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Ruth Negga is an Irish actress known for her roles on stage and screen. She has received various accolades including nominations for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, two Emmy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Laurence Olivier Award. She gained international recognition for her portrayal of Mildred Loving in the Jeff Nichols directed historical romance drama Loving (2016), ea…
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Born 4 May 1981 · Q3453629
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Some days, you wake up and feel like poo and other days you wake up and you feel OK. Sometimes, you just feel like, ‘Oh, I don’t want to be the centre of attention today’. And others, you’re like, ‘This is fabulous!’ People coming up to me and saying that the film moved them.
It’s a responsibility, because essentially you’re communicating to the world why they should see this film and that they should see this film. So you want to serve it in the best possible way.
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“Some days, you wake up and feel like poo and other days you wake up and you feel OK. Sometimes, you just feel like, ‘Oh, I don’t want to be the centre of attention today’. And others, you’re like, ‘This is fabulous!’ People coming up to me and saying that the film moved them.”
“It’s a responsibility, because essentially you’re communicating to the world why they should see this film and that they should see this film. So you want to serve it in the best possible way.”
“Juliette Binoche has it. Samantha Morton, too. Johnny Depp - as well as being one of the most beautiful people in the world.”
JOE: Ruth Negga withdraws from Dublin theatre festival show Radio Bette
RTÉ Ireland: Actor Ruth Negga withdraws from Dublin Theatre Festival production
The Irish Times: Ruth Negga withdraws from Dublin Theatre Festival play at the Gaiety
Entertainment.ie: Irish actress Ruth Negga talks about her disappointment at being cut from 12 Years a Slave
Entertainment.ie: Irish Oscar hopeful Ruth Negga has received some high praise from Natalie Portman
Negga starred in the American legal thriller anthology television series Presumed Innocent with Jake Gyllenhaal, earning a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or
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Negga starred in Dan Levy's feature directorial debut Good Grief
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Yahoo: At ‘Macbeth,' Daniel Craig, Ruth Negga on the unspoken word
Yahoo: Ruth Negga on the 'spirit of safeness' between her and Tessa Thompson on Passing set
Her portrayal of Clare Bellew in 2021 film Passing garnered her critical recognition including the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress, and industry nominations from the Golden Globes, Scre
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Negga made her Broadway debut in a production of William Shakespeare's Macbeth as Lady Macbeth, alongside Daniel Craig as the titular character
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Negga starred in Rebecca Hall's period drama Passing opposite Tessa Thompson
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Negga was ranked number 10 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors
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The couple were in a relationship for six years; however, Negga has pointed out that it took the press years to learn of the break-up, which was first reported in April 2018.
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Awarded OkayAfrica 100 Women (2017).
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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
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And won the IFTA Award for Best Actress (Television) for her performance
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Played Ophelia in the National Theatre's production of Hamlet
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While working together in a stage adaptation of Phèdre with Helen Mirren
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Negga was engaged to actor Tadhg Murphy, whom she had been dating since university
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Was also chosen as the Irish Shooting Star for the Berlin Film Festival
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Born 1981-05-04.
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