Ruth Wilson

Ruth Wilson

42 · Born: Jan 13, 1982

Personal Details

Born Jan 13, 1982 Ashford, Surrey, England
Parents
  • Mary Wilson
  • Nigel Wilson
Relatives
  • Toby Wilson (Sibling)
  • Sam Wilson (Sibling)
  • Matthew Wilson (Sibling)

Biography

Ruth Wilson MBE (born 13 January 1982) is an English actress. She is known for her performances as the eponymous protagonist in Jane Eyre (2006), as Alice Morgan in the BBC psychological crime drama Luther (2010–2013, 2019), as Alison Lockhart in the Showtime drama The Affair (2014–2018), and as the eponymous character in Mrs Wilson (2018). Since 2019, she has portrayed Marisa Coulter in the BBC/HBO fantasy series His Dark Materials, and for this role she won the 2020 BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actress. Her film credits include The Lone Ranger (2013), Saving Mr. Banks (2013), I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016), and Dark River (2017). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ruth Wilson (actress), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career

2024
Family
Family
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2023
The Woman in the Wall
The Woman in the Wall as Lorna Brady
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2022
See How They Run
See How They Run as Petula Spencer
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True Things
True Things as Kate
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2021
Oslo
Oslo as Mona Juul
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2019
His Dark Materials
His Dark Materials as Marisa Coulter
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2018
The Little Stranger
The Little Stranger as Caroline Ayres
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Dark River
Dark River as Alice Bell
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Mrs. Wilson
Mrs. Wilson as Alison Wilson
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2017
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
How to Talk to Girls at Parties as PT Stella
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2016
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
2015
Suite Française
Suite Française as Madeleine Labarie
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2014
Locke
Locke as Katrina (voice)
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The Affair
The Affair as Alison Bailey
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2013
The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger as Rebecca Reid
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Saving Mr. Banks
Saving Mr. Banks as Margaret Goff
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2012
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina as Betsy Tverskaya
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2010
Luther
Luther as Alice Morgan
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2009
The Prisoner
The Prisoner as 313
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Small Island
Small Island as Queenie
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2008
The Doctor Who Hears Voices
The Doctor Who Hears Voices as "Ruth"
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2007
Get Off My Land
Get Off My Land as Woman
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A Real Summer
A Real Summer as Mary Gilbert / Geraldine
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Capturing Mary
Capturing Mary as Young Mary
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2006
Suburban Shootout
Suburban Shootout as Jewel Diamond
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Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre as Jane Eyre
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2023
An Audience with Kylie
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert