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