Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Acting • Born 1983-04-21
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gugu Mbatha-Raw, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
75 credits
Nobody’s Heart
Movie
Lily
Larry Crowne
Movie • 2011
Talia
Seacole
Movie
Mary Seacole
Lift
Movie • 2024
Abby Gladwell
Belle
Movie • 2013
Dido Elizabeth Belle
Odd Thomas
Movie • 2013
Viola Peabody
All My Dreams on VHS
Movie • 2009
Erica
Beyond the Lights
Movie • 2014
Noni Jean
Straightheads
Movie • 2007
Young PA
Jupiter Ascending
Movie • 2015
Famulus
Concussion
Movie • 2015
Prema Mutiso
Free State of Jones
Movie • 2016
Rachel
The Whole Truth
Movie • 2016
Janelle
After the Storm
Movie • 2017
Mother
Miss Sloane
Movie • 2016
Esme Manucharian
Fallout
Movie • 2008
Shanice Roberts
Beauty and the Beast
Movie • 2017
Plumette
Fuze
Movie • 2026
Zuzana
The Cloverfield Paradox
Movie • 2018
Ava Hamilton
Viva Blackpool
Movie • 2006
Pretty Young Woman
Walk Away and I Stumble
Movie • 2007
Nurse
Born Equal
Movie • 2006
Girl at King's Cross Station
Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley
Movie • 2007
Jessica
Act of God
Movie • 2009
Rose
A Wrinkle in Time
Movie • 2018
Dr. Kate Murry
Fast Color
Movie • 2019
Ruth
Irreplaceable You
Movie • 2018
Abbie
Farming
Movie • 2018
Ms. Dapo
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
Movie • 2017
Self
Motherless Brooklyn
Movie • 2019
Laura Rose
Summerland
Movie • 2020
Vera
Misbehaviour
Movie • 2020
Jennifer Hosten - Miss Grenada
Come Away
Movie • 2020
Alice Littleton (Adult)
The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Movie • 2019
An Untamed State
Movie
Mireille Duval Jameson
Blood Ties
Movie
Detective Reese Rezek
The Woman in Cabin 10
Movie • 2025
Rowan
9 Kisses
Movie • 2014
Bride
Deep Dive
Movie • 2026
Self
Deep Dive: The Making of The War Between The Land And The Sea
Movie • 2026
Herself
Totally Doctor Who
TV • 2006
Self
Doctor Who Confidential
TV • 2005
Vital Signs
TV • 2006
Spooks
TV • 2002
Jenny
Bonekickers
TV • 2008
Viv Davis
Trial & Retribution
TV • 1997
Surface
TV • 2022
Sophie Ellis
Marvel Studios Assembled
TV • 2021
Self - Ravonna Renslayer
Undercovers
TV • 2010
Samantha Bloom
Touch
TV • 2012
Clea Hopkins
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV • 2004
Tina Argyle
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
The Girl Before
TV • 2021
Jane Cavendish
Bad Girls
TV • 1999
Fidelity
Easy
TV • 2016
Sophie
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
Tish Jones
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
Black Mirror
TV • 2011
Kelly Booth
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
The Morning Show
TV • 2019
Hannah Shoenfeld
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
Rachael Ray
TV • 2006
The War Between the Land and the Sea
TV • 2025
Salt
Loki
TV • 2021
Judge Ravonna Renslayer
Inheritance
TV
Claudia
Sherri
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
TV • 2019
Seladon (voice)
TRINITY
TV • 2026
Commander Katherine Decker
Surface
TV • 2022
Tess Caldwell / Sophie Ellis
Lost in Austen
TV • 2008
Pirhana