32 Facts About Ruth Negga

Ruth Negga is an Irish actress known for the AMC television series Preacher and the film Loving.

In 2022, Ruth Negga made her Broadway debut in a production of Shakespeare's Macbeth as Lady Macbeth, and earned a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play.

Ruth Negga has appeared in the films Capital Letters, Isolation, Breakfast on Pluto, Warcraft, and Passing.

Ruth Negga was born in 1981 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to an Irish mother, Nora, and an Ethiopian father.

Ruth Negga's parents met while working at a hospital in Ethiopia; her mother was a nurse and her father was a doctor.

Ruth Negga's father died in a car accident when she was seven.

Ruth Negga grew up in Limerick, Ireland, until moving to London, England for secondary school.

Ruth Negga studied at the Samuel Beckett Centre at Trinity College Dublin, graduating with a BA in Acting Studies.

Ruth Negga made her screen debut in the Irish film Capital Letters, playing the lead role of Taiwo.

Ruth Negga went on to play the lead role of Mary in Isolation the following year.

Ruth Negga has starred in Colour Me Kubrick, with John Malkovich, and the short films The Four Horsemen, 3-Minute 4-Play and Stars.

On television Ruth Negga has appeared in Doctors, Criminal Justice and the Irish series Love Is the Drug.

Ruth Negga played the lead role of Doris "Sid" Siddiqi in the BBC Three series Personal Affairs, alongside Laura Aikman, Annabel Scholey and Maimie McCoy.

Ruth Negga appeared as Dame Shirley Bassey in the BBC production Shirley in 2011 and won the IFTA Award for Best Actress for her performance.

Ruth Negga provided voice acting in the video game Dark Souls II, playing Shanalotte, otherwise known as "the Emerald Herald".

Ruth Negga filmed scenes for Steve McQueen's Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave, but her role was ultimately cut from the movie.

In March 2015, Ruth Negga was cast in the role of Tulip O'Hare in AMC fantasy drama series Preacher, which debuted the following year.

In 2016, Ruth Negga portrayed Mildred Loving in the Jeff Nichols historical romance Loving, which premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival and later screened at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Ruth Negga played Prince Hamlet in the Gate Theatre's 2018 production of Hamlet.

Ruth Negga reprised the role of Hamlet to equal acclaim at St Ann's Warehouse in Spring 2020.

In 2021, Ruth Negga starred in Rebecca Hall's period drama Passing opposite Tessa Thompson.

Ruth Negga portrays Clare, a light-skinned Black woman in 1920s New York, navigating the color line by passing as a white woman.

In September 2021, it was announced that Ruth Negga will be making her Broadway debut in a production of Shakespeare's Macbeth as Lady Macbeth, alongside Daniel Craig as the titular character.

In October 2022, Ruth Negga was cast to star in Dan Levy's directorial debut Good Grief.

In 2020, Ruth Negga was ranked number 10 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.

In 2006, Ruth Negga was engaged to actor Tadhg Murphy, whom she had been dating since university.

Ruth Negga was in a relationship with actor Dominic Cooper beginning in 2010.

The couple were in a relationship for six years; however, Ruth Negga has pointed out that it took the press years to learn of the break-up, which was first reported in April 2018.

Ruth Negga appeared opposite Cooper in AMC's Preacher, in which the pair portrayed lovers, and has said that they are "best friends".

Ruth Negga was nominated as 2003's Most Promising Newcomer at the Olivier Awards.

Ruth Negga was chosen as Ireland's Shooting Star for the 2006 Berlin Film Festival.

Ruth Negga has received many accolades for her role of Mildred Loving in the 2016 film Loving, including Academy Award, Critic's Choice, and Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actress.