Ruth Negga
Acting
Born 1981-05-04 · Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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
World War Z
2013 · Movie
Warcraft
2016 · Movie
Ad Astra
2019 · Movie
Reach for the Stars
2019 · Movie
Breakfast on Pluto
2005 · Movie
Loving
2016 · Movie
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
2020 · Movie
Good Grief
2023 · Movie
Passing
2021 · Movie
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2010 · Movie
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
2009 · Movie
Hello Carter
2011 · Movie
The Samaritan
2012 · Movie
Angela's Christmas Wish
2020 · Movie
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
2025 · Movie
Angela's Christmas
2017 · Movie
Jimi: All Is by My Side
2013 · Movie
Misfits Christmas Special
2010 · Movie
Noble
2014 · Movie
Stars
2006 · Movie
Shirley
2011 · Movie
Isolation
2005 · Movie
Of Mind and Music
2014 · Movie
Colour Me Kubrick
2005 · Movie
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
2021 · Movie
Iona
2015 · Movie
Together for Palestine
2025 · Movie
Capital Letters
2004 · Movie
Monstrous Beauty
— · Movie
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
2022 · Movie
Corduroy
2009 · Movie
Cleopatra at the Mall
2024 · Movie
Things He Never Said
— · Movie