Ruby Rose made a lot of Calgary fans ecstatic with her second visit to the city in two months, and while she wasn’t in town for long, she sure made it count.

Her September visit to perform her energetic DJ set at Cowboys was probably even more exciting than her first visit to the city during the Calgary Stampede, but only because fans had more time to Google-stalk her and become even more enchanted. There, quite simply, appears to be nothing Ruby Rose can’t do.

The actress / DJ /philanthropist / animal lover just announced one of the next big announcements in her blossoming career, and it involves appearing in the fifth installment of the popular Resident Evil series.

Despite how busy she is, Gay Calgary was lucky enough to sit down with the Australian talent before her September Cowboys appearance and find out exactly what Ruby thinks about her tour, animals and the cold weather.

GC: Wow, you’re back in Calgary for the second time in just a couple of months, so obviously you like it here; how do you think the tour is going?

RR: Yeah, it’s good, it’s so funny because I was just here like two months ago, and it was warm. But it is not warm right now – it is so cold – but it is nice because I live in Los Angeles and I’ve just been doing Vegas, and it’s way too hot out there, so it’s nice to come here to some brisk weather.

GC: What do you think of Calgary?

RR: Yeah, I love Calgary. I got to see more of it the last time I was here. This time my flight was delayed coming in, so I didn’t get to enjoy it as much. Last time I came in during the day and it’s such a beautiful landscape, and I remember distinctly saying, "Next time I come, I’m going to spend like a couple days here", but I didn’t think I’d be coming back so soon. And it’s in the middle of the tour, so I spend one day per city, and so I’ll have to wait for the next visit to spend more time in Calgary.

GC: Well, we’re glad to have you! And we must know, what is your first love – music, acting or modelling?

RR: Definitely not modelling (laughs). It’s never been a priority; it’s just something that I kind of fell into. I think acting and music can really come hand in hand. I couldn’t really necessarily choose one over the other. I think that in my life, I’ve definitely chosen to prioritize one over the other at any given time, because you know music deserves 100 per cent, acting deserves 100 per cent, and they’re both crafts that you really need to acquire and spend time learning. But right now, acting is definitely taking off for me in a big way and I love it, and it’s an honour to be doing some of the jobs that I’m doing. Music will always be, like, the blood that runs through my body. So even I was on set for Orange, you know, I would always have different music playing depending on what scene I was going to go out and do. It’s just like, it’s always in my life regardless of what else I’m... doing, for the most part.

GC: That brings me into my next question then: what are your influences or inspirations in life?

RR: I guess, I don’t like repeating myself and I don’t like going backwards. I just want to make sure that the time I spend here on this crazy planet is spent really appreciating every minute, and really living life to the fullest, and I guess my inspiration really comes from how far I can take this; how many things I can do and how many lives I can impact. I love travelling because when I travel I meet new people and that inspires me, and I hear new music and I see new films. Everything is inspiring in its own way.

GC: I know you have a love for dogs, so I just have to ask about your involvement in animal things – I know you’re a big advocate.

RR: Yeah, I love animals. If I could spend the rest of my life just with animals, I could pretty much safely say I would live a very happy existence. No offence to humans, it’s just animals have that unconditional love that you just don’t find anywhere else – you know? They just they love so freely and I think, since I was a kid, animals were just really a big part of my life, and always my best friends and, sometimes, my family. I try to get involved as much as I can in animal rights all over the world – from third world countries to right in my backyard in Los Angeles, to back home in Australia... and when it comes to not just buying dogs, not just buying cats, but adopting them or fostering them, and just educating people about puppy mills and how to best find your next best friend.

GC: I know you found a couple of strays and when you put them on Instagram, you were able to find them good homes?

RR: They did yeah; they found homes within about a week, but for a few days it was like a big vetting process because I didn’t want to just give them to anyone, and I know that by somebody like myself – just putting dogs online saying these dogs are available for adoption – it opens up the floodgates to people that may be not necessarily just interested in the dogs, and I had to make sure that my assistant and I vetted it properly to make sure the places were right, that they were suitable and that they were genuinely interested in the dogs. And that was easy; there were still a lot of people, but it was then just hard to choose which. They’re doing well. They’re happy, they’re healthy and they’ve gained weight because they were so skinny when I first got them.

GC: Do you have any last messages for your fans, or where can they see you next?

RR: I’m like two weeks shy of two huge announcements and all I can say to the fans that are wanting to know what I’m going to do next is: plenty, and you won’t be disappointed, and I look forward to seeing what everyone thinks of my new projects.