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Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Stage Actress / Film Actress / Actress | * 04/21/1983 (40) | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK
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Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha-Raw (born 21 April 1983) is an English actress. She began acting at the National Youth Theatre and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and 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 in 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 Award for Best Actress. After roles in the films Beyond the Lights (2014) and Miss Sloane"> ()
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Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha-Raw MBE is an English actress, known for her role as Kelly in Black Mirror, Dido Elizabeth Belle in Belle, Noni Jean in Beyond the Lights, and Plumette in Beauty and the Beast.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Thriller

Known for these Movies & Shows

Noni Jean is a hot new rising star. But not all is what it seems, and the pressure causes Noni to nearly fall apart - until she meets Kaz Nicol, a promising young cop and aspiring politician who's bee ...

Beyond the Lights

PG-13

2014 | 3.5/5 | 1h 56min
Romance / Love, Drama
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A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football ...

Concussion

PG-13

2015 | 3.5/5 | 2h 3min
Drama, History
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BELLE is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral. Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield and his wife, Belle's l ...

Belle

PG

2013 | 3.6/5 | 1h 45min
Drama
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A live-action adaptation of Disney's version of the classic tale of a cursed prince and a beautiful young woman who helps him break the spell. ...

Beauty and the Beast

PG

2017 | 3.5/5 | 2h 9min
Kids & Family, Fantasy, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Member of The Order of The British Empire
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Movies with Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Actress(35)

2024 Lift
as Mary Seacole2023 Seacole
as Detective Reese Rezek2023 Blood Ties
as Mireille Duval Jameson2023 An Untamed State
as Jennifer Hosten - Miss Grenada2020 Misbehaviour
as Adult Alice2020 Come Away
as Vera2020 Summerland
as Laura Rose2019 Motherless Brooklyn
as Ruth2019 Fast Color
2019 The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
as Dr. Kate Murry2018 A Wrinkle in Time
as Abbie2018 Irreplaceable You
as Ava Hamilton2018 The Cloverfield Paradox
as Ms. Dapo2018 Farming
as Plumette2017 Beauty and the Beast
as herself2017 August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
as Mother2016 After the Storm
as Esme Manucharian2016 Miss Sloane
as Janelle2016 The Whole Truth
as Rachel2016 Free State of Jones
as Famulus2015 Jupiter Ascending
as Prema Mutiso2015 Concussion
as Noni Jean2014 Beyond the Lights
as Bride2014 9 Kisses
as Dido Elizabeth Belle2013 Belle
as Viola Peabody2013 Odd Thomas
as Talia2011 Larry Crowne
as Rose2009 Act of God
as Erica2009 All My Dreams on VHS
as Shanice Roberts2008 Fallout
as Young PA2007 Straightheads
as Jessica2007 Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley
as Pretty Young Woman2006 Viva Blackpool
as Girl at King's Cross Station2006 Born Equal
as Nurse2005 Walk Away and I Stumble

TV Shows/Series with Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Actress(24)

as Sophie Ellis2022 Surface
as Ravonna Renslayer2021 Loki
as herself2021 Marvel Studios Assembled
as Jane2021 The Girl Before
as Hannah Shoenfeld2019 The Morning Show
as Seladon (voice)2019 The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
as Sophie2016 Easy
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Clea Hopkins2012 Touch
as Kelly Booth2011 Black Mirror
as Samantha Bloom2010 Undercovers
as Viv Davis2008 Bonekickers
as herself2007 The Graham Norton Show
2006 Totally Doctor Who
2006 Vital Signs
2006 Rachael Ray
as Tish Jones2005 Doctor Who
2005 Doctor Who Confidential
as Tina Argyle2004 Agatha Christie's Marple
2002 Spooks
as Fidelity1999 Bad Girls
1997 Trial & Retribution
as herself1996 The Daily Show
as Self - Guest1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV Shows/Series with Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Crew(2)

Production/Executive Producer2022 Surface
Production/Associate Producer2021 The Girl Before

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Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Thursday, 04/21 1983 (April) in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK (current age: 40 years + 364 days)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, The Henry Box School
Other names for Gugu Mbatha-Raw (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"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"
Gugu Mbatha-Raw frequently works together with these people:
Paul Kasey (23x, Actor)
Nicholas Briggs (12x, Actor)
Daniel Radcliffe (8x, Actor)
Benedict Cumberbatch (8x, Actor)
Jennifer Garner (8x, Actress)
Dan Starkey (8x, Actor)
Robert Downey Jr. (7x, Actor)
Jon Hamm (7x, Actor)
Richard E. Grant (7x, Actor)
David Oyelowo (7x, Actor)
Jimmy Fallon (7x, Actor)
Barnaby Edwards (7x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2502, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/06/2024