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Ruth Wilson

Ruth Wilson

Known For Acting
Birthday Jan 13, 1982 (43)
Birthplace Ashford, Surrey, England
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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.

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Filmography

True Things

True Things

2022

as Kate

See How They Run

See How They Run

2022

as Petula Spencer

Oslo

Oslo

2021

as Mona Juul

The Little Stranger

The Little Stranger

2018

as Caroline Ayres

Dark River

Dark River

2017

as Alice Bell

Eleanor

Eleanor

2015

as Eleanor

Secrets of the Solar System

Secrets of the Solar System

2015

as Narrator

Suite Française

Suite Française

2015

as Madeleine Labarie

Locke

Locke

2014

as Katrina (voice)

Saving Mr. Banks

Saving Mr. Banks

2013

as Margaret Goff

The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger

2013

as Rebecca Reid

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

2012

as Princess Betsy Tverskoy

Get Off My Land

Get Off My Land

2007

as Woman

A Real Summer

A Real Summer

2007

as Mary Gilbert / Geraldine

Capturing Mary

Capturing Mary

2007

as Young Mary

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True Things

True Things

2022

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Organization Category Movie
Venice Film Festival Best Supporting Actress Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Nominated
Television Credits

The Affair

as Alison Bailey

Episodes: 42

First Aired: Oct 12, 2014

His Dark Materials

as Mrs Coulter

Episodes: 23

First Aired: Nov 03, 2019

Suburban Shootout

as Jewel Diamond

Episodes: 14

First Aired: Mar 22, 2006

Luther

as Alice Morgan

Episodes: 13

First Aired: May 04, 2010

The Woman in the Wall

as Lorna Brady

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Aug 27, 2023

The Prisoner

as 313

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Nov 15, 2009

Jane Eyre

as Jane Eyre

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 24, 2006

Ceramics A Fragile History

as Narrator (Voice)

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Oct 10, 2011

Mrs Wilson

as Alison Wilson

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Nov 27, 2018

A Very Royal Scandal

as Emily Maitlis

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 19, 2024

Small Island

as Queenie

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Dec 06, 2009

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Georgina Barrow

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 12, 2004

Down Cemetery Road

as Sarah Tucker

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 29, 2025

Reported Missing

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Apr 12, 2017

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 22, 2007

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 2015

The Jonathan Ross Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 03, 2011

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 02, 2015

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 17, 2014

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