Ruth Negga
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 4, 1981, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Movies
- 31
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.
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Monstrous Beauty
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Things He Never Said
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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2025 | Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough | Narrator |
| 2025 | Together for Palestine | Self |
| 2024 | Cleopatra at the Mall | |
| 2023 | Good Grief | Sophie |
| 2022 | Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici | Self |
| 2021 | Passing | Clare Kendry |
| 2021 | Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché | Poly Styrene (voice) |
| 2020 | Angela's Christmas Wish | Mother |
| 2020 | Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth | Finn's Mum (voice) |
| 2019 | Reach for the Stars | Self |
| 2019 | Ad Astra | Helen Lantos |
| 2017 | Angela's Christmas | Mother (voice) |
| 2016 | Loving | Mildred Loving |
| 2016 | Warcraft | Queen Taria Wrynn |
| 2015 | Iona | Iona |
| 2014 | Of Mind and Music | Jessica |
| 2014 | Noble | Joan |
| 2013 | Jimi: All Is by My Side | Ida |
| 2013 | World War Z | W.H.O. Doctor |
| 2012 | The Samaritan | Iris |
| 2011 | Hello Carter | Doctor |
| 2011 | Shirley | Shirley Bassey |
| 2010 | Misfits Christmas Special | Nikki |
| 2010 | National Theatre Live: Hamlet | Ophelia |
| 2009 | National Theatre Live: Phèdre | Aricia |
| 2009 | Corduroy | Tess |
| 2006 | Stars | Sophie (voice) |
| 2005 | Breakfast on Pluto | Charlie |
| 2005 | Isolation | Mary |
| 2005 | Colour Me Kubrick | Lolita (uncredited) |
| 2004 | Capital Letters | Taiwo |
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