Ruth Wilson (born 13 January 1982) is an English actress. She is known for her performances in Suburban Shootout (2005), Jane Eyre (2006), and as Alice Morgan in the BBC TV psychological crime drama Luther since 2010. She has also appeared in Anna Karenina (2012), The Lone Ranger (2013), and Saving Mr. Banks (2013). In 2014, she had a voice role in the film Locke and began a starring role in the Showtime series The Affair.
Wilson is a two-time Olivier Award winner, and was nominated for a BAFTA and Golden Globe for Best Actress in a mini-series for her role in Jane Eyre, as well as a Satellite Award, and won a Golden Globe for her role in The Affair.
Wilson was born in Ashford, Kent, the daughter of Mary, a probation officer, and Nigel Wilson, an investment banker. She has three older brothers, and is the granddaughter of novelist and MI6 officer Alexander Wilson and his third wife, Alison (née McKelvie). She grew up in Shepperton, Surrey, and was raised Catholic.
Wilson attended Notre Dame School, an independent Catholic school for girls located in Cobham, before attending sixth form at Esher College. As a teenager, she worked as a model, and went on to study history at the University of Nottingham, graduating in 2003. While at Nottingham, she was also involved in student drama at the New Theatre. She graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in July 2005. Afterwards, she co-founded Hush Productions. During her time at Nottingham, she participated in the TV war strategy game Time Commanders, helping her teammates fight in the Battle of Pharsalus.
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Luther is a British crime drama program starring Idris Elba as the titular character, DCI John Luther. Written by Neil Cross, the first series, comprising six one-hour long episodes, premiered on 4 May 2010 and concluded on 8 June 2010. A second series of four one-hour long episodes was commissioned; it aired on BBC One throughout June and July 2011. Following the success of the first two series, a third series was commissioned in 2012; comprising four one-hour long episodes; it aired weekly from 2 July to 23 July 2013. A two-episode fourth series was broadcast on 15 December and 22 December 2015.
Elba has been awarded a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance. The series has also received eight Primetime Emmy Award nominations, in various categories.
John Luther is a Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) working for the Serious Crime Unit in series one, and the new Serious and Serial Crime Unit in series two and three. A dedicated police officer, Luther is obsessive, possessed, and sometimes violent. However, Luther has paid a heavy price for his dedication; he has never been able to prevent himself from being consumed by the darkness of the crimes with which he deals. For Luther, the job always comes first. His dedication is a curse and a blessing, both for him and those close to him. In the very first episode of the series he investigates brilliant psychopath and murderer, Alice Morgan. Ultimately he is unable to arrest her due to lack of evidence, but as the program progresses, she becomes both his nemesis and unlikely companion. As she pursues her infatuation with him, he gradually relents as he is able to glean insight from her on some of the cunning criminals he pursues.
Luther is the 1973 film of John Osborne's biographical play, presenting the life of Martin Luther. It was one of eight in the first season of the American Film Theater's series of plays made into films. It was produced by Ely Landau, directed by British director Guy Green, and filmed at Shepperton Studios, England. The film presents Martin Luther and his legacy for the world to evaluate. The young knight narrator (Julian Glover) is an "everyman" character who confronts Luther on his advocacy for the putting down of the Peasants' Revolt of 1524–1526.
The time span covered by the film is 1506–1526: from Luther's completion of his novitiate in the Order of Eremites of St. Augustine in Erfurt to a time just after the birth of his first son Hans (b. June 7, 1526). It is narrated by Julian Glover, who portrays a young knight in the tradition of Ulrich von Hutten and Franz von Sickingen. He takes Luther to task for failing to complete his "revolution" by supporting the peasants in their uprising: "You could have done it, Martin." Luther is confronted in the course of the film six other times, giving him the opportunity to defend himself in his own words. The metaphor of constipation and flatulence is employed to indicate Luther's progression from insecurity to confidence in life.
Luther is a British psychological crime drama television series that aired on BBC One in the UK between 4 May 2010 and 22 December 2015. A total of 16 episodes were produced.
The series centres on DCI John Luther (played by Idris Elba), a highly talented detective working in London to solve a series of high-profile murders. Co-stars include Ruth Wilson as Alice Morgan, Warren Brown as DS Justin Ripley, Steven Mackintosh as DCI Ian Reed, and Saskia Reeves as DSU Rose Teller. As the series progresses Nikki Amuka-Bird joins as the recently promoted DCI Erin Gray, and Dermot Crowley is promoted to a starring role as DSU Martin Schenk, and Michael Smiley continues portraying Benny Deadhead.
I can still remember The first time I saw him Silver-haired old man Even then
But we hit it off together And fished old Paynee River Through the years I'm proud to say Luther was my friend
They all called him crazy Said his mind was simple They even talked of puttin' him away
But he wouldn't hurt nobody And I hated all the town folk The way they treated Luther And the game they used to play
They said, "Luther here's a dollar Luther here's a quarter Take either one you want, old man Which one will it be"
Then they'd all hoop and holler And he never took the dollar He'd take the shiny quarter Smile and walk away
I watched him growin' older And I finally gave up countin' The times they made him play That awful game
Till one day he lay a-dyin' And I was sittin' by him He said "Boy, before before I go There's somethin' to explain"
"I know you've always wondered Why I just took their quarters And now, son You're old enough to understand"
"But you see, the way I had it figured Was never take that dollar The day you do, boy The money game will end"
They said, "Luther, here's a dollar Luther, here's a quarter Take either one you want, old man Which one will it be"
Then they'd all hoop and holler But he never took the dollar He'd take the shiny quarter Smile and walk away
Now Luther lay a-sleepin' In the ground down by the river Lord knows I miss that old black man
But twenty sacks of quarters And the wisdom of his thinkin' Have made my life much easier Than I had ever planned
Well, I often go to see him And I place a paper dollar And a brand new shiny quarter On his grave
And I feel my body shiver As a cool breeze from the river Blows that paper bill up through the trees And far away
Luther, here's a dollar Luther, here's a quarter Take either one you want, old man Which one will it be
He lived and died in squalor And he still won't take the dollar But there's a pile of quarters Heaped high on Luther's grave
Luther, here's a dollar Luther, here's a quarter Take either one you want, old man Which one will it be
Yes, they'd all hoop and holler And he never took the dollar He'd take the shiny quarter Smile and walk away
Luther, here's a dollar Luther, here's a quarter Take either one you want, old man Which one will it be