Ruth Negga

Ruth Negga

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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Known For

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014 • as Self

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

2013 • as Raina

Misfits

Misfits

2009 • as Nikki

World War Z

World War Z

2013 • as W.H.O. Doctor

Presumed Innocent

Presumed Innocent

2024 • as Barbara Sabich

Ad Astra

Ad Astra

2019 • as Helen Lantos

Filmography

2025

Number One on the Call Sheet
Number One on the Call Sheet
as Self
TV - Released: 3/27/2025

2024

Cleopatra at the Mall
Cleopatra at the Mall
Movie - Released: 11/17/2024
Presumed Innocent
Presumed Innocent
as Barbara Sabich
TV - Released: 6/11/2024

2023

Good Grief
Good Grief
as Sophie
Movie - Released: 12/19/2023

2022

Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/19/2022

2021

Passing
Passing
as Clare Kendry
Movie - Released: 10/27/2021
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
as Poly Styrene (voice)
Movie - Released: 2/27/2021

2020

Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
as Finn's Mum (voice)
Movie - Released: 4/16/2020
Angela's Christmas Wish
Angela's Christmas Wish
as Mother
Movie - Released: 12/1/2020

2019

Reach For The Stars
Reach For The Stars
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/17/2019
Ad Astra
Ad Astra
as Helen Lantos
Movie - Released: 9/17/2019

2018

Explained
Explained
as Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 5/23/2018

2017

Angela's Christmas
Angela's Christmas
as Mother
Movie - Released: 12/2/2017

2016

Warcraft
Warcraft
as Queen Taria Wrynn
Movie - Released: 5/25/2016
Loving
Loving
as Mildred Loving
Movie - Released: 11/4/2016
L.A. Noir
L.A. Noir
as Actor
Movie - Released: 12/8/2016
Preacher
Preacher
as Tulip O'Hare
TV - Released: 5/22/2016

2015

Iona
Iona
as Iona
Movie - Released: 6/28/2015

2014

Noble
Noble
as Joan
Movie - Released: 9/19/2014
Of Mind and Music
Of Mind and Music
as Jessica
Movie - Released: 10/19/2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
TV - Released: 2/25/2014

2013

World War Z
World War Z
as W.H.O. Doctor
Movie - Released: 6/19/2013
Jimi: All Is by My Side
Jimi: All Is by My Side
as Ida
Movie - Released: 9/7/2013
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
as Raina
TV - Released: 9/24/2013

2012

The Samaritan
The Samaritan
as Iris
Movie - Released: 3/2/2012
Secret State
Secret State
as Agnes Evans
TV - Released: 11/7/2012

2011

Hello Carter
Hello Carter
as Doctor
Movie - Released: 10/1/2011
Shirley
Shirley
as Shirley Bassey
Movie - Released: 9/29/2011

2010

National Theatre Live: Hamlet
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
as Ophelia
Movie - Released: 12/9/2010
Misfits Christmas Special
Misfits Christmas Special
as Nikki
Movie - Released: 12/19/2010
Love/Hate
Love/Hate
as Rosemary "Rosie" Moynihan
TV - Released: 10/3/2010
The Nativity
The Nativity
as Leah
TV - Released: 12/20/2010
Five Daughters
Five Daughters
as Rochelle
TV - Released: 4/25/2010

2009

Corduroy
Corduroy
as Tess
Movie - Released: 1/1/2009
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
as Aricia
Movie - Released: 6/25/2009
Personal Affairs
Personal Affairs
TV - Released: 6/16/2009
Misfits
Misfits
as Nikki
TV - Released: 11/12/2009

2008

Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice
as Melanie Lloyd
TV - Released: 6/30/2008

2006

Stars
Stars
as Sophie (voice)
Movie - Released: 2/11/2006

2005

Breakfast on Pluto
Breakfast on Pluto
as Charlie
Movie - Released: 11/16/2005
Isolation
Isolation
as Mary
Movie - Released: 9/10/2005
Colour Me Kubrick
Colour Me Kubrick
as Lolita (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 10/6/2005

2004

Capital Letters
Capital Letters
as Taiwo
Movie - Released: 7/9/2004
Love Is The Drug
Love Is The Drug
as Lisa Sheerin
TV - Released: 11/15/2004

Unknown

Monstrous Beauty
Monstrous Beauty
as Nell Gwyn
Movie
Movie
Night Boat to Tangier
as Cynthia
Movie