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Name
Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1983-04-21 (43 years old)

Place of Birth
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK

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).

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Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

Soon Nobody’s Heart as Lily
2011 Larry Crowne as Talia
Soon Seacole as Mary Seacole
2024 Lift as Abby Gladwell
2013 Belle as Dido Elizabeth Belle
2013 Odd Thomas as Viola Peabody
2009 All My Dreams on VHS as Erica
2014 Beyond the Lights as Noni Jean
2007 Straightheads as Young PA
2015 Jupiter Ascending as Famulus
2015 Concussion as Prema Mutiso
2016 Free State of Jones as Rachel
2016 The Whole Truth as Janelle
2017 After the Storm as Mother
2016 Miss Sloane as Esme Manucharian
2008 Fallout as Shanice Roberts
2017 Beauty and the Beast as Plumette
2026 Fuze as Zuzana
2018 The Cloverfield Paradox as Ava Hamilton
2009 Act of God as Rose
2006 Born Equal as Girl at King's Cross Station
2006 Viva Blackpool as Pretty Young Woman
2007 Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley as Jessica
2007 Walk Away and I Stumble as Nurse
2018 A Wrinkle in Time as Dr. Kate Murry
2019 Fast Color as Ruth
2018 Irreplaceable You as Abbie
2018 Farming as Ms. Dapo
2017 August 28: A Day in the Life of a People as Self
2019 Motherless Brooklyn as Laura Rose
2020 Summerland as Vera
2020 Misbehaviour as Jennifer Hosten - Miss Grenada
2020 Come Away as Alice Littleton (Adult)
2019 The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance as Self
Soon An Untamed State as Mireille Duval Jameson
Soon Blood Ties as Detective Reese Rezek
2025 The Woman in Cabin 10 as Rowan
2014 9 Kisses as Bride
2026 Deep Dive as Self

2006 Totally Doctor Who ( 1 episode ) as Self
2005 Doctor Who Confidential ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2002 Spooks ( 9 episodes ) as Jenny
2008 Bonekickers ( 6 episodes ) as Viv Davis
2022 Surface ( 8 episodes ) as Sophie Ellis
2021 Marvel Studios Assembled ( 1 episode ) as Self - Ravonna Renslayer
2010 Undercovers ( 11 episodes ) as Samantha Bloom
2012 Touch ( 13 episodes ) as Clea Hopkins
2004 Agatha Christie's Marple ( 1 episode ) as Tina Argyle
2007 The Graham Norton Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2021 The Girl Before ( 4 episodes ) as Jane Cavendish
1999 Bad Girls ( 1 episode ) as Fidelity
2016 Easy ( 2 episodes ) as Sophie
2005 Doctor Who ( 4 episodes ) as Tish Jones
1996 The Daily Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
2011 Black Mirror ( 1 episode ) as Kelly Booth
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors ( 1 episode ) as Self
2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2019 The Morning Show ( 10 episodes ) as Hannah Shoenfeld
1981 Entertainment Tonight ( 1 episode ) as Self
2006 Rachael Ray ( 1 episode )
2025 The War Between the Land and the Sea ( 5 episodes ) as Salt
2021 Loki ( 12 episodes ) as Judge Ravonna Renslayer
2026 Possession ( 5 episodes ) as Claudia
2022 Sherri ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2006 The One Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
2019 The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance ( 9 episodes ) as Seladon (voice)
Soon TRINITY ( 2 episodes ) as Commander Katherine Decker
2022 Surface ( 8 episodes ) as Tess Caldwell / Sophie Ellis
2008 Lost in Austen ( 2 episodes ) as Pirhana
2026 The Claudia Winkleman Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
2006 Vital Signs ( 5 episodes ) as Eve
2005 Walk Away and I Stumble ( 2 episodes ) as Nurse
1999 Holby City ( 1 episode ) as Colette Hill
1997 Trial & Retribution ( 2 episodes ) as Jenny Miller

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