Acting

Ruth Negga

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.

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