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Portrait of Ruth Negga

Acting

Ruth Negga

Career

Active from 2004 to 2025, busiest in 2009 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
19
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 29 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ruth Negga Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Physical Comedy
    1.3, average 2.4
  • Adrenaline
    3.9, average 4.8
  • Situational Comedy
    1.9, average 2.7
  • Cringe Humor
    1.6, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 5
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Psychological Tension 2
  • Emotional 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Emotional Journey 2
  • Irish Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

42
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Things He Never Said
Things He Never Said

as Rachel

Monstrous Beauty
Monstrous Beauty

as Nell Gwyn

2020s

7 titles · average score 71
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough (2025)

as Narrator

Presumed Innocent
Presumed Innocent (2024)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Barbara Sabich

Good Grief
Good Grief (2023)
GoodWatch score 65

as Sophie

Passing
Passing (2021)
GoodWatch score 77

as Clare Kendry

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché (2021)
GoodWatch score 86

as Poly Styrene (voice)

Angela's Christmas Wish
Angela's Christmas Wish (2020)
GoodWatch score 51

as Mother

Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth (2020)
GoodWatch score 77

as Finn's Mum (voice)

2010s

21 titles · average score 68
Ad Astra
Ad Astra (2019)
GoodWatch score 70

as Helen Lantos

Angela's Christmas
Angela's Christmas (2017)
GoodWatch score 54

as Mother (voice)

Preacher
Preacher (2016)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Tulip O'Hare

Loving
Loving (2016)
GoodWatch score 77

as Mildred Loving

Iona
Iona (2015)
GoodWatch score 60

as Iona

Of Mind and Music
Of Mind and Music (2014)
GoodWatch score 61

as Jessica

Jimi: All Is by My Side
Jimi: All Is by My Side (2013)
GoodWatch score 57

as Ida

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Raina

World War Z
World War Z (2013)
GoodWatch score 66

as W.H.O. Doctor

The Samaritan
The Samaritan (2012)
GoodWatch score 39

as Iris

Shirley
Shirley (2011)
GoodWatch score 65

as Shirley Bassey

Love/Hate
Love/Hate (2010)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Rosemary "Rosie" Moynihan

2000s

12 titles · average score 65
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
National Theatre Live: Phèdre (2009)

as Aricia

Personal Affairs
Personal Affairs (2009)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show · as Doris Siddiqi

Misfits
Misfits (2009)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as Nikki

Corduroy
Corduroy (2009)

as Tess

Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice (2008)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Melanie Lloyd

Phineas and Ferb
Phineas and Ferb (2007)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show · as Lieutenant Zarna (voice)

Stars
Stars (2006)

as Sophie (voice)

Breakfast on Pluto
Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
GoodWatch score 65

as Charlie

Isolation
Isolation (2005)
GoodWatch score 59

as Mary

Colour Me Kubrick
Colour Me Kubrick (2005)
GoodWatch score 47

as Lolita (uncredited)

Capital Letters
Capital Letters (2004)

as Taiwo

Love Is The Drug
Love Is The Drug (2004)

TV show · as Lisa Sheerin