Ruth Jones

Acting

Ruth Jones

Born September 22, 1966 · Bridgend, Wales, UK (age 59)

Ruth Alexandra Elisabeth Jones (born 22 September 1966) is a Welsh actress, comedian, writer and producer. She co-wrote and co-starred in the critically acclaimed BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey (2007–2010, 2019, 2024), for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Female Comedy Performance in 2025. She also co-wrote and starred in the Sky One comedy-drama Stella (2012–2017), for which she was nominated fo…

Known For

The Big Night InThe Big Night In · 2020
The Big Night In
9.02020
MovieComedyDocumentary
Comic Relief and Children in Need join forces to deliver a very special night of television, hosted by Lenny Henry and Matt Baker.
EmmaEmma · 1996
Emma
6.61996
MovieRomanceComedy
Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with gentle Mr. Knightley.
EastEnders: Dot's StoryEastEnders: Dot's Story · 2003
EastEnders: Dot's Story
10.02003
MovieDrama
Dot travels to Wales to visit the now very ill woman who she stayed with during World War II.
East Is EastEast Is East · 1999
East Is East
6.51999
MovieDramaComedy
In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his children, with an English mother and having been born and brought up in Britain, increasingly see themselves as British and start to reject their father's rules on dress, food, religion, and living in general.
Eat LocalsEat Locals · 2017
Eat Locals
5.22017
MovieActionComedy
In a quiet countryside farmhouse, Britain's vampires gather for their once-every-fifty-years meeting. Others will be joining them too; Sebastian Crockett, an unwitting Essex boy who thinks he's on a promise with sexy cougar Vanessa; and a detachment of Special Forces vampire killers who have bitten off more than they can chew. This is certainly going to be a night to remember... and for some of them it will be their last.
The Theory of FlightThe Theory of Flight · 1999
The Theory of Flight
6.31999
MovieDramaComedy
Richard is assigned public service after crashing his homemade aircraft, leading him to meet Jane, a young woman dying of motor neuron disease. After they strike up a friendship, Jane asks Richard to help fulfill her deepest wish: to lose her virginity before her death.
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond FarewellGavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell · 2025
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
7.52025
MovieDocumentaryComedy
An uplifting and touching documentary special which tells the story of one of Britain's best loved sitcoms as it comes to an end after 17 years. Featuring unprecedented access to creators James Corden and Ruth Jones as well as the cast and crew, including filming the final episode as they all say goodbye to the much-cherished show.
On the TracksOn the Tracks · 2009
On the Tracks
10.02009
Movie
The lives of the train crew that work on the Swansea to London train route.

Movies

The Big Night InThe Big Night In · 2020
The Big Night In
9.02020
MovieComedyDocumentary
Comic Relief and Children in Need join forces to deliver a very special night of television, hosted by Lenny Henry and Matt Baker.
EmmaEmma · 1996
Emma
6.61996
MovieRomanceComedy
Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with gentle Mr. Knightley.
EastEnders: Dot's StoryEastEnders: Dot's Story · 2003
EastEnders: Dot's Story
10.02003
MovieDrama
Dot travels to Wales to visit the now very ill woman who she stayed with during World War II.
East Is EastEast Is East · 1999
East Is East
6.51999
MovieDramaComedy
In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his children, with an English mother and having been born and brought up in Britain, increasingly see themselves as British and start to reject their father's rules on dress, food, religion, and living in general.
Eat LocalsEat Locals · 2017
Eat Locals
5.22017
MovieActionComedy
In a quiet countryside farmhouse, Britain's vampires gather for their once-every-fifty-years meeting. Others will be joining them too; Sebastian Crockett, an unwitting Essex boy who thinks he's on a promise with sexy cougar Vanessa; and a detachment of Special Forces vampire killers who have bitten off more than they can chew. This is certainly going to be a night to remember... and for some of them it will be their last.
The Theory of FlightThe Theory of Flight · 1999
The Theory of Flight
6.31999
MovieDramaComedy
Richard is assigned public service after crashing his homemade aircraft, leading him to meet Jane, a young woman dying of motor neuron disease. After they strike up a friendship, Jane asks Richard to help fulfill her deepest wish: to lose her virginity before her death.
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond FarewellGavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell · 2025
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
7.52025
MovieDocumentaryComedy
An uplifting and touching documentary special which tells the story of one of Britain's best loved sitcoms as it comes to an end after 17 years. Featuring unprecedented access to creators James Corden and Ruth Jones as well as the cast and crew, including filming the final episode as they all say goodbye to the much-cherished show.
On the TracksOn the Tracks · 2009
On the Tracks
10.02009
Movie
The lives of the train crew that work on the Swansea to London train route.
HeartlandsHeartlands · 2003
Heartlands
6.02003
MovieDramaComedy
Gentle Colin 'Col' Lawes happily lead a quiet life, running a news agency with his soiled-rotten wife Sandra and playing competition darts in the Atletic Arms team. Colin catches her committing adultery with team captain Geoff, a cop, who pretends Colin abused her. Col is thrown off the team just after it qualified for the league finals in Blackpool. He decides to travel there alone, hoping to win her back.
Very Annie MaryVery Annie Mary · 2001
Very Annie Mary
5.32001
MovieComedy
Set in the fictional village of "Ogw" in the valleys of south-east Wales. After her father Jack suffers a stroke Annie Mary Pugh is forced to take care of him but uses the circumstances to emancipate herself and find the courage to sing once again.
Nativity Rocks!Nativity Rocks! · 2018
Nativity Rocks!
3.92018
MovieFamilyComedy
The staff and students at St. Bernadette's Primary School audition for a coveted place in a spectacular rock musical competition.
Little Britain LiveLittle Britain Live · 2006
Little Britain Live
7.32006
MovieComedy
The many hilarious characters of Little Britain are taken to the stage in this brilliant live performance by Matt Lucas and David Walliams.
The Baby Juice ExpressThe Baby Juice Express · 2004
The Baby Juice Express
8.02004
MovieCrimeComedy
A middle class London lad’s gangster fantasies go awry when his dodgy uncle puts them into debt to a real life crime boss. Still pulling strings from behind bars, the kingpin’s only desire is to conceive an heir by smuggling his sperm to his wife on the outside. There’s only one way the boys know how to raise the money fast … hijack the ‘baby juice express’. But kidnapping ‘baby juice’ turns out to be fraught with even more peril than the bumbling wannabes could possibly have imagined in this cheeky spin on the gangster genre. Starring Nick Moran (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels), with Julian Clary (one of Britain’s funniest) and Joe Bugner (former boxing champion and one of Australia’s toughest!).
HattieHattie · 2011
Hattie
5.72011
MovieTV MovieDrama
Reveals how the home life of the larger-than-life Carry On actress Hattie Jacque was blown apart by a secret sexual liaison with her handsome young driver while she was married to Dad's Army star John Le Mesurier.
A Child's Christmases in WalesA Child's Christmases in Wales · 2009
A Child's Christmases in Wales
7.22009
MovieComedyTV Movie
One-off period comedy, peeping into the lives of a south Wales family's Christmases across the 1980s, written by comedian Mark Watson and inspired by a Dylan Thomas short story. Christmas in this household may be a less than poetic affair, but it is just as eventful. So much changes across a decade in any family, and yet so much manages to remain the same.
Gavin & Stacey: A Special ChristmasGavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas · 2019
Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas
9.32019
MovieComedyRomance
The Shipmans and the Wests get together once again for Christmas. Bryn is cooking dinner, Dawn is in shock, and there are revelations in the pub on Christmas Eve.
Now That’s What I Call ComedyNow That’s What I Call Comedy · 2009
Now That’s What I Call Comedy
2009
Movie
This compilation, sold in aid of Comic Relief, includes over 30 TV clips, stand-up routines and sketches from Britain's favourite comedy shows and personalities. Excerpts are taken from TV shows including 'Little Britain USA', 'Gavin and Stacey', 'Harry Hill's TV Burp', 'Russell Brand's Ponderland', 'Flight of the Conchords', 'That Mitchell and Webb Look', 'Mock the Week', 'QI', 'Never Mind The Buzzcocks' and 'The Mighty Boosh', while stand-up comedians include Bill Bailey, Alan Carr, Lenny Henry, Sean Lock, Jo Brand, Lee Evans and Jimmy Carr.
Saxondale: On The RoadSaxondale: On The Road · 2006
Saxondale: On The Road
2006
Movie
Behind the scenes look on the first series of the BBC sitcom 'Saxondale'
Ruth Jones Remembers... HattieRuth Jones Remembers... Hattie · 2025
Ruth Jones Remembers... Hattie
2025
MovieDocumentaryComedy
A self-confessed comedy hero to Ruth Jones, Hattie Jacques was a core part of postwar British comedy history. Roles in the Carry On films and TV sitcoms such as Sykes and Hancock cemented her place in the nation’s heart. Yet her off-screen life was just as extraordinary – married to Dad’s Army star John Le Mesurier, she began an unconventional affair with her driver, a scandal that could have ended her career. Ruth looks back at Hattie, a one-off drama that captures the astonishing story.

TV Shows

Midsomer MurdersMidsomer Murders · 1997
Midsomer Murders
7.51997
SeriesCrimeDrama
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
The Graham Norton ShowThe Graham Norton Show · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
7.22007
SeriesComedy
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.
Have I Got News for YouHave I Got News for You · 1990
Have I Got News for You
7.21990
SeriesComedy
Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.
The One ShowThe One Show · 2006
The One Show
4.42006
Series
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.
Agatha Christie's MarpleAgatha Christie's Marple · 2004
Agatha Christie's Marple
7.82004
SeriesDramaCrime
The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders which she helps solve. Although the police are sometimes reluctant to accept Miss Marple's help, her reputation and unparalleled powers of observation eventually win them over.
Have I Got a Bit More News for YouHave I Got a Bit More News for You
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
7.1
SeriesComedy
Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news quiz features more of the stuff that wouldn't fit into the regular programme.
Would I Lie to You?Would I Lie to You? · 2007
Would I Lie to You?
7.82007
SeriesComedy
A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.
The Jonathan Ross ShowThe Jonathan Ross Show · 2011
The Jonathan Ross Show
5.22011
SeriesComedy
The Jonathan Ross Show is a British chat show presented by Jonathan Ross. It was first broadcast on ITV on 3 September 2011 and currently airs on Saturday evenings following the conclusion of Ross' BBC One chat show, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, in July 2010.
TorchwoodTorchwood · 2006
Torchwood
7.32006
SeriesSci-Fi & Fantasy
The exploits of a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the extraterrestrial.
Little BritainLittle Britain · 2003
Little Britain
7.12003
SeriesComedy
A zany comedy show with Matt Lucas and David Walliams, featuring characters from all over Little Britain.
Who Do You Think You Are?Who Do You Think You Are? · 2004
Who Do You Think You Are?
7.02004
SeriesDocumentaryFamily
A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.
Our LivesOur Lives · 2017
Our Lives
2017
SeriesDocumentary
Celebrating life in the UK in all its diversity – as seen through the eyes of remarkable people doing extraordinary things.
As Time Goes ByAs Time Goes By · 1992
As Time Goes By
7.51992
SeriesComedy
Two lovers are reunited after decades apart following a mutual misunderstanding.
Celebrity CatchphraseCelebrity Catchphrase · 2018
Celebrity Catchphrase
10.02018
SeriesFamily
In this entertaining series packed with laughs, celebrity contestants attempt to work out catchphrases based on fun animations. Animations include well known phrases, sayings and even film, song and book titles. The celebrities need to buzz in as quickly as they can when they know the answer and can say what they see in a chance to win money for their chosen charities.
The Other Bennet SisterThe Other Bennet Sister · 2026
The Other Bennet Sister
7.92026
SeriesDramaComedy
Mary isn't your typical period drama heroine. She is awkward, anxious, preachy, full of facts, a terrible singer, overlooked by her mother and seemingly destined to an empty dance card for the rest of her life… until Mary takes matters into her own hands.
Julia Zemiro's Home DeliveryJulia Zemiro's Home Delivery · 2013
Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery
7.02013
SeriesComedyDocumentary
Each week, Julia will invite one of Australia’s finest comics to take a trip down Memory Lane. And Memory Bus Route. And Memory Bike Path. Julia and her guest will make their way from the seat of childhood memories, the family home, through the surrounding neighbourhood and all the way to the school gate, reliving formative moments, talking about life, love and achievement, about the past, present and future. What Julia discovers about her guests will explain, well, almost everything. Time-travelling guests Carl Barron, Noeline Brown, John Safran, Alan Brough and Shane Jacobson will share with Julia where they stacked their first bike, stole their first kiss and learned the art of a withering comeback.
Alan Carr: Chatty ManAlan Carr: Chatty Man · 2009
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
5.22009
SeriesComedy
Alan Carr: Chatty Man is a BAFTA award-winning British comedy chat show presented by comedian Alan Carr. The show features interviews with celebrity guests, sketches, topical chat and music.
Run AwayRun Away · 2026
Run Away
6.62026
SeriesDramaMystery
A desperate father searching for his runaway daughter gets caught up in a murder case — and stumbles upon secrets which could destroy his family for good.
Don't Tell the BrideDon't Tell the Bride · 2007
Don't Tell the Bride
7.02007
SeriesDocumentary
"Don't Tell the Bride" is a British reality television series in which couples are given money to fund their wedding ceremony. However, every detail of the event must be organized by the groom, who has no contact with the bride during the planning process.
Remembers…Remembers… · 2022
Remembers…
7.02022
SeriesDocumentary
What are the secrets of our favourite TV shows? Famous names from both sides of the camera reflect on making some of the most popular and influential programs of all time.
Gavin & StaceyGavin & Stacey · 2007
Gavin & Stacey
7.52007
SeriesComedyDrama
Essex and Wales collide when Gavin and Stacey fall in love - bringing their friends, family and baggage with them.
Big Fat QuizBig Fat Quiz · 2004
Big Fat Quiz
7.72004
SeriesComedy
Presenter Jimmy Carr oversees a panel of top-name celebrities in this year end quiz show where they compete to see who can answer the most questions correctly.
Born and BredBorn and Bred · 2002
Born and Bred
9.02002
SeriesDrama
In the 1950s at the fictional Lancashire village of Ormston, a father and son, both doctors, navigate the challenges of running a cottage hospital under the newly established National Health Service.
Duck Quacks Don't EchoDuck Quacks Don't Echo · 2014
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
5.72014
SeriesComedy
Lee Mack wrangles a team of scientists and celebrity guests to find the truth behind the trivia on this bizarrely educational panel show.