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Ruth Wilson

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Ruth Wilson

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

7.5

Horizon

1964 · TV Series · Documentary

7.8

Luther

2010 · TV Series · Crime · Drama

6.0

Family

2024 · Movie · Drama · Horror

5.5

The Prisoner

2009 · TV Series · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.9

Locke

2014 · Movie · Drama · Thriller

6.8

Urchin

2025 · Movie · Drama

6.6

Oslo

2021 · Movie · TV Movie · Drama

Ruth Wilson — movies & series · Netflix Discovery