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Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Actor, ProducerBorn April 21, 1983 (41 years)
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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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
| 2024 | Lift · as Abby Gladwell |
| 2022 | Surface (2022) (TV Series) · as Sophie Ellis |
| 2021 | The Girl Before (TV Series) · as Jane |
| 2021 | Loki (TV Series) · as Judge Ravonna Renslayer |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | Summerland · as Vera |
| 2020 | Misbehaviour · as Jennifer Hosten - Miss Grenada |
| 2019 | The Morning Show (TV Series) · as Hannah Shoenfeld |
| 2019 | Motherless Brooklyn · as Laura Rose |
| 2019 | The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (TV Series) · as Seladon (voice) |
| 2019 | |
| 2018 | Fast Color · as Ruth |
| 2018 | Farming · as Ms. Dapo |
| 2018 | A Wrinkle in Time · as Dr. Kate Murry |
| 2018 | Irreplaceable You · as Abbie |
| 2018 | The Cloverfield Paradox · as Ava Hamilton |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast · as Plumette |
| 2016 | Miss Sloane · as Esme Manucharian |
| 2016 | Easy (TV Series) · as Sophie |
| 2016 | Free State of Jones · as Rachel |
| 2016 | The Whole Truth · as Janelle |
| 2015 | Concussion · as Prema Mutiso |
| 2015 | Jupiter Ascending · as Famulus |
| 2014 | 9 Kisses · as Bride |
| 2014 | Beyond the Lights · as Noni Jean |
| 2013 | Odd Thomas · as Viola Peabody |
| 2013 | Belle · as Dido Elizabeth Belle |
| 2012 | Touch (2012) (TV Series) · as Clea Hopkins |
| 2011 | Black Mirror (TV Series) · as Kelly Booth |
| 2011 | Larry Crowne · as Talia |
| 2010 | Undercovers (TV Series) · as Samantha Bloom |
| 2009 | Act of God · as Rose |
| 2008 | Lost in Austen (TV Series) · as Pirhana |
| 2008 | Bonekickers (TV Series) · as Viv Davis |
| 2008 | Fallout · as Shanice Roberts |
| 2007 | Closure · as Young Pa |
| 2007 | Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley · as Jessica |
| 2006 | Born Equal · as Girl At King's Cross Station |
| 2006 | Rachael Ray (TV Series) |
| 2006 | Viva Blackpool · as Pretty Young Woman |
| 2006 | Vital Signs (TV Series) |
| 2005 | Walk Away and I Stumble · as Nurse |
| 2005 | Doctor Who (2005) (TV Series) · as Tish Jones |
| 2005 | Doctor Who Confidential (TV Series) |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple (TV Series) · as Tina Argyle |
| 2002 | Spooks (TV Series) · as Jenny |
| 1999 | Bad Girls (1999) (TV Series) · as Fidelity |
| 1999 | Holby City (TV Series) · as Colette Hill |
| 1997 | Trial & Retribution (TV Series) |
Seacole · as Mary Seacole |