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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 21, 1983
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
1.5 Popularity
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
6.5
Abby Gladwell
Lift
2024
4.2
Self - Guest
Sherri
2022
6.3
Sophie Ellis
Surface
2022
6.3
Jane
The Girl Before
2021
8.2
Judge Ravonna Renslayer
Loki
2021
7.2
Self - Ravonna Renslayer
Marvel Studios Assembled
2021
5.8
Alice Littleton (Adult)
Come Away
2020
7.5
Vera
Summerland
2020
6.4
Jennifer Hosten - Miss Grenada
Misbehaviour
2020
7.8
Hannah Shoenfeld
The Morning Show
2019
Credits
Lift
as Abby Gladwell
2024
6.5
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
4.2
Surface
as Sophie Ellis
2022
6.3
The Girl Before
as Jane
2021
6.3
Loki
as Judge Ravonna Renslayer
2021
8.2
Marvel Studios Assembled
as Self - Ravonna Renslayer
2021
7.2
Come Away
as Alice Littleton (Adult)
2020
5.8
Summerland
as Vera
2020
7.5
Misbehaviour
as Jennifer Hosten - Miss Grenada
2020
6.4
The Morning Show
as Hannah Shoenfeld
2019
7.8
Motherless Brooklyn
as Laura Rose
2019
6.7
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
as Seladon (voice)
2019
7.8
The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
2019
7.5
Fast Color
as Ruth
2019
5.9
Farming
as Ms. Dapo
2018
6.3
A Wrinkle in Time
as Dr. Kate Murry
2018
5.1
Irreplaceable You
as Abbie
2018
7.0
The Cloverfield Paradox
as Ava Hamilton
2018
5.6
After the Storm
as Mother
2017
8.0
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
as Self
2017
1.0
Beauty and the Beast
as Plumette
2017
7.0
Miss Sloane
as Esme Manucharian
2016
7.4
Easy
as Sophie
2016
6.1
Free State of Jones
as Rachel
2016
6.8
The Whole Truth
as Janelle
2016
6.5
Concussion
as Prema Mutiso
2015
7.1
Jupiter Ascending
as Famulus
2015
5.5
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
4.4
9 Kisses
as Bride
2014
6.2
Beyond the Lights
as Noni Jean
2014
6.8
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.8
Belle
as Dido Elizabeth Belle
2013
7.1
Odd Thomas
as Viola Peabody
2013
6.9
Touch
as Clea Hopkins
2012
6.6
Black Mirror
as Kelly Booth
2011
8.3
Larry Crowne
as Talia
2011
6.0
Undercovers
as Samantha Bloom
2010
5.3
All My Dreams on VHS
as Erica
2009
7.0
Act of God
as Rose
2009
4.8
Lost in Austen
as Pirhana
2008
7.1
Bonekickers
as Viv Davis
2008
5.6
Fallout
as Shanice Roberts
2008
4.5
Walk Away and I Stumble
as Nurse
2007
4.6
Straightheads
as Young PA
2007
5.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley
as Jessica
2007
5.4
Born Equal
as Girl at King's Cross Station
2006
5.0
Rachael Ray
2006
5.1
The One Show
as Self
2006
4.5
Viva Blackpool
as Pretty Young Woman
2006
7.5
Vital Signs
2006
5.3
Totally Doctor Who
as Self
2006
6.5
Doctor Who
as Tish Jones
2005
7.5
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
8.1
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Tina Argyle
2004
7.7
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
5.5
Spooks
as Jenny
2002
7.6
Bad Girls
as Fidelity
1999
7.6
Trial & Retribution
1997
6.8
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
5.5
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
1981
4.0
🎬
The War Between the Land and the Sea
as Salt
N/A
0.0
🎬
Inheritance
as Claudia
N/A
0.0
The Woman in Cabin 10
N/A
0.0
Fuze
N/A
0.0
🎬
Seacole
as Mary Seacole
N/A
0.0
🎬
Blood Ties
as Detective Reese Rezek
N/A
0.0
🎬
Nobody’s Heart
as Lily
N/A
0.0
🎬
An Untamed State
as Mireille Duval Jameson
N/A
0.0