Ruth Negga
Acting
Born: 1981-05-04 · Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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.
🎬 Movies (20)
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
2025
Narrator
Together for Palestine
2025
Self
Cleopatra at the Mall
2024
Good Grief
2023
Sophie
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
2022
Self
Passing
2021
Clare Kendry
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
2021
Poly Styrene (voice)
Angela's Christmas Wish
2020
Mother
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
2020
Finn's Mum (voice)
Reach for the Stars
2019
Self
Ad Astra
2019
Helen Lantos
Angela's Christmas
2017
Mother (voice)
Loving
2016
Mildred Loving
Warcraft
2016
Queen Taria Wrynn
Iona
2015
Iona
Of Mind and Music
2014
Jessica
Noble
2014
Joan
Jimi: All Is by My Side
2013
Ida
World War Z
2013
W.H.O. Doctor
The Samaritan
2012
Iris
📺 TV Shows (17)
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
Self
Presumed Innocent
2024
Barbara Sabich
Explained
2018
Narrator (voice)
Preacher
2016
Tulip O'Hare
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Self
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
Raina
Secret State
2012
Agnes Evans
The Nativity
2010
Leah
Love/Hate
2010
Rosemary "Rosie" Moynihan
Five Daughters
2010
Rochelle
Misfits
2009
Nikki
Personal Affairs
2009
Doris Siddiqi
Criminal Justice
2008
Melanie Lloyd
Phineas and Ferb
2007
Lieutenant Zarna (voice)
Love Is The Drug
2004
Lisa Sheerin
The Emmy Awards
1949
Self