Ruth Negga

Known for: Acting

Born: 1981-05-04 (age 45)

From: 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 (51)

MOVIE★ 7.0
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
2025
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 8.2
Together for Palestine
2025
as Self
TV★ 3.6
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
as Self
MOVIE
Cleopatra at the Mall
2024
TV★ 7.8
Presumed Innocent
2024
as Barbara Sabich
MOVIE★ 6.2
Good Grief
2023
as Sophie
MOVIE
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
2022
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
Passing
2021
as Clare Kendry
MOVIE★ 6.6
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
2021
as Poly Styrene (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.4
Angela's Christmas Wish
2020
as Mother
MOVIE★ 7.5
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
2020
as Finn's Mum (voice)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Reach for the Stars
2019
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.1
Ad Astra
2019
as Helen Lantos
TV★ 7.5
Explained
2018
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Angela's Christmas
2017
as Mother (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Loving
2016
as Mildred Loving
MOVIE★ 6.4
Warcraft
2016
as Queen Taria Wrynn
TV★ 7.4
Preacher
2016
as Tulip O'Hare
TV★ 6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 6.5
Iona
2015
as Iona
MOVIE★ 5.7
Of Mind and Music
2014
as Jessica
MOVIE★ 6.4
Noble
2014
as Joan
TV★ 5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
TV★ 7.5
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
as Raina
MOVIE★ 5.6
Jimi: All Is by My Side
2013
as Ida
MOVIE★ 6.8
World War Z
2013
as W.H.O. Doctor
TV★ 7.1
Secret State
2012
as Agnes Evans
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Samaritan
2012
as Iris
MOVIE★ 7.2
Hello Carter
2011
as Doctor
MOVIE★ 6.5
Shirley
2011
as Shirley Bassey
TV★ 8.8
The Nativity
2010
as Leah
MOVIE★ 7.5
Misfits Christmas Special
2010
as Nikki
MOVIE★ 7.8
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2010
as Ophelia
TV★ 7.5
Love/Hate
2010
as Rosemary "Rosie" Moynihan
TV★ 6.4
Five Daughters
2010
as Rochelle
TV★ 7.6
Misfits
2009
as Nikki
MOVIE★ 7.8
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
2009
as Aricia
TV★ 4.6
Personal Affairs
2009
as Doris Siddiqi
MOVIE
Corduroy
2009
as Tess
TV★ 7.6
Criminal Justice
2008
as Melanie Lloyd
TV★ 7.9
Phineas and Ferb
2007
as Lieutenant Zarna (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.4
Stars
2006
as Sophie (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.2
Breakfast on Pluto
2005
as Charlie
MOVIE★ 5.5
Isolation
2005
as Mary
MOVIE★ 5.7
Colour Me Kubrick
2005
as Lolita (uncredited)
TV★ 8.0
Love Is The Drug
2004
as Lisa Sheerin
MOVIE★ 3.7
Capital Letters
2004
as Taiwo
TV★ 7.9
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
MOVIE
Bad Major
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MOVIE
Monstrous Beauty
—
as Nell Gwyn
MOVIE★ 7.0
Things He Never Said
—
as Rachel