- Born
- Height1.60 m
- Ruth Negga was born on May 4, 1981 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She is an actress and producer, known for Yêu (2016), Giữa Hai Màu Da (2021) and Đặc Vụ S.H.I.E.L.D (2013).
- ChildrenNo Children
- ParentsNora NeggaDr. NeggaNorra Negga
- Petite frame
- Big doe-like eyes
- She was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to an Ethiopian father and Irish mother. She was raised in Limerick, Ireland, from the age of four.
- Has been chosen as the Irish Shooting Star for the Berlin Film Festival.
- Her last name Negga means dawn in Amharic and it's very common.
- She was nominated for a 2004 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Most Promising Newcomer of 2003 in a Society of London Theatre Affiliate Theatre for her performance in Duck at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Jerwood Court.
- Has attracted special praise for her stage performances in "Hamlet" in Dublin, London and New York, not only for portraying Ophelia, but also the male title role of Hamlet.
- I like working with people who are kind, above all else. I don't really want to work with someone who will manipulate me. The idea that you must treat actors a certain way in order to get a performance out of them kind of disturbs me, and it's disregarding what we do. Our job is to do our job. I don't believe that directors need to essentially manipulate actors into doing things. You can suffer for your art, and you can make your own self suffer for your art. You don't need anyone else to do it for you. I work best when there's a safety trampoline of kindness. I think a film like Yêu (2016) generates compassion and empathy. I really do think we need a lot of that in the world.
- Does romantic mean Khi Harry Gặp Sally... (1989)? Or does it mean 37°2 Buổi Sáng (1986)? The fact that he kills her in the end of "37°2 le matin" is romantic to me. It's a different kind of romance to Không Ngủ Ở Seattle (1993), but with the same intentions.
- If you do anything with commitment and integrity it'll resonate with people; they recognize that whether it's a super-quiet or loud performance.
- There is something about people who don't babble, who don't fight for your attention, that is very attractive. They draw people to them because there's no neediness. People have to lean in.
- Yêu (2016) is tapping into something, and it's not about politics . . . People need a couple like Richard and Mildred now; they need to know that change from a grassroots level is possible, that there is hope.
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