RUTH NEGGA

Actress

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BORN May 4, 1981

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HEIGHT 5'2" (1.57 m)

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NATIONALITY Ethiopia

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YEARS ACTIVE 2003 – Present

🏆 AWARDS & ACCOLADES

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2025

77th Emmy Awards

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

🎬 Presumed Innocent

NOMINEE

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2025

40th Film Independent Spirit Awards

Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series

🎬 Presumed Innocent

NOMINEE

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2022

37th Film Independent Spirit Awards

Best Supporting Female

🎬 Passing

WINNER

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2022

28th Screen Actors Guild Awards

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

🎬 Passing

NOMINEE

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2022

75th BAFTA Film Awards

Best Supporting Actress

🎬 Passing

NOMINEE

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2022

79th Golden Globes

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

🎬 Passing

NOMINEE

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2021

31st Gotham Film Awards

Outstanding Supporting Performance

🎬 Passing

NOMINEE

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2017

89th Academy Awards

Best Actress

🎬 Loving

NOMINEE

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2017

32nd Film Independent Spirit Awards

Best Female Lead

🎬 Loving

NOMINEE

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2017

74th Golden Globes

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture u2013 Drama

🎬 Loving

NOMINEE

👤 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.

🗉 QUICK FACTS

Nick Name Ruth
Born May 4, 1981
Height 5'2" (1.57 m)
Nationality Ethiopia
Citizenship Ethiopia
Education Trinity College, Dublin
Current Status Active (Recently in Cleopatra at the Mall, Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough)
Years Active 2003 – Present
Occupation Actress
Family Background Private Family Background
Early Career On stage, she was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Newcomer in a Play for ''Duck'' (2003). She played the title role in the revival of ''Hamlet'' both in London and in New York. She made her Broadway debut playing Lady Macbeth in ''Macbeth'' (2022), for which she earned a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.
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