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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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…
Known for
- Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough — Narrator2025
- Together for Palestine — Self2025
- Number One on the Call Sheet — Self2025
- Cleopatra at the Mall2024
- Presumed Innocent — Barbara Sabich2024
- Good Grief — Sophie2023
- Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici — Self2022
- Passing — Clare Kendry2021
- Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché — Poly Styrene (voice)2021
- Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth — Finn's Mum (voice)2020
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- Lifespan
- b. 1982
- Nationality
- ET, IE, GB, IR
- Role / Field
- Herecky, Aktorzy, Aktorki, Actresses, Actors, Teatr
- Language
- eng
- Gender
- Female
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1982-05-04 ) 4 May 1982 (age 44) , Addis Ababa , Ethiopia
- Citizenship
- Ethiopia Ireland
- Alma mater
- Trinity College, Dublin
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 2003–present
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ruth
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- Addis Ababa
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Ian Charleson Awards
- Field of work
- theatre
- Image
- Ruth Negga by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg
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- Ruth Negga
- date of birth
- 1982-01-01
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- unmarried partner
- Dominic Cooper
- start of work period
- 2004-00-00
- name in native language
- Ruth Negga
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Encyclopedic overview
Ruth Negga (/ˈneɪɡə/ NAY-gə; born 4 May 1982) is an Irish-Ethiopian actress known for her roles on stage and screen. She has received various accolades including nominations for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, two Emmy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Laurence Olivier Award. She gained international recognition for her portrayal of Mildred Loving in the Jeff Nichols directed historical romance drama Loving (2016), earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and the BAFTA Rising Star Award.
She played an African-American woman passing as a white woman in the Rebecca Hall-directed period drama Passing (2021), earning nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture. Negga has also appeared in the films Isolation (2005), Breakfast on Pluto (2005), Warcraft (2016), Ad Astra (2019) and Good Grief (2023).
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