Ruth Negga

Actress

Born: May 4, 1981 (44 years old)

Place of birth: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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.

Filmography (34)

• The Nativity (2010, ★ 8.8)
• Breakfast on Pluto (2005, ★ 7.2)
• National Theatre Live: Phèdre (2009, ★ 7.8)
• National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2010, ★ 7.8)
• World War Z (2013, ★ 6.8)
• Loving (2016, ★ 6.7)
• Angela's Christmas (2017, ★ 6.8)
• Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth (2020, ★ 7.6)
• Criminal Justice (2008, ★ 7.6)
• Love/Hate (2010, ★ 7.5)
• Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013, ★ 7.5)
• Explained (2018, ★ 7.5)
• Preacher (2016, ★ 7.5)
• Misfits (2009, ★ 7.6)
• Presumed Innocent (2024, ★ 7.9)
• Phineas and Ferb (2007, ★ 7.9)
• Shirley (2011, ★ 6.5)
• Isolation (2005, ★ 5.5)
• The Samaritan (2012, ★ 5.5)
• Jimi: All Is by My Side (2013, ★ 5.6)
• Warcraft (2016, ★ 6.4)
• Noble (2014, ★ 6.4)
• Good Grief (2023, ★ 6.2)
• Iona (2015, ★ 6.5)
• Passing (2021, ★ 6.3)
• Angela's Christmas Wish (2020, ★ 6.4)
• Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché (2021, ★ 6.7)
• Secret State (2012, ★ 7.1)
• Colour Me Kubrick (2005, ★ 5.7)
• Of Mind and Music (2014, ★ 5.7)