receiving the Fine Arts Award for Acting from Royal Oak in 1996, she began pursuing a career in acting . </P>

Who plays red on once upon a time