His Dark Materials: Where You Recognise The Cast From

4. Ruth Wilson - Marisa Coulter

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Perhaps more than anyone here, Ruth Wilson is the quintessential 'her from that thing'. She has a distinctive looks (owing to her raised brows) and has appeared in several of television's biggest hits. However, few of them have been massive water cooler shows that non-tv fans pay much attention, and she's never really done the whole celebrity/paparazzi thing.

Lots of people will have seen her before, but might struggle to place her. If that's you, worry no longer.

Wilson most famously played the dastardly deceptive yet strangely compelling Alice Morgan in Luther, joining His Dark Materials star Andrew Scott in playing one of the most complex villains the detective genre has ever seen.

Her acclaimed role as Alison Bailey in The Affair also won her fans and praise, as did her not at all confusing to explain role as Alison Wilson in Mrs Wilson, which is a lot of Wilsons.

Going futher back, she had smaller parts in Locke, Anna Karenina, The Lone Ranger and Saving Mr Banks, as well as starring in Jane Eyre.

 
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