 She played "Queenie" in an adaptation of Andrea Levy's "Small Island", which aired on BBC1 in December 2009 and also aired in the United States on PBS in 2010.Since 2010, she has appeared in the British psychological police drama "Luther" as Alice Morgan, a research scientist and highly intelligent individual described by Luther as a narcissist.In September 2012, the series' creator, Neil Cross, announced that he was in the process of creating a spin-off of "Luther" centred on Wilson's character, though as of 2018 this has not happened.