Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Female
Birthday 1983-04-21 (41 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/;[1][2] 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
Actor
as Lily
as Mary Seacole
as Mireille Duval Jameson
as Detective Reese Rezek
as Claudia
as Abby Gladwell
as Sophie Ellis
as Jane
as Judge Ravonna Renslayer
as Self - Ravonna Renslayer
as Adult Alice
as Vera
as Jennifer Hosten - Miss Grenada
as Laura Rose
as Ruth
as Hannah Shoenfeld
as Seladon (voice)
as Ms. Dapo
as Dr. Kate Murry
as Abbie
as Ava Hamilton
as Mother
as Plumette
as Esme Manucharian
as Rachel
as Janelle
as Sophie
as Prema Mutiso
as Famulus
as Bride
as Noni Jean
as Self
as Self
as Dido Elizabeth Belle
as Viola Peabody
as Clea Hopkins
as Talia
as Kelly Booth
as Samantha Bloom
as Erica
as Rose
as Shanice Roberts
as Pirhana
as Viv Davis
as Nurse
as Young PA
as Self
as Girl at King's Cross Station
as Pretty Young Woman
as Tish Jones
as Tina Argyle
as Self - Guest
as Jenny
as Fidelity
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Associate Producer