
Ruth Wilson
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

National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler
2017 · 8.6

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · 7.9

Luther
2010 · 7.8

His Dark Materials
2019 · 7.8

Jane Eyre
2006 · 7.6

Horizon
1964 · 7.5

Saving Mr. Banks
2013 · 7.3

Suite Française
2015 · 7.2

Secrets of the Solar System
2015 · 7.2

Mrs Wilson
2018 · 7.0

Locke
2014 · 6.9

Down Cemetery Road
2025 · 6.8

The Affair
2014 · 6.7

The Woman in the Wall
2023 · 6.7

Urchin
2025 · 6.7

Anna Karenina
2012 · 6.7

A Very Royal Scandal
2024 · 6.6

Oslo
2021 · 6.6

See How They Run
2022 · 6.3

The Lone Ranger
2013 · 6.1

Family
2024 · 6.1

Small Island
2009 · 6.1

How to Talk to Girls at Parties
2017 · 6.0

Freezing
2008 · 5.7

Dark River
2017 · 5.7

The Little Stranger
2018 · 5.6

The Prisoner
2009 · 5.5

True Things
2022 · 5.3

I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
2016 · 4.6

Suburban Shootout
2006 · 4.2

A Real Summer
2007 · 4.0

Victorian Psycho
2026 · 0.0

Andorra
— · 0.0

Get Off My Land
2007 · 0.0

The Doctor Who Hears Voices
2008 · 0.0
Untitled Luther Sequel
— · 0.0
The Book of Ruth
— · 0.0

Ceramics A Fragile History
2011 · 0.0

Eleanor
2015 · 0.0