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