Ruth Negga
Department: 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.
Known For
Breakfast on Pluto
2005
Isolation
2005
Monstrous Beauty
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Hello Carter
2011
World War Z
2013
Shirley
2011
The Samaritan
2012
Jimi: All Is by My Side
2013
Warcraft
2016
Reach for the Stars
2019
Noble
2014
Good Grief
2023
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
2022
Loving
2016
Iona
2015
Corduroy
2009
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
2009
Stars
2006
Of Mind and Music
2014
Colour Me Kubrick
2005
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2010
Passing
2021
Angela's Christmas
2017
Capital Letters
2004
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
2020
Ad Astra
2019
Angela's Christmas Wish
2020
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
2021
Cleopatra at the Mall
2024
Misfits Christmas Special
2010
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
2025
Things He Never Said
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Together for Palestine
2025
Bad Major
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Criminal Justice
2008
Love/Hate
2010
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
Secret State
2012
Explained
2018
Preacher
2016
Misfits
2009
The Nativity
2010
Love Is The Drug
2004
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Five Daughters
2010
Presumed Innocent
2024
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
Phineas and Ferb
2007
The Emmy Awards
1949
Personal Affairs
2009
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015