Ruth Jones (Schauspielerin)

Ruth Jones (born January 1967) is a Welsh actress, comedian and writer best known for co-scripting and starring in the multi-award winning TV comedy Gavin & Stacey. She is also known for her comedy performances in Little Britain, the cult hit Nighty Night and Saxondale plus for dramatic roles in many other high profile TV dramas such as Kay Mellor's Fat Friends and Jimmy McGovern's The Street with Timothy Spall.

Biography

Jones was educated at Porthcawl Comprehensive School and graduated in drama and theatre studies from the University of Warwick before attending the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. She first worked in TV and radio comedy for BBC Wales from 1991, both writing and performing in several radio series and TV comedy programmes with the comedy/drama producer David Peet.Vorlage:Citation needed Theatre with the RSC and The National Theatre was followed by her performance in the hit British movie East Is East. After this Jones appeared as Kelly in four series of ITV's comedy Fat Friends, as Myfanwy in BBC's Little Britain and as Linda in the BBC cult black comedy Nighty Night. In 2008 she featured in the two BBC One period costume dramas Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Little Dorrit, the Gavin and Stacey series she co-wrote with James Corden and in The Street with Timothy Spall.

In 2008, Jones co-founded Tidy Productions with producer David Peet. Tidy is an independent tv production company based in Cardiff specialising in comedy and comedy drama. It has production credits and commissions in production and pre-production with the BBC, Sky and the Welsh language tv channel S4C.

Recognition and awards

Winner of Best Female Comedy Newcomer at the 2007 British Comedy Awards, Jones was also nominated for Best Television Comedy Actress.

Winner of "Ultimate Funny Woman" at the annual Cosmopolitan 'Ultimate Women Of The Year Awards' November 2009.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Character	Production	Notes
2002	Heartlands'	Mandy	Miramax
1999	East is East	Peggy	Film4
1998	The Theory of Flight	Becky	Fine Line Features
1996	Emma	Bates’ Maid	Miramax Films

TV

Year	Title	Character	Production	Notes
2010	Hattie	Hattie Jacques		filming
2010	The Great Outdoors	Christine	BBC Four	3 episodes
2010	Marple	Miss Blenkinsopp	ITV	The Secret Chimneys
2009	A Child’s Christmases in Wales	Mum	BBC Two	TV Movie
2009	The Street		BBC One	Series 3, Episodes 5 and 6
2009	Ar Y Tracs	Ingrid Crenski	S4C
2008	Little Dorrit	Flora Finching	BBC One
2008	Tess of the d'Urbervilles	Joan Durbeyfield	BBC One
2008	Torchwood	Nikki Bevan	BBC Three	episode "Adrift"
2007-2010	Gavin and Stacey	Nessa	BBC
2006-2007	Saxondale	Magz	BBC Two	Series 1 and 2
2006	Mayo	Cal Andrews	BBC One
2005-2006	I'm With Stupid	Jean	BBC Three
2005	Born and Bred	Ruby Moss	BBC One
2004-2005	Nighty Night	Linda	BBC
2004	The Baby Juice Express	Gladys
2004	Midsomer Murders	Rachael Rose	ITV	Episode - Bad Tidings
2003-2006	Little Britain'	Myfanwy	BBC
2003	Roger Roger	Angelica	BBC One	Episode "Freedom's Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Lose"
2003	EastEnders	Jenny Morgan	BBC One	Dot's Story
2002	Heartlands	Mandy
2001	Tales from Pleasure Beach	Mandy	BBC Two
2001	Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years	Sharon Bott	BBC
2000-2005	Fat Friends	Kelly Chadwick	ITV
2000	Human Remains	Elaine	BBC	Episode "All Over My Glasses"
2000	A Likeness in Stone	Joan Poole
1998	Picking Up The Pieces	Marie
1998	As Time Goes By	Gilly	BBC One	Episode "Pardon?"
1997	Drovers' Gold	Mary
1996	Wales Playhouse	Belinda		Episode "Every Cloud"

Guest Appearences

Year	Title	Appearance	Series
2011	The Big Fat Quiz of the Year	Herself
2010	Chris Moyles' Quiz Night'	Herself	Series 3, Episode 4
2010	Would I Lie To You?	Panelist	Series 4, Episode 2
2010	A League of Their Own	Panelist	Series 1 Episode 2
2009	Have I Got News for You	Guest Presenter	Series 37 Episode 7
2009	Comic Relief	Herself	‘’(Barry) Islands In The Stream’’ video

Writing work

Year	Title	Episodes	Notes
2007-2009	Gavin & Stacey	3 series	co-written with James Corden
2009	Ar Y Tracs	TV movie
2006	The Chase	1 episode
2005	Fat Friends	1 episode	Series 4 Episode 3 "Angels Delight"

Production work

• Gavin & Stacey (Series 1, 6 episodes: BBC3 and BBC2 2007)
• Gavin & Stacey (Series 2, 7 episodes: BBC3 2008)
• Gavin & Stacey (Christmas Special: December 2008)
• Gavin & Stacey (Series 3, 6 episodes: BBC1 2009)
• Ar Y Tracs Exec. Producer Tidy Productions S4C 2009)

Music work

• Islands in the Stream (cover version for Comic Relief)

Stand up comedy

In 2010, Jones took part in Channel 4's Comedy Gala, a benefit show held in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, filmed live at the O2 Arena in London on 30 March.

External links

• Vorlage:IMDb name
• http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/html/Clients/Ruth_Jones