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Ruth Negga

Ruth Negga

ActingBorn: May 4, 1981in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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.

Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough

Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough

2025Documentary

as Narrator

Together for Palestine

Together for Palestine

as Self

Number One on the Call Sheet

Apple TV Amazon Channel

Number One on the Call Sheet

2025Documentary

as Self

Cleopatra at the Mall

Cleopatra at the Mall

2024Documentary

as Unknown

Presumed Innocent

Apple TV Amazon Channel

Presumed Innocent

as Barbara Sabich

Good Grief

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Good Grief

as Sophie

Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici

Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici

2022Documentary

as Self

Passing

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Passing

as Clare Kendry

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

2021Documentary

as Poly Styrene (voice)

Angela's Christmas Wish

Angela's Christmas Wish

as Mother

Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

Apple TV Amazon Channel

Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

as Finn's Mum (voice)

Reach for the Stars

Reach for the Stars

2019Documentary

as Self

Ad Astra

Ad Astra

2019Science Fiction

as Helen Lantos

Explained

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Explained

2018Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

Angela's Christmas

Angela's Christmas

as Mother (voice)

Loving

Loving

as Mildred Loving

Warcraft

Warcraft

as Queen Taria Wrynn

Preacher

Preacher

as Tulip O'Hare

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Paramount Plus Premium

Paramount Plus Essential

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self - Guest

Iona

Fandango At Home

Iona

as Iona

Of Mind and Music

Peacock Premium

Of Mind and Music

as Jessica

Noble

Noble

as Joan

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Peacock Premium

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

as Raina

Jimi: All Is by My Side

Jimi: All Is by My Side

as Ida

World War Z

World War Z

as W.H.O. Doctor

Secret State

Secret State

as Agnes Evans

The Samaritan

The Samaritan

as Iris

Hello Carter

Hello Carter

as Doctor

Shirley

Shirley

as Shirley Bassey

The Nativity

Amazon Prime Video with Ads

The Nativity

as Leah

Misfits Christmas Special

Misfits Christmas Special

as Nikki

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

as Ophelia

Love/Hate

Love/Hate

as Rosemary "Rosie" Moynihan

Five Daughters

Five Daughters

as Rochelle

Misfits

Misfits

as Nikki

National Theatre Live: Phèdre

National Theatre Live: Phèdre

as Aricia

Personal Affairs

Personal Affairs

as Doris Siddiqi

Corduroy

Corduroy

as Tess

Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice

as Melanie Lloyd

Phineas and Ferb

Phineas and Ferb

as Lieutenant Zarna (voice)

Stars

Stars

as Sophie (voice)

Breakfast on Pluto

Breakfast on Pluto

as Charlie

Isolation

Amazon Prime Video with Ads

Isolation

as Mary

Colour Me Kubrick

Colour Me Kubrick

as Lolita (uncredited)

Love Is The Drug

Love Is The Drug

as Lisa Sheerin

Capital Letters

Capital Letters

as Taiwo

The Emmy Awards

The Emmy Awards

as Self

Monstrous Beauty

Monstrous Beauty

as Nell Gwyn

Things He Never Said

Things He Never Said

as Rachel

Bad Major

as Unknown