Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Acting
Born 1983-04-21
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK
76 credits
Member of the Order of the British Empire 1
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Won 1 Member of the Order of the British Empire Award
Member of the Order of the British Empire 1 won
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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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Filmography
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Acting
59 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Daily Show
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Doctor Who
The Graham Norton Show
Black Mirror
Loki
Sherri
Holby City
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Agatha Christie's Marple
The One Show
The Morning Show
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Spooks
Bad Girls
Beauty and the Beast
Fuze
Surface
Touch
The War Between the Land and the Sea
Marvel Studios Assembled
Trial & Retribution
Possession
The Woman in Cabin 10
Jupiter Ascending
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Doctor Who Confidential
Easy
Lift
The Cloverfield Paradox
Miss Sloane
Larry Crowne
Odd Thomas
Entertainment Tonight
A Wrinkle in Time
The Whole Truth
Motherless Brooklyn
The Girl Before
Misbehaviour
Come Away
Concussion
Free State of Jones
Belle
The Claudia Winkleman Show
Undercovers
Lost in Austen
TRINITY
Bonekickers
Straightheads
Totally Doctor Who
Vital Signs
Beyond the Lights
Irreplaceable You
Deep Dive
Fast Color
Summerland
9 Kisses
Producing
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