Caroline Paterson

Acting

Caroline Paterson

Born 1965-11-28 · Kirkcaldy, Scotland

Caroline Paterson is a Scottish television and film actress. She is best known for her role as Mark Fowler's wife, Ruth in EastEnders .

Acting credits

Perfect Sense poster
6.9

In Glasgow, Scotland, while a mysterious pandemic begins to spread around the world, Susan, a brilliant epidemiologist, falls in love with Michael, a skillful cook.

Perfect Sense

2011

King Ralph poster
5.4

As the only relative in line to ascend the Royal throne, a down-on-his-luck American slob must learn the ways of the English.

King Ralph

1991

In Traction poster
NR

Matters are bad enough when Mr Gentle tries to commit suicide. They are even worse when the attempt fails. Worst of all is being confined to a hospital bed when a bunch of juvenile delinquents are sent to visit you.

In Traction

1986

The Hawk poster
6.1

Housewife Annie Marsh suspects her husband might be The Hawk, a brutal serial killer. Complicating matters is the fact that she once was incarcerated in a psychiatric hospital. When she discovers she does not have the happy marriage she always believed and begins to piece together the times and dates of her husband's frequent absences, her fears begin to take hold, and her sanity deteriorates.

The Hawk

1993

Silent Scream poster
5.6

A biopic about convicted murderer Larry Winters.

Silent Scream

1990

Nocturne poster
4.0

Nocturne is a taut chamber drama, set in a musty suburban estate to which a pretty but drab-looking woman returns upon the death of her mother, who in flashback we discover was a fiercely proper and dominating woman. Eichhorn's depressed reveries are abruptly interrupted with the unexpected arrival of a pair of hitchhikers, amoral, free-spirited young lesbian lovers seeking shelter from the rain.

Nocturne

1990

Down Among the Big Boys poster
8.0

Set in Glasgow, Louie, the detective son of an upright police sergeant, is about to marry. His intended is the daughter of JoJo (Connolly), a wealthy and compulsive thief who attempts a spectacular robbery. Louie is put in charge of the investigation of JoJo's latest enterprise. JoJo learns of his peril and begins an exercise in risk management.

Down Among the Big Boys

1993

The Steamie poster
8.3

Tony Roper wrote 'The Steamie' for Glasgow's Mayfest in 1987. Return to Hogmany 1957 when a fiesty group of Glasgow women; Mrs Culfeathers, Dolly, Doreen and the irrepressible Magrit, all meet at The Steamie to do the traditional family wash before the New Year. The Steamie is a hilarious cameo of Glasgow's social history where the washing was always easier to do when the Women shared their laugher and sorrow and a scandalous supply of gossip. This is the definitive version of the most popular play of the last 20 years with the all star cast of Dorothy Paul as Magrit, Eileen McCallum as Dolly, Kate Murphy as Doreen, Sheila McDonald as Mrs Culfeathers and a very young Peter Mullan as Andy, the whisky loving handy man.

The Steamie

1988

Blood Red Roses poster
NR

A woman looks back on her life as a political activist in Scotland from the 1950s to the 1970s.

Blood Red Roses

1986

Rehab poster
7.0

TV drama - following Adam Bishop, a petty criminal, as he leaves prison for a drugs rehabilitation programme in order to turn his life around.

Rehab

2003

Venus Peter poster
5.3

Produced for Scottish television, Venus Peter was financed by the Orkney Islands Council. The title character is transformed into a "sea child" when he is baptized with salt water. Though his family tries hard to accustom him to life on land, Peter (Gordon R. Strachan) yearns to go to sea -- or, at the very least, to escape his cloistered community. He finds a kindred spirit in Princess Paloma (Juliet Cadzow), the village "looney," who, alas, is eventually carted away to an institution. Briefly fascinated by poetry and music, thanks to his lovely teacher Miss Balsibie (Sinead Cusack), Peter is disillusioned when he finds his teacher in the arms of her lover (and out of her clothing). The final blow to Peter's idealism comes when his grandfather's ship is repossessed. Despite the bleakness of his surroundings and his seemingly dead-end existence, however, Peter never completely lets go of his dreams, and the film ends on a positive note.

Venus Peter

1989

Long Distance Information poster
5.5

Dad always said not to talk to strangers. But you've got to phone home sometimes.

Long Distance Information

2011

Leaving poster
NR

A moving, comic tale of three boys about to leave a grim Catholic School in Greenock, Scotland, who find they must each choose a different path in life as they face the future.

Leaving

1989

You've Never Slept in Mine poster
NR

Relationships come under strain in an assessment unit for girls.

You've Never Slept in Mine

1985

Behind the camera