The Affair's Ruth Wilson on sex, nudity and the motherhood dilemma
It’s summer in Soho and Ruth Wilson — the extravagantly talented star of The Affair, Luther and a carefully curated selection of smash-hit stage roles — is talking about the scrutiny suffered by actresses.
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Her father, Nigel, worked in the City, her mother, Mary, raised Wilson and her three older brothers in Surrey, later retraining as a probation officer. Her siblings are ‘teachers or journalists now’, though one, Matt, fought with the Territorial Army in Afghanistan. You sense it’s a bit of a surprise to them all that Ruth — a sporty tom as a — decided to train in drama after her history degree and embark on the itinerant life of an actor.