Ruth Negga
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1981-05-04 (44 years old)
Place of Birth
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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.
Acting
Night Boat to Tangier
as Cynthia
Monstrous Beauty
as Nell Gwyn
(2024)
(2023)
Good Grief
as Sophie
(2022)
(2021)
Passing
as Clare Kendry
(2021)
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
as Poly Styrene (voice)
(2020)
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
as Finn's Mum (voice)
(2020)
Angela's Christmas Wish
as Mother
(2019)
Ad Astra
as Helen Lantos
(2019)
Reach for the Stars
as Self
(2017)
Angela's Christmas
as Mother
(2016)
Warcraft
as Queen Taria Wrynn
(2016)
Loving
as Mildred Loving
(2016)
L.A. Noir
as Actor
(2015)
Iona
as Iona
(2014)
Noble
as Joan
(2014)
Of Mind and Music
as Jessica
(2013)
World War Z
as W.H.O. Doctor
(2013)
Jimi: All Is by My Side
as Ida
(2012)
The Samaritan
as Iris
(2011)
Hello Carter
as Doctor
(2011)
Shirley
as Shirley Bassey
(2010)
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
as Ophelia
(2010)
Misfits Christmas Special
as Nikki
(2009)
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
as Aricia
(2009)
Corduroy
as Tess
(2006)
Stars
as Sophie (voice)
(2005)
Breakfast on Pluto
as Charlie
(2005)
Isolation
as Mary
(2005)
Colour Me Kubrick
as Lolita (uncredited)
(2004)
Capital Letters
as Taiwo