Ruth Wilson Wins Olivier Award

Congrats to Ruth Wilson for winning Best Supporting Actress for her role in A Streetcar Named Desire at last night's Laurence Olivier Awards.

To celebrate here are some photos of Ruth looking deservedly happy avec gong.

Warning, the the full-size images are very large.

Ruth Wilson gets Olivier award nomination

The Olivier award nominations have been announced and the good news is that Ruth Wilson has been nominated:

The best supporting actress category was also expanded: as well as Knightley, there were nominations for Hayley Atwell in A View from the Bridge, Michelle Dockery in Burnt by the Sun, Alexandra Gilbreath for Twelfth Night, Rachel Stirling for The Priory, and Ruth Wilson for A Streetcar Named Desire.

The winners will be announced on 21 March.

Story at the Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2010/feb/08/plays-musicals-olivier-awards-drama

Plus the full list of nominees:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2010/feb/08/olivier-awards-nominations-full-list

Ruth Wilson in Streetcar and Small Island broadcast dates

Thanks again to Lorna who send me the following scans of Ruth Wilson from the A Streetcar Named Desire programme.



The RUTH WILSON Appreciation Society on facebook reports the broadcast dates for Small Island are December 6th and December 13th, 9:00pm on BBC 1.

The Big Interview: Ruth Wilson

The Official London Theater Guide has a (literally) big interview with Ruth Wilson. It's dated 22 Jul 2009. Here's a snippet:

It is an odd sensation, chatting to Ruth Wilson; part admiration, part jealousy, part self-loathing and part-dumbfoundedness, writes Matthew Amer.

Every other sentence the actress, who leapt to fame in the BBC adaptation of Jane Eyre and is currently playing Stella in the Donmar Warehouse production of A Streetcar Named Desire, reels out a story, an anecdote or an idea that she has somehow managed to cram into a life so packed it makes a tin of sardines look as spacious as Wembley Stadium three hours after the end of a Take That concert.

Whether it be freeing leopards or quadbiking in Namibia, chatting with Wilson makes me feel slightly inadequate at every turn. If she had the merest hint of complacency or a self-congratulatory air about her, I could revel in disliking this charmed existence. But she hasn’t. She is, of course, a delight, and slightly confused as to why each successive story brings a wide grin to my face or draws a laugh.

You can find the complete article at http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/latest/view/item106767/

Ruth Wilson's "sticky, sweaty play"

Thanks to Barbie for this.

There is an article called ‘A sticky, sweaty play’ at the Spectator magazine where Ruth Wilson talks about her role as Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire.

If Ruth Wilson doesn’t very soon become a major force to be reckoned with, as an actress, director, producer, screenwriter (probably all four), I’ll eat my entire, quite extensive collection of hats. She is bursting with talent and possesses a gleefully voracious appetite for a challenge. This is probably just as well as she is about to take on the role of Stella at the Donmar Warehouse in Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire.

You can read the whole article at http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/arts/3755278/a-sticky-sweaty-play.thtml

Ruth Wilson in A Streetcar Named Desire

Updates have been a bit thin on the ground, but here's news of what Ruth is up to after finishing Small Island.

Grandage also announced further casting for Rob Ashford's production of A Streetcar Named Desire. The previously announced Rachel Weisz (as Blanche DuBois) will be joined by Elliot Cowan as Stanley Kowalski, Barnaby Kay as Mitch and Ruth Wilson as Stella.

Source: www.variety.com

According to www.donmarwarehouse.com A Streetcar Named Desire runs from 23 July - 3 October 2009.