Biography
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.
Career works
51
Movies
34
Series
17
Career average
6.7/10
Birth date
05/04/1981
Place of birth
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Filmography highlights
Movies
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
2025 · 7.0
Together for Palestine
2025 · 5.5
Cleopatra at the Mall
2024
Good Grief
2023 · 6.2
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
2022
Passing
2021 · 6.3
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
2021 · 6.6
Angela's Christmas Wish
2020 · 6.4
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
2020 · 7.5
Reach for the Stars
2019 · 10.0
Ad Astra
2019 · 6.1
Angela's Christmas
2017 · 6.8
Loving
2016 · 6.7
Warcraft
2016 · 6.4
Iona
2015 · 6.5
Series
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025 · 3.6
Presumed Innocent
2024 · 7.8
Explained
2018 · 7.5
Preacher
2016 · 7.4
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · 6.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · 5.2
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013 · 7.5
Secret State
2012 · 7.1
The Nativity
2010 · 8.8
Love/Hate
2010 · 7.5
Five Daughters
2010 · 6.4
Misfits
2009 · 7.6
Personal Affairs
2009 · 4.6
Criminal Justice
2008 · 7.6
Phineas and Ferb
2007 · 7.9