Ruth Negga

Personal Info

Birthday

May 4, 1981

(44 years old)

Place of Birth

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Also Known As

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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.

Known For

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Phineas and Ferb

Presumed Innocent

World War Z

Preacher

Honest Trailers

Misfits

Explained

Filmography

2025
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
as Narrator
2023
Good Grief
as Sophie
2022
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
as Self
2021
Passing
as Clare Kendry
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
as Poly Styrene (voice)
2020
Angela's Christmas Wish
as Mother
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
as Finn's Mum (voice)
2019
Reach for the Stars
as Self
Ad Astra
as Helen Lantos
2017
Angela's Christmas
as Mother
2016
L.A. Noir
as Actor
Loving
as Mildred Loving
Warcraft
as Queen Taria Wrynn
2015
Iona
as Iona
2014
Of Mind and Music
as Jessica
Noble
as Joan
2013
Jimi: All Is by My Side
as Ida
World War Z
as W.H.O. Doctor
2012
The Samaritan
as Iris
2011
Hello Carter
as Doctor
Shirley
as Shirley Bassey
2010
Misfits Christmas Special
as Nikki
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
as Ophelia
2009
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
as Aricia
Corduroy
as Tess
2006
Stars
as Sophie (voice)
2005
Breakfast on Pluto
as Charlie
Colour Me Kubrick
as Lolita (uncredited)
Isolation
as Mary
2004
Capital Letters
as Taiwo