Ruth Wilson

At 42 years old, Ruth Wilson has this physical status:

Ruth Wilson (born 13 January 1982) is an English actress.

Alison Lockhart appeared in Suburban Shootout (2005), Jane Eyre (2006), as Alice Morgan in the BBC TV psychological crime drama Luther (2010–2019), as Alison Lockhart in the Showtime drama The Affair (2014–2018), and as the titular character in Mrs Wilson (2018).

The Lone Ranger (2013), Saving Mr. Banks (2013), I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016), and Dark River (2017). Wilson is a three-time Olivier Award nominee and two-time champion, as well as the Best Actress award for her role in Anna Christie and the Best Support Actress for her role as Stella Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire.

She has received a Golden Globe Award for her part in The Affair as well as a Gold Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama for Jane Eyre's title role.

Early life

Wilson was born in Ashford, the daughter of Nigel Wilson, an investment banker, and Mary Metson, a probation officer. Tobias "Toby" Wilson, Samuel "Sam" Wilson, a BBC journalist, and Matthew Wilson are three older brothers. Alison (née McKelvie), the granddaughter of novelist and MI6 officer Alexander Wilson and his third, bigamously married wife. Her paternal grandmother was an Irish woman. Wilson grew up in Shepperton, Surrey, and was raised as a Catholic.

She attended Notre Dame School, a Cobham independent Catholic school for girls, before moving to Esher College for sixth year. As a child, she worked as a model. She studied History at the University of Nottingham, and at the Nottingham New Theatre, she was also interested in student drama. In July 2005, she graduated from Nottingham University in 2003 and from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). Hush Productions co-founded afterwards. She was an undergraduate at Nottingham and competed in Time Commanders, assisting her colleagues in the Battle of Pharsalus while helping them fight.

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Career

Wilson had one professional screen credit in Suburban Shootout, a situation comedy in which she appeared with Tom Hiddleston prior to her appearance in Jane Eyre. Capturing Mary as the young Mary starred in 2006–2007 as the second series of Suburban Shootout, a new Agatha Christie mystery (Nemesis) for ITV, and Stephen Poliakoff's BBC television drama Capturing Mary as the young Mary.

Wilson appeared in Gorky's Philistines in 2007, playing Tanya at the Royal National Theatre from May to August. She presented the 2007 Lilian Baylis Awards in June. Alison Fennel's appearance in the sitcom Freezing as Alison Fennel (transmitted on BBC2, February 21, 2008); and the portrayal of a mentally ill doctor in the dramatised documentary The Doctor Who Hears Voices (transmitted on UK Channel 4, April 21, 2008).

Stella performed in the Donmar Warehouse revival of A Streetcar Named Desire from July 23 to October 3, 2009. Wilson played the Village doctor in this 2009 TV miniseries revival of The Prisoner, which premiered on November 15, 2009 AMC Television and ITV premiered the 2009 television miniseries version of The Prisoner. "313" is the number. She appeared on "Queenie" in an adaptation of Andrea Levy's Small Island, which aired on BBC1 in December 2009 and later aired on PBS in the United States.

Alice Morgan, a research scientist and an intelligent individual who Luther describes as a narcissist, has been involved in British psychological drama since 2010. In September 2012, the series's creator, Neil Cross, announced that he was planning a spin-off of Luther centered on Wilson's character, but that hasn't happened as of 2018. "The BBC is really interested in the programme," Cross said. The only real question will be how many and how often we'll do it, whether it's a one-off miniseries or a returning miniseries, a co-production or not." Wilson was unable to appear in number four of Luther due to filming clashing with The Affair, she returned for series five.

Wilson appeared in the title role of Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse from August to October 8, 2011. Jude Law was a student at the University of On the 8th of August, Wilson appeared in the title role of Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie. Wilson's "courageous, edgy, and compelling talent" was prompted to The Guardian to dedicate an editorial to her "courageous, edgy, and persuasive talent."

Wilson debuted in 2014 as Alison Bailey on the drama television series The Affair, produced by Sarah Treem and Hagai Levi. In January 2015, she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama for her role in the series's first season. After four seasons, she left the show in 2018. Wilson's resignation was due to "frustrations with her nudity," confusion with Treem over her character's course, and what she perceived as a "hostile work environment."

Wilson appeared at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre in Constellations, her first Broadway appearance. During the play's run from 12 January to March 15, she appeared alongside Jake Gyllenhaal. For her appearance, she was nominated for Best Actress in a Play by the Tony Award.

The Pretty Thing That Lives in the House, directed by Oz Perkins, premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. Wilson appeared in Hedda Gabler's title role at the Royal National Theatre from December 2016 to February 2017. Wilson's appearance in particular, as well as Wilson's, received critical acclaim.

Wilson portrayed Alison Wilson, her real-life grandmother, in the BBC drama Mrs Wilson in November 2018. Alison Wilson was the third of four wives of former MI6 officer and novelist Alexander Wilson. They were married for 22 years. Alison discovered one other wife with whom she collaborated on the funeral after his death in 1963. The other wife and her children attended the funeral as 'distant relatives' in order not to cause more shock for his children. Alison died in 2005 without knowing that he had two more wives. Ruth Wilson reveals in a December 2018 Radio Times interview that the script for Alison's uncovering of all of the wives was dramatized to reveal the full story during the series. She was also a producer on the series.

Wilson received the BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Marisa Coulter in His Dark Materials in October 2020. In November 2020, it was announced that Mona Juul, a Norwegian diplomat, would appear in a filmed version of J. T. Rogers' Tony Award-winning play Oslo.

In the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to drama, Wilson was named Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).

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