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Ruth Sheen

Highest Rated: 97% Mr. Turner (2014)

Lowest Rated: 46% Run Fat Boy Run (2007)

Birthday: Not Available

Birthplace: Stepney, London, England, UK

Ruth Sheen was a prolific British stage and screen actress who was best known for her work in several movies directed by the Oscar-nominated filmmaker, Mike Leigh. Sheen's screen acting career began in the late 1980s, when she started nabbing plum roles in both movies and TV shows. She landed recurring parts on British shows like "Downton Lagos" (BBC, 1992) and "Holding On" (BBC, 1997), as well as the female lead in Leigh's comedy-drama, "High Hopes" (1988). Sheen gained fame and recognition in her native country in 1995 after nabbing the role of Nurse Ethel Carr on the period drama, "Bramwell" (ITV, 1995-98). Sheen continued to appear in dozens of films and TV shows throughout the 2000s, most notably Mike Leigh's Oscar-nominated "Vera Drake" (2004) and the BBC adaptation of John Cleland's erotic novel, "Fanny Hill" (2007). In 2014 Sheen appeared in Mike Leigh's "Mr. Turner," a biographical drama about the eccentric British artist, J.M.W Turner. It was Sheen's sixth appearance in a Mike Leigh film in over 25 years, thus signaling that her working relationship with the famed director had shown no signs of slowing down.

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Highest rated movies

97% 56% Mr. Turner
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96% 91% Secrets & Lies
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93% 84% Vera Drake
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93% 74% Another Year
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92% 92% Touch Watchlist
92% 85% High Hopes
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87% 84% The Young Poisoner's Handbook
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86% 60% SuperBob
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83% 92% VS. Watchlist
82% 81% All or Nothing
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Filmography

Movies

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92% 92% Touch Unknown (Character) $1.1M 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet The After Tabatha (Character) - 2023
83% 92% VS. Fiona (Character) - 2018
77% 77% A Street Cat Named Bob Elsie (Character) $35.1K 2016
86% 60% SuperBob Pat (Character) - 2015
74% 56% A Royal Night Out Joan (Character) $226.0K 2015
97% 56% Mr. Turner Sarah Danby (Character) $4.2M 2014
93% 74% Another Year Gerri (Character) $3.2M 2010
46% 64% Run Fat Boy Run Claudine (Character) $6.0M 2007
93% 84% Vera Drake Lily (Character) $3.8M 2004
82% 81% All or Nothing Maureen (Character) $112.9K 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Never Never Sandra (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 46% Virtual Sexuality Jackie (Character) $43.9K 1999
96% 91% Secrets & Lies Laughing Woman (Character) $13.4M 1996
87% 84% The Young Poisoner's Handbook Molly (Character) $532.0K 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Night Voice Helen Baldwin (Character) - 1990
92% 85% High Hopes Shirley (Character) $28.0K 1988

TV

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83% 94% C.B. Strike Pat Chauncey (Character) 2022
97% 92% It's a Sin Sandra (Character) 2021
No Score Yet 89% Brassic Kath (Character) 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jimmy McGovern's Moving On Maggie (Character) 2019
91% 82% Unforgotten Lizzie Wilton (Character) 2015 2017-2018
80% 68% The Woman in White Mrs Clements (Character) 2018
100% 91% Inside No. 9 Elizabeth Gadge (Character) 2015
92% 80% Misfits Maggie (Character) 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Masterpiece Theatre Unknown (Character) 1996-1997 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Berkeley Square Unknown (Character) 1998