Ruth Wilson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1982-01-13 (43 years old)

Place of Birth

Ashford, Surrey, England

Ruth Wilson

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 Rive...

Acting

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Andorra

as Miss Quay

2013

The Lone Ranger

as Rebecca Reid

2012

Anna Karenina

as Princess Betsy Tverskoy

2013

Saving Mr. Banks

as Margaret Goff

2007

Capturing Mary

as Young Mary

2014

Locke

as Katrina (voice)

2007

A Real Summer

as Mary Gilbert / Geraldine

2015

Suite Française

as Madeleine Labarie

2024

2017

Dark River

as Alice Bell

2018

The Little Stranger

as Caroline Ayres

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The Book of Ruth

as Ruth Coker Burks

2022

2007

2015

Eleanor

as Eleanor

2021

Oslo

as Mona Juul

2022

See How They Run

as Petula Spencer

Production

2022

True Things

as Producer

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