- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 4, 1981
- Place of Birth
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Ruth Negga
Ruth Negga (born May 4, 1981) is an Ethiopian-Irish actress. For her portrayal of Mildred Loving in the 2016 biographical romantic drama "Loving", Negga received several major nominations from the Academy Awards, British Academy Film Awards and the Golden Globe Awards, and won the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actress. She has also appeared in the BBC mini-series Criminal Justice, E4's Misfits, and the AMC series Preacher.
Filmography
movieIrvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
2025 · Narrator
movieTogether for Palestine
2025 · Self
tvNumber One on the Call Sheet
2025 · Self
movieCleopatra at the Mall
2024
tvPresumed Innocent
2024 · Barbara Sabich
movieGood Grief
2023 · Sophie
moviePaul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
2022 · Self
moviePassing
2021 · Clare Kendry
moviePoly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
2021 · Poly Styrene (voice)
movieAngela's Christmas Wish
2020 · Mother
movieHere We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
2020 · Finn's Mum (voice)
movieReach for the Stars
2019 · Self
movieAd Astra
2019 · Helen Lantos
tvExplained
2018 · Narrator (voice)
movieAngela's Christmas
2017 · Mother (voice)
movieLoving
2016 · Mildred Loving
movieWarcraft
2016 · Queen Taria Wrynn
tvPreacher
2016 · Tulip O'Hare
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest
movieIona
2015 · Iona
movieOf Mind and Music
2014 · Jessica
movieNoble
2014 · Joan
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self
tvMarvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013 · Raina
movieJimi: All Is by My Side
2013 · Ida
movieWorld War Z
2013 · W.H.O. Doctor
tvSecret State
2012 · Agnes Evans
movieThe Samaritan
2012 · Iris
movieHello Carter
2011 · Doctor
movieShirley
2011 · Shirley Bassey
tvThe Nativity
2010 · Leah
movieMisfits Christmas Special
2010 · Nikki
movieNational Theatre Live: Hamlet
2010 · Ophelia
tvLove/Hate
2010 · Rosemary "Rosie" Moynihan
tvFive Daughters
2010 · Rochelle
tvMisfits
2009 · Nikki
movieNational Theatre Live: Phèdre
2009 · Aricia
tvPersonal Affairs
2009 · Doris Siddiqi
movieCorduroy
2009 · Tess
tvCriminal Justice
2008 · Melanie Lloyd
tvPhineas and Ferb
2007 · Lieutenant Zarna (voice)
movieStars
2006 · Sophie (voice)
movieBreakfast on Pluto
2005 · Charlie
movieIsolation
2005 · Mary
movieColour Me Kubrick
2005 · Lolita (uncredited)
tvLove Is The Drug
2004 · Lisa Sheerin
movieCapital Letters
2004 · Taiwo
tvThe Emmy Awards
1949 · Self
movieMonstrous Beauty
— · Nell Gwyn
movieThings He Never Said
— · Rachel
Bad Major
movieBad Major
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