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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 1, 1952
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also Known As
- روث شین
Ruth Sheen
0.5 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
Credits
Touch
as Mrs. Ellis
2024
7.4
The After
as Tabatha
2024
5.7
Hijack
as Elaine Atterton
2023
7.7
Sweetly It Turns
as Joy
2023
0.0
Cyrano
as Mother Marthe
2021
6.4
The Nevers
as Mrs. Beechum
2021
8.0
It's a Sin
as Sandra
2021
7.9
Gangs of London
as Deborah Devereux
2020
7.9
Brassic
as Kath
2019
8.5
VS.
as Fiona
2018
5.9
The Woman in White
as Mrs. Clements
2018
6.0
Strike
as Pat Chauncey
2017
7.1
Prime Suspect 1973
as Renee Bentley
2017
7.3
A Street Cat Named Bob
as Elsie
2016
7.9
SuperBob
as Pat
2015
5.9
Unforgotten
as Lizzie Wilton
2015
7.6
A Royal Night Out
as Jack's Mum
2015
6.5
🎬
The One and Only Mike Leigh
as Self
2014
9.0
Mr. Turner
as Sarah Danby
2014
6.5
Inside No. 9
as Elizabeth Gadge
2014
8.0
Welcome to the Punch
as Iris Warns
2013
5.9
Accused
as Mo's Mum
2010
8.1
Another Year
as Gerri
2010
7.0
The Hardest Part
as Bus Lady
2010
0.0
Heartless
as Marion Morgan
2010
5.9
Misfits
as Maggie
2009
7.6
🎬
Brave Young Men
as Stephanie Malloy
2009
2.0
Fanny Hill
as Mrs Jones
2007
7.2
Fanny Hill
as Mrs. Jones
2007
6.0
Run Fatboy Run
as Claudine
2007
6.2
A Class Apart
as Ruth
2007
4.0
A Class Apart
as Ruth - Candy's mum
2007
0.0
🎬
Hush Your Mouth
as Mrs Collins
2007
3.5
Vital Signs
2006
5.3
Imagine Me & You
as Mrs Webster
2006
7.6
🎬
The English Harem
as Emily
2005
3.3
Footprints in the Snow
as Lady Victualler
2005
2.5
Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky
as Aunt Winnie
2005
5.3
Vera Drake
as Lily
2004
7.2
Vanity Fair
as Miss Pinkerton
2004
5.8
Cheeky
as Tamara
2003
6.4
All or Nothing
as Maureen
2002
7.1
Plain Jane
as May
2002
0.0
The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells
as Mrs. MacMananan
2001
7.0
Lorna Doone
as Betty Muxworthy
2001
5.7
Lorna Doone
as Betty Muxworthy
2000
8.0
Never Never
as Sandra
2000
2.0
🎬
Bait
as Cafe Woman
2000
0.0
Don Quixote
as 1st Wench / Young Lady
2000
6.2
Virtual Sexuality
as Jackie Lovett
1999
5.2
Berkeley Square
as Nanny Simmons
1998
7.5
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
as Mrs. Harris
1997
7.0
Holding On
as Alice
1997
8.0
Midsomer Murders
as Valerie Horton
1997
7.5
Different for Girls
as Nosy neighbour
1996
7.2
Secrets & Lies
as Laughing Woman
1996
7.6
Silent Witness
1996
7.6
Bramwell
1995
4.2
The Young Poisoner's Handbook
as Molly
1995
6.6
Sin Bin
as Viv Hastings
1994
0.0
Cracker
as Jean McIlvanney
1993
6.6
Cracker
as Jean McIIvanney
1993
6.6
When Pigs Fly
as Marge
1993
5.1
Peak Practice
as Pauline Wadham
1993
6.1
Ghostwatch
as Emma Stableford (voice)
1992
7.0
A Fatal Inversion
as Forensic Scientist
1992
5.4
Clubland
as Karen
1991
0.0
🎬
Night Voice
as Helen Baldwin
1990
0.0
High Hopes
as Shirley
1989
7.1
The Angry Earth
as Nurse Berry
1989
2.0
Little Dorrit
as Society Lady
1987
6.5
Casualty
as Barbara George
1986
6.1
The Bill
1984
6.7