Ruth Wilson

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).

Filmography

• Horizon (1964)
• Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
• Luther (2010)
• Down Cemetery Road (2025)
• The Lone Ranger (2013)
• See How They Run (2022)
• Locke (2014)
• Victorian Psycho (2026)
• Anna Karenina (2012)
• Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
• A Very Royal Scandal (2024)
• Suite Française (2015)
• Urchin (2025)
• True Things (2022)
• How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017)
• Oslo (2021)
• The Little Stranger (2018)
• I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016)
• Andorra
• National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler (2017)
• Capturing Mary (2007)
• Secrets of the Solar System (2015)
• Get Off My Land (2007)
• A Real Summer (2007)
• Ceramics A Fragile History (2011)