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.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Irvine Welsh: Reality is Not Enough
2025
as Narrator
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
2024
In this thought-provoking documentary, filmmaker Madeline Hunt-Ehrlich delves into the rediscovery of Edmonia Lewis's monumental sculpture, The Death ...

Good Grief
2023
as Sophie
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
2022
as Self
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
2021
as Clare Kendry
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
2021
as Poly Styrene (voice)
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
2020
as Mother
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
2020
as Finn's Mum (voice)
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
2019
as Self
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
2019
as Helen Lantos
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
2017
as Mother
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
2016
as Actor
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
2016
as Mildred Loving
The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, whose challenge of their anti-miscegenation arrest for their marriage in Virginia led ...

Warcraft
2016
as Queen Taria Wrynn
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
2015
as Iona
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
2014
as Jessica
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
2014
as Joan
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
2013
as Ida
A drama based on Jimi Hendrix's life as he left New York City for London, where his career took off.

World War Z
2013
as W.H.O. Doctor
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
2012
as Iris
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
2011
as Doctor
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
2011
as Shirley Bassey
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
2010
as Nikki
'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
2010
as Ophelia
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
2009
as Aricia
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
2009
as Tess
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
2006
as Sophie (voice)
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
2005
as Charlie
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
2005
as Lolita (uncredited)
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
2005
as Mary
On a remote Irish farm, five people become unwilling participants in an experiment that goes nightmarishly wrong.

Capital Letters
2004
as Taiwo
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
N/A
as Nell Gwyn
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
The movie follows Maurice and Charlie, a colourful pair of gangsters from Ireland. Drug-smugglers, partners with a long history of violence and intert...