Claim: Ruth Negga portrayed Mildred Loving in a biopic.
Evidence: For her portrayal of Mildred Loving in Loving -LRB- 2016 -RRB- , Negga was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress , Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama , Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead and Critics ' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress , as well as the BAFTA Rising Star Award.
Loving is a 2016 American historical drama film which tells the story of Richard and Mildred Loving , the plaintiffs in the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia , which invalidated state laws prohibiting interracial marriage.
The case was brought by Mildred Loving , a black woman , and Richard Loving , a white man , who had been sentenced to a year in prison in Virginia for marrying each other.
A biographical film , or biopic -LRB- -LSB- ˈbaɪəʊpɪk -RSB- abbreviation for biographical motion picture -RRB- , is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people.