Ruth Wilson

The week in theatre: The Second Woman; Brokeback Mountain; Once on This Island – review

Ruth Wilson mesmerises in a 24-hour breakup with 100 different actors; tender moments illuminate a faithful yet distanced adaptation of Annie Proulx’s cowboy love story; and voodoo comes to Regent’s Park

Susannah Clapp

28, May, 2023 @9:30 AM

The Second Woman review – Ruth Wilson’s spellbinding theatrical marathon

Over 24 hours, the star offers variations on the same scene with 100 different partners, including some famous faces – and the result is astonishing

Arifa Akbar

22, May, 2023 @7:28 AM

Luther actor Ruth Wilson hits out at Hollywood #MeToo ‘hypocrisy’

Wilson tells the Guardian it is ‘extraordinary’ to witness shift from ignoring abuse to feigning interest

Jamie Grierson and Charlotte Edwardes

06, May, 2023 @7:52 AM

‘So many people don’t believe anything – only what makes them money’: Ruth Wilson on being a Hollywood outsider

The Affair star on #MeToo hypocrisy, the violence of cosmetic surgery, and why she steers clear of social media

Charlotte Edwardes

06, May, 2023 @6:00 AM

BBCSO/Brabbins review – last-minute change adds drama to Beowulf premiere

With Charles Styles stepping in to sing the lead at short notice, the BBCSO’s world premiere of Iain Bell’s Wagnerian cantata had an extra edge

Tim Ashley

19, Mar, 2023 @2:16 PM

‘Once in a lifetime’: Ruth Wilson to star in 24-hour show The Second Woman at Young Vic

Wilson to enact single, seven-minute scene on loop with 100 men to explore gender roles

Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

08, Feb, 2023 @10:00 AM

‘I want my monkey!’ Ruth Wilson on villainy, intimacy and returning to His Dark Materials

The actor made her mark in Jane Eyre after leaving college and hasn’t stopped working since. She talks about her role in Philip Pullman’s dark fantasy, her love for the stage – and her fear of commitment

Zoe Williams

12, Dec, 2022 @6:00 AM

See How They Run review – Agatha Christie spoof scampers through 50s theatreland

This likable whodunnit comedy sees Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan on the trail of high-camp crime in the original production of The Mousetrap

Peter Bradshaw

07, Sep, 2022 @3:00 PM

My streaming gem: why you should watch I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

The latest in our series of writers recommending lesser-known films available to stream is an ode to an unnerving chiller starring Ruth Wilson

AA Dowd

16, May, 2022 @6:12 AM

True Things review – seductively dangerous liaisons in Ramsgate

Ruth Wilson is brilliant as a benefits officer who develops an unhealthy attraction to a charsimatic stranger in Harry Wootliff’s assured psychological drama

Mark Kermode, Observer film critic

03, Apr, 2022 @7:00 AM

True Things review – eroticism and unfulfilled yearning in a seaside town

Ruth Wilson and Tom Burke are formidable in this tale of emotional self-harm, but elements of the film remain unconvincing