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 River (2017). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ruth Wilson (actress), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Ruth Wilson
The Lone Ranger
Saving Mr. Banks
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Locke
Anna Karenina
His Dark Materials
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Luther
See How They Run
Suite Française
Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (51 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Victorian Psycho | Mrs. Pounds | Movie | 2026 |
| Behind the Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions | Self | TV Series | 2025 | |
 | Down Cemetery Road | Sarah Trafford | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Urchin | Meditation Tape (voice) | Movie | 2025 |
 | A Very Royal Scandal | Emily Maitlis | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Family | Naomi | Movie | 2024 |
 | An Audience with Kylie | Self | Movie | 2023 |
 | The Woman in the Wall | Lorna Brady | TV Series | 2023 |
| The Woman in the Wall | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2023 |
 | See How They Run | Petula Spencer | Movie | 2022 |
 | True Things | Kate | Movie | 2022 |
| True Things | Producer | Movie | 2022 |
 | Oslo | Mona Juul | Movie | 2021 |
 | His Dark Materials | Mrs Coulter | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Mrs Wilson | Alison Wilson | TV Series | 2018 |
| Mrs Wilson | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2018 |
 | The Little Stranger | Caroline Ayres | Movie | 2018 |
 | Dark River | Alice Bell | Movie | 2017 |
 | How to Talk to Girls at Parties | PT Stella | Movie | 2017 |
 | Reported Missing | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 2017 |
 | National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler | Hedda Gabler | Movie | 2017 |
 | I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House | Lily | Movie | 2016 |
 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Eleanor | Eleanor | Movie | 2015 |
 | Suite Française | Madeleine Labarie | Movie | 2015 |
 | Secrets of the Solar System | Narrator | Movie | 2015 |
 | The Affair | Alison Bailey | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Locke | Katrina (voice) | Movie | 2014 |
 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Saving Mr. Banks | Margaret Goff | Movie | 2013 |
 | The Lone Ranger | Rebecca Reid | Movie | 2013 |
 | Anna Karenina | Princess Betsy Tverskoy | Movie | 2012 |
 | Ceramics A Fragile History | Narrator (Voice) | TV Series | 2011 |
 | The Jonathan Ross Show | Self | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Luther | Alice Morgan | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Small Island | Queenie | TV Series | 2009 |
 | The Prisoner | 313 | TV Series | 2009 |
| The Doctor Who Hears Voices | "Ruth" | Movie | 2008 | |
 | Freezing | Alison Fennel | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Capturing Mary | Young Mary | Movie | 2007 |
 | A Real Summer | Mary Gilbert / Geraldine | Movie | 2007 |
 | Get Off My Land | Woman | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Jane Eyre | Jane Eyre | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Suburban Shootout | Jewel Diamond | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Georgina Barrow | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Horizon | Narrator | TV Series | 1964 |
 | Andorra | Miss Quay | Movie | — |
| The Book of Ruth | Ruth Coker Burks | Movie | — | |
| Untitled Luther Sequel | Alice Morgan | Movie | — |