Ruth Sheen
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.
75 acting credits
Acting · 75
Midsomer Murders
1997
Casualty
1986
Silent Witness
1996
Peak Practice
1993
The Bill
1984
Inside No. 9
2014
Screen Two
1985
Hijack
2023
Misfits
2009
Gangs of London
2020
Brassic
2019
Strike
2017
Unforgotten
2015
The Nevers
2021
Cracker
1993
Accused
2010
ScreenPlay
1986
Bramwell
1995
It's a Sin
2021
The Thursday Murder Club
2025
Prime Suspect 1973
2017
The Woman in White
2018
Imagine Me & You
2006
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997
Lorna Doone
2000
Secrets & Lies
1996
Vital Signs
2006
Mr. Turner
2014
Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky
2005
Berkeley Square
1998
Run Fatboy Run
2007
The Mimic
2013
Fanny Hill
2007
All or Nothing
2002
Cyrano
2021
Another Year
2010
A Street Cat Named Bob
2016
A Royal Night Out
2015
Vera Drake
2004
Vanity Fair
2004
Welcome to the Punch
2013
Touch
2024
SuperBob
2015
Heartless
2010
Never Never
2000
Little Dorrit
1987
A Class Apart
2007
VS.
2018
Cheeky
2003
Ghostwatch
1992
The After
2024
Don Quixote
2000
Fanny Hill
2007
The One and Only Mike Leigh
2014
Different for Girls
1996
High Hopes
1989
Lorna Doone
2001
The Young Poisoner's Handbook
1995
When Pigs Fly
1993
Virtual Sexuality
1999
The Hardest Part
2010
Sin Bin
1994
A Fatal Inversion
1992
Clubland
1991
A Class Apart
2007
Brave Young Men
2009
Footprints in the Snow
2005
Plain Jane
2002
The English Harem
2005
Night Voice
1990
Bait
2000
The Angry Earth
1989
Hush Your Mouth
2007
Sweetly It Turns
2023
The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge
2015