Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 21, 1983
Place of Birth
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK
Credits
74 titles
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
Filmography
Fuze
Zuzana
The Claudia Winkleman Show
Self
Deep Dive
Self
The War Between the Land and the Sea
Salt
The Woman in Cabin 10
Rowan
Lift
Abby Gladwell
Sherri
Self - Guest
Surface
Sophie Ellis
The Girl Before
Jane Cavendish
Loki
Judge Ravonna Renslayer
Marvel Studios Assembled
Self - Ravonna Renslayer
Come Away
Alice Littleton (Adult)
Summerland
Vera
Misbehaviour
Jennifer Hosten - Miss Grenada
The Morning Show
Hannah Shoenfeld
Motherless Brooklyn
Laura Rose
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Seladon (voice)
The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Self
Fast Color
Ruth
Farming
Ms. Dapo
A Wrinkle in Time
Dr. Kate Murry
Irreplaceable You
Abbie
The Cloverfield Paradox
Ava Hamilton
After the Storm
Mother
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
Self
Beauty and the Beast
Plumette
Miss Sloane
Esme Manucharian
Easy
Sophie
Free State of Jones
Rachel
The Whole Truth
Janelle
Concussion
Prema Mutiso
Jupiter Ascending
Famulus
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Beyond the Lights
Noni Jean
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
9 Kisses
Bride
Belle
Dido Elizabeth Belle
Odd Thomas
Viola Peabody
Touch
Clea Hopkins
Black Mirror
Kelly Booth
Larry Crowne
Talia
Undercovers
Samantha Bloom
All My Dreams on VHS
Erica
Act of God
Rose
Lost in Austen
Pirhana
Bonekickers
Viv Davis
Fallout
Shanice Roberts
Walk Away and I Stumble
Nurse
Straightheads
Young PA