Cast: Ruth Jones

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Ruth Jones. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


East is East

1999 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Damien O'Donnell

Cast Om Puri · Linda Bassett · Jordan Routledge · Archie Panjabi

Synopsis Set in the early 1970s, follows the lives of a Pakistani-English family living in Northern England. George Khan (Om Puri), a proud Pakistani immigrant, and his British wife, Ella (Linda Bassett), run a fish and chip shop, while raising their...

7.0

4K votes

7.0

4K votes

Direction David Blair

Cast Gemma Arterton · Eddie Redmayne · Ruth Jones · Hans Matheson

Synopsis TV Miniseries (2008). 4 Episodes. In the late 19th century, Tess Durbeyfield is sent off to visit a rich cousin, Alec D'Urberville, when her parents learn learn that they are distantly related. Tess takes a disliking to the man and...

6.7

378 votes

6.7

378 votes

Heartlands

2002 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Damien O'Donnell

Cast Michael Sheen · Celia Imrie · Mark Addy · Jim Carter

Synopsis Colin (Michael Sheen) is every inch a loser. Hopelessly devoted to his cheating wife Sandra (Jane Robbins), he spends his days behind the counter of his shabby Midlands corner shop and his nights playing darts down the local boozer. Throw...

6.6

121 votes

6.6

121 votes

Gavin & Stacey (TV Series)

2007 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom

Direction James Corden · Ruth Jones · Christine Gernon

Cast Mathew Horne · Joanna Page · James Corden · Ruth Jones

Synopsis This is the story of how a nice boy from Essex and a sweet girl from Barry fell in love and got married. Only their life isn't quite so simple - family and friends make sure of that... Gavin spoke...

6.6

90 votes

6.6

90 votes

Direction John Strickland

Cast Julia McKenzie · Ian Weichardt · Laura O'Toole · Robert Dunbar

Synopsis An attempt to bring a famed stately home back to its former glory is marred when a visiting Austrian diplomat is shot to death decades after the disappearance of a priceless diamond.

6.6

72 votes

6.6

72 votes

The Theory of Flight

1998 · Movie · 103 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Paul Greengrass

Cast Kenneth Branagh · Helena Bonham Carter · Gemma Jones · Holly Aird

Synopsis A story of unlikely love and friendship, The Theory of Flight takes a warm and witty look at a man and a woman brought together by the sheer power of fate. Academy Award® nominated actors Helena Bonham Carter and Kenneth...

5.5

300 votes

5.5

300 votes

Eat Locals

2017 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jason Flemyng

Cast Freema Agyeman · Mackenzie Crook · Charlie Cox · Tony Curran

Synopsis Every 50 years, English vampires meet for their traditional board meeting. This time they found a cozy little farmhouse to discuss the borders of their territories, potential disputes, threats to the community and the management of food stocks. But the...

4.2

472 votes

4.2

472 votes

Very Annie Mary

2001 · Movie · 104 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Sara Sugarman

Cast Rachel Griffiths · Jonathan Pryce · Ioan Gruffudd · Matthew Rhys

Synopsis After her father suffers a stroke, his daughter is forced to take care of him.

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Nighty Night (TV Series)

2004 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Julia Davis · Tony Dow · Dewi Humphreys

Cast Julia Davis · Angus Deayton · Rebecca Front · Kevin Eldon

Synopsis TV Series (2004-2005). 2 temporadas. 12 episodios. Jill is a monstrously self-involved beautician whose husband, Terry, is dying of cancer. Her reaction to such terrible news is to tell everyone that Terry has died and pursue her neighbour, Don, a...

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The Great Outdoors (TV Series)

2010 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Catherine Morshead

Cast Mark Heap · Ruth Jones · Steve Edge · Katherine Parkinson

Synopsis The hikes, arguments, heartaches, friendships and rivalries of a dysfunctional rambling club full of misfits.

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Saxondale (TV Series)

2006 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Matt Lipsey · John Henderson · Ben Miller

Cast Steve Coogan · Ruth Jones · Rasmus Hardiker · James Bachman

Synopsis Tommy Saxondale is an ageing ex-roadie with bordering-on-extreme anger issues. Having just finalised a divorce and hired a new 'assistant', Tommy takes his job a little too seriously - especially when it comes to combating animal rights protestors!

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Stella (TV Series)

2012 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ruth Jones · Tony Dow · Susan Tully · Ashley Way

Cast Ruth Jones · Karen Paullada · Catrin Stewart · Elizabeth Berrington

Synopsis TV Series (2012-2017). Stella is a warm, funny, down-to-earth family saga starring Ruth Jones in the titular role as a 40-something mum juggling the demands of life, love and the next door neighbour's horse.

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Direction Edmund Coulthard

Cast Siwan Morris · Eve Myles · Joanna Griffiths · Rhian Grundy

Synopsis A mini series of 3 different stories all based at the same Welsh pleasure resort.

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Very British Problems (TV Series)

2015 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lorry Powles

Cast Julie Walters · Stephen Mangan · James Corden · Vic Reeves

Synopsis A warm, funny, insightful show, which champions the nation's peculiar ability to find confusion, embarrassment and social awkwardness at every turn.

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A Child's Christmases in Wales

2009 · Movie · 59 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Christine Gernon

Cast Ruth Jones · Mark Lewis Jones · Steve Speirs · Paul Kaye

Synopsis Young Owen recalls how, at Christmas 1983 when he was ten, his obsessively tidy mother and penny-pinching father hosted his two paternal uncles, garrulous carpet king Huw, perpetually attacking his ex-wife and with silent son Maurice in tow, and shambling...

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Nativity Rocks!

2018 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Debbie Isitt

Cast Celia Imrie · Anna Chancellor · Helen George · Ruth Jones

Synopsis We’re back with the kids from St Bernadette’s Primary School in Coventry as the staff and students audition for a coveted place in a spectacular rock musical competition.

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Fat Friends (TV Series)

2000 · Series · 48 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Dan Zeff · Lance Kneeshaw · Audrey Cooke · David Wheatley

Cast Alison Steadman · Jonathan Ryland · Richard Ridings · Sam Cunningham

Synopsis (2000-2005). 4 Seasons. Follows a group of overweight people, their laughter and pain and addresses the absurdities of dieting in our modern age.

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