Irish Actress Ruth Negga Is On The Cover Of US Vogue Looking Downright Amazing

Ruth Negga has been working on the Irish and UK acting scene for years, but in recent months she’s become a familiar face Stateside too.

The Irish-Ethiopian actress is known here for her work on Breakfast On Pluto, Love Is The Drug and Love/Hate, and thanks to her role Jeff Nichols’ Oscar-tipped film Loving, she’s just landed the cover of US Vogue. Yup, that US Vogue.

Ruth Negga stars on the cover of our January issue! Read the full story in the link in our bio. Photographed by @mariotestino, styled by @tonnegood.

A photo posted by Vogue (@voguemagazine) on Dec 7, 2016 at 4:05am PST

The magazine released the cover image of its January issue on social media today, featuring Ruth clad in a Givenchy tulle top, photographed by none other than Mario Testino.

And here she is killing it in head-to-toe Gucci:

Source: Vogue.com

Oh, and Christopher Kane:

Source: Vogue.com

The actress, 35, spoke to Vogue about her role in Loving, and growing up with a dual Irish/Ethiopian identity despite not visiting Africa until she was eighteen, to see her father’s grave. “I’m always very careful to say I’m Irish-Ethiopian because I feel Ethiopian and I look Ethiopian and I am Ethiopian. But there are 81 languages in Ethiopia, and I don’t know any of them,” she admits.

As for her new level of fame, Ruth acknowledges that it was all a bit sudden, but says that she knows she’s put enough ground work in to deserve the attention. “I’ve been working. Keeping a low profile—until bam! Nothing slow and steady about me.”

As well as the Vogue cover, Ruth also features on one of four covers for the New York Times Magazine‘s Great Performers issue, alongside Denzel Washington, Emma Stone and Ashton Sanders.

Here's a sneak peek of the four covers of our Great Performers issue, featuring Denzel Washington, Ruth Negga, Emma Stone and Ashton Sanders pic.twitter.com/dBlypywvbg

— NYT Magazine (@NYTmag) December 6, 2016

Wonder what Darren would think of all this?

• loving
• oscars
• ruth negga
• ruth negga vogue
• us vogue
• vogue