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Ruth Negga

Born in Addis Ababa, raised in Limerick: Ruth Negga and the Oscar nomination for Loving Movies & TV Born in Addis Ababa, raised in Limerick: Ruth Negga and the Oscar nomination for Loving Ruth Negga was born in Addis Ababa to an Ethiopian father and an Irish mother and grew up in Limerick. Her role as Mildred Loving in the 2016 film Loving earned an Academy Award nomination. Her father died in a car accident in Ethiopia when she was a child.