Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Age: N/A | From: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: 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
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 29
TV Involvements: 16
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Doctor Who
(2005) Tish Jones
Marvel Studios Assembled
(2021) Self - Ravonna Renslayer
The Morning Show
(2019) Hannah Shoenfeld
Loki
(2021) Judge Ravonna Renslayer
Black Mirror
(2011) Kelly Booth
Agatha Christie's Marple
(2004) Tina Argyle
Touch
(2012) Clea Hopkins
Beauty and the Beast
(2017) PlumetteActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Abby Gladwell | |
| 2022 | Sophie Ellis | |
| 2021 | Jane | |
| Judge Ravonna Renslayer | ||
| Self - Ravonna Renslayer | ||
| 2020 | Adult Alice | |
| Vera | ||
| Jennifer Hosten - Miss Grenada | ||
| 2019 | Hannah Shoenfeld | |
| Laura Rose | ||
| Seladon (voice) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Ruth | ||
| 2018 | Ms. Dapo | |
| Dr. Kate Murry | ||
| Abbie | ||
| Ava Hamilton | ||
| 2017 | Mother | |
| Self | ||
| Plumette | ||
| 2016 | Esme Manucharian | |
| Sophie | ||
| Rachel | ||
| Janelle | ||
| 2015 | Prema Mutiso | |
| Famulus | ||
| 2014 | Self | |
| Bride | ||
| Noni Jean | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| 2013 | Dido Elizabeth Belle | |
| Viola Peabody | ||
| 2012 | Clea Hopkins | |
| 2011 | Kelly Booth | |
| Talia | ||
| 2010 | Samantha Bloom | |
| 2009 | Erica | |
| Rose | ||
| 2008 | Pirhana | |
| Viv Davis | ||
| Shanice Roberts | ||
| 2007 | Young PA | |
| Self | ||
| Jessica | ||
| 2006 | Girl at King's Cross Station | |
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| Pretty Young Woman | ||
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| 2005 | Nurse | |
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| Tish Jones | ||
| 2004 | Tina Argyle | |
| 2003 | Self - Guest | |
| 2002 | N/A | |
| 1999 | Fidelity | |
| 1997 | N/A | |
| 1996 | Self | |
| 1988 | Self - Guest | |
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| Mary Seacole | ||
| Detective Reese Rezek | ||
| Mireille Duval Jameson | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Executive Producer | |
| 2021 | Associate Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
