Portrait of Ruth Wilson

Acting

Ruth Wilson

Career

Active from 2006 to 2026, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
26
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler
National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 30 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ruth Wilson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    1.2, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    0.9, average 2.4
  • Wholesome
    2.0, average 3.4
  • Adrenaline
    3.6, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 5
  • Unreliable Narrator 4
  • Slow Burn 3
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Thought-Provoking 2
  • Haunted House 2
  • Melancholy Atmosphere 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Psychological Horror 2
  • Atmospheric Dread 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Intimate Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

40
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

3 titles
The Book of Ruth
The Book of Ruth

as Ruth Coker Burks

Untitled Luther Sequel
Untitled Luther Sequel

as Alice Morgan

Andorra
Andorra

as Miss Quay

2020s

9 titles Β· average score 63
Victorian Psycho
Victorian Psycho (2026)
GoodWatch score 54

as Mrs. Pounds

Down Cemetery Road
Down Cemetery Road (2025)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show Β· as Sarah Trafford

Urchin
Urchin (2025)
GoodWatch score 76

as Meditation Tape (voice)

Family
Family (2024)
GoodWatch score 42

as Naomi

A Very Royal Scandal
A Very Royal Scandal (2024)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show Β· as Emily Maitlis

The Woman in the Wall
The Woman in the Wall (2023)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show Β· as Lorna Brady

See How They Run
See How They Run (2022)
GoodWatch score 65

as Petula Spencer

True Things
True Things (2022)
GoodWatch score 57

as Kate

Oslo
Oslo (2021)
GoodWatch score 64

as Mona Juul

2010s

17 titles Β· average score 67
His Dark Materials
His Dark Materials (2019)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show Β· as Mrs Coulter

Mrs Wilson
Mrs Wilson (2018)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show Β· as Alison Wilson

The Little Stranger
The Little Stranger (2018)
GoodWatch score 58

as Caroline Ayres

Dark River
Dark River (2017)
GoodWatch score 67

as Alice Bell

How to Talk to Girls at Parties
How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017)
GoodWatch score 51

as PT Stella

National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler
National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler (2017)
GoodWatch score 81

as Hedda Gabler

I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016)
GoodWatch score 53

as Lily

Suite FranΓ§aise
Suite FranΓ§aise (2015)
GoodWatch score 62

as Madeleine Labarie

The Affair
The Affair (2014)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show Β· as Alison Bailey

Locke
Locke (2014)
GoodWatch score 79

as Katrina (voice)

Saving Mr. Banks
Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
GoodWatch score 73

as Margaret Goff

Luther
Luther (2010)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show Β· as Alice Morgan

2000s

10 titles Β· average score 60
The Prisoner
The Prisoner (2009)
GoodWatch score 41

TV show Β· as 313

Small Island
Small Island (2009)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show Β· as Queenie

The Doctor Who Hears Voices
The Doctor Who Hears Voices (2008)

as "Ruth"

Freezing
Freezing (2008)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show Β· as Alison Fennel

Capturing Mary
Capturing Mary (2007)
GoodWatch score 59

as Young Mary

Get Off My Land
Get Off My Land (2007)

as Woman

A Real Summer
A Real Summer (2007)

as Mary Gilbert / Geraldine

Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre (2006)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show Β· as Jane Eyre

Suburban Shootout
Suburban Shootout (2006)
GoodWatch score 37

TV show Β· as Jewel Diamond

Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show Β· as Georgina Barrow

1960s

1 title Β· average score 80
Horizon
Horizon (1964)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show Β· as Narrator