Ruth Negga
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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
Credits
World War Z (2013)
as W.H.O. Doctor
Warcraft (2016)
as Queen Taria Wrynn
Ad Astra (2019)
as Helen Lantos
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth (2020)
as Finn's Mum (voice)
Loving (2016)
as Mildred Loving
Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
as Charlie
Good Grief (2023)
as Sophie
Passing (2021)
as Clare Kendry
The Samaritan (2012)
as Iris
Angela's Christmas Wish (2020)
as Mother
Jimi: All Is by My Side (2013)
as Ida
Angela's Christmas (2017)
as Mother (voice)
Colour Me Kubrick (2005)
as Lolita (uncredited)
Hello Carter (2011)
as Doctor
Together for Palestine (2025)
as Self
Isolation (2005)
as Mary
Reach for the Stars (2019)
as Self
Noble (2014)
as Joan
National Theatre Live: Phèdre (2009)
as Aricia
Bad Major (—)
Actor
Monstrous Beauty (—)
as Nell Gwyn
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough (2025)
as Narrator
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici (2022)
as Self
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché (2021)
as Poly Styrene (voice)
Shirley (2011)
as Shirley Bassey
Of Mind and Music (2014)
as Jessica
Cleopatra at the Mall (2024)
Actor
Iona (2015)
as Iona
National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2010)
as Ophelia
Misfits Christmas Special (2010)
as Nikki
Capital Letters (2004)
as Taiwo
Corduroy (2009)
as Tess
Stars (2006)
as Sophie (voice)
Things He Never Said (—)
as Rachel