Actor
Ruth Negga
Born May 4, 1981 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia29 films
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.
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First watchBreakfast on Pluto20057.2as CharlieIn the 1970s, a young transgender woman called “Kitten” leaves her small Irish town for London in search of love, acceptance, and her long-lost mother.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
29 films as actor- TBAMonstrous BeautyNell Gwyn
- TBAThings He Never SaidRachel
- TBABad Major
- TBAWelcome to Port-au-Prince
- 2023Good GriefSophie
- 2021PassingClare Kendry
- 2020Angela's Christmas WishMother
- 2020Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet EarthFinn's Mum (voice)
- 2019Ad AstraHelen Lantos
- 2017Angela's ChristmasMother (voice)
- 2016LovingMildred Loving
- 2016WarcraftQueen Taria Wrynn
- 2015IonaIona
- 2014Of Mind and MusicJessica
- 2014NobleJoan
- 2013Jimi: All Is by My SideIda
- 2013World War ZW.H.O. Doctor
- 2012The SamaritanIris
- 2011Hello CarterDoctor
- 2011ShirleyShirley Bassey
- 2010Misfits Christmas SpecialNikki
- 2010National Theatre Live: HamletOphelia
- 2009National Theatre Live: PhèdreAricia
- 2009CorduroyTess
- 2006StarsSophie (voice)
- 2005Breakfast on PlutoCharlie
- 2005IsolationMary
- 2005Colour Me KubrickLolita (uncredited)
- 2004Capital LettersTaiwo