Ruth Wilson
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BIO
Ruth Wilson is a two-time Olivier Award winner and Golden Globe Award winner, and made her Broadway debut in Nick Payne's Constellations, opposite Jake Gyllenhaal. She is best known for her role as Alison Lockhart in the Showtime series "The Affair" (Golden Globe Award). Film credits include The Little Stranger, Dark River, I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House, Suite Française, Locke, Saving Mr. Banks, The Lone Ranger, and Anna Karenina. She received Olivier Awards for Best Actress for Anna Christie opposite Jude Law, and Best Supporting Actress for A Streetcar Named Desire opposite Rachel Weisz, both at the Donmar Warehouse. She was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actress for Hedda Gabler at the National Theatre. On television, Wilson starred in the acclaimed BBC series "Luther," which was nominated for eight Emmy Awards. She received BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for Best Lead Actress for the BBC miniseries "Jane Eyre." She debuted on the London stage in 2007 in the National Theatre's production of Maxim Gorky's Philistines, and starred in the Almeida Theatre adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's Through a Glass Darkly.
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STAGE CREDITS
Productions
Awards and Nominations
Ruth Wilson, King Lear
Ruth Wilson, King Lear
Ruth Wilson, King Lear
Ruth Wilson, Hedda Gabler
Ruth Wilson, Constellations
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Ruth Wilson, Constellations
Ruth Wilson, Constellations
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Ruth Wilson, Anna Christie
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Ruth Wilson, A Streetcar Named Desire
Videos
VIDEO: Sam Rockwell & Saoirse Ronan Investigate a West End Murder in the SEE HOW THEY RUN Trailerby Michael Major - Jun 29, 2022
VIDEO: Watch the Teaser for the Film Adaptation of OSLO, Starring Andrew Scott & Ruth Wilsonby Sarah Leiber - Apr 26, 2021
VIDEO: Watch an All New Trailer For Season Two of HIS DARK MATERIALS Starring Lin-Manuel Mirandaby Stephi Wild - Oct 24, 2020
VIDEO: Watch New Trailers for Season Two of HIS DARK MATERIALS, Featuring Lin-Manuel Mirandaby Sarah Leiber - Aug 28, 2020
VIDEO: Watch Eddie Redmayne & Cate Blanchett in New JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH, WITH TAIKA AND FRIENDSby Chloe Rabinowitz - May 20, 2020
VIDEO: See Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ruth Wilson, and More in the New Trailer for HIS DARK MATERIALSby Kaitlin Milligan - Oct 3, 2019
HIS DARK MATERIALS Starring Lin-Manuel Miranda Will Premiere on November 4 on HBOby Kaitlin Milligan - Sep 12, 2019
VIDEO: See Lin-Manuel Miranda In The Official Trailer For HIS DARK MATERIALS On HBOby A.A. Cristi - Jul 18, 2019
Photos and Video: Glenda Jackson Honored With Lifetime Achievement Lilly Awardby Stephi Wild - May 19, 2019
VIDEO: See Lin-Manuel Miranda in the Trailer for HIS DARK MATERIALSby Kaitlin Milligan - May 17, 2019
VIDEO: KING LEAR's Ruth Wilson Recalls Having to Stop a Performance When An Audience Member Faintedby Kaitlin Milligan - Apr 11, 2019
TV: Inside Opening Night of KING LEAR, with Glenda Jackson & More!by TV - Opening Night Special - Apr 5, 2019News
The Almeida Theatre has announced five new productions including Almeida Associate Director Rebecca Frecknall's new production of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, featuring Kingsley Ben-Adir, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Lennie James.
The Young Vic Theatre has announced that Executive Director Lucy Davies will leave the organisation in December 2024 to take up the position of Chief Executive of Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival.
Apple TV+ has revealed that BAFTA Award winner Adeel Akhtar, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Emmy Award nominee Tom Goodman-Hill, BAFTA Award winner Darren Boyd, Tom Riley, SAG Award nominee Adam Godley, Sinead Matthews, Ken Nwosu, Fehinti Balogun and Aiysha Hart are set to join the cast of “Down Cemetery Road.”
In 2024 LIFT, London's biennial international festival of theatre, welcomed over 10,000 audience members, across eight venues connecting international artists and Londoners with bold new work. After a festival with six and a half years in the post, Kris Nelson will step down as Artistic Director/CEO at the end of August.
More casting has been announced for the highly anticipated third entry in the Knives Out franchise, which is set to begin production this summer. Newcomers include Jeremy Renner, Mila Kunis, and Daryl McCormack who join the previously announced Glenn Close, Kerry Washington, Josh O'Connor, Cailee Spaeny, Andrew Scott, and Daniel Craig, returning as fan-favorite detective Benoit Blanc.
We spoke to Julie Benko about starring in Jane Eyre opposite Matt Bogart and directed by Megan McGinnis. Jane Eyre is written by John Caird and Paul Gordon.
This fall, Lincoln Center Theater will produce MCNEAL, a new play by Ayad Akhtar, directed by Bartlett Sher, starring Robert Downey Jr. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.
Apple TV+ has announced new thriller “Down Cemetery Road,” starring and executive produced by Emma Thompson who plays struggling Oxford private eye Zoë Boehm, alongside Ruth Wilson as Sarah Tucker, who becomes obsessed with the whereabouts of a child she believes to have gone missing.
Read reviews for the World Premiere of John Cassavetes’ OPENING NIGHT a new musical with book by Ivo Van Hove and music and lyrics by Rufus Wainwright, starring Sheridan Smith.
Donmar Warehouse Artistic Director Michael Longhurst and Executive Director Henny Finch have announced the full cast for the world première of Lucy Kirkwood’s The Human Body.
Northern Stage kicks off 2024 with Nick Payne's award-winning 'Constellations'. Performances from January 24 to February 11, 2024 at the Byrne Theater, Barrette Center for the Arts. Directed by Sarah Elizabeth Wansley.
SHOWTIME unveiled the official trailer and key art for THE WOMAN IN THE WALL, the six-episode thriller starring and executive produced by BAFTA and Golden Globe Award winner Ruth Wilson (THE AFFAIR, His Dark Materials) and co-starring BAFTA Award nominee Daryl McCormack (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, Peaky Blinders).
The Evening Standard Theatre Awards were held last night, November 19. Among the big winners this year were Sunset Boulevard, starring Nicole Scherzinger, as well as Jack Thorne's The Motive and the Cue, Andrew Scott for Vanya, and more. Check out the full list of winners here!
The critically acclaimed Donmar Warehouse production of the Broadway musical Next to Normal – which sold every seat at every performance across its season at Donmar Warehouse, where the production made its long-awaited UK Premiere – is to transfer to London's West End.
The annual Philadelphia Fringe Festival and works of theatre are well known partners. Cannonball, the largest hub of the Philadelphia Fringe has an explosion of theatre throughout the entire month of September.
Nick Payne's award-winning show will play for a limited-engagement of two nights only at the renowned theatre in East Village.
Sydney Theatre Company’s Richard Wherrett Fellow, Ian Michael, makes his directorial debut with Nick Payne’s irresistible West End hit, Constellations, playing The Wharf Theatre from 29 July.
A documentary is to be made following Ruth Wilson in her 24 hour performance of The Second Woman at the Young Vic.
Production photos have been released of Ruth Wilson as Virginia ahead of her marathon 24-hour performance in The Second Woman at the Young Vic Theatre starting at 4pm today.
Rehearsal photos have been released of Ruth Wilson in the UK premiere of the internationally acclaimed The Second Woman, an epic 24-hour performance at the Young Vic Theatre.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Ruth Wilson has appeared on Broadway in 1 shows.
Ruth Wilson has appeared on London's West End in 3 shows.
Ruth Wilson's first West End show was Anna Christie which opened in 2011
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for King Lear, Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for King Lear, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for King Lear, Best Actress (Olivier Awards) for Hedda Gabler, Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for Constellations, Theatre World Award (Theatre World Awards) for Constellations, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Constellations, Best Actress (Olivier Awards) for Anna Christie and Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Olivier Awards) for A Streetcar Named Desire.
Ruth Wilson has won several awards, including the Theatre World Award at the Theatre World Awards for her performance in Constellations. She also received the Best Actress award at the Olivier Awards for her role in Anna Christie and the Best Actress in a Supporting Role award at the Olivier Awards for her performance in A Streetcar Named Desire.
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