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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

75

Gender

Female

Birthday

1983-04-21 (42 years old)

Place of Birth

Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK

Also Known As

Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha

Gugulethu Mbatha

Gugulethu Mbatha-Raw

Gugu Mbatha Raw

Γκούγκου Μπάθα-Ρο

구구 엠바사 로

ググ・バサ=ロー

Гугу Эмбата-Ро

Гугу Мбата-Роу

古古·瑪芭塔-勞

گوگو امباتا-را

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Biography

Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha-Raw, MBE (/ˈɡuːɡuːəmˈbætərɔː/; born 21 April 1983) is a British actress. She began acting at the National Youth Music Theatre and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She gained acclaim for her roles as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and Octavia in Anthony and Cleopatra in 2005 at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. She made her West End and Broadway debut, portraying Ophelia in Hamlet in 2009. For her role as the titular character in Jessica Swale's 2015 play Nell Gwynn, she received an Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress nomination. Her early television roles include  Doctor Who(2007), the NBC series Undercovers (2010), and FOX's Touch (2012). She had her breakthrough with the British period drama film Belle (2013), for which she won the BIFA for Best Actress. After roles in the films Beyond the Lights (2014) and Miss Sloane (2016), she co-starred in the Emmy Award-winning Black Mirror episode "San Junipero" (2016), for which she received acclaim. Her other film roles include Beauty and the Beast (2017), A Wrinkle in Time (2018), Motherless Brooklyn (2019), Misbehaviour (2020), and Summerland (2020). She has also acted in the Apple TV+ drama series The Morning Show (2019) and the Disney+ series Loki (2021–present). In 2017, Mbatha-Raw was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for services to drama. In February 2021, Mbatha-Raw was appointed a global Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gugu Mbatha-Raw, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Larry Crowne

2011

Larry Crowne

as

Talia

Seacole

Seacole

as

Mary Seacole

Lift

2024

Lift

as

Abby Gladwell

Belle

2013

Belle

as

Dido Elizabeth Belle

Odd Thomas

2013

Odd Thomas

as

Viola Peabody

Beyond the Lights

2014

Beyond the Lights

as

Noni Jean

Straightheads

2007

Straightheads

as

Young PA

Jupiter Ascending

2015

Jupiter Ascending

as

Famulus

Concussion

2015

Concussion

as

Prema Mutiso

The Whole Truth

2016

The Whole Truth

as

Janelle

9 Kisses

2014

9 Kisses

as

Bride

After the Storm

2017

After the Storm

as

Mother

Miss Sloane

2016

Miss Sloane

as

Esme Manucharian

Fallout

2008

Fallout

as

Shanice Roberts

Beauty and the Beast

2017

Beauty and the Beast

as

Plumette

Viva Blackpool

2006

Viva Blackpool

as

Pretty Young Woman

The Cloverfield Paradox

2018

The Cloverfield Paradox

as

Ava Hamilton

Born Equal

2006

Born Equal

as

Girl at King's Cross Station

Act of God

2009

Act of God

as

Rose

A Wrinkle in Time

2018

A Wrinkle in Time

as

Dr. Kate Murry

Fast Color

2019

Fast Color

as

Ruth

Farming

2018

Farming

as

Ms. Dapo

Motherless Brooklyn

2019

Motherless Brooklyn

as

Laura Rose

Summerland

2020

Summerland

as

Vera

Come Away

2020

Come Away

as

Alice Littleton (Adult)

Misbehaviour

2020

Misbehaviour

as

Jennifer Hosten - Miss Grenada

An Untamed State

An Untamed State

as

Mireille Duval Jameson

Blood Ties

Blood Ties

as

Detective Reese Rezek

Spooks

Spooks

as

Jenny

Bonekickers

Bonekickers

as

Viv Davis

Surface

Surface

as

Sophie Ellis

Marvel Studios Assembled

Marvel Studios Assembled

as

Self - Ravonna Renslayer

Undercovers

Undercovers

as

Samantha Bloom

Touch

Touch

as

Clea Hopkins

Bad Girls

Bad Girls

as

Fidelity

Easy

Easy

as

Sophie

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

as

Tish Jones

Black Mirror

Black Mirror

as

Kelly Booth

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as

Self - Guest

The Morning Show

The Morning Show

as

Hannah Shoenfeld

Loki

Loki

as

Judge Ravonna Renslayer

Inheritance

Inheritance

as

Claudia

Sherri

Sherri

as

Self - Guest

Trinity

Trinity

as

Commander Katherine Decker

Production

Crew

Directing