Ruth Negga
Known for acting · Born 4 May 1981 · 45 · Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
52 credits
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
Preacher
2016
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
Ad Astra
2019
Loving
2016
Passing
2021
Angela's Christmas
2017
The Samaritan
2012
Good Grief
2023
Misfits
2009
Breakfast on Pluto
2005
Presumed Innocent
2024
Angela's Christmas Wish
2020
Acting (52)
2025Number One on the Call SheetSelfSeries
2025Together for PalestineSelfFilm
2025Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not EnoughNarratorFilm
2024Presumed InnocentBarbara Sabich · 8 episodesSeries
2024Cleopatra at the MallFilm
2023Good GriefSophieFilm
2022Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is LiriciSelfFilm
2021PassingClare KendryFilm
2021Poly Styrene: I Am a ClichéPoly Styrene (voice)Film
2020Angela's Christmas WishMotherFilm
2020Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet EarthFinn's Mum (voice)Film
2019Ad AstraHelen LantosFilm
2019Reach for the StarsSelfFilm
2018ExplainedNarrator (voice)Series
2017Angela's ChristmasMother (voice)Film
2016WarcraftQueen Taria WrynnFilm
2016PreacherTulip O'Hare · 43 episodesSeries
2016LovingMildred LovingFilm
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - GuestSeries
2015IonaIonaFilm
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelfSeries
2014NobleJoanFilm
2014Of Mind and MusicJessicaFilm
2013World War ZW.H.O. DoctorFilm
2013Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.Raina · 16 episodesSeries
2013Jimi: All Is by My SideIdaFilm
2012The SamaritanIrisFilm
2012Secret StateAgnes Evans · 4 episodesSeries
2011ShirleyShirley BasseyFilm
2011Hello CarterDoctorFilm
2010Love/HateRosemary "Rosie" Moynihan · 10 episodesSeries
2010Five DaughtersRochelle · 3 episodesSeries
2010National Theatre Live: HamletOpheliaFilm
2010The NativityLeah · 4 episodesSeries
2010Misfits Christmas SpecialNikkiFilm
2009MisfitsNikki · 6 episodesSeries
2009Personal AffairsDoris Siddiqi · 6 episodesSeries
2009National Theatre Live: PhèdreAriciaFilm
2009CorduroyTessFilm
2008Criminal JusticeMelanie Lloyd · 5 episodesSeries
2007Phineas and FerbLieutenant Zarna (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2006StarsSophie (voice)Film
2005Breakfast on PlutoCharlieFilm
2005IsolationMaryFilm
2005Colour Me KubrickLolita (uncredited)Film
2004Capital LettersTaiwoFilm
2004Love Is The DrugLisa Sheerin · 5 episodesSeries
1949The Emmy AwardsSelfSeries
—Things He Never SaidRachelFilm
—Monstrous BeautyNell GwynFilm
—Bad MajorFilm
—Welcome to Port-au-PrinceFilm