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