Ruth Evershed
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| Ruth Evershed | |
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 Nicola Walker as Ruth Evershed |
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| First appearance | 2003 |
| Last appearance | 2006 |
| Statistics | |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Intelligence Analyst, on permanent secondment from GCHQ |
| Family | Cat (Fidget) |
| Spouse | None |
| Children | None |
| Portrayed by | Nicola Walker |
Ruth Evershed was the fictional Intelligence Analyst seconded from GCHQ to MI5, featured in the British Television Series Spooks, also known as MI5 in the United States. Ruth has been played by Nicola Walker since the character joined the show in 2003, until she left to have a baby in 2006.
She mentioned in the episode Surreal World that she studied Classics at Corpus Christi, Oxford, though in the episode in which she exited she says she wrote an essay at university on Offa of Mercia. Ruth lived alone with her cat, Fidget, throughout her time in Spooks. However, a romance started to develop between Ruth and fictional head of the Counter-Terrorism department of MI5, Harry Pearce. In Series 5, the romance came out in the open, and in Episode 3 he finally asked her to dinner. But, ashamed when people started rumours about their relationship, she called it off at the end of the episode.
In the next episode, the romance was almost consummated in an evening scene in the corridor, on the excuse of the Italian Trade Minister (having a party in the room next door) playing his music so loud that neither could get to sleep. However, the moment passed, with Ruth saying "I'll call management to get them to turn the music down!", prompting a Shakespearean quote from Malcolm: "Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt."
Episode 5 saw Ruth framed for murder, and faked her own death in order to escape prison. She and Harry shared a goodbye kiss as she left on a barge to venture into the unknown.
