Ruth Negga

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.

Filmography

• Phineas and Ferb (2007)
• Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013)
• Preacher (2016)
• Presumed Innocent (2024)
• Misfits (2009)
• World War Z (2013)
• Love/Hate (2010)
• Explained (2018)
• Warcraft (2016)
• Ad Astra (2019)
• Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth (2020)
• Good Grief (2023)
• The Samaritan (2012)
• Loving (2016)
• Passing (2021)
• Angela's Christmas (2017)
• Angela's Christmas Wish (2020)
• Jimi: All Is by My Side (2013)
• Hello Carter (2011)
• Noble (2014)
• Iona (2015)
• Love Is The Drug (2004)
• Colour Me Kubrick (2005)
• National Theatre Live: Phèdre (2009)
• Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché (2021)
• Of Mind and Music (2014)
• Cleopatra at the Mall (2024)
• Monstrous Beauty
• Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough (2025)
• Capital Letters (2004)