Ruth Wilson oozes elegance in a chic burgundy suit as she attends The Woman In ... trends now

Ruth Wilson oozed elegance in a chic burgundy suit as she attended The Woman In The Wall screening at The Whitby in New York City on Tuesday.

The actress, 42, looked incredibly glamorous in the tailored two-piece as she posed for some snaps before taking seat to chat about the series.

Ruth, who stars as lead character Lorna Brady in the six-part BBC drama, teamed her look with white mini heels.

She upped up the ante with a statement white rosette necklace and swept her brown tresses behind her chiseled face. 

The beauty appeared alongside creator Joe Murtagh on stage to speak about the hit series.

The Woman In The Wall, was released in the UK back in August and examines the legacy of one of Ireland's most shocking scandals, the inhumane institutions known as the Magdalene Laundries.

Ruth's character Lorna Brady, from a fictional town of Kilkinure, wakes one morning to find a corpse in her house.

Chillingly, she has no idea who the dead woman is or if she herself might be responsible for the apparent murder.

Lorna has long suffered from extreme bouts of sleepwalking after she was confined to the Kilkinure Convent aged 15. The institution was home to one of Ireland’s infamous Magdalene Laundries.

The Catholic-run workhouses, where untold horrors are said to have taken place, housed women branded 'undesirable' by the church and orphaned children. They were shockingly in operation until 1996.

Lorna was incarcerated at one of the Magdalene Laundries before giving birth to her daughter Agnes, who was cruelly taken from her and whose fate she has never known.

During the BBC's new series, the ambitious and elusive Detective Colman Akande (played by McCormack) is on Lorna's tail for a crime which is seemingly unrelated to the dead woman she’s discovered in her house.

The trailer depicts Lorna struggling with the loss of her daughter, until she discovers that she might be still alive and hunts for her whereabouts.