Ruth Negga

42 · Born: Jan 7, 1982

Personal Details

Official Socials

instagram

Born Jan 7, 1982 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Parents

Nora Negga
Dr. Negga
Norra Negga

Biography

Ruth Negga (born 1982) 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.

Career

acting

2023

Good Grief as Sophie

Good Grief as Sophie

2021

Passing as Clare Kendry

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché as Poly Styrene (voice)

2020

Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth as Finn's Mum (voice)

Angela's Christmas Wish

Angela's Christmas Wish as Mother

2019

Ad Astra as Helen Lantos

2017

Angela's Christmas

Angela's Christmas as Mother

2016

Loving as Mildred Loving

Warcraft as Lady Taria

Preacher as Tulip O'Hare

2015

Iona as Iona

2014

Noble as Joan

Una Vida: A Fable of Music and the Mind

Una Vida: A Fable of Music and the Mind as Jessica

2013

Jimi: All Is by My Side

Jimi: All Is by My Side as Ida

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Raina

2012

The Samaritan as Iris

Secret State as Agnes Evans

2011

Hello Carter as Doctor

Shirley as Shirley Bassey

2010

Love/Hate as Rosemary "Rosie" Moynihan

The Nativity as Leah

Five Daughters as Rochelle

Misfits as Nikki

2009

Corduroy as Tess

Personal Affairs

Personal Affairs

2008

Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice as Melanie Lloyd

2006

Stars as Sophie (voice)

2005

Isolation as Mary

Breakfast on Pluto

Breakfast on Pluto as Charlie

2004

Capital Letters

Capital Letters as Taiwo

Love Is the Drug

Love Is the Drug as Lisa Sheerin

appearances

2022

Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici

Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici