Ruth Sheen
Acting
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Ruth Sheen (born 1952) is an English actress. Born in London, Sheen began her career by training at the East 15 Acting School, and has appeared regularly on British television and in British films since 1988. On television, she had recurring roles as Nanny Simmons in Berkeley Square (1998), and as Nurse Ethel Carr in the series Bramwell (1995–1998). She has also appeared as four different characters in six episodes of The Bill between 1989 and 2004. She has also appeared in five Mike Leigh films: in the female lead role of Shirley in High Hopes (1988); as Laughing Woman in Secrets & Lies (1996); as Maureen in All or Nothing (2002), as Lily in Vera Drake (2004) and as Gerri in Another Year (2010). Her role in High Hopes won her the Best Actress award at the 1989 European Film Awards. In 2007, she played the role of Lyn, opposite Ben Whishaw's Steven, in the world premiere of Philip Ridley's stage play, Leaves of Glass at the Soho Theatre, London. She also plays the mother of Jim Sturgess's character, Jamie, in Philip Ridley's feature film, Heartless.
Filmography
The Thursday Murder Club
2025
Touch
2024
The After
2024
Hijack
2023
Sweetly It Turns
2023
Cyrano
2021
The Nevers
2021
It's a Sin
2021
Gangs of London
2020
Brassic
2019
VS.
2018
The Woman in White
2018
Strike
2017
Prime Suspect 1973
2017
A Street Cat Named Bob
2016
SuperBob
2015
Unforgotten
2015
A Royal Night Out
2015
The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge
2015
The One and Only Mike Leigh
2014
Mr. Turner
2014
Inside No. 9
2014
Welcome to the Punch
2013
The Mimic
2013
Accused
2010
Another Year
2010
The Hardest Part
2010
Heartless
2010
Misfits
2009
Brave Young Men
2009
Fanny Hill
2007
Fanny Hill
2007
Run Fatboy Run
2007
A Class Apart
2007
A Class Apart
2007
Hush Your Mouth
2007
Vital Signs
2006
Imagine Me & You
2006
The English Harem
2005
Footprints in the Snow
2005
Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky
2005
Vera Drake
2004
Vanity Fair
2004
Cheeky
2003
All or Nothing
2002
Plain Jane
2002
Lorna Doone
2001
Lorna Doone
2000
Never Never
2000
Bait
2000
Don Quixote
2000
Virtual Sexuality
1999
Berkeley Square
1998
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997
Midsomer Murders
1997
Different for Girls
1996
Secrets & Lies
1996
Silent Witness
1996
Bramwell
1995
The Young Poisoner's Handbook
1995
Sin Bin
1994
Cracker
1993
When Pigs Fly
1993
Peak Practice
1993
Ghostwatch
1992
A Fatal Inversion
1992
Clubland
1991
Night Voice
1990
High Hopes
1989
The Angry Earth
1989
Little Dorrit
1987
Casualty
1986
ScreenPlay
1986
Screen Two
1985
The Bill
1984