Person
Ruth Wilson
Acting · Born 1982-01-13 · 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
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Horizon
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The Graham Norton Show
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Agatha Christie's Marple
Georgina Barrow
The Affair
Alison Bailey
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
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His Dark Materials
Mrs Coulter
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self
Luther
Alice Morgan
Filmography
- 2026Victorian PsychoMrs. Pounds
- 2026Behind The Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio EditionsHerself
- 2025Down Cemetery RoadSarah Trafford
- 2025UrchinMeditation Tape (voice)
- 2024A Very Royal ScandalEmily Maitlis
- 2024Family
- 2023An Audience with KylieSelf
- 2023The Woman in the WallLorna Brady
- 2022See How They RunPetula Spencer
- 2022True ThingsKate
- 2021OsloMona Juul
- 2019His Dark MaterialsMrs Coulter
- 2018Mrs WilsonAlison Wilson
- 2018The Little StrangerCaroline Ayres
- 2017Dark RiverAlice Bell
- 2017How to Talk to Girls at PartiesPT Stella
- 2017Reported MissingSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2017National Theatre Live: Hedda GablerHedda Gabler
- 2016I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the HouseLily
- 2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf
- 2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf
- 2015EleanorEleanor
- 2015Suite FrançaiseMadeleine Labarie
- 2015Secrets of the Solar SystemNarrator
- 2014The AffairAlison Bailey
- 2014LockeKatrina (voice)
- 2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf
- 2013Saving Mr. BanksMargaret Goff
- 2013The Lone RangerRebecca Reid
- 2012Anna KareninaPrincess Betsy Tverskoy
- 2011Ceramics A Fragile HistoryNarrator (Voice)
- 2011The Jonathan Ross ShowSelf
- 2010LutherAlice Morgan
- 2009Small IslandQueenie
- 2009The Prisoner313
- 2008The Doctor Who Hears Voices"Ruth"
- 2007Capturing MaryYoung Mary
- 2007A Real SummerMary Gilbert / Geraldine
- 2007Get Off My LandWoman
- 2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf
- 2006Jane EyreJane Eyre
- 2006Suburban ShootoutJewel Diamond
- 2004Agatha Christie's MarpleGeorgina Barrow
- 1964HorizonNarrator
- —AndorraMiss Quay
- —The Book of RuthRuth Coker Burks
- —Untitled Luther SequelAlice Morgan
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