RTE and Chanel 4 star Ruth Negga will star in Hollywood movie produced by Colin Firth.
The half-Irish, half-Ethopian actress was casted as Mildred Loving, in the movie, called Loving.
The film tells the story of an interracial couple who are sent to prison in Virginia in 1958 for getting married.
Joel Edgerton will star alongside Ruth as her husband, Richard.
The Loving kind: Ruth will feature alongside top actors in the Hollywood production
Director Jeff Nichols who directed ‘Mud’ the thriller which starred Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon.
Rosie as known in Love/Hate has had a successful acting career as she previously starred in Irish film Noble, Brad Pitt’s World War Z and the channel 4 hit TV show Misfits.
Ruth has been dating long term boyfriend Dominic Cooper since 2010.
The pair got together in after they played lovers in the dramatic play Phedre in the National Theather in London.
