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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Acting
Movie
Beauty and the Beast
as Plumette
2017
TV
Loki
as Judge Ravonna Renslayer
2021
TV
Loki
as Ravonna Renslayer
2021
Movie
Jupiter Ascending
as Famulus
2015
TV
Black Mirror
as Kelly Booth
2011
Movie
The Cloverfield Paradox
as Ava Hamilton
2018
TV
Doctor Who
as Tish Jones
2005
Movie
Concussion
as Prema Mutiso
2015
Movie
Miss Sloane
as Esme Manucharian
2016
Movie
A Wrinkle in Time
as Dr. Kate Murry
2018
Movie
Free State of Jones
as Rachel
2016
Movie
Motherless Brooklyn
as Laura Rose
2019
Movie
Odd Thomas
as Viola Peabody
2013
Movie
Lift
as Abby Gladwell
2024
Movie
Larry Crowne
as Talia
2011
Movie
The Whole Truth
as Janelle
2016
Movie
The Woman in Cabin 10
as Rowan
2025
TV
The Morning Show
as Hannah Shoenfeld
2019
Movie
Belle
as Dido Elizabeth Belle
2013
Movie
Irreplaceable You
as Abbie
2018
TV
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
TV
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
as Seladon (voice)
2019
Movie
Beyond the Lights
as Noni Jean
2014
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
