Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Known for Acting · 73 credits
- Born
- 1983-04-21 (age 43)
- Place of birth
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK
- Also known as
- Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha · Gugulethu Mbatha · Gugulethu Mbatha-Raw · Gugu Mbatha Raw · Γκούγκου Μπάθα-Ρο · 구구 엠바사 로
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).
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Known For
TV Shows (34)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Doctor Who
2005
as Tish Jones
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Black Mirror
2011
as Kelly Booth
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
The One Show
2006
as Self
Sherri
2022
as Self - Guest
Loki
2021
as Judge Ravonna Renslayer
Spooks
2002
as Jenny
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Tina Argyle
The Morning Show
2019
as Hannah Shoenfeld
Bad Girls
1999
as Fidelity
Touch
2012
as Clea Hopkins
The War Between the Land and the Sea
2025
as Salt
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
2019
as Seladon (voice)
Marvel Studios Assembled
2021
as Self - Ravonna Renslayer
Easy
2016
as Sophie
Rachael Ray
2006
Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
Surface
2022
as Sophie Ellis / Tess Caldwell / Sophie Ellis
Undercovers
2010
as Samantha Bloom
The Girl Before
2021
as Jane Cavendish
Bonekickers
2008
as Viv Davis
Totally Doctor Who
2006
as Self
The Claudia Winkleman Show
2026
as Self
Lost in Austen
2008
as Pirhana
Vital Signs
2006
as Eve
TRINITY
2026
as Commander Katherine Decker
Inheritance
as Claudia
Movies (39)
Fuze
2026
as Zuzana
Beauty and the Beast
2017
as Plumette
Jupiter Ascending
2015
as Famulus
Lift
2024
as Abby Gladwell
The Cloverfield Paradox
2018
as Ava Hamilton
The Woman in Cabin 10
2025
as Rowan
Odd Thomas
2013
as Viola Peabody
Miss Sloane
2016
as Esme Manucharian
Larry Crowne
2011
as Talia
The Whole Truth
2016
as Janelle
Concussion
2015
as Prema Mutiso
Free State of Jones
2016
as Rachel
Summerland
2020
as Vera
Motherless Brooklyn
2019
as Laura Rose
Farming
2018
as Ms. Dapo
A Wrinkle in Time
2018
as Dr. Kate Murry
Belle
2013
as Dido Elizabeth Belle
Come Away
2020
as Alice Littleton (Adult)
Beyond the Lights
2014
as Noni Jean
Fast Color
2019
as Ruth
Misbehaviour
2020
as Jennifer Hosten - Miss Grenada
Straightheads
2007
as Young PA
Irreplaceable You
2018
as Abbie
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
2017
as Self
Fallout
2008
as Shanice Roberts
The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
2019
as Self
Deep Dive
2026
as Self
Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley
2007
as Jessica
9 Kisses
2014
as Bride
Born Equal
2006
as Girl at King's Cross Station
Walk Away and I Stumble
2007
as Nurse
Seacole
as Mary Seacole
Viva Blackpool
2006
as Pretty Young Woman
Blood Ties
as Detective Reese Rezek
Nobody’s Heart
as Lily
Act of God
2009
as Rose
All My Dreams on VHS
2009
as Erica
An Untamed State
as Mireille Duval Jameson
After the Storm
2017
as Mother
About Gugu Mbatha-Raw
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… With 73 credits spanning from 1981 to 2026, Gugu Mbatha-Raw has appeared in 39 films and 34 TV shows.
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- Fuze (2026) — as Zuzana
- Beauty and the Beast (2017) — as Plumette
- Jupiter Ascending (2015) — as Famulus
- Lift (2024) — as Abby Gladwell
- The Cloverfield Paradox (2018) — as Ava Hamilton
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