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Ruth Negga

Acting 44 years old Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ★ 1.2
Born: May 4, 1981

Biography

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

Acting Credits (51)

Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough Narrator 2025
Together for Palestine
Together for Palestine Self 2025
Number One on the Call Sheet
Number One on the Call Sheet Self 2025
Cleopatra at the Mall
Cleopatra at the Mall 2024
Presumed Innocent
Presumed Innocent Barbara Sabich 2024
Good Grief
Good Grief Sophie 2023
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici Self 2022
Passing
Passing Clare Kendry 2021
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché Poly Styrene (voice) 2021
Angela's Christmas Wish
Angela's Christmas Wish Mother 2020
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth Finn's Mum (voice) 2020
Reach for the Stars
Reach for the Stars Self 2019
Ad Astra
Ad Astra Helen Lantos 2019
Explained
Explained Narrator (voice) 2018
Angela's Christmas
Angela's Christmas Mother (voice) 2017
Loving
Loving Mildred Loving 2016
Warcraft
Warcraft Queen Taria Wrynn 2016
Preacher
Preacher Tulip O'Hare 2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self - Guest 2015
Iona
Iona Iona 2015
Of Mind and Music
Of Mind and Music Jessica 2014
Noble
Noble Joan 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self 2014
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Raina 2013
Jimi: All Is by My Side
Jimi: All Is by My Side Ida 2013
World War Z
World War Z W.H.O. Doctor 2013
Secret State
Secret State Agnes Evans 2012
The Samaritan
The Samaritan Iris 2012
Hello Carter
Hello Carter Doctor 2011
Shirley
Shirley Shirley Bassey 2011
The Nativity
The Nativity Leah 2010
Misfits Christmas Special
Misfits Christmas Special Nikki 2010
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
National Theatre Live: Hamlet Ophelia 2010
Love/Hate
Love/Hate Rosemary "Rosie" Moynihan 2010
Five Daughters
Five Daughters Rochelle 2010
Misfits
Misfits Nikki 2009
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
National Theatre Live: Phèdre Aricia 2009
Personal Affairs
Personal Affairs Doris Siddiqi 2009
Corduroy
Corduroy Tess 2009
Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice Melanie Lloyd 2008
Phineas and Ferb
Phineas and Ferb Lieutenant Zarna (voice) 2007
Stars
Stars Sophie (voice) 2006
Breakfast on Pluto
Breakfast on Pluto Charlie 2005
Isolation
Isolation Mary 2005
Colour Me Kubrick
Colour Me Kubrick Lolita (uncredited) 2005
Love Is The Drug
Love Is The Drug Lisa Sheerin 2004
Capital Letters
Capital Letters Taiwo 2004
The Emmy Awards
The Emmy Awards Self 1949
Monstrous Beauty
Monstrous Beauty Nell Gwyn
Things He Never Said
Things He Never Said Rachel
Bad Major
Bad Major

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