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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Movies (41)
Deep Dive
2026 · Self
La mujer del camarote 10
2025 · Rowan
Fuze
2025 · Zuzana
Lift: Un robo de primera clase
2024 · Abby Gladwell
Érase una vez...
2020 · Alice Littleton (Adult)
Donde está el paraíso
2020 · Vera
Rompiendo las reglas
2020 · Jennifer Hosten - Miss Grenada
Huérfanos de Brooklyn
2019 · Laura Rose
El origen de El cristal encantado: La era de la resistencia
2019 · Self
Fast Color
2019 · Ruth
Hijos de Nadie
2018 · Ms. Dapo
Un viaje en el tiempo
2018 · Dr. Kate Murry
Y nadie más que tú
2018 · Abbie
La Paradoja Cloverfield
2018 · Ava Hamilton
After the Storm
2017 · Mother
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
2017 · Self
La Bella y La Bestia
2017 · Plumette
Sola contra el poder
2016 · Esme Manucharian
Lucha por la libertad
2016 · Rachel
El abogado del mal
2016 · Janelle
La verdad oculta
2015 · Prema Mutiso
El Destino de Júpiter
2015 · Famulus
Mas alla de las luces
2014 · Noni Jean
9 Kisses
2014 · Bride
Belle
2013 · Dido Elizabeth Belle
Odd Thomas: Cazador de fantasmas
2013 · Viola Peabody
El amor llama dos veces (Larry Crowne)
2011 · Talia
All My Dreams on VHS
2009 · Erica
Act of God
2009 · Rose
Fallout
2008 · Shanice Roberts
Doctor Who: Time of the Timelords
2007 · Tish Jones
Walk Away and I Stumble
2007 · Nurse
Straightheads
2007 · Young PA
Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley
2007 · Jessica
Born Equal
2006 · Girl at King's Cross Station
Viva Blackpool
2006 · Pretty Young Woman
Nobody’s Heart
· Lily
Seacole
· Mary Seacole
An Untamed State
· Mireille Duval Jameson
Blood Ties
· Detective Reese Rezek
It's Alright
TV shows (37)
Trinity
2026 · Commander Katherine Decker
La herencia de Hope Hill
2026 · Claudia, Executive Producer
The Claudia Winkleman Show
2026 · Self
The War Between the Land and the Sea
2025 · Salt
Sherri
2022 · Self - Guest
Apariencias
2022 · Sophie Ellis, Tess Caldwell / Sophie Ellis, Executive Producer
La chica de antes
2021 · Jane Cavendish, Associate Producer
Loki
2021 · Judge Renslayer
Marvel Studios: Unidos
2021 · Self - Ravonna Renslayer
The Morning Show
2019 · Hannah Shoenfeld
El cristal encantado: La era de la resistencia
2019 · Seladon (voice)
Easy
2016 · Sophie
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self
Touch
2012 · Clea Hopkins
Black Mirror
2011 · Kelly Booth
Undercovers
2010 · Samantha Bloom
Lost in Austen
2008 · Pirhana
Bonekickers
2008 · Viv Davis
El show de Graham Norton
2007 · Self
Rachael Ray
2006
The One Show
2006 · Self
Vital Signs
2006 · Eve
Totally Doctor Who
2006 · Self
Walk Away and I Stumble
2005 · Nurse
Doctor Who Confidential
2005 · Self
Doctor Who
2005 · Tish Jones
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · Tina Argyle
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
Spooks
2002 · Jenny
Bad Girls
1999 · Fidelity
Holby City
1999 · Colette Hill
Trial & Retribution
1997 · Jenny Miller
The Daily Show
1996 · Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self - Guest
Entertainment Tonight
1981 · Self