Ruth Negga
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
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
2025
as Narrator
Together for Palestine
2025
as Self
Cleopatra at the Mall
2024
Good Grief
2023
as Sophie
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
2022
as Self
Passing
2021
as Clare Kendry
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
2021
as Poly Styrene (voice)
Angela's Christmas Wish
2020
as Mother
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
2020
as Finn's Mum (voice)
Reach for the Stars
2019
as Self
Ad Astra
2019
as Helen Lantos
Angela's Christmas
2017
as Mother (voice)
Loving
2016
as Mildred Loving
Warcraft
2016
as Queen Taria Wrynn
Iona
2015
as Iona
Of Mind and Music
2014
as Jessica
Noble
2014
as Joan
Jimi: All Is by My Side
2013
as Ida
World War Z
2013
as W.H.O. Doctor
The Samaritan
2012
as Iris
Hello Carter
2011
as Doctor
Shirley
2011
as Shirley Bassey
Misfits Christmas Special
2010
as Nikki
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2010
as Ophelia