Ruth Negga

Actor

Born May 4, 1981 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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.

Acting

Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
Film, 2025
as Narrator
Cleopatra at the Mall
Film, 2024
Presumed Innocent
TV series, 2024
as Barbara Sabich
Good Grief
Film, 2023
as Sophie
Passing
Film, 2021
as Clare Kendry
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Film, 2021
as Poly Styrene (voice)
Angela's Christmas Wish
Film, 2020
as Mother
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
Film, 2020
as Finn's Mum (voice)
Ad Astra
Film, 2019
as Helen Lantos
Explained
TV series, 2018
as Narrator (voice)
Angela's Christmas
Film, 2017
as Mother (voice)
Loving
Film, 2016
as Mildred Loving
Warcraft
Film, 2016
as Queen Taria Wrynn
Preacher
TV series, 2016
as Tulip O'Hare
Iona
Film, 2015
as Iona
Of Mind and Music
Film, 2014
as Jessica
Noble
Film, 2014
as Joan
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
TV series, 2013
as Raina
Jimi: All Is by My Side
Film, 2013
as Ida
World War Z
Film, 2013
as W.H.O. Doctor
Secret State
TV series, 2012
as Agnes Evans
The Samaritan
Film, 2012
as Iris
Hello Carter
Film, 2011
as Doctor
Shirley
Film, 2011
as Shirley Bassey
The Nativity
TV series, 2010
as Leah
Misfits Christmas Special
Film, 2010
as Nikki
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Film, 2010
as Ophelia
Love/Hate
TV series, 2010
as Rosemary "Rosie" Moynihan
Five Daughters
TV series, 2010
as Rochelle
Misfits
TV series, 2009
as Nikki