Birthday:
Jan 07, 1982
Place of Birth: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Place of Birth: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Ruth Negga
Ruth Negga (born 1982) 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.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Breakfast on Pluto | Charlie | 2005 |
| Isolation | Mary | 2005 |
| Monstrous Beauty | Nell Gwyn | 1970 |
| Night Boat to Tangier | Cynthia | 1970 |
| Hello Carter | Doctor | 2011 |
| World War Z | W.H.O. Doctor | 2013 |
| Shirley | Shirley Bassey | 2011 |
| The Samaritan | Iris | 2012 |
| Jimi: All Is by My Side | Ida | 2013 |
| Warcraft | Lady Taria Wrynn | 2016 |
| Reach For The Stars | Self | 2019 |
| Noble | Joan | 2014 |
| Good Grief | Sophie | 2023 |
| Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici | Self | 2022 |
| Loving | Mildred Loving | 2016 |
| Iona | Iona | 2015 |
| Corduroy | Tess | 2009 |
| National Theatre Live: Phèdre | Aricia | 2009 |
| Stars | Sophie (voice) | 2006 |
| Of Mind and Music | Jessica | 2014 |
| Colour Me Kubrick | Lolita (uncredited) | 2005 |
| National Theatre Live: Hamlet | Ophelia | 2010 |
| Passing | Clare Kendry | 2021 |
| Angela's Christmas | Mother | 2017 |
| Capital Letters | Taiwo | 2004 |
| Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth | Finn's Mum (voice) | 2020 |
| Ad Astra | Helen Lantos | 2019 |
| Angela's Christmas Wish | Mother | 2020 |
| Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché | Poly Styrene (voice) | 2021 |
| Presumed Innocent | Barbara Sabich | 2024 |
| Cleopatra at the Mall | 2024 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Criminal Justice | Melanie Lloyd | 2008 |
| Personal Affairs | 2009 | |
| Love/Hate | Rosemary "Rosie" Moynihan | 2010 |
| Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Raina | 2013 |
| Secret State | Agnes Evans | 2012 |
| Explained | Narrator (voice) | 2018 |
| Preacher | Tulip O'Hare | 2016 |
| Misfits | Nikki | 2009 |
| The Nativity | Leah | 2010 |
| Love Is The Drug | Lisa Sheerin | 2004 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014 |
| Five Daughters | Rochelle | 2010 |
| Presumed Innocent | Barbara Sabich | 2024 |
