Ruth Negga
January 7, 1982 (42 years old) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Ruth Negga (born 1982) 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Presumed Innocent as Barbara Sabich
- 2023 · Good Grief as Sophie
- 2022 · Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici as Self
- 2021 · Passing as Clare Kendry
- 2021 · Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché as Poly Styrene (voice)
- 2020 · Angela's Christmas Wish as Mother
- 2020 · Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth as Finn's Mum (voice)
- 2019 · Reach For The Stars as Self
- 2019 · Ad Astra as Helen Lantos
- 2018 · Explained as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Angela's Christmas as Mother
- 2016 · Loving as Mildred Loving
- 2016 · Warcraft as Lady Taria Wrynn
- 2016 · Preacher as Tulip O'Hare
- 2015 · Iona as Iona
- 2014 · Of Mind and Music as Jessica
- 2014 · Noble as Joan
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2013 · Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Raina
- 2013 · Jimi: All Is by My Side as Ida
- 2013 · World War Z as W.H.O. Doctor
- 2012 · Secret State as Agnes Evans
- 2012 · The Samaritan as Iris
- 2011 · Hello Carter as Doctor
- 2011 · Shirley as Shirley Bassey
- 2010 · The Nativity as Leah
- 2010 · National Theatre Live: Hamlet as Ophelia
- 2010 · Love/Hate as Rosemary "Rosie" Moynihan
- 2010 · Five Daughters as Rochelle
- 2009 · Misfits as Nikki
- 2009 · National Theatre Live: Phèdre as Aricia
- 2009 · Personal Affairs as
- 2009 · Corduroy as Tess
- 2008 · Criminal Justice as Melanie Lloyd
- 2006 · Stars as Sophie (voice)
- 2005 · Breakfast on Pluto as Charlie
- 2005 · Colour Me Kubrick as Lolita (uncredited)
- 2005 · Isolation as Mary
- 2004 · Love Is The Drug as Lisa Sheerin
- Future · Monstrous Beauty as Nell Gwyn
- Future · Night Boat to Tangier as Cynthia
- 2004 · Capital Letters as Taiwo