Ruth Sheen: movies and TV shows
Ruth Sheen has 76 credits in the archive: 45 films and 31 TV series, from 1984 to 2025. Highest rated: Brassic (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1984 – 2025 · busiest year: 2007 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Thursday Murder Club | Aunt Maud | Film | 6.6 | 73 |
| 2024 | Touch | Mrs. Ellis | Film | 7.4 | 72 |
| 2024 | The After | Tabatha | Film | 5.6 | 72 |
| 2023 | Hijack | Elaine Atterton | TV | 7.5 | 71 |
| 2023 | Sweetly It Turns | Joy | Film | — | 71 |
| 2021 | The Nevers | Mrs. Beechum | TV | 7.9 | 69 |
| 2021 | It's a Sin | Sandra | TV | 7.9 | 69 |
| 2021 | Cyrano | Mother Marthe | Film | 6.3 | 69 |
| 2020 | Gangs of London | Deborah Devereux | TV | 7.8 | 68 |
| 2019 | Brassic | Kath | TV | 8.4 | 67 |
| 2018 | The Woman in White | Mrs Clements | TV | 6.1 | 66 |
| 2018 | VS. | Fiona | Film | 5.8 | 66 |
| 2017 | Strike | Pat Chauncey | TV | 7.2 | 65 |
| 2017 | Prime Suspect 1973 | Renee Bentley | TV | 7.3 | 65 |
| 2016 | A Street Cat Named Bob | Elsie | Film | 7.9 | 64 |
| 2015 | Unforgotten | Lizzie Wilton | TV | 7.5 | 63 |
| 2015 | A Royal Night Out | Jack's Mum | Film | 6.5 | 63 |
| 2015 | The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge | Elizabeth Gadge | Film | — | 63 |
| 2015 | SuperBob | Pat | Film | 5.9 | 63 |
| 2014 | Inside No. 9 | Elizabeth Gadge | TV | 8.1 | 62 |
| 2014 | Mr. Turner | Sarah Danby | Film | 6.5 | 62 |
| 2014 | The One and Only Mike Leigh | Self | Film | 9.0 | 62 |
| 2013 | The Mimic | Mrs Hurdle | TV | 5.7 | 61 |
| 2013 | Welcome to the Punch | Iris Warns | Film | 5.9 | 61 |
| 2010 | Accused | Mo's Mum | TV | 8.1 | 58 |
| 2010 | Another Year | Gerri | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 2010 | Heartless | Marion Morgan | Film | 5.8 | 58 |
| 2010 | The Hardest Part | Bus Lady | Film | — | 58 |
| 2009 | Misfits | Maggie | TV | 7.6 | 57 |
| 2009 | Brave Young Men | Stephanie Malloy | Film | 2.0 | 57 |
| 2007 | Fanny Hill | Mrs. Jones | Film | 5.8 | 55 |
| 2007 | Run Fatboy Run | Claudine | Film | 6.2 | 55 |
| 2007 | Fanny Hill | Mrs Jones | TV | 7.2 | 55 |
| 2007 | A Class Apart | Ruth | TV | 4.0 | 55 |
| 2007 | Hush Your Mouth | Mrs Collins | Film | 3.5 | 55 |
| 2007 | A Class Apart | Ruth - Candy's mum | Film | — | 55 |
| 2006 | Imagine Me & You | Mrs Webster | Film | 7.6 | 54 |
| 2006 | Vital Signs | Val | TV | 4.3 | 54 |
| 2005 | Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky | Aunt Winnie | TV | 5.7 | 53 |
| 2005 | Footprints in the Snow | Lady Victualler | Film | 4.0 | 53 |
| 2005 | The English Harem | Emily | Film | 3.5 | 53 |
| 2004 | Vera Drake | Lily | Film | 7.2 | 52 |
| 2004 | Vanity Fair | Miss Pinkerton | Film | 5.8 | 52 |
| 2003 | Cheeky | Tamara | Film | 6.6 | 51 |
| 2002 | All or Nothing | Maureen | Film | 7.1 | 50 |
| 2002 | Plain Jane | May | Film | 9.0 | 50 |
| 2001 | Lorna Doone | Betty Muxworthy | Film | 5.8 | 49 |
| 2000 | Lorna Doone | Betty Muxworthy | TV | 7.7 | 48 |
| 2000 | Never Never | Sandra | TV | 5.0 | 48 |
| 2000 | Don Quixote | 1st Wench / Young Lady | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 2000 | Bait | Cafe Woman | Film | 9.0 | 48 |
| 1999 | Virtual Sexuality | Jackie Lovett | Film | 5.3 | 47 |
| 1998 | Berkeley Square | Nanny Simmons | TV | 7.9 | 46 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Valerie Horton | TV | 7.5 | 45 |
| 1997 | The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling | Mrs. Harris | TV | 7.5 | 45 |
| 1996 | Silent Witness | TV | 7.6 | 44 | |
| 1996 | Secrets & Lies | Laughing Woman | Film | 7.6 | 44 |
| 1996 | Different for Girls | Nosy neighbour | Film | 7.2 | 44 |
| 1995 | Bramwell | TV | 4.2 | 43 | |
| 1995 | The Young Poisoner's Handbook | Molly | Film | 6.6 | 43 |
| 1994 | Sin Bin | Viv Hastings | Film | 9.0 | 42 |
| 1993 | Peak Practice | Pauline Wadham | TV | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1993 | Cracker | Jean McIlvanney | TV | 6.6 | 41 |
| 1993 | Cracker | Jean McIIvanney | TV | 6.6 | 41 |
| 1993 | When Pigs Fly | Marge | Film | 5.4 | 41 |
| 1992 | Ghostwatch | Emma Stableford (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1992 | A Fatal Inversion | Forensic Scientist | Film | 5.0 | 40 |
| 1991 | Clubland | Karen | Film | — | 39 |
| 1990 | Night Voice | Helen Baldwin | Film | 10.0 | 38 |
| 1989 | The Angry Earth | Nurse Berry | Film | 4.7 | 37 |
| 1989 | High Hopes | Shirley | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1987 | Little Dorrit | Society Lady | Film | 6.4 | 35 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Barbara George | TV | 6.2 | 34 |
| 1986 | ScreenPlay | Karen | TV | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Viv Hastings | TV | 7.1 | 33 |
| 1984 | The Bill | TV | 6.8 | 32 |