Ruth Wilson

Ruth Wilson

Known for
Acting
Born
January 13, 1982 (age 44)
Birthplace
Ashford, Surrey, England

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.

Known For

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Filmography

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Andorra poster

Andorra

Movie · as Miss Quay

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The Book of Ruth

The Book of Ruth

Movie · as Ruth Coker Burks

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Untitled Luther Sequel

Untitled Luther Sequel

Movie · as Alice Morgan

2026
Victorian Psycho poster

Victorian Psycho

Movie · as Mrs. Pounds

2025
Urchin poster

Urchin

Movie · as Meditation Tape (voice)

2025
Down Cemetery Road poster

Down Cemetery Road

TV · as Sarah Trafford · 8 eps

2025
Behind the Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions

Behind the Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2024
Family poster

Family

Movie · as Naomi

2024
A Very Royal Scandal poster

A Very Royal Scandal

TV · as Emily Maitlis · 3 eps

2023
An Audience with Kylie poster

An Audience with Kylie

Movie · as Self

2023
The Woman in the Wall poster

The Woman in the Wall

TV · as Lorna Brady · 6 eps

2022
True Things poster

True Things

Movie · as Kate

2022
See How They Run poster

See How They Run

Movie · as Petula Spencer

2021
Oslo poster

Oslo

Movie · as Mona Juul

2019
His Dark Materials poster

His Dark Materials

TV · as Mrs Coulter · 23 eps

2018
The Little Stranger poster

The Little Stranger

Movie · as Caroline Ayres

2018
Mrs Wilson poster

Mrs Wilson

TV · as Alison Wilson · 3 eps

2017
How to Talk to Girls at Parties poster

How to Talk to Girls at Parties

Movie · as PT Stella

2017
Dark River poster

Dark River

Movie · as Alice Bell

2017
National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler poster

National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler

Movie · as Hedda Gabler

2017
Reported Missing poster

Reported Missing

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps

2016
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House poster

I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

Movie · as Lily

2015
Suite Française poster

Suite Française

Movie · as Madeleine Labarie

2015
Secrets of the Solar System poster

Secrets of the Solar System

Movie · as Narrator

2015
Eleanor poster

Eleanor

Movie · as Eleanor

2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter poster

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
Locke poster

Locke

Movie · as Katrina (voice)

2014
The Affair poster

The Affair

TV · as Alison Bailey · 42 eps

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
The Lone Ranger poster

The Lone Ranger

Movie · as Rebecca Reid

2013
Saving Mr. Banks poster

Saving Mr. Banks

Movie · as Margaret Goff

2012
Anna Karenina poster

Anna Karenina

Movie · as Princess Betsy Tverskoy

2011
The Jonathan Ross Show poster

The Jonathan Ross Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2011
Ceramics A Fragile History poster

Ceramics A Fragile History

TV · as Narrator (Voice) · 3 eps

2010
Luther poster

Luther

TV · as Alice Morgan · 13 eps

2009
Small Island poster

Small Island

TV · as Queenie · 2 eps

2009
The Prisoner poster

The Prisoner

TV · as 313 · 6 eps

2008
The Doctor Who Hears Voices poster

The Doctor Who Hears Voices

Movie · as "Ruth"

2008
Freezing poster

Freezing

TV · as Alison Fennel · 1 ep

2007
Capturing Mary poster

Capturing Mary

Movie · as Young Mary

2007
A Real Summer poster

A Real Summer

Movie · as Mary Gilbert / Geraldine

2007
Get Off My Land poster

Get Off My Land

Movie · as Woman

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2006
Suburban Shootout poster

Suburban Shootout

TV · as Jewel Diamond · 14 eps

2006
Jane Eyre poster

Jane Eyre

TV · as Jane Eyre · 4 eps

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV · as Georgina Barrow · 1 ep

1964
Horizon poster

Horizon

TV · as Narrator · 1 ep