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Negga in 2016, photo by kathclick /Bigstock.com
Place of Birth: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Date of Birth: 4 May, 1981
Ethnicity: * father – Ethiopian * mother – Irish
Ruth Negga is an Ethiopian and Irish actress. Her roles include the films Breakfast on Pluto , Isolation , The Samaritan , World War Z , Jimi: All Is by My Side , Noble , Of Mind and Music , Iona , Warcraft , Loving , Angela’s Christmas , Ad Astra , and Passing , and the series Personal Affairs , Love/Hate , Misfits , The Nativity , Secret State , Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , and Preacher .
She was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to an Ethiopian father, a doctor, and an Irish mother, Nora (likely née Malone), a nurse. Her parents met while her mother was working in Ethiopia. Ruth moved to Limerick, Ireland when she was around four.