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Ruth Wilson
3 FOLLOWERS • 22 CREDITS • JAN 13, 1982 • 42
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).
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Known For
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The Graham Norton Show
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Agatha Christie's Marple
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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The Jonathan Ross Show
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Luther
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Anna Karenina
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The Lone Ranger
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Saving Mr. Banks
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Small Island
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See How They Run
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The Prisoner
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His Dark Materials
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Locke
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The Little Stranger
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The Affair
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Down Cemetery Road
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Oslo
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I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
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The Woman in the Wall
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A Very Royal Scandal
Production Credits
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