Ruth Jones (I)
- 57 years old
- Welsh
- Actor, writer and executive producer
Press clippings
"There's no Gavin & Stacey without Fat Friends"
It's a drama about a fictional slimming club - and the set where Ruth Jones and James Corden first met. Fat Friends came to our screens seven years before the Welsh-English comedy classic Gavin And Stacey. The show, set in Leeds, is now winning new fans after dropping on Netflix.
Lucy Owen, BBC, 8th April 2024Ruth Jones: I'm terrified about my first musical at 57
The actress is starring in Sister Act. She talks about her favourite show, The Archers, and her schooldays with Rob Brydon.
The Times, 4th March 2024Ruth Jones pours cold water on Gavin & Stacey reunion reports
Gavin & Stacey co-creator Ruth Jones has played down the possibility of the hit sitcom returning for a Christmas special, saying it was "sadly a rumour".
British Comedy Guide, 14th February 2024Gavin & Stacey to return for 2024 Christmas special
James Corden and Ruth Jones are reportedly working on a new Gavin & Stacey special. Filmed this summer, it will air on BBC One at Christmas.
British Comedy Guide, 13th February 2024Six-bedroom childhood home of Ruth Jones goes up for sale
The family home belonging to Gavin & Stacey star Ruth Jones is up for sale for £549,950.
Daily Mail, 30th January 2024Julia Davis and others on the sublime 'sick-com' Nighty Night
As the gloriously despicable comedy turns 20, its creator and stars open up about shocking hate mail, being too scared to tell their parents they were in it - and George Michael's wild Jill impression.
Daniel Dylan Wray, The Guardian, 5th January 2024Ruth Jones joins West End production of Sister Act
Ruth Jones is to star in Sister Act The Musical when it returns to the West End next year.
Chortle, 9th November 2023Fat Friends looks set to become a film
Fat Friends, the comedy drama on ITV in the 2000s, looks set to be made into a film, with producers hoping original stars James Corden and Ruth Jones will reprise their roles.
British Comedy Guide, 14th September 2023Please Use Other Door, The Skewer and Milton Jones up for BBC Awards
Please Use Other Door, The Skewer, Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!, The Downing Street Doppelganger, Ken Cheng: Chinese Comedian and Tudur Owen: United Nations Of Anglesey are finalists in the 2023 BBC Audio Drama Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 7th February 2023Graham Norton, Mel Giedroyc... every celebrity wants to be a novelist. But can they hack it?
A look at new books by among others Ruth Jones and Bob Mortimer.
Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 29th November 2022