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Ruth Wilson

Acting Born Jan 13, 1982 Ashford, Surrey, England 24 credits

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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Full filmography

  • Horizon (1964) as Narrator
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self
  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self
  • The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
  • Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) as Georgina Barrow
  • The Affair (2014) as Alison Bailey
  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015) as Self
  • His Dark Materials (2019) as Mrs Coulter
  • Luther (2010) as Alice Morgan
  • The Jonathan Ross Show (2011) as Self
  • Jane Eyre (2006) as Jane Eyre
  • The Lone Ranger (2013) as Rebecca Reid
  • Down Cemetery Road (2025) as Sarah Trafford
  • The Prisoner (2009) as 313
  • Anna Karenina (2012) as Princess Betsy Tverskoy
  • The Woman in the Wall (2023) as Lorna Brady
  • A Very Royal Scandal (2024) as Emily Maitlis
  • Mrs Wilson (2018) as Alison Wilson
  • Suburban Shootout (2006) as Jewel Diamond
  • Locke (2014) as Katrina (voice)
  • Saving Mr. Banks (2013) as Margaret Goff
  • Suite Française (2015) as Madeleine Labarie
  • Victorian Psycho (2026) as Mrs. Pounds
  • Small Island (2009) as Queenie