Ruth Negga
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 4 May 1981 · Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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
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- 2027The Thomas Crown Affair
- 2026Welcome to Port-au-Prince
- 2026Bad Major
- 2026Monstrous Beauty as Nell Gwyn
- 2026Things He Never Said as Rachel
- 2025Night Boat to Tangier as Cynthia
- 2025Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough as Narrator
- 2025Together for Palestine as Self
- 2024Cleopatra at the Mall
- 2023Good Grief as Sophie
- 2022Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici as Self
- 2021Passing as Clare Kendry
- 2021Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché as Poly Styrene (voice)
- 2020Angela's Christmas Wish as Mother
- 2020Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth as Finn's Mum (voice)
- 2019Reach for the Stars as Self
- 2019Ad Astra as Helen Lantos
- 2017Angela's Christmas as Mother (voice)
- 2016L.A. Noir as Actor
- 2016Loving as Mildred Loving
- 2016Warcraft as Queen Taria Wrynn
- 2015Iona as Iona
- 2014Of Mind and Music as Jessica
- 2014Noble as Joan
- 2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self · 1 episode
- 2013Jimi: All Is by My Side as Ida
- 2013World War Z as W.H.O. Doctor
- 2012The Samaritan as Iris
- 2011Hello Carter as Doctor
- 2011Shirley as Shirley Bassey
- 2010Misfits Christmas Special as Nikki
- 2010National Theatre Live: Hamlet as Ophelia
- 2009National Theatre Live: Phèdre as Aricia
- 2009Corduroy as Tess
- 2006Stars as Sophie (voice)
- 2005Breakfast on Pluto as Charlie
- 2005Isolation as Mary
- 2005Colour Me Kubrick as Lolita (uncredited)
- 2004Capital Letters as Taiwo