Irish actress (born 1981)
Ruth Negga
Negga in 2017
Born (1981-05-04 ) 4 May 1981 (age 44) Citizenship Alma mater Trinity College Dublin Occupation Actress Years active 2003–present
Ruth Negga (/ˈ n eɪ ɡ ə NAY -gə[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Academy Award , aTony Award , twoEmmy Awards , threeBAFTA Awards , twoGolden Globe Awards and aLaurence Olivier Award . She gained international recognition for her portrayal ofMildred Loving in theJeff Nichols directed historical romance dramaLoving Academy Award for Best Actress and theBAFTA Rising Star Award .
She played anAfrican-American womanpassing as a white woman in theRebecca Hall directed period dramaPassing BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role andGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture . Negga has also appeared in the filmsIsolation Breakfast on Pluto Warcraft Ad Astra Good Grief [ 4]
On television, Negga became known for her role in theAMC television seriesPreacher BBC mini-seriesCriminal Justice RTÉ crime dramaLove/Hate E4 science fiction comedy seriesMisfits ABC superhero seriesAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Apple TV+ legal thriller seriesPresumed Innocent Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie .
On stage, she was nominated for theLaurence Olivier Award for Best Newcomer in a Play forDuck (2003). She played thetitle role in the revival ofHamlet Lady Macbeth inMacbeth Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play .
Early life and education [ edit ] Negga was born in 1981 inAddis Ababa , Ethiopia,[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] Limerick .[ 10] London , England, for secondary school.[ 11] [ 12] [ 13]
Negga studied at the Samuel Beckett Centre atTrinity College Dublin ,[ 14] [ 9]
[ edit ] Negga atSan Diego Comic-Con for theAMC showPreacher Negga made her screen debut in the Irish filmCapital Letters (2004), playing the lead role of Taiwo. She went on to play the lead role of Mary inIsolation [ 14] Neil Jordan changed the script toBreakfast on Pluto [ 9] Colour Me Kubrick John Malkovich ,[ 15] The Four Horsemen ,3-Minute 4-Play andStars .[citation needed
On television, Negga has appeared inDoctors Criminal Justice Love Is the Drug . She played the lead role of Doris "Sid" Siddiqi in theBBC Three seriesPersonal Affairs Laura Aikman ,Annabel Scholey andMaimie McCoy .[ 16] RTÉ 'sLove/Hate [ 17] Shirley Bassey in the BBC productionShirley in 2011 and won theIFTA Award for Best Actress (Television) for her performance. Her theatre work includes roles inDuck ,Titus Andronicus Lay Me Down Softly .[ 18] Ophelia in the National Theatre's production ofHamlet Dark Souls II
[ edit ] From October 2013, Negga had recurring role asRaina on the American TV seriesAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. [ 19] [ 20] [ 17] Steve McQueen 'sOscar -winning biographical drama12 Years a Slave [ 21] AMC fantasy drama seriesPreacher [ 22]
In 2016, Negga portrayedMildred Loving in theJeff Nichols historical romanceLoving 2016 Cannes Film Festival and later screened at theToronto International Film Festival .[ 21] [ 23] Loving v. Virginia [ 17] Academy Award for Best Actress , theGolden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama , and theBAFTA Rising Star Award .[ 24] [ 25]
Negga playedPrince Hamlet in theGate Theatre 's 2018 production (directed byYaël Farber ) ofHamlet [ 26] [ 27] Fanny Furnival in 1741).[ 28] St. Ann's Warehouse in spring 2020.[ 29] [ 30] Josephine Baker .[ 31]
Negga in 2022 In 2021, Negga starred inRebecca Hall 's period dramaPassing Tessa Thompson . The film is adapted fromNella Larsen 's1929 novel of the same name . The film premiered at the2021 Sundance Film Festival and was shown at theNew York Film Festival in the fall.[ 32] light-skinned Black woman in 1920s New York, navigating the color line bypassing as a white woman.Variety [ 33] Golden Globe Award ,BAFTA andScreen Actors Guild Award in the category of Best Supporting Actress.
In 2022, Negga made her Broadway debut in a production of Shakespeare'sMacbeth Lady Macbeth , alongsideDaniel Craig asthe titular character .[ 34] Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play .
In 2023, Negga starred inDan Levy 's feature directorial debutGood Grief [ 35]
In 2020, Negga was ranked number 10 onThe Irish Times [ 36] Berlin Film Festival .[ 37]
In 2006, Negga was engaged to actorTadhg Murphy , whom she had been dating since university.[ 12] [ 38]
Negga was in a relationship with actorDominic Cooper beginning in 2010. They first met in 2009 while working together in a stage adaptation ofPhèdre withHelen Mirren . The two lived together in London'sPrimrose Hill .[ 17] [ 39] [ 40] [ 41] AMC's Preacher [ 41]
As of 2020, Negga resides inLos Angeles ,California .[ 6] [ 11]
Year Title Role Venue Ref. 2003 Duck Cat Traverse Theatre , Edinburgh2004 The Burial at Thebes Antigone Abbey Theatre , Dublin2006 The Bacchae of Baghdad Chorus Abbey Theatre , Dublin2007 The Crucible Abigail Williams Abbey Theatre , Dublin[ 44] 2009 Phèdre Aricia National Theatre , London[ 45] 2010 Hamlet Ophelia National Theatre, London [ 46] 2011 Playboy of the Western World Pegeen Mike Old Vic Theatre , London[ 47] 2018 Hamlet Hamlet Gate Theatre, Dublin [ 48] 2020 St. Ann's Warehouse ,Off-Broadway [ 49] 2022 Macbeth Lady Macbeth Longacre Theatre ,Broadway [ 50]
Awards and nominations [ edit ] Olivier Awards .[ 12] Berlin Film Festival .[ 14] Loving , including Academy Award, Critic's Choice, and Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actress. In 2022, her portrayal of Clare Bellew in 2021 filmPassing garnered her critical recognition including theNational Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress ,[ 51] Golden Globes ,Screen Actors Guild , and theBAFTA .[ 52] [ 53] [ 54]
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