Ruth Wilson

Ruth Wilson

Profile info

Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday13 January 1982 (44 years old)
Place of birthAshford, Surrey, England
Known credits48

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 T…

Victorian Psycho
Victorian Psycho
2026 · Mrs. Pounds
Behind the Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions
2025 · Self
Down Cemetery Road
Down Cemetery Road
2025 · Sarah Trafford
Urchin
Urchin
2025 · Meditation Tape (voice)
A Very Royal Scandal
A Very Royal Scandal
2024 · Emily Maitlis
Family
Family
2024 · Naomi
An Audience with Kylie
An Audience with Kylie
2023 · Self
The Woman in the Wall
The Woman in the Wall
2023 · Lorna Brady
The Woman in the Wall
The Woman in the Wall
2023 · Executive Producer
See How They Run
See How They Run
2022 · Petula Spencer
True Things
True Things
2022 · Kate
True Things
True Things
2022 · Producer
Oslo
Oslo
2021 · Mona Juul
His Dark Materials
His Dark Materials
2019 · Mrs Coulter
Mrs Wilson
Mrs Wilson
2018 · Alison Wilson
Mrs Wilson
Mrs Wilson
2018 · Executive Producer
The Little Stranger
The Little Stranger
2018 · Caroline Ayres
Dark River
Dark River
2017 · Alice Bell
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
2017 · PT Stella
Reported Missing
Reported Missing
2017 · Self - Narrator (voice)
National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler
National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler
2017 · Hedda Gabler
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
2016 · Lily
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
Eleanor
Eleanor
2015 · Eleanor
Suite Française
Suite Française
2015 · Madeleine Labarie
Secrets of the Solar System
Secrets of the Solar System
2015 · Narrator
The Affair
The Affair
2014 · Alison Bailey
Locke
Locke
2014 · Katrina (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self
Saving Mr. Banks
Saving Mr. Banks
2013 · Margaret Goff
The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger
2013 · Rebecca Reid
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
2012 · Princess Betsy Tverskoy
Ceramics A Fragile History
Ceramics A Fragile History
2011 · Narrator (Voice)
The Jonathan Ross Show
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011 · Self
Luther
Luther
2010 · Alice Morgan
Small Island
Small Island
2009 · Queenie
The Prisoner
The Prisoner
2009 · 313
The Doctor Who Hears Voices
2008 · "Ruth"
Freezing
Freezing
2008 · Alison Fennel
Capturing Mary
Capturing Mary
2007 · Young Mary
A Real Summer
A Real Summer
2007 · Mary Gilbert / Geraldine
Get Off My Land
Get Off My Land
2007 · Woman
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
2006 · Jane Eyre
Suburban Shootout
Suburban Shootout
2006 · Jewel Diamond
Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · Georgina Barrow
Horizon
Horizon
1964 · Narrator
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