Ruth Negga

Ruth Negga

1981-05-04 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 33 Credits

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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Irvine Welsh: Reality is Not Enough

Irvine Welsh: Reality is Not Enough

2025

as Narrator

Acting

One of the most controversial writers of our times, join Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh as he undergoes a remarkable trip to find new meaning in hi...

Cleopatra at the Mall

Cleopatra at the Mall

2024

Acting

In this thought-provoking documentary, filmmaker Madeline Hunt-Ehrlich delves into the rediscovery of Edmonia Lewis's monumental sculpture, The Death ...

Good Grief

Good Grief

2023

as Sophie

6.2
Acting

When his husband unexpectedly dies, Marc's world shatters, sending him and his two best friends on a soul-searching trip to Paris that reveals some ha...

Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici

Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici

2022

as Self

Acting

In this bi-lingual “documentary musical” from acclaimed director Alan Gilsenan, the poet Paul Muldoon explores life and language in a series of musica...

Passing

Passing

2021

as Clare Kendry

6.3
Acting

In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white.

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

2021

as Poly Styrene (voice)

6.7
Acting

The death of punk icon and X-Ray Spex front-woman Poly Styrene sends her daughter on a journey through her mother's archives in this intimate document...

Angela's Christmas Wish

Angela's Christmas Wish

2020

as Mother

6.4
Acting

A determined Angela makes a wish to reunite her family in time for Christmas, then launches a plan to find her way from Ireland to Australia.

Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

2020

as Finn's Mum (voice)

7.5
Acting

On the eve of Earth Day, a precocious seven-year-old learns about the wonders of the planet from his parents—and a mysterious exhibit at the aptly nam...

Reach for the Stars

Reach for the Stars

2019

as Self

10.0
Acting

Multipart Documentaries released with the BluRay of the movie, looking into the creation and production of Ad Astra, with interviews of Cast and Crew....

Ad Astra

Ad Astra

2019

as Helen Lantos

6.1
Acting

The near future, a time when both hope and hardships drive humanity to look to the stars and beyond. While a mysterious phenomenon menaces to destroy ...

Angela's Christmas

Angela's Christmas

2017

as Mother

6.8
Acting

A trip to church with her family on Christmas Eve gives young Angela an extraordinary idea. A heartwarming tale based on a story by Frank McCourt.

L.A. Noir

L.A. Noir

2016

as Actor

1.0
Acting

Step inside the suspenseful world of film noir in a series of short virtual-reality films, and see what its like to be in a scene with the year’s best...

Loving

Loving

2016

as Mildred Loving

6.7
Acting

The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, whose challenge of their anti-miscegenation arrest for their marriage in Virginia led ...

Warcraft

Warcraft

2016

as Queen Taria Wrynn

6.4
Acting

The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: orc warriors fleeing their dying home ...

Iona

Iona

2015

as Iona

6.5
Acting

Iona returns to the island where she was born with her teenage son to seek refuge from a violent crime in Glasgow. Iona's return exposes her tormented...

Of Mind and Music

Of Mind and Music

2014

as Jessica

5.6
Acting

Dr. Alvaro Cruz, a neuroscientist, disillusioned by the death of his mother and his inability to help her, finds redemption and reward by helping Una ...

Noble

Noble

2014

as Joan

6.5
Acting

Christina Noble overcomes the harsh difficulties of her childhood in Ireland to discover her destiny on the streets of Saigon. A true story.

Jimi: All Is by My Side

Jimi: All Is by My Side

2013

as Ida

5.6
Acting

A drama based on Jimi Hendrix's life as he left New York City for London, where his career took off.

World War Z

World War Z

2013

as W.H.O. Doctor

6.8
Acting

Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning ...

The Samaritan

The Samaritan

2012

as Iris

5.5
Acting

After twenty years in prison, Foley is finished with the grifter's life. When he meets an elusive young woman named Iris, the possibility of a new sta...

Hello Carter

Hello Carter

2011

as Doctor

7.2
Acting

Recently sacked and interminably single, Carter is in a rut. So when he spies his beautiful ex-girlfriend through a library bookshelf, for a brief mom...

Shirley

Shirley

2011

as Shirley Bassey

6.5
Acting

Shirley is the youngest of eight children from a mixed race marriage. By the time she is a toddler the family have moved to the all white area of Splo...

Misfits Christmas Special

Misfits Christmas Special

2010

as Nikki

8.0
Acting

'Tis the week before Christmas and all through the estate, not much of anything is happening, until one of the gang sees some graffiti that offers 'Mo...

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

2010

as Ophelia

7.8
Acting

A 2010 broadcast of Hamlet returns to cinemas as part of the NT's 50th anniversary celebrations. Following his celebrated performances at the Nationa...

National Theatre Live: Phèdre

National Theatre Live: Phèdre

2009

as Aricia

7.8
Acting

A new English adaptation of the classic French tragedy Phèdre by Jean Racine (1639-1699). It retells the ancient Greek tale of the wife of the Atenian...

Corduroy

Corduroy

2009

as Tess

Acting

A story about the healing power of the sea, seen through the eyes of a young autistic woman who really shouldn't be there...

Stars

Stars

2006

as Sophie (voice)

7.4
Acting

Sophie learns she has a rare fatal neuron disease. As her condition deteriorates she experiences sensory hallucinations up until her final days when s...

Breakfast on Pluto

Breakfast on Pluto

2005

as Charlie

7.2
Acting

In 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...

Colour Me Kubrick

Colour Me Kubrick

2005

as Lolita (uncredited)

5.7
Acting

The true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick during the production of Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut, despite knowing very littl...

Isolation

Isolation

2005

as Mary

5.5
Acting

On a remote Irish farm, five people become unwilling participants in an experiment that goes nightmarishly wrong.

Capital Letters

Capital Letters

2004

as Taiwo

1.0
Acting

Taiwo hopes to make a life for herself and her twin sister in the faraway city of Dublin. Fearing what may await her on her arrival, Taiwo makes a des...

Monstrous Beauty

Monstrous Beauty

N/A

as Nell Gwyn

Acting

Barbara Field, born into poverty with a rare condition that means she is entirely covered in hair. Given the precious gift of an education, she is off...

Night Boat to Tangier

N/A

as Cynthia

Acting

The movie follows Maurice and Charlie, a colourful pair of gangsters from Ireland. Drug-smugglers, partners with a long history of violence and intert...