- Films
- 18
- Avg rating
- 6.78
- Peak run
- 1989’04
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Ruth by the numbers
Average
6.78
12 rated films
Vote weighted
6.87
bigger films count more
Median
6.9
half are better
Consistency
±0.79
rating spread
Career
38y
1989 to 2026
Total votes
271K
across every film
Best
7.8
My Left Foot
Worst
5.5
Wake Wood
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 | The Lost Children of Tuam | Sister Bridget | · | 102 |
| 2023 | That They May Face the Rising Sun | Mary Murphy | · | 780 |
| 2022 | Aisha | Mrs. Keegan | 6.6 | 1,323 |
| 2018 | Damo & Ivor the Movie | Grano | · | 298 |
| 2013 | Run & Jump | Nora | 6.2 | 1,372 |
| 2013 |  Philomena | Mother Barbara | 7.6 | 108K |
| 2012 | Good Vibrations | Mavis | 7.2 | 6,014 |
| 2011 | Stella Days | Miss Courtney | · | 518 |
| 2009 | Wake Wood | Peggy O'Shea | 5.5 | 9,264 |
| 2006 | The Tiger's Tail | Large Woman | 5.8 | 1,558 |
| 2005 |  Breakfast on Pluto | Ma Braden | 7.2 | 26,821 |
| 2004 |  Rory O'Shea Was Here | Annie | 7.7 | 16,816 |
| 2000 | Wild About Harry | Lily | · | 581 |
| 2000 | American Women | Mary Mulligan | 6.2 | 1,607 |
| 2000 | An Everlasting Piece | Mrs. O'Neill | 6.2 | 1,834 |
| 1998 | Talk of Angels | O'Toole | · | 930 |
| 1990 | The Field | Tinker Woman | 7.3 | 7,718 |
| 1989 |  My Left Foot | Mary | 7.8 | 86,115 |
Takes
On Ruth McCabe
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