Ruth Negga

Personal Info

Birthday

May 4, 1981

Place of Birth

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Known For

Acting

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.

Acting Filmography (50)

Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
7.0

Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough

Movie2025
Together for Palestine
8.2

Together for Palestine

Movie2025
Number One on the Call Sheet
3.6

Number One on the Call Sheet

TV Series2025
Cleopatra at the Mall
0.0

Cleopatra at the Mall

Movie2024
Presumed Innocent
7.8

Presumed Innocent

TV Series2024
Good Grief
6.2

Good Grief

Movie2023
No Backdrop
0.0

Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici

Movie2022
Passing
6.3

Passing

Movie2021
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
6.6

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

Movie2021
Angela's Christmas Wish
6.4

Angela's Christmas Wish

Movie2020
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
7.5

Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

Movie2020
No Backdrop
10.0

Reach for the Stars

Movie2019
Ad Astra
6.1

Ad Astra

Movie2019
Explained
7.5

Explained

TV Series2018
Angela's Christmas
6.8

Angela's Christmas

Movie2017
Loving
6.7

Loving

Movie2016
Warcraft
6.4

Warcraft

Movie2016
Preacher
7.4

Preacher

TV Series2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
6.1

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV Series2015
Iona
6.5

Iona

Movie2015
Of Mind and Music
5.7

Of Mind and Music

Movie2014
Noble
6.4

Noble

Movie2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
5.1

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV Series2014
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
7.5

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

TV Series2013
Jimi: All Is by My Side
5.6

Jimi: All Is by My Side

Movie2013
World War Z
6.8

World War Z

Movie2013
Secret State
7.1

Secret State

TV Series2012
The Samaritan
5.5

The Samaritan

Movie2012
Hello Carter
7.2

Hello Carter

Movie2011
Shirley
6.5

Shirley

Movie2011
The Nativity
8.8

The Nativity

TV Series2010
Misfits Christmas Special
7.5

Misfits Christmas Special

Movie2010
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
7.8

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

Movie2010
Love/Hate
7.5

Love/Hate

TV Series2010
Five Daughters
6.4

Five Daughters

TV Series2010
Misfits
7.6

Misfits

TV Series2009
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
7.8

National Theatre Live: Phèdre

Movie2009
Personal Affairs
4.6

Personal Affairs

TV Series2009
No Backdrop
0.0

Corduroy

Movie2009
Criminal Justice
7.6

Criminal Justice

TV Series2008
Phineas and Ferb
7.9

Phineas and Ferb

TV Series2007
No Backdrop
7.3

Stars

Movie2006
Breakfast on Pluto
7.2

Breakfast on Pluto

Movie2005
Isolation
5.5

Isolation

Movie2005
Colour Me Kubrick
5.7

Colour Me Kubrick

Movie2005
Love Is The Drug
8.0

Love Is The Drug

TV Series2004
No Backdrop
3.7

Capital Letters

Movie2004
The Emmy Awards
7.9

The Emmy Awards

TV Series1949
No Backdrop
0.0

Monstrous Beauty

MovieN/A
No Backdrop
7.0

Things He Never Said

MovieN/A