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Ruth Negga

Ruth Negga

Known For Acting
Birthday May 04, 1981 (44)
Birthplace Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Popularity 0.7 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 Tel ... evision Award for Best Actress. She has also appeared in the BBC mini-series Criminal Justice, E4's Misfits, and the AMC series Preacher.

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Good Grief

Good Grief

2023

as Sophie

Passing

Passing

2021

as Clare Kendry

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

2021

as Poly Styrene (voice)

Angela's Christmas Wish

Angela's Christmas Wish

2020

as Mother

Ad Astra

Ad Astra

2019

as Helen Lantos

Angela's Christmas

Angela's Christmas

2017

as Mother

Loving

Loving

2016

as Mildred Loving

Warcraft

Warcraft

2016

as Queen Taria Wrynn

Iona

Iona

2015

as Iona

Of Mind and Music

Of Mind and Music

2014

as Jessica

Noble

Noble

2014

as Joan

World War Z

World War Z

2013

as W.H.O. Doctor

The Samaritan

The Samaritan

2012

as Iris

Shirley

Shirley

2011

as Shirley Bassey

Hello Carter

Hello Carter

2011

as Doctor

Corduroy

Corduroy

2009

as Tess

Stars

Stars

2006

as Sophie (voice)

Isolation

Isolation

2005

as Mary

Breakfast on Pluto

Breakfast on Pluto

2005

as Charlie

Colour Me Kubrick

Colour Me Kubrick

2005

as Lolita (uncredited)

Capital Letters

Capital Letters

2004

as Taiwo

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Preacher

as Tulip O'Hare

Episodes: 43

First Aired: May 22, 2016

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

as Raina

Episodes: 16

First Aired: Sep 24, 2013

Love/Hate

as Rosemary "Rosie" Moynihan

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Oct 03, 2010

Presumed Innocent

as Barbara Sabich

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Jun 11, 2024

Misfits

as Nikki

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Nov 12, 2009

Criminal Justice

as Melanie Lloyd

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Jun 30, 2008

Secret State

as Agnes Evans

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Nov 07, 2012

The Nativity

as Leah

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Dec 20, 2010

Love Is The Drug

as Lisa Sheerin

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Nov 15, 2004

Five Daughters

as Rochelle

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Apr 25, 2010

Explained

as Narrator (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 23, 2018

Personal Affairs

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Jun 16, 2009

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 25, 2014

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