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 ...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Family
2024
11-year-old Johanna’s world is falling apart. She’s just moved across the country for her father Harry’s medical treatment, and as her father declines...
An Audience with Kylie
2023
as Self
Performing a selection of her greatest hits plus songs from her latest album ‘Tension’. There will also be some surprise collaborations and Kylie will...
See How They Run
2022
as Petula Spencer
In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. ...
True Things
2022
as Kate
A young woman living on the fringes of society becomes intoxicated by a stranger who overwhelms her quiet life.
True Things
2022
Producer
A young woman living on the fringes of society becomes intoxicated by a stranger who overwhelms her quiet life.
Oslo
2021
as Mona Juul
The true story of negotiations between implacable enemies — the secret back-channel talks, unlikely friendships and quiet heroics of a small but commi...
The Little Stranger
2018
as Caroline Ayres
In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centu...
Dark River
2017
as Alice Bell
After her father dies, a young woman returns to her Yorkshire village for the first time in 15 years to claim the family farm she believes is hers.
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
2017
as PT Stella
In 1970s London, a teenage outsider named Enn falls in love with a rebellious alien girl named Zan, who has come to Earth for a party. Together, they ...
National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler
2017
as Hedda Gabler
Hedda and Tesman have just returned from their honeymoon and the relationship is already in trouble. Trapped but determined, Hedda tries to control th...
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
2016
as Lily
A young nurse takes care of an elderly author who lives in a haunted house.
Eleanor
2015
as Eleanor
Golden-globe winner Ruth Wilson plays three different women whose lives become fatefully intertwined over one night. A truly innovative and haunting e...
Suite Française
2015
as Madeleine Labarie
France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they...
Secrets of the Solar System
2015
as Narrator
New planets are now being discovered outside our solar system on a regular basis, and these strange new worlds are forcing scientists to rewrite the h...
Locke
2014
as Katrina (voice)
Ivan Locke has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. Tonight, that life will collapse around him. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his c...
Saving Mr. Banks
2013
as Margaret Goff
Author P.L. Travers looks back on her childhood while reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big scre...
The Lone Ranger
2013
as Rebecca Reid
The Texas Rangers chase down a gang of outlaws led by Butch Cavendish, but the gang ambushes the Rangers, seemingly killing them all. One survivor is ...
Anna Karenina
2012
as Princess Betsy Tverskoy
In Imperial Russia, Anna, the wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets the charming cavalry officer Vro...
The Doctor Who Hears Voices
2008
as "Ruth"
This drama/documentary is based on a true story. A junior doctor who hears voices is treated by unconventional psychologist Rufus May.
Capturing Mary
2007
as Young Mary
A young man ushers an older woman into a dark exploration of her past - back to the time when, as a young girl, she met a stranger who affected her li...
A Real Summer
2007
as Mary Gilbert / Geraldine
It is 1958, and the final debutante 'season'. Mary, a brilliant young writer and critic is befriended by Geraldine, a seemingly friendly young debutan...
Get Off My Land
2007
as Woman
Written and directed by Douglas Ray, starring Ruth Wilson and Rafe Spall, Get Off My Land tells the story of a couple on a walk in the countryside who...
Andorra
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as Miss Quay
An American named Alexander Fox begins an idyllic new life in the tiny sovereign state of Andorra after a personal tragedy, determined to reinvent him...
The Book of Ruth
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as Ruth Coker Burks
Ruth Coker Burks lives a busy life, devoted to her work, her six-year-old daughter Jessica, and her faith. When a handsome new neighbor turns out to b...