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Ruth Negga

Ruth Negga

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

Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
2025 • Narrator
Together for Palestine
Together for Palestine
2025 • Self
Cleopatra at the Mall
Cleopatra at the Mall
2024
Good Grief
Good Grief
2023 • Sophie
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
2022 • Self
Passing
Passing
2021 • Clare Kendry
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
2021 • Poly Styrene (voice)
Angela's Christmas Wish
Angela's Christmas Wish
2020 • Mother

Full filmography

Good Grief
Good Grief
2023 • Sophie
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Passing
Passing
2021 • Clare Kendry
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Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
2021 • Poly Styrene (voice)
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Ad Astra
Ad Astra
2019 • Helen Lantos
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Angela's Christmas
Angela's Christmas
2017 • Mother (voice)
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Loving
Loving
2016 • Mildred Loving
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Warcraft
Warcraft
2016 • Queen Taria Wrynn
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Iona
Iona
2015 • Iona
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Noble
Noble
2014 • Joan
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World War Z
World War Z
2013 • W.H.O. Doctor
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Hello Carter
Hello Carter
2011 • Doctor
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Shirley
Shirley
2011 • Shirley Bassey
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Corduroy
Corduroy
2009 • Tess
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Stars
Stars
2006 • Sophie (voice)
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Isolation
Isolation
2005 • Mary
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Colour Me Kubrick
Colour Me Kubrick
2005 • Lolita (uncredited)
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Monstrous Beauty
Monstrous Beauty
Unknown year • Nell Gwyn
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Things He Never Said
Things He Never Said
Unknown year • Rachel
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