Ruth Wilson
Biography
Ruth Wilson is a British actress from Ashford, England who trained at LAMDA and played the title role in the 2006 television adaptation of Jane Eyre. She went on to play Alice Morgan in the crime drama Luther and Alison Lockhart in The Affair, winning a Golden Globe for the latter, and took the lead in Mrs Wilson as her own grandmother, a series she also executive produced. From 2019 to 2022 she portrayed Marisa Coulter in His Dark Materials, winning the 2020 BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actress. Her film work includes The Lone Ranger (2013), Saving Mr. Banks (2013), I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016) and Dark River (2017). On stage she won two Olivier Awards, for Anna Christie and A Streetcar Named Desire, and was nominated for Tony Awards for Constellations and King Lear. She was appointed an MBE in 2021.
44years old
Turns 45 on January 13in 64 days
- Born Ashford
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 18 years2007 to 2025
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First role
Wilson first appeared on Broadway in Nick Payne's Constellations at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, starring with Jake Gyllenhaal from 12 January to 14 March 2015. Her performance brought a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play.
Early training
Wilson trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, graduating in July 2005, and afterward co-founded Hush Productions.
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Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Andrew Scott appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Andrew Scott's page
Domhnall Gleeson's page
Harris Dickinson's page
Box office
What Ruth Wilson's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$479 million
7 of the 15 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 15 films: 7 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.
- 7Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 4Never in cinemas
- 1Figure not found
Highest grossing
The seven biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$261M54.3% of the total
- 2$113M23.5% of the total
- 3$69M14.4% of the total
- 4$22M4.6% of the total
- 5$9.1M1.9% of the total
- 6$4.6M1.0% of the total
- 7$1.8M0.4% of the total
Awards
Three awards and honors from 2012 to 2015, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Globes | |||
| 2014 | Best Actress – Television Series Drama | The Affair | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2015 | Theatre World Award | Won | |
| 2012 | Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress | Anna Christie | Won |
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