Mrs Wilson2018

Director
Richard Laxton

Actors

Ruth Wilson (Alison Wilson)
Iain Glen (Alexander Wilson)
Fiona Shaw (Coleman)
Calam Lynch (Gordon Wilson)
Ian McElhinney (Father Timothy)
Otto Farrant (Nigel Wilson)

How well do you know the ones you love?
Set in 1960s and 1940s London, the drama follows Alison Wilson who thinks she is a normal, happily married woman. But when her husband Alec dies suddenly, a woman turns up on her doorstep, claiming that she is the real Mrs. Wilson. Alison is determined to prove the validity of her own marriage – and Alec’s love for her – but is instead led into a world of dark and troubling secrets. Alec was a British spy and a best-selling novelist and Alison is pushed to the very brink to find out the truth.
Inspired by the true story of Ruth Wilson’s grandparents.
“Anna Symon’s compelling script adroitly structures Alison’s investigation across three hour-long parts, managing to render each additional betrayal even more shocking and painful than the last.” – Hollywood Reporter
“Ms. Wilson delivers an Emmy-worthy performance that’s equal measures vulnerable and determined as Alison seeks the truth of her husband’s infidelities.” – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“If you’re looking for a masterful, five-stages-of-grief kind of reactor, Ruth Wilson – here playing a a fictionalized version of her own real-life grandmother – is your woman.” – Variety