Ruth Wilson was born on 13 January 1982 and is an English actress.
24 Facts About Ruth Wilson
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Ruth Wilson is known for her performances as the eponymous protagonist in Jane Eyre, as Alice Morgan in the BBC psychological crime drama Luther, as Alison Lockhart in the Showtime drama The Affair, and as the eponymous character in Mrs Wilson.
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Ruth Wilson is a two-time Tony Award nominee for her performances in Constellations and King Lear on Broadway.
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Ruth Wilson was born in Ashford, the daughter of Nigel Ruth Wilson, an investment banker, and wife, Mary Metson, a probation officer.
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Ruth Wilson has three older brothers: Tobias "Toby" Wilson, Samuel "Sam" Wilson, and Matthew Wilson.
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Ruth Wilson is the granddaughter of novelist and MI6 officer Alexander Wilson and his third, bigamously-married, wife, Alison.
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Ruth Wilson grew up in Shepperton, Surrey, and was raised as a Catholic.
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Ruth Wilson attended Notre Dame School, an independent Catholic school for girls located in Cobham, before attending sixth form at Esher College.
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Ruth Wilson studied History at the University of Nottingham, and while there was involved in student drama at the Nottingham New Theatre.
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Ruth Wilson graduated from Nottingham in 2003 and from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in July 2005.
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Ruth Wilson appeared in Gorky's Philistines in 2007, playing Tanya, at the Royal National Theatre from May until August.
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On 15 November 2009 AMC Television and ITV premiered the 2009 TV miniseries remake of The Prisoner, in which Ruth Wilson played the Village doctor, "No 313".
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Ruth Wilson played "Queenie" in an adaptation of Andrea Levy's Small Island, which aired on BBC1 in December 2009 and aired in the United States on PBS in 2010.
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From 4 August to 8 October 2011, Ruth Wilson starred in the title role of Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse alongside Jude Law.
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Ruth Wilson's performance prompted The Guardian to devote an editorial to Wilson's "courageous, edgy and compelling talent".
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In 2014, Ruth Wilson began starring as Alison Bailey on the drama television series The Affair, created by Sarah Treem and Hagai Levi.
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Ruth Wilson departed the series in 2018 after four seasons.
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Ruth Wilson starred alongside Jake Gyllenhaal throughout the play's run from 12 January to 14 March 2015.
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Ruth Wilson received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play for her performance.
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From December 2016 to February 2017, Ruth Wilson starred in the title role of Hedda Gabler in a new version by Patrick Marber at the Royal National Theatre.
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Alison Ruth Wilson was the third of four wives of former MI6 officer and novelist Alexander Ruth Wilson.
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Ruth Wilson explains in a December 2018 Radio Times interview that the script for the series that showed Alison uncovering all of the wives was dramatised to reveal the full story during the series.
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In October 2020, Ruth Wilson won the BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Marisa Coulter in His Dark Materials.
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Ruth Wilson was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to drama.