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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 4, 1981
Place of Birth
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Also Known As
- 루스 네가
- 露丝·内加
- روث نگا
Ruth Negga
1.1 Popularity
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
7.0
Narrator
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
2025
5.3
Self
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
0.0
Cleopatra at the Mall
2024
7.9
Barbara Sabich
Presumed Innocent
2024
6.2
Sophie
Good Grief
2023
0.0
Self
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
2022
6.3
Clare Kendry
Passing
2021
6.7
Poly Styrene (voice)
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
2021
6.4
Mother
Angela's Christmas Wish
2020
7.6
Finn's Mum (voice)
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
2020
Credits
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
as Narrator
2025
7.0
Number One on the Call Sheet
as Self
2025
5.3
Cleopatra at the Mall
2024
0.0
Presumed Innocent
as Barbara Sabich
2024
7.9
Good Grief
as Sophie
2023
6.2
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
as Self
2022
0.0
Passing
as Clare Kendry
2021
6.3
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
as Poly Styrene (voice)
2021
6.7
Angela's Christmas Wish
as Mother
2020
6.4
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
as Finn's Mum (voice)
2020
7.6
Reach for the Stars
as Self
2019
10.0
Ad Astra
as Helen Lantos
2019
6.1
Explained
as Narrator (voice)
2018
7.5
Angela's Christmas
as Mother
2017
6.8
Loving
as Mildred Loving
2016
6.7
Warcraft
as Queen Taria Wrynn
2016
6.4
Preacher
as Tulip O'Hare
2016
7.5
Iona
as Iona
2015
6.5
Of Mind and Music
as Jessica
2014
5.6
Noble
as Joan
2014
6.4
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
as Raina
2013
7.5
Jimi: All Is by My Side
as Ida
2013
5.6
World War Z
as W.H.O. Doctor
2013
6.8
Secret State
as Agnes Evans
2012
7.1
The Samaritan
as Iris
2012
5.5
Hello Carter
as Doctor
2011
7.2
Shirley
as Shirley Bassey
2011
6.5
The Nativity
as Leah
2010
8.8
Misfits Christmas Special
as Nikki
2010
8.0
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
as Ophelia
2010
7.8
Love/Hate
as Rosemary "Rosie" Moynihan
2010
7.5
Five Daughters
as Rochelle
2010
6.5
Misfits
as Nikki
2009
7.6
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
as Aricia
2009
7.8
Personal Affairs
2009
4.6
Corduroy
as Tess
2009
0.0
Criminal Justice
as Melanie Lloyd
2008
7.6
Phineas and Ferb
as Lieutenant Zarna (voice)
2007
7.9
Stars
as Sophie (voice)
2006
7.4
Breakfast on Pluto
as Charlie
2005
7.2
Isolation
as Mary
2005
5.5
Colour Me Kubrick
as Lolita (uncredited)
2005
5.7
Love Is The Drug
as Lisa Sheerin
2004
0.0
Capital Letters
as Taiwo
2004
1.0
The Emmy Awards
as Self
1949
7.9
Monstrous Beauty
as Nell Gwyn
N/A
0.0
Things He Never Said
as Rachel
N/A
0.0