Ruth Negga
Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — May 04 1981
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.
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Phineas and Ferb
Lieutenant Zarna (voice)
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Raina
Preacher
Tulip O'Hare
Misfits
Nikki
World War Z
W.H.O. Doctor
Explained
Narrator (voice)
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self
Presumed Innocent
Barbara Sabich
Love/Hate
Rosemary "Rosie" Moynihan
Warcraft
Queen Taria Wrynn
The Emmy Awards
Self
Ad Astra
Helen Lantos
Criminal Justice
Melanie Lloyd
Secret State
Agnes Evans
Personal Affairs
Doris Siddiqi
Five Daughters
Rochelle
Loving
Mildred Loving
The Nativity
Leah
Passing
Clare Kendry
Breakfast on Pluto
Charlie
Noble
Joan
Good Grief
Sophie
Angela's Christmas
Mother (voice)
The Samaritan
Iris
Shirley
Shirley Bassey
Isolation
Mary
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
Finn's Mum (voice)
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
Aricia
Reach for the Stars
Self
Colour Me Kubrick
Lolita (uncredited)
Jimi: All Is by My Side
Ida
Iona
Iona
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
Narrator
Together for Palestine
Self
Love Is The Drug
Lisa Sheerin
Monstrous Beauty
Nell Gwyn
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
Self
Hello Carter
Doctor
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Ophelia
Corduroy
Tess
Angela's Christmas Wish
Mother
Cleopatra at the Mall
Misfits Christmas Special
Nikki
Stars
Sophie (voice)
Bad Major
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Poly Styrene (voice)
Of Mind and Music
Jessica
Capital Letters
Taiwo
Things He Never Said
Rachel