About
Ruth Negga
Overview
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
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| 2025 | Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | Presumed Innocent | Actor | Barbara Sabich | 77 Good |
| 2023 | Good Grief | Actor | Sophie | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2021 | Passing | Actor | Clare Kendry | 60 Fair |
| 2021 | Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché | Actor | Poly Styrene (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2020 | Angela's Christmas Wish | Actor | Mother | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth | Actor | Finn's Mum (voice) | 60 Fair |
| 2019 | Reach for the Stars | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2019 | Ad Astra | Actor | Helen Lantos | 61 Fair |
| 2017 | Angela's Christmas | Actor | Mother | 61 Fair |
| 2016 | Loving | Actor | Mildred Loving | 64 Fair |
| 2016 | Warcraft | Actor | Queen Taria Wrynn | 63 Fair |
| 2016 | Preacher | Actor | Tulip O'Hare | 74 Good |
| 2015 | Iona | Actor | Iona | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Of Mind and Music | Actor | Jessica | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Noble | Actor | Joan | 59 Average |
| 2013 | Jimi: All Is by My Side | Actor | Ida | 58 Average |
| 2013 | World War Z | Actor | W.H.O. Doctor | 67 Fair |
| 2012 | Secret State | Actor | Agnes Evans | 69 Fair |
| 2012 | The Samaritan | Actor | Iris | 57 Average |
| 2011 | Hello Carter | Actor | Doctor | 58 Average |
| 2011 | Shirley | Actor | Shirley Bassey | 58 Average |
| 2010 | The Nativity | Actor | Leah | 70 Good |
| 2010 | Misfits Christmas Special | Actor | Nikki | 58 Average |
| 2010 | National Theatre Live: Hamlet | Actor | Ophelia | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Five Daughters | Actor | Rochelle | 69 Fair |
| 2009 | National Theatre Live: Phèdre | Actor | Aricia | 58 Average |
| 2009 | Personal Affairs | Actor | 67 Fair |
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| 2009 | Corduroy | Actor | Tess | N/A N/A |
| 2008 | Criminal Justice | Actor | Melanie Lloyd | N/A N/A |
| 2006 | Stars | Actor | Sophie (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Breakfast on Pluto | Actor | Charlie | 64 Fair |
| 2005 | Colour Me Kubrick | Actor | Lolita (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 2005 | Isolation | Actor | Mary | 57 Average |
| 2004 | Love Is The Drug | Actor | Lisa Sheerin | N/A N/A |
| 2004 | Capital Letters | Actor | Taiwo | 59 Average |
| Things He Never Said | Actor | Rachel | N/A N/A |
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| Monstrous Beauty | Actor | Nell Gwyn | N/A N/A |
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| Night Boat to Tangier | Actor | Cynthia | N/A N/A |
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