First, the noise, after a decade of restrained, subtle excellence, Ruth Negga is suddenly everywhere. During the recent awards season, Negga repeatedly headed those silly best-dressed lists, wearing custom-made gowns from some of the world's biggest designers. Her new film, Loving, is the real-life story of Mildred (Negga) and Richard Loving (Joel Edgerton), an interracial couple threatened with prison in 1950s Virginia because of their decision to get married. Negga's portrayal of Mildred Loving is nothing like that. LOWDOWN:Who: Ruth NeggaWhat: Loving, the real life story of George and Mildred LovingWhen: In cinemas next Thursday- NZ Herald

Source: New Zealand Herald March 08, 2017 22:07 UTC