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Ruth Jones
Born: 22nd Sep 1966 Bridgend, Wales, UK
Dept: Acting
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 for the BAFTA Award for Best Female Comedy Performance and the BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Screenwriter.
Jones has appeared in various television series, including Fat Friends (2000–2005), Little Britain (2003–2007), Nighty Night (2004–2005), Saxondale (2006–2007) and The Street (2009). Jones was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to entertainment.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 72
Film: 23 (32%)
Television: 49 (68%)
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Filmography
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Meet Gaynor and Ray Davies from Cardiff - two fifty-something newlyweds, both married for a second time. Gaynor’s first marriage ended when she disc ... view
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Gaynor
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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 i ... view
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Self - Presenter (1 ep.)
Mar 2026 (first aired)
Mary isn't your typical period drama heroine. She is awkward, anxious, preachy, full of facts, a terrible singer, overlooked by her mother and seeming ... view
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Mrs. Bennet (10 ep.)
Jan 2026 (first aired)
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 ... view
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Elena Ravenscroft (8 ep.)
2025
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 sitco ... view
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2025
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. Featu ... view
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Self
2024
Seventeen years after Gavin & Stacey begun, the series comes to an end with a 90-minute finale. Before the final episode, the last we saw of Nessa an ... view
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Self
Oct 2022 (first aired)
Follows renovators across the UK as they tackle crumbling period properties. The renovators face huge challenges as they attempt to transform their w ... view
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Narrator (40 ep.)
Jun 2022 (first aired)
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 ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
2020
A celebration of Ruth Jones and James Corden's comedy, with stars including Alison Steadman, Larry Lamb and Melanie Walters revealing backstage gossip ... view
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2020
Comic Relief and Children in Need join forces to deliver a very special night of television, hosted by Lenny Henry and Matt Baker. ... view
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Various Roles
2019
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 Ch ... view
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Nessa Jenkins
2018
The staff and students at St. Bernadette's Primary School audition for a coveted place in a spectacular rock musical competition. ... view
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Farmer Beatie
Jun 2018 (first aired)
In this entertaining series packed with laughs, celebrity contestants attempt to work out catchphrases based on fun animations. Animations include wel ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Jun 2017 (first aired)
Celebrating life in the UK in all its diversity – as seen through the eyes of remarkable people doing extraordinary things. ... view
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Self - Narrator (1 ep.)
2017
In a quiet countryside farmhouse, Britain's vampires gather for their once-every-fifty-years meeting. Others will be joining them too; Sebastian Crock ... view
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Mrs. Thatcher
Sep 2016 (first aired)
A three series talk show. With the host in conversation with people whom he admires. ... view
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Self (1 ep.)
Feb 2014 (first aired)
Lee Mack wrangles a team of scientists and celebrity guests to find the truth behind the trivia on this bizarrely educational panel show. ... view
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Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Sep 2013 (first aired)
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 ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
Mar 2012 (first aired)
Just a Minute is a BBC Radio 4 radio comedy and television panel game chaired by Nicholas Parsons. Its first transmission on Radio 4 was on 22 Decembe ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
Jan 2012 (first aired)
Ruth Jones stars as a 40-something mum juggling the ups and downs of family life amid the chaos of her eccentric friends, relatives and children's fat ... view
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Stella Morris (56 ep.)
Sep 2011 (first aired)
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 Satu ... view
Character:
Self - Guest (1 ep.)
2011
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 dr ... view
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Hattie Jacques
Original title: Ar y Tracs: Y Tren i'r Gem
2011
Destination: Millennium Stadium. Reserve your ticket and prepare for an unforgettable journey as the train crew of Ar y Tracs reunite in this brand ne ... view
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Ingrid Crenski
Jul 2010 (first aired)
The Great Outdoors was a British television sitcom.
The show follows the friendships of a misfit rambling club in Southern England in which patronisi ... view
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Christine (3 ep.)
Apr 2010 (first aired)
Channel 4's Comedy Gala is a British stand-up comedy benefit show organised Channel 4 in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. The gig is fi ... view
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Unknown/various (6 ep.)
Original title: Ar y Tracs
2009
The lives of the train crew that work on the Swansea to London train route. ... view
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Ingrid Crenski
2009
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 ... view
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Mum
Nov 2009 (first aired)
The series takes place on a “higgledy-piggledy” prehistoric planet and follows the antics of a little mischievous cave girl called Igam Ogam and h ... view
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Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Jun 2009 (first aired)
Alan Carr: Chatty Man is a BAFTA award-winning British comedy chat show presented by comedian Alan Carr. The show features interviews with celebrity g ... view
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Self (1 ep.)
Mar 2009 (first aired)
Chris Moyles' Quiz Night is a British television comedy panel game show, presented by Chris Moyles.
The show was originally shown on Channel 4 at 10 ... view
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Self (2 ep.)
2009
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 per ... view
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Nesa Jenkins
Feb 2009 (first aired)
Celebrities perform famous dance routines in front of a panel of judges to raise money for the Comic Relief appeal, with viewers voting for their favo ... view
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Self (1 ep.)
Oct 2008 (first aired)
Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in ... view
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Flora Finching (14 ep.)
Sep 2008 (first aired)
The story of Tess Durbeyfield, a low-born country girl whose family find they have noble connections. ... view
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Joan Durbeyfield (4 ep.)
Nov 2007 (first aired)
"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 o ... view
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Self - Narrator (6 ep.)
Jun 2007 (first aired)
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 ... view
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Self (1 ep.)
May 2007 (first aired)
Essex and Wales collide when Gavin and Stacey fall in love - bringing their friends, family and baggage with them. ... view
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Vanessa Jenkins (19 ep.)
Feb 2007 (first aired)
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 sha ... view
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Self (4 ep.)
2006
The many hilarious characters of Little Britain are taken to the stage in this brilliant live performance by Matt Lucas and David Walliams. ... view
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Mafanwy
Oct 2006 (first aired)
The exploits of a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the extraterrestrial. ... view
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Nikki (1 ep.)
Sep 2006 (first aired)
I'm with Stupid is a British television programme starring Paul Henshall and Mark Benton.
The series was created by BBC Comedy North. Peter Keeley wa ... view
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Jean (6 ep.)
2006
Behind the scenes look on the first series of the BBC sitcom 'Saxondale' ... view
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Self
Aug 2006 (first aired)
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One. ... view
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Self (2 ep.)
Jun 2006 (first aired)
Steve Coogan plays Tommy Saxondale: an ex-roadie with anger management issues and a pest-control business. Tommy is a little arrogant, a little egotis ... view
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Magz (13 ep.)
Apr 2006 (first aired)
Anthology drama following the lives and passions of neighbors on a northern English street. ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Mar 2006 (first aired)
Charismatic detective Gil Mayo wise-cracks his way through a variety of murder mysteries alongside his sexy colleague, Alex Jones. Matters aren't simp ... view
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Cal Andrews (2 ep.)
Jan 2005 (first aired)
Twisted Tales is a dark and stylish comedy drama series. With intense scripts written by a mix of established writers and upcoming talent, each story ... view
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Trina (1 ep.)
Dec 2004 (first aired)
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 c ... view
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Self - Contestant (1 ep.)
Dec 2004 (first aired)
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 rela ... view
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Blenkinsopp (1 ep.)
Oct 2004 (first aired)
A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past. ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
2004
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 fro ... view
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Gladys
Jan 2004 (first aired)
Jill Tyrell is a narcissistic sociopath who manages a beauty parlour alongside her moronic, asthmatic assistant Linda. When Jill learns that her husba ... view
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Linda (11 ep.)
Sep 2003 (first aired)
A zany comedy show with Matt Lucas and David Walliams, featuring characters from all over Little Britain. ... view
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Myfanwy (20 ep.)
2003
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 Atle ... view
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Mandy
2003
Dot travels to Wales to visit the now very ill woman who she stayed with during World War II. ... view
Character:
Jenny Morgan
Apr 2002 (first aired)
In the 1950s at the fictional Lancashire village of Ormston, a father and son, both doctors, navigate the challenges of running a cottage hospital und ... view
Character:
Ruby Moss (1 ep.)
Oct 2001 (first aired)
The Bench is an English-language legal drama series set in a Welsh magistrate's court, produced by BBC Wales, initially broadcast on BBC One Wales and ... view
Character:
Mandy Jenkins (1 ep.)
Aug 2001 (first aired)
A darkly humorous three-part drama series focusing on trios of people working at a Welsh seaside town's funfair. Each episode is self-contained. ... view
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Amanda (1 ep.)
2001
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 car ... view
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Complaining Customer
Feb 2001 (first aired)
Adrian Mole: the Cappuccino Years is a British television series which was first aired on BBC One in 2001. The series was based on the fifth book from ... view
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Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Nov 2000 (first aired)
Black comedy documenting the relationships of six unusual couples in the style of a fly-on-the-wall documentary. ... view
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Elaine (1 ep.)
Oct 2000 (first aired)
Fat Friends is an ITV drama created by Kay Mellor, broadcast from 12 October 2000 to 24 March 2005. It follows a group of overweight people, their lau ... view
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Kelly Simpson (6 ep.)
Kelly Chadwick (19 ep.)
1999
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 ... view
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Peggy
1999
Richard is assigned public service after crashing his homemade aircraft, leading him to meet Jane, a young woman dying of motor neuron disease. After ... view
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Becky
Oct 1998 (first aired)
The series follows the lives of a team of paramedics and emergency medical technicians with the North Area Ambulance Service, facing life and death si ... view
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Marie (1 ep.)
May 1997 (first aired)
This show is about a couple broken and cheated Welsh families that decide in order to live they need to drive their cattle beasts to London for the be ... view
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Mary (5 ep.)
Mar 1997 (first aired)
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 ... view
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Rachael Rose (1 ep.)
1996
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 ar ... view
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Bates' Maid
Jan 1992 (first aired)
Two lovers are reunited after decades apart following a mutual misunderstanding. ... view
Character:
Gilly (1 ep.)
Sep 1990 (first aired)
Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, perso ... view
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Self - Hostess (1 ep.)
Oct 1988 (first aired)
This Morning features a variety of news, as well as show business, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, home and garden, food, tech, live phone-ins, and compet ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)