Ruth Negga
- Acting
- May 4, 1981 · Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough · Narrator
- Together for Palestine · Self
- Number One on the Call Sheet · Self
- Cleopatra at the Mall
- Presumed Innocent · Barbara Sabich
- Good Grief · Sophie
- Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici · Self
- Passing · Clare Kendry
- Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché · Poly Styrene (Voice)
- Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth · Finn's Mum (Voice)
- Angela's Christmas Wish · Mother
- Reach for the Stars · Self
- Ad Astra · Helen Lantos
- Explained · Narrator (Voice)
- Angela's Christmas · Mother (Voice)
- Loving · Mildred Loving
- Warcraft · Queen Taria Wrynn
- Preacher · Tulip O'Hare
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Iona · Iona
- Of Mind and Music · Jessica
- Noble · Joan
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. · Raina
- Jimi: All Is by My Side · Ida
- World War Z · W.H.O. Doctor
- Secret State · Agnes Evans
- The Samaritan · Iris
- Hello Carter · Doctor
- Shirley · Shirley Bassey
- The Nativity · Leah
- Misfits Christmas Special · Nikki
- National Theatre Live: Hamlet · Ophelia
- Love/Hate · Rosemary "Rosie" Moynihan
- Five Daughters · Rochelle
- Misfits · Nikki
- National Theatre Live: Phèdre · Aricia
- Personal Affairs · Doris Siddiqi
- Corduroy · Tess
- Criminal Justice · Melanie Lloyd
- Phineas and Ferb · Lieutenant Zarna (Voice)
- Stars · Sophie (Voice)
- Breakfast on Pluto · Charlie
- Isolation · Mary
- Colour Me Kubrick · Lolita (uncredited)
- Love Is The Drug · Lisa Sheerin
- Capital Letters · Taiwo
- The Emmy Awards · Self
- Monstrous Beauty · Nell Gwyn
- Things He Never Said · Rachel
- Bad Major
- Welcome to Port-au-Prince