Ruth Negga

There’s a reason why we’ve become blasé about Paul Mescal’s lead role in Gladiator II

As the 25th year of the century approaches, never before has there been a period of comparable international visibility of Irish culture

Sun Jul 14 2024 - 05:00

Presumed Innocent review: frustrated Ruth Negga and confused Jake Gyllenhaal face off in distinctly un-steamy thriller

Television: Original Presumed Innocent with Harrison Ford was guilty pleasure but this version is just boring

Fri Jun 14 2024 - 05:30

Dan Levy: ‘Sometimes all you have is laughter,’ says the Schitt’s Creek actor and writer

Known along with his more famous dad as co-star and co-creator of hit comedy Schitt’s Creek, Dan Levy has graduated to movie maker with his feature debut, Good Grief

Tue Jan 02 2024 - 05:15

Black & Irish: Celebrating Black Irish Legends, Trailblazers and Everyday Heroes

Coming-of-age stories encourage readers to define themselves on their own terms

Sat Oct 28 2023 - 00:00

Oscars 2022: Can Jessie Buckley win an award before Saoirse Ronan?

Kerry woman Jessie Buckley has been nominated for best supporting actress

Tue Mar 22 2022 - 09:03

Baftas 2022: Belfast edged out by The Power of the Dog

Kenneth Branagh’s film takes just one prize as Joanna Scanlan is ‘surprise’ best actress

Sun Mar 13 2022 - 21:00

Belfast and An Cailín Ciúin lead nominations for Irish film and television awards

Winners to be announced at virtual and in-person events in March and April

Tue Feb 22 2022 - 10:45

Oscars 2022: Will any Irish nominees win? Will Lady Gaga’s snub break the internet?

Donald Clarke: Here are 10 key questions on this year's Oscars nominations

Tue Feb 08 2022 - 17:45

Oscars 2022: Kenneth Branagh, Jessie Buckley and Ciarán Hinds among nominees

Belfast up for best picture and Van Morrison nominated for best original song

Tue Feb 08 2022 - 12:10

Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations: The list in full

Some of Hollywood’s biggest names are among the nominees for the 28th SAG awards

Wed Jan 12 2022 - 17:30

Golden Globes 2022: Belfast wins best screenplay in discredited awards

Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog wins best drama, in a low-scoring night for the Irish

Mon Jan 10 2022 - 05:55

Golden Globes 2022: Belfast leads the nominations for controversial awards

Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast gets seven nods. Ruth Negga is also nominated for Passing

Mon Dec 13 2021 - 15:30

Ruth Negga: ‘I found London quite limiting to be honest’

The actor on her journey from Limerick to LA and her performance in Rebecca Hall’s Passing

Sat Oct 30 2021 - 05:00

Passing review: Ruth Negga may well get another Oscar nomination

This delicately observed portrait of racial dynamics is worth seeing in the cinema

Fri Oct 29 2021 - 05:00

Daniel Craig reveals his next starring role after stepping down as James Bond

The actor, who has just made his final film as 007, No Time to Die, to star with Ruth Negga

Wed Sept 29 2021 - 16:47

‘As an actor who gets work during a pandemic, I’m truly blessed’

Wild Geese: Christopher Carroll, Canberra

Fri Sept 03 2021 - 05:50

Oscars 2022: My predictions for next year’s best-picture nominees

Donald Clarke forecasts how next year’s category may look as the industry creaks back into action

Tue Apr 27 2021 - 11:00

Aidan Turner: ‘That photograph. Yeah. It took away from the work’

Poldark-turned-Leonardo da Vinci actor on ballroom dancing, hazmat suits and a thirst for stout

Sat Apr 10 2021 - 05:00

Ian McKellen as Hamlet: Is ageism the last great barrier in the arts industry?

Will the critics let them be sexagenarian murderers in peace? I wouldn’t count on it

Sat Mar 27 2021 - 05:00

Ruth Negga: ‘I didn’t experience explicit racism growing up. Maybe some exoticism’

The Limerick actor is determined to play her part in making sure diverse voices are represented

Sat Mar 13 2021 - 05:00

From Saoirse Ronan’s Ammonite to Spielberg’s West Side Story, 50 films to watch in 2021 (we hope)

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a traffic jam of anticipated films for this year

Sat Jan 02 2021 - 06:00

Iftas 2020: Martin Scorsese, Daisy Ridley, Michael D Higgins to appear at virtual ceremony

The Irish Film and Television Academy’s awards will be broadcast on Sunday night

Fri Oct 16 2020 - 06:00

Iftas: Normal People arrives too late for ‘virtual’ awards

Jessie Buckley and Niamh Algar among nominees for Irish Film and TV Awards

Tue Jul 14 2020 - 12:13

Ruth Negga: ‘People who say they don’t consider skin colour... are you f**king blind?’

Black Irish Lives: The actor on growing up in Ireland, the film industry, and Black Lives Matter

Sat Jul 04 2020 - 06:00

Wayne Jordan: ‘I didn’t feel like an artist anymore, but an interior designer’

The theatre director’s new show, Leaving, is a powerful departure for the returned emigre

Sat Mar 07 2020 - 05:00

Oscars 2020: Everybody loves Parasite. But that’s not why it won

Analysis: The youth vote and anti-Netflix bias were as important as the film’s brilliance

Mon Feb 10 2020 - 17:30

Calm down online bores, colour-blind casting isn’t ‘woke’

With Dev Patel as David Copperfield, movies have caught up with theatre’s creative approach

Sat Feb 01 2020 - 05:00

Ruth Negga: Playing Hamlet nearly killed me

She first played Shakespeare’s prince in Dublin. Now she’s reprising the role in New York

Mon Jan 20 2020 - 06:00

‘I don’t look the way Hollywood has decided Irish people look’

Katy Davis from Clonskeagh in Dublin is starring alongside Edward Norton in a new noirish drama called Motherless Brooklyn

Sat Nov 23 2019 - 06:00

Brad Pitt: ‘I just bonged myself into oblivion’

The actor talks frankly about his future onscreen, masculinity and getting sober

Thu Sept 05 2019 - 09:50

Paul McLoone: On My Culture Radar

The Undertones singer and Today FM DJ on the talent of Ruth Negga, following Fontaines DC and why Desert Island Discs works

Sat Aug 17 2019 - 05:00

‘If Aisling Franciosi gets any hotter she’ll scald herself’: Irish film talent right now

Best of Irish: In advance of St Patrick’s Day, we celebrate leading lights of our creative industries

Mon Mar 11 2019 - 17:46

Varadkar calls Ethiopian trip a ‘humbling experience’

Taoiseach says money on Irish Aid is being ‘well spent’

Fri Jan 11 2019 - 09:46

50 people to watch in 2019: Ireland’s hottest young talent

Our tips in fashion, food, sport, activism, art, film, entrepreneurism, tech, media and music

Tue Jan 08 2019 - 07:05