Ruth Negga

Ruth Negga at Comic-Con in San Diego (2017)

Ruth Negga (born January 7, 1982 in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia ) is an Ethiopian - Irish actress .

Life

Negga was born in Addis Ababa in 1982, but grew up in Limerick, Ireland, from the age of four . Her Ethiopian father died in a car accident when Negga was seven years old.

After studying at Trinity College Dublin , she moved to London at the age of 18. At first she worked mainly in the theater before she was also seen in film and television productions from the mid-2000s. In 2004 she was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award in the category Most Promising Newcomer in an Affiliate Theater for her appearance in the play Duck at the Jerwood Theater Upstairs at the Royal Court.

In the same year she took on the role of illegal immigrant Taiwo in Ciaran O'Connor's drama Capital Letters . Shortly thereafter, she got the role in Neil Jordan's drama Breakfast on Pluto , who rewrote the script for Negga after seeing her in casting.

At the Berlinale 2006 Negga was named Shooting Star for Ireland.

In 2016, Negga starred as Mildred Loving in the drama Loving and as Lady Taria in the fantasy film Warcraft: The Beginning . For Loving she received 2017 a. a. an Oscar nomination for Best Actress . In addition, she was u. a. awarded the Black Reel Award .

In 2017 she was accepted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which awards the Oscars every year.

Theater (selection)

2003: Duck, as Cat , at the Royal Court Theater London
2007: The Crucible, as Abigail Williams , at the Abbey Theater Dublin
2009: Phèdre , as Aricia , at the Royal National Theater London
2010/2011: Hamlet , as Ophelia , at the National Theater London
2011: The Playboy of the Western World , as Pegeen , at the Old Vic Theater London

Filmography (selection)

2004: Doctors (TV series, 1 episode)
2004: Capital Letters
2004: Love Is the Drug (TV series, 4 episodes)
2005: Breakfast on Pluto
2005: isolation
2005: Color Me Kubrick
2008: Criminal Justice (miniseries, 5 episodes)
2009: Personal Affairs (TV series, 5 episodes)
2010: Five Daughters (miniseries, 3 episodes)
2010: Misfits (TV series, 6 episodes)
2010: The Christmas Story - The Greatest Miracle of All Time ( The Nativity , Miniseries, 4 Episodes)
2010–2011: Love / Hate (TV series, 8 episodes)
2011: Shirley (TV movie)
2012: The Samaritan - Fatal Finale (The Samaritan)
2012: Secret State (miniseries, 4 episodes)
2013: World War Z
2013: 12 Years a Slave
2013: Jimi: All Is By My Side
2013-2018: Marvel's Agents of SHIELD (TV series, 20 episodes)
2014: Noble
2015: Iona
2016–2019: Preacher (TV series)
2016: Warcraft: The Beginning (Warcraft)
2016: Loving
2017: Angela Christmas (Angela's Christmas)
2019: Ad Astra - To the Stars ( Ad Astra )