Ruth Sheen
Acting
Awards
Won 1 European Film Award for Best Actress Award
European Film Award for Best Actress 1 won
- 1989 Best Actress Won High Hopes
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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.
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Acting
57 credits
Midsomer Murders
Casualty
Peak Practice
Inside No. 9
Misfits
Screen Two
Hijack
Gangs of London
Strike
Brassic
Unforgotten
The Thursday Murder Club
ScreenPlay
The Nevers
Cracker
Accused
It's a Sin
The Mimic
Prime Suspect 1973
Run Fatboy Run
Vanity Fair
Mr. Turner
Imagine Me & You
A Street Cat Named Bob
All or Nothing
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
Secrets & Lies
Touch
Vera Drake
Cyrano
Another Year
Lorna Doone
Vital Signs
Berkeley Square
The Woman in White
Fanny Hill
Welcome to the Punch
A Royal Night Out
The After
Ghostwatch
Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky
Fanny Hill
Cheeky
Little Dorrit
A Class Apart
Don Quixote
High Hopes
Plain Jane
Heartless
Lorna Doone
SuperBob
Never Never
Different for Girls
The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge
Virtual Sexuality
The Young Poisoner's Handbook
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