Acting credits
49
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Ruth Negga
Acting
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1.3
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Movies: 33Series: 16
TMDB ID: 17018
IMDb ID: nm1550948
Known for: Acting
Born: May 4, 1981
Age: 44
Place of birth: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1949 - 2025
Years active: 77
Average TMDB rating: 6.74
Wikidata: Q3453629
Also known as
루스 네가 • 露丝·内加 • روث نگا
Biography
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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Movies
Movie credits linked with Ruth Negga.
7.0
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
as Narrator
2025 Movie
5.5
Together for Palestine
as Self
2025 Movie
Cleopatra at the Mall
2024 Movie
6.2
Good Grief
as Sophie
2023 Movie
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
as Self
2022 Movie
6.3
Passing
as Clare Kendry
2021 Movie
6.7
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
as Poly Styrene (voice)
2021 Movie
6.4
Angela's Christmas Wish
as Mother
2020 Movie
7.6
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
as Finn's Mum (voice)
2020 Movie
10.0
Reach for the Stars
as Self
2019 Movie
6.1
Ad Astra
as Helen Lantos
2019 Movie
6.8
Angela's Christmas
as Mother (voice)
2017 Movie
6.7
Loving
as Mildred Loving
2016 Movie
6.4
Warcraft
as Queen Taria Wrynn
2016 Movie
6.5
Iona
as Iona
2015 Movie
5.7
Of Mind and Music
as Jessica
2014 Movie
6.4
Noble
as Joan
2014 Movie
5.6
Jimi: All Is by My Side
as Ida
2013 Movie
6.8
World War Z
as W.H.O. Doctor
2013 Movie
5.5
The Samaritan
as Iris
2012 Movie
7.2
Hello Carter
as Doctor
2011 Movie
6.5
Shirley
as Shirley Bassey
2011 Movie
8.0
Misfits Christmas Special
as Nikki
2010 Movie
7.8
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
as Ophelia
2010 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ruth Negga.
4.8
Number One on the Call Sheet
as Self • 1 eps
2025 Series
7.9
Presumed Innocent
as Barbara Sabich • 8 eps
2024 Series
7.5
Explained
as Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
2018 Series
7.5
Preacher
as Tulip O'Hare • 43 eps
2016 Series
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.5
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
as Raina • 16 eps
2013 Series
7.1
Secret State
as Agnes Evans • 4 eps
2012 Series
8.8
The Nativity
as Leah • 4 eps
2010 Series
7.5
Love/Hate
as Rosemary "Rosie" Moynihan • 10 eps
2010 Series
6.5
Five Daughters
as Rochelle • 3 eps
2010 Series
7.6
Misfits
as Nikki • 6 eps
2009 Series
4.6
Personal Affairs
5 eps
2009 Series
7.6
Criminal Justice
as Melanie Lloyd • 5 eps
2008 Series
7.9
Phineas and Ferb
as Lieutenant Zarna (voice) • 2 eps
2007 Series
Love Is The Drug
as Lisa Sheerin • 4 eps
2004 Series
7.9
The Emmy Awards
as Self • 1 eps
1949 Series