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Ruth Negga
Born
4 May 1981
Place
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Acting

Ruth Negga

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.

As actor

Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough

Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough

2025 · Narrator
Together for Palestine

Together for Palestine

2025 · Self
Cleopatra at the Mall

Cleopatra at the Mall

2024
Good Grief

Good Grief

2023 · Sophie
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici

Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici

2022 · Self
Passing

Passing

2021 · Clare Kendry
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

2021 · Poly Styrene (voice)
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

2020 · Finn's Mum (voice)
Angela's Christmas Wish

Angela's Christmas Wish

2020 · Mother
Reach for the Stars

Reach for the Stars

2019 · Self
Ad Astra

Ad Astra

2019 · Helen Lantos
Angela's Christmas

Angela's Christmas

2017 · Mother (voice)
Warcraft

Warcraft

2016 · Queen Taria Wrynn
Loving

Loving

2016 · Mildred Loving
Iona

Iona

2015 · Iona
Noble

Noble

2014 · Joan
Of Mind and Music

Of Mind and Music

2014 · Jessica
World War Z

World War Z

2013 · W.H.O. Doctor
Jimi: All Is by My Side

Jimi: All Is by My Side

2013 · Ida
The Samaritan

The Samaritan

2012 · Iris
Hello Carter

Hello Carter

2011 · Doctor
Shirley

Shirley

2011 · Shirley Bassey
National Theatre Live: Hamlet

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

2010 · Ophelia
Misfits Christmas Special

Misfits Christmas Special

2010 · Nikki
Corduroy

Corduroy

2009 · Tess
National Theatre Live: Phèdre

National Theatre Live: Phèdre

2009 · Aricia
Stars

Stars

2006 · Sophie (voice)
Breakfast on Pluto

Breakfast on Pluto

2005 · Charlie
Isolation

Isolation

2005 · Mary
Colour Me Kubrick

Colour Me Kubrick

2005 · Lolita (uncredited)