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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ruth Wilson (actress), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Lone Ranger

as Rebecca Reid

Saving Mr. Banks

as Margaret Goff

Locke

as Katrina (voice)

Anna Karenina

as Princess Betsy Tverskoy

His Dark Materials

as Mrs Coulter

See How They Run

as Petula Spencer

Suite Française

as Madeleine Labarie

Luther

as Alice Morgan

I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

as Lily

How to Talk to Girls at Parties

as PT Stella