Ruth Negga: That Loving feeling
It’s been a career-defining week for Negga, who has scooped an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of Mildred Loving
It’s a brisk winter’s afternoon in Dublin, and Ruth Negga is dressed for the weather in an ink-black coat that sweeps from her ankles to a stiff, high collar framing her almond face and tight 1920s curls. She seems to float across the room to shake my hand, graciously pointing at a seat beside a table covered in the remains of tea, clearing space between the stillsteaming pots and beaming broadly in welcome.
