Ruth Negga was known to only a few Americans for her film roles before her big breakout role - that of Mildred Jeter Loving in Loving, about the Virginia interracial couple who successfully challenged anti-miscegenation laws in the South in the U.S. Supreme Court in 1967.
Born to an Ethiopian father an an Irish mother, Ruth Negga was raised in Ireland but moved to London. Her movie roles include a part in the 2005 comedy-drama Breakfast on Pluto, a comedy-drama about gender identity, and 2007's Color Me Kubrick, about a chap (played by John Malkovich) pretending to be the director of that name. She also had a role in the 2013 Jimi Hendrix bio-drama Jimi: All Is by My Side.
Ms. Negga has also done theater, having played Ophelia in a London production of Hamlet and the title role in a 2018 Dublin production of the same Shakespeare drama! But it's Loving that has gotten her the most attention; it earned her seven acting awards.
Fun fact: Ruth Negga played a role in 12 Years a Slave, but her part was edited out.
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