Actor
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
April 21, 1983 · Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK
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.
Notable work
7Beauty and the Beast (2017)
as Plumette
8.2Loki (2021)
as Judge Ravonna Renslayer and as Ravonna Renslayer
5.5Jupiter Ascending (2015)
as Famulus
8.3Black Mirror (2011)
as Kelly Booth
5.6The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)
as Ava Hamilton
7.6Doctor Who (2005)
as Tish Jones
7.1Concussion (2015)
as Prema Mutiso
7.4Miss Sloane (2016)
as Esme Manucharian
5.1A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
as Dr. Kate Murry
6.8Free State of Jones (2016)
as Rachel
6.7Motherless Brooklyn (2019)
as Laura Rose
6.9Odd Thomas (2013)
as Viola Peabody
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