Ruth Negga
Acting·May 4, 1981 — 45 years old·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
Filmography · 51
—Monstrous BeautyNell Gwyn—Things He Never SaidRachel—Bad Major2025Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not EnoughNarrator2025Together for PalestineSelf2025Number One on the Call SheetTVSelf2024Cleopatra at the Mall2024Presumed InnocentTVBarbara Sabich2023Good GriefSophie2022Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is LiriciSelf2021PassingClare Kendry2021Poly Styrene: I Am a ClichéPoly Styrene (voice)2020Angela's Christmas WishMother2020Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet EarthFinn's Mum (voice)2019Reach for the StarsSelf2019Ad AstraHelen Lantos2018ExplainedTVNarrator (voice)2017Angela's ChristmasMother (voice)2016LovingMildred Loving2016WarcraftQueen Taria Wrynn2016PreacherTVTulip O'Hare2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertTVSelf - Guest2015IonaIona2014Of Mind and MusicJessica2014NobleJoan2014Late Night with Seth MeyersTVSelf2013Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.TVRaina2013Jimi: All Is by My SideIda2013World War ZW.H.O. Doctor2012Secret StateTVAgnes Evans2012The SamaritanIris2011Hello CarterDoctor2011ShirleyShirley Bassey2010The NativityTVLeah2010Misfits Christmas SpecialNikki2010National Theatre Live: HamletOphelia2010Love/HateTVRosemary "Rosie" Moynihan2010Five DaughtersTVRochelle2009MisfitsTVNikki2009National Theatre Live: PhèdreAricia2009Personal AffairsTVDoris Siddiqi2009CorduroyTess2008Criminal JusticeTVMelanie Lloyd2007Phineas and FerbTVLieutenant Zarna (voice)2006StarsSophie (voice)2005Breakfast on PlutoCharlie2005IsolationMary2005Colour Me KubrickLolita (uncredited)2004Love Is The DrugTVLisa Sheerin2004Capital LettersTaiwo1949The Emmy AwardsTVSelf