Ruth Jones

Q: Has Ruth Jones won any awards?

Yes, Ruth Jones won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Comedy Performance in 2008 for her role in 'Gavin & Stacey.'

Q: What was Ruth Jones's first film?

Ruth Jones made her film debut in 'The Amazing Mrs Pritchard' in 2006, which helped to launch her film career.

Q: What is Ruth Jones's net worth?

Ruth Jones's estimated net worth is around $6 million, primarily from her successful career in television and film.

Q: How many children does Ruth Jones have?

Ruth Jones has one child, whose name is not publicly known, with her husband David Peachey.

Q: What are some of Ruth Jones's notable writing credits?

Ruth Jones co-wrote 'Gavin & Stacey' and has also written for 'Little Britain' and 'The Nightly Show,' showcasing her writing talent.

Q: What genre is Ruth Jones known for?

Ruth Jones is primarily known for her work in comedy, both in acting and writing, often blending humor with heartfelt moments.

Q: What is Ruth Jones's latest project?

Ruth Jones stars in 'Our Welsh Chapel Dream,' a film set for release in 2024 that continues to showcase her talents as an actress.

Known for

Emma (1996)

IMDb 6.6 / 10

1996 / Comedy, Drama / 121mins

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...

Name

Ruth Jones

Height

5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)

Born

22 September 1966, Bridgend, Wales, UK

Spouses

David Peachey (2003–present)

Children

1 child, name not publicly known

Parents

Gillian Jones, John Jones

Estimated Net Worth

$6 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	TV The Rapture As temperatures rise, a convicted murderer foretells apocalyptic disaster - is she a manipulative psychopath or does she know the...	Mel Thomas	TMDB 2.7 / 10
2026	TV The Other Bennet Sister Mary isn't your typical period drama heroine. She is awkward, anxious, preachy, full of facts, a terrible singer, overlooked by...	Mrs. Bennet	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2026	TV Run Away A desperate father searching for his runaway daughter gets caught up in a murder case — and stumbles upon secrets...	Elena Ravenscroft	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2025	Movie Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell An uplifting and touching documentary special which tells the story of one of Britain's best loved sitcoms as it comes...	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2025	Movie Ruth Jones Remembers... Hattie A self-confessed comedy hero to Ruth Jones, Hattie Jacques was a core part of postwar British comedy history. Roles in...	Unknown character	Not rated
2024	Movie Gavin & Stacey: The Finale It’s five years since Nessa declared her love for Smithy – and a lot has happened since. Journey to Barry...	Vanessa Jenkins	Not rated
2024	Movie Gavin & Stacey: The Making of the Finale Seventeen years after Gavin & Stacey begun, the series comes to an end with a 90-minute finale. Before the final...	Self	Not rated
2022	TV Renovation Nation UK Follows renovators across the UK as they tackle crumbling period properties. The renovators face huge challenges as they attempt to...	Narrator	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2022	TV Remembers… What are the secrets of our favourite TV shows? Famous names from both sides of the camera reflect on making...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2020	Movie We Love Gavin and Stacey A celebration of Ruth Jones and James Corden's comedy, with stars including Alison Steadman, Larry Lamb and Melanie Walters revealing...	Unknown character	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2020	Movie The Big Night In Comic Relief and Children in Need join forces to deliver a very special night of television, hosted by Lenny Henry...	Various Roles	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2019	Movie Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas The Shipmans and the Wests get together once again for Christmas. Bryn is cooking dinner, Dawn is in shock, and...	Nessa Jenkins	TMDB 9.3 / 10
2018	Movie Nativity Rocks! The staff and students at St. Bernadette's Primary School audition for a coveted place in a spectacular rock musical competition.	Farmer Beatie	TMDB 3.9 / 10
2018	TV Celebrity Catchphrase In this entertaining series packed with laughs, celebrity contestants attempt to work out catchphrases based on fun animations. Animations include...	Unknown character	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2017	TV Our Lives Celebrating life in the UK in all its diversity – as seen through the eyes of remarkable people doing extraordinary...	Self - Narrator	Not rated
2017	Movie Eat Locals In a quiet countryside farmhouse, Britain's vampires gather for their once-every-fifty-years meeting. Others will be joining them too; Sebastian Crockett,...	Mrs. Thatcher	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2016	TV John Bishop: In Conversation with... A three series talk show. With the host in conversation with people whom he admires.	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2014	TV Duck Quacks Don't Echo Lee Mack wrangles a team of scientists and celebrity guests to find the truth behind the trivia on this bizarrely...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2013	TV Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery Each week, Julia will invite one of Australia’s finest comics to take a trip down Memory Lane. And Memory Bus...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2012	TV Just a Minute Just a Minute is a BBC Radio 4 radio comedy and television panel game chaired by Nicholas Parsons. Its first...	Self	TMDB 9.5 / 10
2012	TV Stella Ruth Jones stars as a 40-something mum juggling the ups and downs of family life amid the chaos of her...	Stella Morris	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2011	TV The Jonathan Ross Show The Jonathan Ross Show is a British chat show presented by Jonathan Ross. It was first broadcast on ITV on...	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2011	Movie Hattie Reveals how the home life of the larger-than-life Carry On actress Hattie Jacque was blown apart by a secret sexual...	Hattie Jacques	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2011	Movie On the Tracks: The Train to the Game Destination: Millennium Stadium. Reserve your ticket and prepare for an unforgettable journey as the train crew of Ar y Tracs...	Ingrid Crenski	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2010	TV The Great Outdoors The Great Outdoors was a British television sitcom. The show follows the friendships of a misfit rambling club in Southern...	Christine	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2010	TV Channel 4's Comedy Gala Channel 4's Comedy Gala is a British stand-up comedy benefit show organised Channel 4 in aid of Great Ormond Street...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2009	Movie On the Tracks The lives of the train crew that work on the Swansea to London train route.	Ingrid Crenski	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2009	Movie A Child's Christmases in Wales One-off period comedy, peeping into the lives of a south Wales family's Christmases across the 1980s, written by comedian Mark...	Mum	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2009	TV Igam Ogam The series takes place on a “higgledy-piggledy” prehistoric planet and follows the antics of a little mischievous cave girl called...	Unknown character	Not rated
2009	TV Alan Carr: Chatty Man Alan Carr: Chatty Man is a BAFTA award-winning British comedy chat show presented by comedian Alan Carr. The show features...	Self	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2009	TV Chris Moyles' Quiz Night Chris Moyles' Quiz Night is a British television comedy panel game show, presented by Chris Moyles. The show was originally...	Self	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2009	Movie Now That’s What I Call Comedy This compilation, sold in aid of Comic Relief, includes over 30 TV clips, stand-up routines and sketches from Britain's favourite...	Nesa Jenkins	Not rated
2009	TV Let's Dance for Comic Relief Celebrities perform famous dance routines in front of a panel of judges to raise money for the Comic Relief appeal,...	Self	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2008	Movie Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special 2008 As Nessa and the Wests head to Essex to spend Christmas with the Shipmans, Gavin and Stacey have a startling...	Nessa Jenkins	Not rated
2008	TV Little Dorrit Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long...	Flora Finching	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2008	TV Tess of the D'Urbervilles The story of Tess Durbeyfield, a low-born country girl whose family find they have noble connections.	Joan Durbeyfield	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2007	TV Don't Tell the Bride "Don't Tell the Bride" is a British reality television series in which couples are given money to fund their wedding...	Self - Narrator	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2007	TV Would I Lie to You? A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob...	Self	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2007	TV Gavin & Stacey Essex and Wales collide when Gavin and Stacey fall in love - bringing their friends, family and baggage with them.	Vanessa Jenkins	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2007	TV The Graham Norton Show Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2006	Movie Little Britain Live The many hilarious characters of Little Britain are taken to the stage in this brilliant live performance by Matt Lucas...	Mafanwy	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2006	TV Torchwood The exploits of a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the extraterrestrial.	Nikki	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2006	TV I'm with Stupid I'm with Stupid is a British television programme starring Paul Henshall and Mark Benton. The series was created by BBC...	Jean	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2006	Movie Saxondale: On The Road Behind the scenes look on the first series of the BBC sitcom 'Saxondale'	Self	Not rated
2006	TV The One Show A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.	Self	TMDB 4.4 / 10
2006	TV Saxondale Steve Coogan plays Tommy Saxondale: an ex-roadie with anger management issues and a pest-control business. Tommy is a little arrogant,...	Magz	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2006	TV The Street Anthology drama following the lives and passions of neighbors on a northern English street.	Unknown character	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2006	TV Mayo Charismatic detective Gil Mayo wise-cracks his way through a variety of murder mysteries alongside his sexy colleague, Alex Jones. Matters...	Cal Andrews	TMDB 4.2 / 10
2005	TV Twisted Tales Twisted Tales is a dark and stylish comedy drama series. With intense scripts written by a mix of established writers...	Trina	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2004	TV Big Fat Quiz Presenter Jimmy Carr oversees a panel of top-name celebrities in this year end quiz show where they compete to see...	Self - Contestant	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2004	TV Agatha Christie's Marple The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During...	Blenkinsopp	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2004	TV Who Do You Think You Are? A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2004	Movie The Baby Juice Express A middle class London lad’s gangster fantasies go awry when his dodgy uncle puts them into debt to a real...	Gladys	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2004	TV Nighty Night Jill Tyrell is a narcissistic sociopath who manages a beauty parlour alongside her moronic, asthmatic assistant Linda. When Jill learns...	Linda	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2003	TV Little Britain A zany comedy show with Matt Lucas and David Walliams, featuring characters from all over Little Britain.	Myfanwy	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2003	Movie Heartlands Gentle Colin 'Col' Lawes happily lead a quiet life, running a news agency with his soiled-rotten wife Sandra and playing...	Mandy	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2003	Movie EastEnders: Dot's Story Dot travels to Wales to visit the now very ill woman who she stayed with during World War II.	Jenny Morgan	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2002	TV Born and Bred In the 1950s at the fictional Lancashire village of Ormston, a father and son, both doctors, navigate the challenges of...	Ruby Moss	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2001	TV The Bench The Bench is an English-language legal drama series set in a Welsh magistrate's court, produced by BBC Wales, initially broadcast...	Mandy Jenkins	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2001	TV Tales from Pleasure Beach A darkly humorous three-part drama series focusing on trios of people working at a Welsh seaside town's funfair. Each episode...	Amanda	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2001	Movie Very Annie Mary Set in the fictional village of "Ogw" in the valleys of south-east Wales. After her father Jack suffers a stroke...	Complaining Customer	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2001	TV Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years Adrian Mole: the Cappuccino Years is a British television series which was first aired on BBC One in 2001. The...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2000	TV Human Remains Black comedy documenting the relationships of six unusual couples in the style of a fly-on-the-wall documentary.	Elaine	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2000	TV Fat Friends Fat Friends is an ITV drama created by Kay Mellor, broadcast from 12 October 2000 to 24 March 2005. It...	Kelly Simpson	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2000	TV Fat Friends Fat Friends is an ITV drama created by Kay Mellor, broadcast from 12 October 2000 to 24 March 2005. It...	Kelly Chadwick	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1999	Movie East Is East In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his...	Peggy	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1999	Movie The Theory of Flight Richard is assigned public service after crashing his homemade aircraft, leading him to meet Jane, a young woman dying of...	Becky	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1998	TV Picking Up the Pieces The series follows the lives of a team of paramedics and emergency medical technicians with the North Area Ambulance Service,...	Marie	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1997	TV Drovers' Gold This show is about a couple broken and cheated Welsh families that decide in order to live they need to...	Mary	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1997	TV Midsomer Murders The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up...	Rachael Rose	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1996	Movie Emma Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to...	Bates' Maid	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1992	TV As Time Goes By Two lovers are reunited after decades apart following a mutual misunderstanding.	Gilly	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1990	TV Have I Got News for You Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no...	Self - Hostess	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1988	TV This Morning This Morning features a variety of news, as well as show business, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, home and garden, food, tech,...	Self	TMDB 5.2 / 10
TBA	TV Have I Got a Bit More News for You Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news quiz features more...	Self - Presenter	TMDB 7.2 / 10
TBA	TV Better Later Better Later (6x30’), is centred on the relationship between two people who meet at a knee trauma clinic; retired teacher...	Shelley Anne	Not rated
TBA	Movie Gaynor & Ray Meet Gaynor and Ray Davies from Cardiff - two fifty-something newlyweds, both married for a second time. Gaynor’s first marriage...	Gaynor	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2024	Movie Gavin & Stacey: The Finale It’s five years since Nessa declared her love for Smithy – and a lot has happened since. Journey to Barry...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2024	Movie Gavin & Stacey: The Finale It’s five years since Nessa declared her love for Smithy – and a lot has happened since. Journey to Barry...	Writer Writing	Not rated
2019	Movie Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas The Shipmans and the Wests get together once again for Christmas. Bryn is cooking dinner, Dawn is in shock, and...	Writer Writing	TMDB 9.3 / 10
2014	TV Us & Them For the past six months, New York pharmaceutical copywriter Gavin and Pennsylvania-based printing press employee Stacey have been flirting online...	Original Series Creator Writing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2012	TV Stella Ruth Jones stars as a 40-something mum juggling the ups and downs of family life amid the chaos of her...	Creator Creator	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2012	TV Stella Ruth Jones stars as a 40-something mum juggling the ups and downs of family life amid the chaos of her...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2009	Movie On the Tracks The lives of the train crew that work on the Swansea to London train route.	Writer Writing	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2008	Movie Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special 2008 As Nessa and the Wests head to Essex to spend Christmas with the Shipmans, Gavin and Stacey have a startling...	Producer Production	Not rated
2008	Movie Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special 2008 As Nessa and the Wests head to Essex to spend Christmas with the Shipmans, Gavin and Stacey have a startling...	Writer Writing	Not rated
2007	TV Gavin & Stacey Essex and Wales collide when Gavin and Stacey fall in love - bringing their friends, family and baggage with them.	Creator Creator	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2007	TV Gavin & Stacey Essex and Wales collide when Gavin and Stacey fall in love - bringing their friends, family and baggage with them.	Producer Production	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2007	TV Gavin & Stacey Essex and Wales collide when Gavin and Stacey fall in love - bringing their friends, family and baggage with them.	Associate Producer Production	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2007	TV Gavin & Stacey Essex and Wales collide when Gavin and Stacey fall in love - bringing their friends, family and baggage with them.	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2000	TV Fat Friends Fat Friends is an ITV drama created by Kay Mellor, broadcast from 12 October 2000 to 24 March 2005. It...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.9 / 10
TBA	Movie Gaynor & Ray Meet Gaynor and Ray Davies from Cardiff - two fifty-something newlyweds, both married for a second time. Gaynor’s first marriage...	Writer Writing	Not rated
TBA	TV The Choir The series follows estranged siblings Ben and Lisa. After years spent apart – Ben living abroad, Lisa remaining in their...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
TBA	TV The Choir The series follows estranged siblings Ben and Lisa. After years spent apart – Ben living abroad, Lisa remaining in their...	Creator Creator	Not rated

Ruth Jones Remembers... Hattie

2025

Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell

2025 / TMDB 7.5

Gavin & Stacey: The Making of the Finale

2024

We Love Gavin and Stacey

2020 / TMDB 9.0

The Big Night In

2020 / TMDB 9.0

Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas

2019 / TMDB 9.3

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Known for

Emma (1996)

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