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Ruth Negga

1982 - Today

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Ruth Negga ( NAY-gə; born 4 May 1981) is an Irish actress known for her roles in the AMC television series Preacher (2016–2019) and the film Loving (2016). For her portrayal of Mildred Loving in the latter, Negga received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruth Negga has received more than 7,728,834 page views. Her biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Ruth Negga is the 7,778th most popular actor (up from 7,813th in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from Ethiopia (down from 46th in 2019) and the most popular Ethiopian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ruth Negga ranks 7,778 out of 13,578. Before her are Caterina Scorsone, Elaine Hendrix, Ana Brenda Contreras, Michael Trucco, Lisa Eichhorn, and Britt Robertson. After her are Juan Pablo Raba, Moroni Olsen, Rick Genest, Bill Fagerbakke, Edna Best, and Marc Vann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Ruth Negga ranks 215. Before her are Gérald Darmanin, Joanna Kulig, Yelena Slesarenko, Alyssa Sutherland, Mamuka Bakhtadze, and Heidi Løke. After her are Yoo In-na, Sakon Yamamoto, Hildur Guðnadóttir, André Greipel, Susan Francia, and Tuncay Şanlı.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Ruth Negga ranks 54 out of 105. Before her are Sahle Dengel (1778), Derartu Tulu (1972), Gelawdewos (1522), Zera Yacob Amha Selassie (1953), Tirunesh Dibaba (1985), and Tekle Giyorgis II (1836). After her are Sifan Hassan (1993), Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (1980), Bogaletch Gebre (1960), Berhane Adere (1973), Addis Abebe (1970), and Eshetu Tura (1950).

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Among ACTORS In Ethiopia

Among actors born in Ethiopia, Ruth Negga ranks 1. After her are Mahder Assefa (1987).

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Television and Movie Roles

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Helen Lantos
The near future, a time when both hope and hardships drive humanity to look to the stars and beyond. While a mysterious phenomenon menaces to destroy life on planet Earth, astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across the immensity of space and its many perils to uncover the truth about a lost expedition that decades before boldly faced emptiness and silence in search of the unknown.
Sep 17o 20196.1 / 10
World War Z
W.H.O. Doctor
Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls.
Jun 19o 20136.817 / 10
Preacher
Tulip O'Hare
A preacher sets out on a mission to make the almighty himself confess his sin of abandoning the world. With his best friend Cassidy, an alcoholic Irish vampire, his love Tulip, a red blooded gun towing Texan, and the power of genesis, an unholy child born from an angel and a devil, Jesse gives up everything to set the world straight with its creator.
7.47 / 10