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Ruth Alexandra Elizabeth 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 also appeared in various other television series, including Fat Friends (2000–2005), Little Britain (2003–2007), Nighty Night (2004–2005), Saxondale (2006–2007), Little Dorrit (2008) 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.
Ruth Alexandra Elizabeth Jones[citation needed] was born on 22 September 1966 in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales. Her father was a solicitor for the British Steel Corporation, Port Talbot, and her mother was a GP. She has two older brothers and a younger sister.
She grew up in Porthcawl, attending Porthcawl Comprehensive School. Actor and comedian Rob Brydon was also a pupil there and the two appeared in school musicals together. She participated every year in musical theatre productions. After graduating from University of Warwick with a degree in Theatre Studies and Dramatic Arts, she trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff.
In November 1989 Jones undertook her first professional role, with Dominic Cooke's company, Pan Optic, playing Countess Almaviva in Cooke's adaptation of The Marriage of Figaro, which toured the UK for six months. Thereafter, she undertook temporary clerical work.[citation needed]
She considered giving up acting and instead training to be a solicitor. In 1990, however, the comedian and pantomime producer Stan Stennett offered her an Equity contract, shifting scenery and playing a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (Michelangelo) in Dick Whittington at the Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl where she had performed in school musicals.[citation needed]
In October 2018 Jones returned to the stage, after a 12-year absence, in the new play Nightingale by William Gaminara, produced by Jenny Topper at the Theatre Royal, Bath.[citation needed]
In Summer 2024 Jones played the role of Mother Superior in the West End production of Sister Act at the Dominion Theatre, alongside Beverley Knight, Alexandra Burke and Lizzie Bea.[citation needed]
Ruth Jones
Ruth Alexandra Elizabeth 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 also appeared in various other television series, including Fat Friends (2000–2005), Little Britain (2003–2007), Nighty Night (2004–2005), Saxondale (2006–2007), Little Dorrit (2008) 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.
Ruth Alexandra Elizabeth Jones[citation needed] was born on 22 September 1966 in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales. Her father was a solicitor for the British Steel Corporation, Port Talbot, and her mother was a GP. She has two older brothers and a younger sister.
She grew up in Porthcawl, attending Porthcawl Comprehensive School. Actor and comedian Rob Brydon was also a pupil there and the two appeared in school musicals together. She participated every year in musical theatre productions. After graduating from University of Warwick with a degree in Theatre Studies and Dramatic Arts, she trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff.
In November 1989 Jones undertook her first professional role, with Dominic Cooke's company, Pan Optic, playing Countess Almaviva in Cooke's adaptation of The Marriage of Figaro, which toured the UK for six months. Thereafter, she undertook temporary clerical work.[citation needed]
She considered giving up acting and instead training to be a solicitor. In 1990, however, the comedian and pantomime producer Stan Stennett offered her an Equity contract, shifting scenery and playing a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (Michelangelo) in Dick Whittington at the Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl where she had performed in school musicals.[citation needed]
In October 2018 Jones returned to the stage, after a 12-year absence, in the new play Nightingale by William Gaminara, produced by Jenny Topper at the Theatre Royal, Bath.[citation needed]
In Summer 2024 Jones played the role of Mother Superior in the West End production of Sister Act at the Dominion Theatre, alongside Beverley Knight, Alexandra Burke and Lizzie Bea.[citation needed]
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