Ruth Negga
Acting
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
2025Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
Narrator
2025Together for Palestine
Self
2024Cleopatra at the Mall
2023Good Grief
Sophie
2022Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
Self
2021Passing
Clare Kendry
2021Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Poly Styrene (voice)
2020Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
Finn's Mum (voice)
2020Angela's Christmas Wish
Mother
2019Reach for the Stars
Self
2019Ad Astra
Helen Lantos
2017Angela's Christmas
Mother (voice)
2016Warcraft
Queen Taria Wrynn
2016Loving
Mildred Loving
2015Iona
Iona
2014Noble
Joan
2014Of Mind and Music
Jessica
2013World War Z
W.H.O. Doctor
2013Jimi: All Is by My Side
Ida
2012The Samaritan
Iris
2011Hello Carter
Doctor
2011Shirley
Shirley Bassey
2010National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Ophelia
2010Misfits Christmas Special
Nikki