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Ruth Negga
Born: 1981-05-04 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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.
Rated Filmography (29)
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Reach for the Stars
2019
8.2
Together for Palestine
2025
7.8
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
2009
7.8
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2010
7.6
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
2020
7.5
Misfits Christmas Special
2010
7.3
Stars
2006
7.2
Hello Carter
2011
7.2
Breakfast on Pluto
2005
7.0
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
2025
7.0
Things He Never Said
TBA
6.8
World War Z
2013
6.8
Angela's Christmas
2017
6.7
Loving
2016
6.6
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
2021
6.5
Shirley
2011
6.5
Iona
2015
6.4
Angela's Christmas Wish
2020
6.4
Warcraft
2016
6.4
Noble
2014
6.3
Passing
2021
6.2
Good Grief
2023
6.1
Ad Astra
2019
5.7
Colour Me Kubrick
2005
5.7
Of Mind and Music
2014
5.6
Jimi: All Is by My Side
2013
5.5
Isolation
2005
5.5
The Samaritan
2012
3.7
Capital Letters
2004