Ruth Negga
Known for: Acting
Born: May 4, 1981
Place of birth: 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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Filmography
34 movies · 17 TV shows, newest first
7.0
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
2025
8.2
Together for Palestine
2025
3.9
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
NR
Cleopatra at the Mall
2024
7.8
Presumed Innocent
2024
6.2
Good Grief
2023
NR
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
2022
6.3
Passing
2021
6.6
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
2021
6.4
Angela's Christmas Wish
2020
7.6
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
2020
10.0
Reach for the Stars
2019
6.1
Ad Astra
2019
7.5
Explained
2018
6.8
Angela's Christmas
2017
6.7
Loving
2016
6.4
Warcraft
2016
7.4
Preacher
2016
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
6.5
Iona
2015
5.7
Of Mind and Music
2014
6.4
Noble
2014
5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
7.5
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
5.6
Jimi: All Is by My Side
2013
6.8
World War Z
2013
7.1
Secret State
2012
5.5
The Samaritan
2012
7.2
Hello Carter
2011
6.5
Shirley
2011
8.8
The Nativity
2010
7.5
Misfits Christmas Special
2010
7.8
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2010
7.5
Love/Hate
2010
6.4
Five Daughters
2010
7.6
Misfits
2009
7.8
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
2009
4.6
Personal Affairs
2009
NR
Corduroy
2009
7.6
Criminal Justice
2008
7.9
Phineas and Ferb
2007
7.3
Stars
2006
7.2
Breakfast on Pluto
2005
5.5
Isolation
2005
5.7
Colour Me Kubrick
2005
8.0
Love Is The Drug
2004
3.7
Capital Letters
2004
7.9
The Emmy Awards
1949
NR
Monstrous Beauty
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7.0
Things He Never Said
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Bad Major
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