Ruth Negga

Acting·May 4, 1981·Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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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.

Film	Credit
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough2025 · Narrator	Narrator
Together for Palestine2025 · Self	Self
Cleopatra at the Mall2024 · Actor	Actor
Good Grief2023 · Sophie	Sophie
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici2022 · Self	Self
Passing2021 · Clare Kendry	Clare Kendry
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché2021 · Poly Styrene (voice)	Poly Styrene (voice)
Angela's Christmas Wish2020 · Mother	Mother
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth2020 · Finn's Mum (voice)	Finn's Mum (voice)
Reach for the Stars2019 · Self	Self
Ad Astra2019 · Helen Lantos	Helen Lantos
Angela's Christmas2017 · Mother (voice)	Mother (voice)
Loving2016 · Mildred Loving	Mildred Loving
Warcraft2016 · Queen Taria Wrynn	Queen Taria Wrynn
Iona2015 · Iona	Iona
Of Mind and Music2014 · Jessica	Jessica
Noble2014 · Joan	Joan
Jimi: All Is by My Side2013 · Ida	Ida
World War Z2013 · W.H.O. Doctor	W.H.O. Doctor
The Samaritan2012 · Iris	Iris
Hello Carter2011 · Doctor	Doctor
Shirley2011 · Shirley Bassey	Shirley Bassey
Misfits Christmas Special2010 · Nikki	Nikki
National Theatre Live: Hamlet2010 · Ophelia	Ophelia
National Theatre Live: Phèdre2009 · Aricia	Aricia
Corduroy2009 · Tess	Tess
Stars2006 · Sophie (voice)	Sophie (voice)
Breakfast on Pluto2005 · Charlie	Charlie
Isolation2005 · Mary	Mary
Colour Me Kubrick2005 · Lolita (uncredited)	Lolita (uncredited)
Capital Letters2004 · Taiwo	Taiwo
Monstrous BeautyNell Gwyn	Nell Gwyn
Things He Never SaidRachel	Rachel
BBad MajorActor	Actor