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 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.
Her first professional acting role came in 1999 in the Fox Family Channel television movie, The Darklings, opposite Suzanne Somers and Timothy Busfield. A guest appearance on the television series The Crow: Stairway to Heaven followed, before she landed her first regular TV role on the Fox Family series Higher Ground in 2000, along with Hayden Christensen and A.J. Cook. After appearing on the MTV series 2ge+her (2000), Ory joined the cast of the Canadian television series Vampire High in 2001.
She continued working in television with guest appearances on The Outer Limits, Dark Angel, Glory Days, and Maybe It’s Me. She appeared in the TV movies, Lucky 7 and National Lampoon's Thanksgiving Family Reunion in 2003, as well as the TV series Smallville, Life As We Know It, and The Collector, and Family Reunion in 2004. Also in 2004, Ory made her feature film debut in Decoys, directed by Matthew Hastings, whom she had previously worked with on Higher Ground and Vampire High.
Why U screaming?
U know Im not a man of war
Break the gold chain that I gave U
Throw it down on the floor
Instead of this 7 page letter
I wish I had piece of mind
My friends tell me: U should go get her
But loving U, loving U, loving U
Is a waste of time
Oh yes it is, a waste of time - ooh
I need 2 get out of this city
I need 2 get U out of my head
I need 2 get away from the words that U said 2 me
Why U screaming? (ooh)
U know Im not a man of war
How could U think that I
Could put something inside of someone
That I put inside U, inside U?
Even if I tried 2 (Tried 2), tried 2 (Tried 2)
I couldnt cuz I still smell like the last time that we ...
Loving U, loving U, loving U
Is a waste of time (a waste of time)
Oh, yes it is
Loving U - a waste of time (ooh-oh)
I need 2 feel wanted again
I need 2 feel love is alive, yeah
I need 2 hear U say
That U aint looking 4 another reason 2 make me cry
Why U screaming? (ooh)
U know Im not a man of war
Ive been trying 2 make U happy, baby
Ever since we were sophomores
(But loving U, loving U, loving U)
Is a waste of time, oh yes it is
Oh, is a waste of time, waste of time, waste of time...
If theres no future
Then there is no past
And all weve got is right now
Lets make it last
Make it last, make it last (ooh)
Why U screaming?
U know Im not a man of war
Break the gold chain (Break the gold chain that I gave U)
Throw it down on the floor - oh baby
Instead of this 7 page letter
I wish I had piece of mind
(My friends tell me: U should go get her)
Tell me: U should go get her
(But loving U) Loving U, loving U, loving U
Is a waste of time (A waste of time)
Oh, a waste of time - oh yeah
I need 2 get out of this city
I need 2 get U out of my head
I need 2...
I need 2 get away from the words that U said 2 me
I need 2... [...]
I need 2 feel wanted again
Oh, I need 2 hear no sin
Hear me...
(But loving U, loving U, loving U)
Why U screaming?
U know Im not a man of war
Break the gold chain that I gave U
Throw it down on the floor - oh baby
Instead of this 7 page letter
I wish I had piece of mind
My friends tell me: U should go get her
But loving U, loving U, loving U
Is a waste of time
U know Im not a man of war