Acting credits
50
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Ruth Negga
Acting
Career Snapshot
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2.3
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Movies: 33Series: 17
TMDB ID: 17018
IMDb ID: nm1550948
Known for: Acting
Born: May 4, 1981
Age: 45
Place of birth: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1949 - 2025
Years active: 77
Average TMDB rating: 6.7
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
Movies
Movie credits linked with Ruth Negga.
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
as Narrator
2025 Movie
Together for Palestine
as Self
2025 Movie
Cleopatra at the Mall
2024 Movie
Good Grief
as Sophie
2023 Movie
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
as Self
2022 Movie
Passing
as Clare Kendry
2021 Movie
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
as Poly Styrene (voice)
2021 Movie
Angela's Christmas Wish
as Mother
2020 Movie
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
as Finn's Mum (voice)
2020 Movie
Reach for the Stars
as Self
2019 Movie
Ad Astra
as Helen Lantos
2019 Movie
Angela's Christmas
as Mother (voice)
2017 Movie
Loving
as Mildred Loving
2016 Movie
Warcraft
as Queen Taria Wrynn
2016 Movie
Iona
as Iona
2015 Movie
Of Mind and Music
as Jessica
2014 Movie
Noble
as Joan
2014 Movie
Jimi: All Is by My Side
as Ida
2013 Movie
World War Z
as W.H.O. Doctor
2013 Movie
The Samaritan
as Iris
2012 Movie
Hello Carter
as Doctor
2011 Movie
Shirley
as Shirley Bassey
2011 Movie
Misfits Christmas Special
as Nikki
2010 Movie
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
as Ophelia
2010 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ruth Negga.
Number One on the Call Sheet
as Self • 1 eps
2025 Series
Presumed Innocent
as Barbara Sabich • 8 eps
2024 Series
Explained
as Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
2018 Series
Preacher
as Tulip O'Hare • 43 eps
2016 Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2015 Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
as Raina • 16 eps
2013 Series
Secret State
as Agnes Evans • 4 eps
2012 Series
The Nativity
as Leah • 4 eps
2010 Series
Love/Hate
as Rosemary "Rosie" Moynihan • 10 eps
2010 Series
Five Daughters
as Rochelle • 3 eps
2010 Series
Misfits
as Nikki • 6 eps
2009 Series
Personal Affairs
as Doris Siddiqi • 6 eps
2009 Series
Criminal Justice
as Melanie Lloyd • 5 eps
2008 Series
Phineas and Ferb
as Lieutenant Zarna (voice) • 2 eps
2007 Series
Love Is The Drug
as Lisa Sheerin • 5 eps
2004 Series
The Emmy Awards
as Self • 1 eps
1949 Series