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Born: 13 January 1982 · Age: 44
Ruth Wilson is 44 years old as of October 2026. She was born on 13 January 1982.
English actress famous for Alice Morgan in Luther, Mrs Coulter in His Dark Materials and a Golden Globe for The Affair
Did you know?She played her own grandmother in the BBC drama Mrs Wilson, based on her family's secret history.
Ruth Wilson is admired for intense, unsettling performances on stage and screen. Her Jane Eyre made her name, and her Alice Morgan in Luther became one of television's great villains. The Affair brought her American success and a Golden Globe. On stage she has won two Olivier Awards. In His Dark Materials she brought chilling charm to Mrs Coulter. She often chooses complicated women whose motives are hard to read.
Ruth Wilson (born 13 January 1982) is an English actress from Ashford, Surrey.
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English actress, born 1982
Ruth Wilson was born in Ashford on 13 January 1982.
She was born in Ashford, Surrey.
She played the murderer Alice Morgan in Luther.
She won a Golden Globe for The Affair in 2015.
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