Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Birthday: 1983-04-21
Birthplace: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK
Gender: Female
Drafted: 195
Drafted By: The Free Refills
Owned By: The Free Refills
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 0
Nom Bonus: 0
Total Points: 0

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).

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Credits

Year Title Character
Nobody’s Heart Lily
Seacole Mary Seacole
Fuze
An Untamed State Mireille Duval Jameson
Blood Ties Detective Reese Rezek
The Woman in Cabin 10
2024-01-12 Lift Abby Gladwell
2020-11-12 Come Away Adult Alice
2020-07-24 Summerland Vera
2020-03-12 Misbehaviour Jennifer Hosten - Miss Grenada
2019-10-31 Motherless Brooklyn Laura Rose
2019-08-30 The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
2019-03-29 Fast Color Ruth
2018-09-08 Farming Ms. Dapo
2018-03-08 A Wrinkle in Time Dr. Kate Murry
2018-02-16 Irreplaceable You Abbie
2018-02-04 The Cloverfield Paradox Ava Hamilton
2017-09-21 After the Storm Mother
2017-03-16 Beauty and the Beast Plumette
2016-11-25 Miss Sloane Esme Manucharian
2016-06-24 Free State of Jones Rachel
2016-03-25 The Whole Truth Janelle
2015-11-12 Concussion Prema Mutiso
2015-02-04 Jupiter Ascending Famulus
2014-12-11 9 Kisses Bride
2014-11-14 Beyond the Lights Noni Jean
2013-05-01 Belle Dido Elizabeth Belle
2013-01-29 Odd Thomas Viola Peabody
2011-06-30 Larry Crowne Talia
2009-09-21 All My Dreams on VHS Erica
2009-01-01 Act of God Rose
2008-07-03 Fallout Shanice Roberts
2007-05-16 Walk Away and I Stumble Nurse
2007-04-27 Straightheads Young PA
2007-01-01 Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley Jessica
2006-12-17 Born Equal Girl at King's Cross Station
2006-06-10 Viva Blackpool Pretty Young Woman