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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

The Human Voice The Human Voice
[West End]
2022
Performer
Hedda Gabler Hedda Gabler
[West End]
National Theatre Revival Production, 2016
Hedda Gabler
Constellations Constellations
[Broadway]
Broadway Premiere, 2014
Performer
Anna Christie Anna Christie
[West End]
Donmar Warehouse Revival, 2011
Anna Christopherson

Productions

Hedda GablerHedda Gabler
 
[West End, 2016] [Replacement]
Hedda Gabler[Replacement]

Awards and Nominations

Drama Desk Awards - 2019 - Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

Ruth Wilson, King Lear

Drama League Awards - 2019 - Distinguished Performance Award

Ruth Wilson, King Lear

Tony Awards - 2019 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Ruth Wilson, King Lear

Olivier Awards - 2017 - Best Actress

Ruth Wilson, Hedda Gabler

Drama League Awards - 2015 - Distinguished Performance Award

Ruth Wilson, Constellations


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Theatre World Awards - 2015 - Theatre World Award

Ruth Wilson, Constellations

Tony Awards - 2015 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Ruth Wilson, Constellations


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Olivier Awards - 2012 - Best Actress

Ruth Wilson, Anna Christie


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Olivier Awards - 2010 - Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Ruth Wilson, A Streetcar Named Desire

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CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF and More Set For The Almeida Theatre Photo
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF and More Set For The Almeida Theatre

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.
Lucy Davies Will Step Down as Executive Director of the Young Vic Photo
Lucy Davies Will Step Down as Executive Director of the Young Vic

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. 
Adeel Akhtar, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, & More Join Apple TV+ Thriller DOWN CEMETERY RO Photo
Adeel Akhtar, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, & More Join Apple TV+ Thriller DOWN CEMETERY ROAD

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.” 
LIFT's Biennial Festival Concludes as Artistic Director Kris Nelson Steps Down Photo
LIFT's Biennial Festival Concludes as Artistic Director Kris Nelson Steps Down

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.
Jeremy Renner, Mila Kunis, and Daryl McCormack Join KNIVES OUT 3 Photo
Jeremy Renner, Mila Kunis, and Daryl McCormack Join KNIVES OUT 3

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.
Interview: Julie Benko on Starring in Theatre Raleigh's JANE EYRE Photo
Interview: Julie Benko on Starring in Theatre Raleigh's JANE EYRE

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. 
Robert Downey Jr. to Make Broadway Debut in Ayad Akhtar's MCNEAL Photo
Robert Downey Jr. to Make Broadway Debut in Ayad Akhtar's MCNEAL

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.
Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson to Lead Apple TV+ Thriller DOWN CEMETERY ROAD Photo
Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson to Lead Apple TV+ Thriller DOWN CEMETERY ROAD

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.
Review Roundup: Ivo Van Hove, Rufus Wainwright Musical OPENING NIGHT Opens In London Photo
Review Roundup: Ivo Van Hove, Rufus Wainwright Musical OPENING NIGHT Opens In London

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.
Full Cast Set For THE HUMAN BODY at the Donmar Warehouse Photo
Full Cast Set For THE HUMAN BODY at the Donmar Warehouse

 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 CONSTELLATIONS Photo
Northern Stage Kicks Off 2024 With CONSTELLATIONS

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.
Video: Showtime Unveils THE WOMAN IN THE WALL Series Trailer Photo
Video: Showtime Unveils THE WOMAN IN THE WALL Series Trailer

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). 
SUNSET BOULEVARD, VANYA, and More Win Big at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards; Ful Photo
SUNSET BOULEVARD, VANYA, and More Win Big at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards; Full List of Winners!

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!
Donmar Warehouse Production of NEXT TO NORMAL Will Transfer to the West End in 2024 Photo
Donmar Warehouse Production of NEXT TO NORMAL Will Transfer to the West End in 2024

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.
Philadelphia Fringe Festival And Cannonball Return With A Month of Theatre All Over T Photo
Philadelphia Fringe Festival And Cannonball Return With A Month of Theatre All Over The City

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.
CONSTELLATIONS Comes to Wild Project Photo
CONSTELLATIONS Comes to Wild Project

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 CONSTELLATIONS Opens This Month Photo
Sydney Theatre Company's CONSTELLATIONS Opens This Month

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.
Documentary to Follow Ruth Wilson in THE SECOND WOMAN at the Young Vic Photo
Documentary to Follow Ruth Wilson in THE SECOND WOMAN at the Young Vic

A documentary is to be made following Ruth Wilson in her 24 hour performance of The Second Woman at the Young Vic.
Photos: First Look at Ruth Wilson in THE SECOND WOMAN at the Young Vic Theatre Photo
Photos: First Look at Ruth Wilson in THE SECOND WOMAN at the Young Vic Theatre

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.
Photos: Inside Rehearsal With Ruth Wilson For THE SECOND WOMAN at the Young Vic Theat Photo
Photos: Inside Rehearsal With Ruth Wilson For THE SECOND WOMAN at the Young Vic Theatre

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.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Ruth Wilson been in?

Ruth Wilson has appeared on Broadway in 1 shows.

How many West End shows has Ruth Wilson been in?

Ruth Wilson has appeared on London's West End in 3 shows.

What was Ruth Wilson's first West End show?

Ruth Wilson's first West End show was Anna Christie which opened in 2011

What awards has Ruth Wilson been nominated for?

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.

What awards has Ruth Wilson won?

Ruth Wilson has won the Theatre World Award (Theatre World Awards) for Constellations. She has also received the Best Actress award at the Olivier Awards for Anna Christie, as well as the Best Actress in a Supporting Role award at the Olivier Awards for A Streetcar Named Desire.

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