Ruth Negga
Acting • Born 1981-05-04
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.
Filmography
51 credits
Breakfast on Pluto
Movie • 2005
Charlie
Isolation
Movie • 2005
Mary
Monstrous Beauty
Movie
Nell Gwyn
Hello Carter
Movie • 2011
Doctor
World War Z
Movie • 2013
W.H.O. Doctor
Shirley
Movie • 2011
Shirley Bassey
The Samaritan
Movie • 2012
Iris
Jimi: All Is by My Side
Movie • 2013
Ida
Warcraft
Movie • 2016
Queen Taria Wrynn
Reach for the Stars
Movie • 2019
Self
Noble
Movie • 2014
Joan
Good Grief
Movie • 2023
Sophie
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
Movie • 2022
Self
Loving
Movie • 2016
Mildred Loving
Iona
Movie • 2015
Iona
Corduroy
Movie • 2009
Tess
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
Movie • 2009
Aricia
Stars
Movie • 2006
Sophie (voice)
Of Mind and Music
Movie • 2014
Jessica
Colour Me Kubrick
Movie • 2005
Lolita (uncredited)
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Movie • 2010
Ophelia
Passing
Movie • 2021
Clare Kendry
Angela's Christmas
Movie • 2017
Mother (voice)
Capital Letters
Movie • 2004
Taiwo
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
Movie • 2020
Finn's Mum (voice)
Ad Astra
Movie • 2019
Helen Lantos
Angela's Christmas Wish
Movie • 2020
Mother
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Movie • 2021
Poly Styrene (voice)
Cleopatra at the Mall
Movie • 2024
Misfits Christmas Special
Movie • 2010
Nikki
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
Movie • 2025
Narrator
Things He Never Said
Movie
Rachel
Together for Palestine
Movie • 2025
Self
Bad Major
Movie
Criminal Justice
TV • 2008
Melanie Lloyd
Love/Hate
TV • 2010
Rosemary "Rosie" Moynihan
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
TV • 2013
Raina
Secret State
TV • 2012
Agnes Evans
Explained
TV • 2018
Narrator (voice)
Preacher
TV • 2016
Tulip O'Hare
Misfits
TV • 2009
Nikki
The Nativity
TV • 2010
Leah
Love Is The Drug
TV • 2004
Lisa Sheerin
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Five Daughters
TV • 2010
Rochelle
Presumed Innocent
TV • 2024
Barbara Sabich
Number One on the Call Sheet
TV • 2025
Self
Phineas and Ferb
TV • 2007
Lieutenant Zarna (voice)
The Emmy Awards
TV • 1949
Self
Personal Affairs
TV • 2009
Doris Siddiqi
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest