Ruth Negga’s star keeps on rising

Up for both a Bafta and an Oscar this month, it’s been a great start to the year for Limerick actresss Ruth Negga, writes Susan Griffin.

Ruth Negga with Katy Davis at Triskel in Cork in 2002 for Corcadorca’s play, ‘Amy the Vampire & her sister Martina’.

IT MIGHT only be February, but 2017’s already looking bright for Ruth Negga. She’s graced the cover of American Vogue; appeared in the Hollywood Issue of Vanity Fair, celebrating the most compelling women in the industry right now; received an Bafta Rising Star nomination, and on February 26, will go head-to-head with the likes of Meryl Streep, Emma Stone, and Natalie Portman, for the Academy Award for best actress.

“It’s a peculiar thing to happen to people, to be in the public eye and people knowing about you,” muses Negga (pronounced ‘Ney-gah’), 35.