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Ruth Wilson

Ruth Wilson

Acting1982Ashford, 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).

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Acting History

Future
Untitled Luther Sequel
as Alice Morgan
The Book of Ruth
as Ruth Coker Burks
Andorra
as Miss Quay
2025
Urchin
as Meditation Tape (voice)
Down Cemetery Road
TVas Sarah Trafford8 eps
2024
A Very Royal Scandal
TVas Emily Maitlis
2023
The Jonathan Ross Show
TVas Self1 eps
The Woman in the Wall
TVas Lorna Brady
The Woman in the Wall
TVExecutive Producer
2022
See How They Run
as Petula Spencer
True Things
Producer
2021
Oslo
as Mona Juul
2019
His Dark Materials
TVas Mrs Coulter23 eps
2018
The Little Stranger
as Caroline Ayres
Mrs Wilson
TVas Alison Wilson
Mrs Wilson
TVExecutive Producer
2017
Dark River
as Alice Bell
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self2 eps
Reported Missing
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)
2014
Locke
as Katrina (voice)
The Affair
TVas Alison Bailey42 eps
2013
The Lone Ranger
as Rebecca Reid
Saving Mr. Banks
as Margaret Goff
2012
Anna Karenina
as Princess Betsy Tverskoy
2011
Ceramics A Fragile History
TVas Narrator (Voice)
2010
Luther
TVas Alice Morgan13 eps
2009
The Prisoner
TVas 3136 eps
Agatha Christie's Marple
TVas Georgina Barrow1 eps
Small Island
TVas Queenie
2007
Capturing Mary
as Young Mary
A Real Summer
as Mary Gilbert / Geraldine
2006
Suburban Shootout
TVas Jewel Diamond14 eps
Jane Eyre
TVas Jane Eyre
1964
Horizon
TVas Narrator

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1/13/1982(44 years old)
Place of Birth
Ashford, Surrey, England