Biography
Ruth's Foley work is mainly in TV and film - projects include the award-winning Killing Eve, The Gold, The Long Shadow, Shardlake, Bodyguard, Breathe, Death of Stalin, Rillington Place, Dickensian, One of Us, Jamestown, Flowers, Red Dwarf, Peppa Pig, Thomas and Friends, Simon's Cat, Downton Abbey, Wolf Hall, Hey Duggee, Spooks, Garth Merenghi’s Dark Place, Troy, Le Weekend, Desert Dancer, The World is Not Enough, Eyes Wide Shut, Mamma Mia!, Enigma, 28 Days Later and The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, for which she won an Emmy.
She also works in the theatre performing live sound effects - productions include Cabaret for the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen and The Hush at the National Theatre - and she regularly works with directors Katie Mitchell (Rings of Saturn, The Yellow Wallpaper, Wunschloses Unglück) and Simon McBurney (The Magic Flute).
Filmography
all 167
Movies 139
TV Shows 28

Douglas Is Cancelled (2024)

Hamlet (2024)

The Canterville Ghost (2023)

A Million Days (2023)

Publish or Perish (2023)

The Full Monty (2023)

Medusa Deluxe (2023)

The Gold (2023)

The Wonder (2022)

Big Tree City (2022)

The Railway Children Return (2022)

Iris Warriors (2022)

A Christmas Number One (2021)

Looted (2020)

Truth Seekers (2020)

Sea Dragon (2020)

White Lines (2020)

Belgravia (2020)

Sticks and Stones (2019)

Cold Call (2019)

The War of the Worlds (2019)

The Accident (2019)

A Confession (2019)

Ophelia (2019)

MotherFatherSon (2019)

The Keeper (2018)

Peterloo (2018)

The Little Drummer Girl (2018)

House of My Fathers (2018)

Above the Clouds (2018)

Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) (2018)

Final Score (2018)

City of Lies (2018)

Bodyguard (2018)

All the Devil's Men (2018)

The Death of Stalin (2017)

Fearless (2017)

Jacinta (2017)

Rillington Place (2016)

Mum's List (2016)

Panic (2016)

One of Us (2016)

Golden Years (2016)

Rise of the Footsoldier: Part II (2015)

Howl (2015)

Captain Webb (2015)

The Casual Vacancy (2015)

The Great Train Robbery (2013)

Le Week-End (2013)

The Forest (2012)

Pitch Black Heist (2012)

Black Mirror (2011)

Paul (2011)

Fish! (2011)

All Good Children (2010)

Snap (2010)

The Special Relationship (2010)

Rewind (2010)

Creation (2009)

Rage (2009)

The Take (2009)

The Boat That Rocked (2009)

The Secret of Moonacre (2009)

French Film (2008)

Mamma Mia! (2008)

The Edge of Love (2008)

Miss Conception (2008)

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)

Garden of Eden (2008)

Strength and Honour (2007)

Midsummer Madness (2007)

When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007)

Death at a Funeral (2007)

1408 (2007)

Just Like Home (2007)

Tsunami: The Aftermath (2006)

The Abandoned (2006)

Copying Beethoven (2006)

Snow Cake (2006)

Krakatoa: The Last Days (2006)

Chromophobia (2006)

These Foolish Things (2006)

Fade to Black (2006)

Keeping Mum (2005)

The Taming of the Shrew (2005)

ShakespeaRe-Told (2005)

Colour Me Kubrick (2005)

Elizabeth I (2005)

Alice (2005)

Alex (2005)

River Queen (2005)

Proof (2005)

On a Clear Day (2005)

Mangal Pandey - The Rising (2005)

Spirit Trap (2005)

Festival (2005)

To the Ends of the Earth (2005)

Beneath the Skin (2005)

The Fatalist (2005)

Tara Road (2005)

Malice Aforethought (2005)

Heartless (2005)

Chaos (2005)

Kiss Me (2004)

In the Darkness of the Night (2004)

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)

Around the World in 80 Days (2004)

The Keeper (2004)

Troy (2004)

The Miracle According to Salomé (2004)

The Reckoning (2004)

If Only (2004)

Portugal S.A. (2004)

Us (2003)

In America (2003)

The Separation (2003)

Stander (2003)

Saltimbank (2003)

A Talking Picture (2003)

Après la pluie, le beau temps (2003)

My House in Umbria (2003)

Lent (2003)

I Capture the Castle (2003)

Facing Windows (2003)

The Hours (2002)

Anita and Me (2002)

The Final Curtain (2002)

My Little Eye (2002)

Hooded Angels (2002)

Gypsy Woman (2002)

The Four Feathers (2002)

The Magdalene Sisters (2002)

Em Volta (2002)

O Delfim (2002)

Snapshots (2002)

A Bomba (2002)

Women Talking Dirty (2001)

The Martins (2001)

Hotel (2001)

Strictly Sinatra (2001)

Princesa (2001)

Enigma (2001)

Highlander: Endgame (2000)

Some Voices (2000)

The Luzhin Defence (2000)

Lock, Stock... (2000)

Love's Labour's Lost (2000)

Saving Grace (2000)

Angela's Ashes (1999)

The World Is Not Enough (1999)

Running Free (1999)

Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

In Dreams (1999)

Heart (1999)

Still Crazy (1998)

Titanic Town (1998)

Firelight (1998)

Swept from the Sea (1998)

Face (1997)

Bean (1997)

Twin Town (1997)
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GenderFemale
Birth PlaceExmouth, Devon, England
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