Known For
Acting
Born
May 04, 1981
Place of Birth
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Credits
51 titles
Ruth Negga
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)
Angela's Christmas Wish
Mother
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
Finn's Mum (voice)
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 - Guest
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
Bad Major
Monstrous Beauty
Nell Gwyn