Ruth Wilson (actress)
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Ruth Wilson (born January 13, 1982) is an English actress, perhaps best known for her BAFTA and Golden Globe-nominated performance in the title role of Jane Eyre.
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[edit] Biography
Wilson was born in Ashford, Kent and raised with three older brothers in Shepperton, Surrey.[1] She attended Notre Dame School and sixth form at Esher College.[2] As a teenager, Wilson worked as a model, and went on to study history at the University of Nottingham graduating in 2002. She graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in July of 2005. Afterwards, she co-founded Hush Productions. While at Nottingham she was also involved the student drama New Theatre later which won an award for 'Outstanding Contribution to Student Theatre' at the National Student Drama Festival 2008.
Prior to her role in Jane Eyre, Wilson had only one professional screen credit, in Suburban Shootout, a situation comedy. Since then, Wilson has stated she is "going to better auditions. People are starting to see me, when they wouldn't have done, before - suddenly you have done a big show, and have got a bit more standing."[3]
Wilson's performance in Jane Eyre earned her four nominations for Best Actress awards in 2007, from the Broadcasting Press Guild, BAFTA television awards[4][5] Satellite Awards and the 2008 Golden Globes. She also came second in a BBC viewers poll for Best Actress of 2006.
In 2006-2007 she filmed the second series of Suburban Shootout, a new Marple mystery for ITV, and Stephen Poliakoff's BBC television drama Capturing Mary as the young Mary.
In 2007 she appeared in Gorky's Philistines, playing Tanya, at the National from May until August 2007 - and learned to play the piano for the role.[6] She also narrated the audio book of Lauren St John's novel "The White Giraffe". In June 2007, Wilson presented the 2007 Lilian Baylis Awards.[7] In November 2007 she gave a radio interview on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour [8]
Other projects in 2007 included the narration of an audio book of the children's novel "Dolphin Song" by Lauren St John; a guest appearance in the SitCom Freezing as Alison Fennel (Transmitted on BBC2, February 21st 2008); narration of the documentary The Polish Ambulance Murders (Transmitted on BBC4, February 5th 2008); and the portrayal of a mentally ill doctor in the dramatised documentary The Doctor Who Hears Voices[9](Transmitted on UK Channel 4, 21st April 2008) a story which follows controversial psychologist Dr Rufus May as he treats a junior doctor diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
During the winter of 2007 Wilson took six months off[citation needed].
She currently lives in London.[10]
[edit] Selected Credits
| Year | Format | Title | Role | Other notes |
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| 2008 | Radio drama | The Mayor of Casterbridge | Elizabeth-Janes | |
| Docu-drama | The Doctor Who Hears Voices | Ruth | ||
| 2007 | TV film | A Real Summer | Mary/Geraldine[11] | |
| Capturing Mary | Young Mary | |||
| Marple: Nemesis | Georgina Barrow | |||
| Stage | Philistines | Tanya | Lyttelton Theatre, RNT[12] | |
| 2006 | TV miniseries | Jane Eyre | Jane Eyre | Nominated for a Golden Globe, Best Actress in a Series, Mini Series or TV Movie |
| Short film | Get Off My Land | Woman | ||
| 2005 | TV series | Suburban Shootout | Jewel Diamond | |
| 2002 | Stage | The Hush | Ginelli | International tour, Hush Productions |
Wilson played Lady Macbeth in Hush Production's inaugural production - Macbeth at the the Lakeside Theatre - while they were in their final year at university.
While at LAMDA she apppeared in a student production of CP Taylor's Good, which transferred to the Sound Theatre for a short run in 2005.
Wilson has also appeared in the short films In The Dark and The Rounds[13], as characters unknown.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Genower, Ellie Ruth is following footsteps of the famous, Manchester Evening News (20 October 2006)
- ^ Nichol, Patricia Something in the Eyre, Times Online (27 May 2007)
- ^ Stephen Robb. Jane Eyre star's fast-rising fame (HTML). BBC News. Retrieved on 2008-08-30.
- ^ Nominations for Broadcasting Press Guild 33rd Annual Television and Radio Awards (HTML). Broadcasting Press Guild. Retrieved on 2007-07-26.
- ^ Latest Winners and Nominees (HTML). BAFTA. Retrieved on 2007-07-26.
- ^ Rock, Malcolm 20 Questions With... Ruth Wilson, What's on Stage (21 May 2007)
- ^ Calvi, Nuala Jane Eyre actress Wilson presents Lilian Baylis Awards, The Stage (12 June 2007)
- ^ BBC Woman's Hour Arts Archive, Ruth Wilson BBC Radio 4 "Woman's Hour"
- ^ "The Doctor Who Hears Voices", from Channel 4.com
- ^ Hoggard, Liz Ruth Wilson, The Independent (7 October 2006)
- ^ The Culture Show: Stephen Poliakoff, BBC (13 September 2007)
- ^ Philistines official web page at the National Theatre
- ^ Profile - Jane Eyre (Ruth Wilson), BBC
