Ruth Wilson

Acting

Ruth Wilson

Born January 13, 1982Ashford, Surrey, England45 credits

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

Filmography

Down Cemetery Road
2025Down Cemetery Road
as Sarah TraffordTV
Urchin
2025Urchin
as Meditation Tape (voice)Movie
A Very Royal Scandal
2024A Very Royal Scandal
as Emily MaitlisTV
See How They Run
2022See How They Run
as Petula SpencerMovie
True Things
2022True Things
as KateMovie
Oslo
2021Oslo
as Mona JuulMovie
His Dark Materials
2019His Dark Materials
as Mrs CoulterTV
Mrs Wilson
2018Mrs Wilson
as Alison WilsonTV
The Little Stranger
2018The Little Stranger
as Caroline AyresMovie
Dark River
2017Dark River
as Alice BellMovie
Reported Missing
2017Reported Missing
as Self - Narrator (voice)TV
Eleanor
2015Eleanor
as EleanorMovie
Suite Française
2015Suite Française
as Madeleine LabarieMovie
The Affair
2014The Affair
as Alison BaileyTV
Locke
2014Locke
as Katrina (voice)Movie
Saving Mr. Banks
2013Saving Mr. Banks
as Margaret GoffMovie
The Lone Ranger
2013The Lone Ranger
as Rebecca ReidMovie
Anna Karenina
2012Anna Karenina
as Princess Betsy TverskoyMovie
Ceramics A Fragile History
2011Ceramics A Fragile History
as Narrator (Voice)TV
Luther
2010Luther
as Alice MorganTV
Small Island
2009Small Island
as QueenieTV
Capturing Mary
2007Capturing Mary
as Young MaryMovie
A Real Summer
2007A Real Summer
as Mary Gilbert / GeraldineMovie
Get Off My Land
2007Get Off My Land
as WomanMovie
Jane Eyre
2006Jane Eyre
as Jane EyreTV
Suburban Shootout
2006Suburban Shootout
as Jewel DiamondTV
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004Agatha Christie's Marple
as Georgina BarrowTV
Horizon
1964Horizon
as NarratorTV
Andorra
Andorra
as Miss QuayMovie
T
The Book of Ruth
as Ruth Coker BurksMovie
U
Untitled Luther Sequel
as Alice MorganMovie