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      Ruth Negga

      Ruth Negga

      Highest Rated: 98% Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché (2021)

      Lowest Rated: 26% The Samaritan (2012)

      Birthday: Jan 7, 1982

      Birthplace: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

      Ethiopian-Irish actress Ruth Negga became best known for playing Tulip O'Hare on the AMC comic book series "Preacher" (2016- ) and for co-starring in the civil rights drama "Loving" (2016). Born in Ethiopia to an Irish mother and Ethiopian father, Negga always had a desire to become an actress. When she was 7, however, tragedy struck the family after her father was killed in a car accident. Negga could have easily allowed the horrific event to consume her in a negative way, but instead, she used her father's death as a driving force in pursuing her dream. That said, when it came time to enter college Negga chose nearby Trinity College in Dublin, where she studied acting. After honing her craft for four years as primarily a stage actress, Negga began auditioning for film and TV roles. She nabbed her first recurring TV role on the Irish TV series "Love Is the Drug" (2004), and from there landed a few supporting roles in films like "Breakfast on Pluto" (2005), "Isolation" (2005), and "Color Me Kubrick" (2005). Negga continued appearing in primarily Irish television shows throughout the remainder of the 2000s, but in 2013 she landed her first high-profile movie role in the post-apocalyptic zombie film "World War Z" (2013). The film, which starred Brad Pitt, was a global success, thus highlighting Negga as an actress to watch. In 2013, she appeared in the Jimi Hendrix biopic "Jimi: All Is By My Side," which only further propelled her to superstardom. Then later that year, Negga nabbed a recurring role as Raina on the Joss Whedon-created Marvel action series "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." (ABC, 2013- ). She left the show in 2015, but her movie career only prospered, with starring roles in the dramas "Iona" (2015) and "Loving" (2016). The latter film, in which she portrayed civil ricghts icon Mildred Loving, whose landmark Supreme Court case struck down miscegenation laws in the United States, brought Negga an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Also in 2016 Negga started appearing on the AMC comic book series "Preacher." The show debuted on the network in May of that year, with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg serving as co-creators. While co-starring on the series, Negga co-starred in Duncan Jones' video game adaptation "Warcraft" (2018) and reappeared on "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D" in its fifth season. She also made a much publicized return to the stage, starring in the title role of Hamlet at Dublin's Gate Theatre during the 2018 season.

      Highest rated movies

      98% Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
      90% Passing 88% Loving 83% Ad Astra
      82% Noble
      76% Good Grief
      73% Isolation
      71% Of Mind and Music

      Photos

      Ruth Negga Ruth Negga Ruth Negga at arrivals for WARCRAFT Premiere, TCL Chinese 6 Theatres (formerly Grauman''s), Los Angeles, CA June 6, 2016. Photo By: Dee Cercone/Everett Collection Ruth Negga at arrivals for The 89th Academy Awards Oscars 2017 - Arrivals 3, The Dolby Theatre at Hollywood and Highland Center, Los Angeles, CA February 26, 2017. Photo By: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection Ruth Negga at arrivals for The Academy's 8th Annual Governors Awards 2016 - Part 2, The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center, Los Angeles, CA November 12, 2016. Photo By: David Longendyke/Everett Collection Ruth Negga at arrivals for AARP The Magazine''s 16th Annual Movies For Grownups Awards, The Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA February 6, 2017. Photo By: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Ruth Negga at arrivals for AARP The Magazine''s 16th Annual Movies For Grownups Awards, The Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA February 6, 2017. Photo By: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Ruth Negga at arrivals for 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2017 - Arrivals 2, The Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA January 8, 2017. Photo By: Adrian Newton/Everett Collection Ruth Negga at arrivals for VARIETY''s 20th Creative Impact Awards & ''10 Directors To Watch'' Presented By Mercedes-Benz at 28th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival, Parker Palm Springs, Palm Springs, CA January 3, 2017. Photo By: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Ruth Negga at arrivals for 28th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Film Awards Gala, Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, CA January 2, 2017. Photo By: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Ruth Negga at arrivals for Tiffany & Co. Celebrates The 2017 Blue Book Collection, St. Ann's Warehouse, Brooklyn, NY April 21, 2017. Photo By: Kristin Callahan/Everett Collection Ruth Negga at arrivals for 2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Arrivals 1, Santa Monica Beach, Santa Monica, CA February 25, 2017. Photo By: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection Ruth Negga at arrivals for LOVING Premiere, Samuel L. Goldwyn Theater, Beverly Hills, CA October 20, 2016. Photo By: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Ruth Negga at arrivals for LOVING Premiere, Samuel L. Goldwyn Theater, Beverly Hills, CA October 20, 2016. Photo By: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Ruth Negga at arrivals for LOVING Premiere, Samuel L. Goldwyn Theater, Beverly Hills, CA October 20, 2016. Photo By: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Ruth Negga at arrivals for PEOPLE''s Ones to Watch Party, E.P. & L.P., Los Angeles, CA October 13, 2016. Photo By: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Ruth Negga (wearing a Prada dress) at arrivals for PEOPLE''s Ones to Watch Party, E.P. & L.P., Los Angeles, CA October 13, 2016. Photo By: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Ruth Negga at arrivals for Gotham Independent Film Awards 2016, Cipriani Wall Street, New York, NY November 28, 2016. Photo By: Kristin Callahan/Everett Collection THE SAMARITAN, Samuel L. Jackson (top), Ruth Negga, 2012. Ph: Alex Dukay/©IFC THE SAMARITAN, from left: Samuel L. Jackson, Ruth Negga, 2012. Ph: Alex Dukay/©IFC

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      76% 70% Good Grief Sophie (Character) - 2023
      90% 86% Passing Clare (Character),
      Executive Producer
      - 2021
      98% 89% Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché Voice of Poly Styrene (Character) - 2021
      No Score Yet 56% Angela's Christmas Wish Mam (Character) - 2020
      No Score Yet 95% Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth Finn's Mum (Voice) - 2020
      83% 40% Ad Astra Helen Lantos (Character) $50.2M 2019
      No Score Yet 70% Angela's Christmas Unknown (Character) - 2018
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Angela's Christmas Unknown (Character) - 2017
      88% 76% Loving Mildred Loving (Character) $7.6M 2016
      29% 76% Warcraft Lady Taria (Character) $47.2M 2016
      63% 56% Iona Iona (Character) - 2015
      82% 72% Noble Joan (Character) $347.3K 2014
      71% 88% Of Mind and Music Jessica (Character) $15.1K 2014
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Things He Never Said Unknown (Character) - 2013
      65% 36% Jimi: All Is by My Side Ida (Character) $323.0K 2013
      26% 40% The Samaritan Iris (Character) $1.7K 2012
      73% 36% Isolation Mary (Character) - 2005
      58% 80% Breakfast on Pluto Charlie (Character) $828.7K 2005
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Trafficked Taiwo (Character) - 2004

      TV

      Credit
      77% 86% Presumed Innocent Barbara Sabich (Character) 2024
      No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Guest 2016-2017 2021
      87% 74% Preacher Tulip O'Hare (Character) 2016-2019
      No Score Yet 47% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2018
      No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2017
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Tavis Smiley Guest 2017
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2017
      No Score Yet 36% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2017
      95% 91% Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Unknown (Guest Star) 2013-2015
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Love/Hate Rosie (Character) 2011-2014
      92% 80% Misfits Nikki (Guest Star) 2010
      No Score Yet 100% Criminal Justice Melanie Lloyd (Character) 2008