Portrait of Ruth Negga

Ruth Negga

Acting

Biography

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.

Born: May 4, 1981

Place of Birth: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Filmography

2024
Presumed Innocent

as Barbara Sabich

2023
Good Grief

as Sophie

2021
Passing

as Clare Kendry

2021
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

as Poly Styrene (voice)

2019
Ad Astra

as Helen Lantos

2018
Explained

as Narrator (voice)

2017
2016
Loving

as Mildred Loving

2016
Warcraft

as Queen Taria Wrynn

2016
Preacher

as Tulip O'Hare

2015
Iona

as Iona

2014
2014
Noble

as Joan

2013
World War Z

as W.H.O. Doctor

2012
Secret State

as Agnes Evans

2012
2011
Hello Carter

as Doctor

2011
Shirley

as Shirley Bassey

2010
2010
Love/Hate

as Rosemary "Rosie" Moynihan

2010
Five Daughters

as Rochelle

2009
Misfits

as Nikki

2009
Corduroy

as Tess

2008
Criminal Justice

as Melanie Lloyd

2007
Phineas and Ferb

as Lieutenant Zarna (voice)

2006
Stars

as Sophie (voice)

2005
2005
Isolation

as Mary

2005
Colour Me Kubrick

as Lolita (uncredited)

2004
Love Is The Drug

as Lisa Sheerin

2004
1949
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Monstrous Beauty

as Nell Gwyn