 Negga received rave reviews for the role, and garnered multiple award nominations, including for the Academy Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, and the BAFTA Rising Star Award.Negga was in a relationship with actor Dominic Cooper beginning in 2010.They first met in 2009 while working together in a stage adaptation of "Phèdre" with Helen Mirren.