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Ruth Sheen

Actress / Stage Actress / Film Actress | * 1950 (74) | London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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Ruth Sheen is an English actress. From the late 1980s, she has appeared in British television shows, films and plays. A participant in the films of Mike Leigh, she won the European Film Award for Best Actress for her performance as Shirley in Leigh's High Hopes (1988). ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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Five years after jilting his pregnant fiancée on their wedding day, out-of-shape Dennis decides to run a marathon to win her back. ...

Run, Fatboy, Run

PG-13

2007 | 3.1/5 | 1h 40min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less happy with their lives. ...

Another Year

PG-13

2010 | 3.5/5 | 2h 9min
Drama, Comedy
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Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and Cyril's pretent ...

High Hopes

PG

1989 | 3.6/5 | 1h 48min
Comedy, Drama
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Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family. ...

Vera Drake

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2004 | 3.6/5 | 2h 5min
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Ruth Sheen

European Film Award for Best Actress European Film Award for Best Actress
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Movies with Ruth Sheen as Actress(39)

2024 Touch
as Tabatha2024 The After
as Mother Marthe2021 Cyrano
as Fiona2018 VS.
as Elsie2016 A Street Cat Named Bob
as Pat2015 SuperBob
as Jack's Mum2015 A Royal Night Out
as herself2014 The One and Only Mike Leigh
as Sarah Danby2014 Mr. Turner
as Iris Warns2013 Welcome to the Punch
as Gerri2010 Another Year
as Bus Lady2010 The Hardest Part
as Stephanie Malloy2009 Brave Young Men
as Marion Morgan2009 Heartless
as Mrs Collins2007 Hush Your Mouth
as Mrs. Jones2007 Fanny Hill
as Claudine2007 Run, Fatboy, Run
as Mrs. Webster2005 Imagine Me & You
as Emily2005 The English Harem
as Lady Victualler2005 Footprints in the Snow
as Miss Pinkerton2004 Vanity Fair
as Lily2004 Vera Drake
as Tamara2003 Cheeky
as Maureen2002 All or Nothing
as May2002 Plain Jane
as Betty Muxworthy2001 Lorna Doone
as Sandra2000 Never Never
as 1st Wench / Young Lady2000 Don Quixote
as Jackie Lovett1999 Virtual Sexuality
as Nosy neighbour1996 Different for Girls
as Laughing Woman1996 Secrets & Lies
as Molly1995 The Young Poisoner's Handbook
as Marge1993 When Pigs Fly
as Forensic Scientist1992 A Fatal Inversion
as Emma Stableford (voice)1992 Ghostwatch
as Helen Baldwin1990 Night Voice
as Shirley1989 High Hopes
as Nurse Berry1989 The Angry Earth
as Society Lady1987 Little Dorrit

TV Shows/Series with Ruth Sheen as Actress(23)

as Sandra2021 It's a Sin
as Mrs. Beechum2021 The Nevers
as Kath2019 Brassic
as Mrs. Clements2018 The Woman in White
as Renee Bentley2017 Prime Suspect 1973
as Pat Chauncey2017 Strike
as Lizzie Wilton2015 Unforgotten
as Elizabeth Gadge2014 Inside No. 9
as Maggie2009 Misfits
2006 Vital Signs
2005 Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky
as Mrs. MacMananan2001 The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells
as Nanny Simmons1998 Berkeley Square
1997 Holding On
as Valerie Horton1997 Midsomer Murders
as Mrs. Harris1997 The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1996 Silent Witness
1995 Bramwell
as Pauline Wadham1993 Peak Practice
as Jean McIlvanney1993 Cracker
as Jean McIIvanney1993 Cracker
as Barbara George1986 Casualty
1984 The Bill

Full Name: Ruth Sheen
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: 1950 in London, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 74 years)
Languages: English (EN)
Ruth Sheen frequently works together with these people:
Mike Leigh (13x, Crew)
Steve Pemberton (13x, Actor)
Reece Shearsmith (11x, Actor)
Paul Copley (10x, Actor)
Annette Badland (9x, Actress)
Lesley Manville (8x, Actress)
Clive Russell (8x, Actor)
David Calder (8x, Actor)
Tessa Peake-Jones (8x, Actress)
Rosie Cavaliero (8x, Actress)
Laura Howard (8x, Actress)
Dick Pope (8x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:12801, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024