"I've gone into auditions and I think they have an assumption about me when they see my photo and then I open my mouth and they say, 'Where exactly are you from? And you were born in Ethiopia? But you're Irish, but you also kind of sound English. That's really strange.' They want to put you in a box in LA, that's how they tend to do it there, so if you don't fit in that box, it makes it more difficult."

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Source : "Ethiopian-Irish Actress Ruth Negga Believes Her Heritage Is Negatively Affecting Her Career" by Emmanuel Akitobi, www.indiewire.com. September 03, 2012.

Ruth Negga

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