Ruth Negga

Ruth Negga

Born: January 7, 1982
in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Ruth Negga (born 1982) 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.

Movies for Ruth Negga...

Title: Presumed Innocent
Character: Barbara Sabich
Released: June 13, 2024
Type: TV
A horrific murder upends the Chicago Prosecuting Attorney's Office when one of its own is suspected of the crime—leaving the accused fighting to keep his family together.
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Good Grief
Title: Good Grief
Character: Sophie
Released: December 19, 2023
Type: Movie
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 hard truths they each needed to face.
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Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
Title: Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
Character: Finn's Mum (voice)
Released: June 10, 2023
Type: Movie
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 named Museum of Everything.
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Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
Title: Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
Character: Herself
Released: November 19, 2022
Type: Movie
In this bi-lingual “documentary musical” from acclaimed director Alan Gilsenan, the poet Paul Muldoon explores life and language in a series of musical collaborations with a stellar array of artists including Paul Simon, Liam Neeson, PJ Harvey, Bono, Ruth Negga, Paul Brady, Run DMC and Iarla O’Lionáird.
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Passing
Title: Passing
Character: Clare Kendry
Released: October 27, 2021
Type: Movie
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.
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Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Title: Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Character: Poly Styrene (voice)
Released: February 27, 2021
Type: Movie
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 documentary.
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Angela's Christmas Wish
Title: Angela's Christmas Wish
Character: Mother
Released: December 1, 2020
Type: Movie
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.
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Reach For The Stars
Title: Reach For The Stars
Character: Self
Released: December 17, 2019
Type: Movie
Multipart Documentaries released with the BluRay of the movie, looking into the creation and production of Ad Astra, with interviews of Cast and Crew. Consists of : To The Stars, A Man Named Roy, The Crew Of The Cepheus, The Art Of 'Ad Astra', Reach For The Stars
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Ad Astra
Title: Ad Astra
Character: Helen Lantos
Released: September 17, 2019
Type: Movie
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 life on planet Earth, astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across the immensity of space and its many perils to uncover the truth about a lost expedition that decades before boldly faced emptiness and silence in search of the unknown.
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Title: Explained
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: May 23, 2018
Type: TV
This documentary series, made in partnership with Vox, explain some of the world's current trends, from politics, to science to pop culture.
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Angela's Christmas
Title: Angela's Christmas
Character: Mother
Released: December 2, 2017
Type: Movie
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.
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Loving
Title: Loving
Character: Mildred Loving
Released: November 4, 2016
Type: Movie
The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, whose challenge of their anti-miscegenation arrest for their marriage in Virginia led to a legal battle that would end at the US Supreme Court.
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Warcraft
Title: Warcraft
Character: Lady Taria Wrynn
Released: May 25, 2016
Type: Movie
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 to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and the other faces extinction. From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people, and their home.
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Title: Preacher
Character: Tulip O'Hare
Released: May 22, 2016
Type: TV
A preacher sets out on a mission to make the almighty himself confess his sin of abandoning the world. With his best friend Cassidy, an alcoholic Irish vampire, his love Tulip, a red blooded gun towing Texan, and the power of genesis, an unholy child born from an angel and a devil, Jesse gives up everything to set the world straight with its creator.
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Iona
Title: Iona
Character: Iona
Released: June 28, 2015
Type: Movie
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 son, Bull, to a way of life she rejected when she left the island and sends a shockwave through the family she left behind.
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Of Mind and Music
Title: Of Mind and Music
Character: Jessica
Released: October 19, 2014
Type: Movie
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 Vida, a jazz singer he discovers performing on the streets of New Orleans. Her health declining and her singing partner and her adopted daughter unable to help, Cruz seeks out her long lost son in an effort to bring resolution to the grief, loss and longing that has overshadowed her hard but beautiful life.
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Noble
Title: Noble
Character: Joan
Released: September 19, 2014
Type: Movie
Christina Noble overcomes the harsh difficulties of her childhood in Ireland to discover her destiny on the streets of Saigon. A true story.
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Title: Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character: Self
Released: February 25, 2014
Type: TV
Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC’s "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent. As the Emmy Award-winning head writer for "SNL," Meyers has established a reputation for sharp wit and perfectly timed comedy, and has gained fame for his spot-on jokes and satire. Meyers takes his departure from "SNL" to his new post at "Late Night," as Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show".
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Title: Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Character: Raina
Released: September 24, 2013
Type: TV
Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary.
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Jimi: All Is by My Side
Title: Jimi: All Is by My Side
Character: Ida
Released: September 7, 2013
Type: Movie
A drama based on Jimi Hendrix's life as he left New York City for London, where his career took off.
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World War Z
Title: World War Z
Character: W.H.O. Doctor
Released: June 19, 2013
Type: Movie
Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls.
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Title: Secret State
Character: Agnes Evans
Released: November 7, 2012
Type: TV
Secret State explores the relationship between a democratically elected government, big business and the banks.
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The Samaritan
Title: The Samaritan
Character: Iris
Released: March 2, 2012
Type: Movie
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 start looks real. But his past is proving to be a stubborn companion.
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Hello Carter
Title: Hello Carter
Character: Doctor
Released: October 1, 2011
Type: Movie
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 moment, things promise to get a whole lot better. But she is nine months pregnant. And about to go into labour.
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Shirley
Title: Shirley
Character: Shirley Bassey
Released: September 29, 2011
Type: Movie
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 Splott and by the time she is 12 Shirley has discovered she has an extraordinary voice and can earn money singing in pubs around the docks after her father if jailed for sexual crimes. As a young teenager she begins singing and dancing in 'coloured review shows'. But it is a chance meeting with struggling agent Mike Sullivan that changes her life forever. He promises to make her a star, but has no idea of the personal sacrifice that will mean for the teenaged Shirley.
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Title: The Nativity
Character: Leah
Released: December 20, 2010
Type: TV
Drama revealing the human story beneath the classic biblical tale, from the courtship of Mary and Joseph in Nazareth to the birth of Jesus in a Bethlehem stable.
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National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Title: National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Character: Ophelia
Released: December 9, 2010
Type: Movie
A 2010 broadcast of Hamlet returns to cinemas as part of the NT's 50th anniversary celebrations. Following his celebrated performances at the National Theatre in Burnt by the Sun, The Revenger's Tragedy, Philistines and The Man of Mode, Rory Kinnear plays Hamlet in a dynamic new production of Shakespeare’s complex and profound play about the human condition, directed by Nicholas Hytner. He is joined by Clare Higgins (Gertrude), Patrick Malahide (Claudius), David Calder (Polonius), James Laurenson (Ghost/Player King) and Ruth Negga (Ophelia).
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Title: Love/Hate
Character: Rosemary "Rosie" Moynihan
Released: October 3, 2010
Type: TV
Modern-day underworld characters Nidge and John Boy wrestle for control of Dublin's illicit drug trade in this forceful crime drama.
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Title: Five Daughters
Character: Rochelle
Released: April 25, 2010
Type: TV
The stories of five young women who were tragically murdered in Ipswich in 2006.
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Title: Misfits
Character: Nikki
Released: November 12, 2009
Type: TV
When five young outsiders on Community Service get caught in a strange storm, they discover that they have developed superpowers.
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National Theatre Live: Phèdre
Title: National Theatre Live: Phèdre
Character: Aricia
Released: June 25, 2009
Type: Movie
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 King Theseus, who conceived a forbidden love for his son (by an earlier wife) Hyppolytus. All ends badly for all.
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Title: Personal Affairs
Released: June 16, 2009
Type: TV
Personal Affairs was a 2009 British television drama-comedy series, broadcast on BBC Three. It starred Annabel Scholey, Laura Aikman, Maimie McCoy and Ruth Negga as four City of London Personal Assistants looking for their lost friend Grace Darling.
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Corduroy
Title: Corduroy
Character: Tess
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
A story about the healing power of the sea, seen through the eyes of a young autistic woman who really shouldn't be there...
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Title: Criminal Justice
Character: Melanie Lloyd
Released: June 30, 2008
Type: TV
Thriller by Peter Moffat about the challenges and politics of the criminal justice system seen through the eyes of the accused.
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Stars
Title: Stars
Character: Sophie (voice)
Released: February 11, 2006
Type: Movie
Sophie learns she has a rare fatal neuron disease. As her condition deteriorates she experiences sensory hallucinations up until her final days when she can no longer even distinguish between life and death.
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Breakfast on Pluto
Title: Breakfast on Pluto
Character: Charlie
Released: November 16, 2005
Type: Movie
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.
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Colour Me Kubrick
Title: Colour Me Kubrick
Character: Lolita (uncredited)
Released: October 6, 2005
Type: Movie
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 little about his work and looking nothing like him.
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Isolation
Title: Isolation
Character: Mary
Released: September 10, 2005
Type: Movie
On a remote Irish farm, five people become unwilling participants in an experiment that goes nightmarishly wrong.
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Title: Love Is The Drug
Character: Lisa Sheerin
Released: November 15, 2004
Type: TV
The relationships of the Kirwan family in Drogheda, Ireland.
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Capital Letters
Title: Capital Letters
Character: Taiwo
Released: July 9, 2004
Type: Movie
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 desperate bid for freedom from her Dublin smugglers. However she is hunted down by a petty thief and conman, Keely, who on kidnapping her, decides to tell nobody of his catch and brings the girl home.
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Monstrous Beauty
Title: Monstrous Beauty
Character: Nell Gwyn
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
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 offered the opportunity of a place in the luxurious and decadent court of King Charles II, as a “Natural Wonder” where people with extraordinary appearances mix with the aristocracy.
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Night Boat to Tangier
Title: Night Boat to Tangier
Character: Cynthia
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
The movie follows Maurice and Charlie, a colourful pair of gangsters from Ireland. Drug-smugglers, partners with a long history of violence and intertwined personal lives, they’re back in southern Spain re-visiting old haunts, old flames and dangerous local criminals, searching for Maurice’s estranged daughter, Dilly.