Ruth Negga
Acting
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Acting Credits
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.
Known For
Filmography
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
2025
as Narrator
Together for Palestine
2025
as Self
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
as Self
Cleopatra at the Mall
2024
Presumed Innocent
2024
as Barbara Sabich
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)
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
2020
as Finn's Mum (voice)
Angela's Christmas Wish
2020
as Mother
Reach for the Stars
2019
as Self
Ad Astra
2019
as Helen Lantos
Explained
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Angela's Christmas
2017
as Mother (voice)
Warcraft
2016
as Queen Taria Wrynn
Loving
2016
as Mildred Loving
Preacher
2016
as Tulip O'Hare
Iona
2015
as Iona
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Noble
2014
as Joan
Of Mind and Music
2014
as Jessica
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
World War Z
2013
as W.H.O. Doctor
Jimi: All Is by My Side
2013
as Ida
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
as Raina
The Samaritan
2012
as Iris
Secret State
2012
as Agnes Evans
Hello Carter
2011
as Doctor
Shirley
2011
as Shirley Bassey
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2010
as Ophelia
Misfits Christmas Special
2010
as Nikki
Love/Hate
2010
as Rosemary "Rosie" Moynihan
The Nativity
2010
as Leah
Five Daughters
2010
as Rochelle
Corduroy
2009
as Tess
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
2009
as Aricia
Misfits
2009
as Nikki
Personal Affairs
2009
as Doris Siddiqi
Criminal Justice
2008
as Melanie Lloyd
Phineas and Ferb
2007
as Lieutenant Zarna (voice)
Stars
2006
as Sophie (voice)
Breakfast on Pluto
2005
as Charlie
Isolation
2005
as Mary
Colour Me Kubrick
2005
as Lolita (uncredited)
Capital Letters
2004
as Taiwo
Love Is The Drug
2004
as Lisa Sheerin
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self