Gugu Mbatha-Raw
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gugu Mbatha-Raw, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Daily Show
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Doctor Who
The Graham Norton Show
Black Mirror
Loki
Loki
All Movies (39)
- Fuze2026 · as Zuzana
- Deep Dive2026 · as Self
- The Woman in Cabin 102025 · as Rowan
- Lift2024 · as Abby Gladwell
- Come Away2020 · as Alice Littleton (Adult)
- Summerland2020 · as Vera
- Misbehaviour2020 · as Jennifer Hosten - Miss Grenada
- Motherless Brooklyn2019 · as Laura Rose
- The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance2019 · as Self
- Fast Color2019 · as Ruth
- Farming2018 · as Ms. Dapo
- A Wrinkle in Time2018 · as Dr. Kate Murry
- Irreplaceable You2018 · as Abbie
- The Cloverfield Paradox2018 · as Ava Hamilton
- After the Storm2017 · as Mother
- August 28: A Day in the Life of a People2017 · as Self
- Beauty and the Beast2017 · as Plumette
- Miss Sloane2016 · as Esme Manucharian
- Free State of Jones2016 · as Rachel
- The Whole Truth2016 · as Janelle
- Concussion2015 · as Prema Mutiso
- Jupiter Ascending2015 · as Famulus
- Beyond the Lights2014 · as Noni Jean
- 9 Kisses2014 · as Bride
- Belle2013 · as Dido Elizabeth Belle
- Odd Thomas2013 · as Viola Peabody
- Larry Crowne2011 · as Talia
- All My Dreams on VHS2009 · as Erica
- Act of God2009 · as Rose
- Fallout2008 · as Shanice Roberts
- Walk Away and I Stumble2007 · as Nurse
- Straightheads2007 · as Young PA
- Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley2007 · as Jessica
- Born Equal2006 · as Girl at King's Cross Station
- Viva Blackpool2006 · as Pretty Young Woman
- Nobody’s Heart— · as Lily
- Seacole— · as Mary Seacole
- An Untamed State— · as Mireille Duval Jameson
- Blood Ties— · as Detective Reese Rezek
All TV Shows (37)
- TRINITY2026 · as Commander Katherine Decker
- The Claudia Winkleman Show2026 · as Self
- The War Between the Land and the Sea2025 · as Salt
- Sherri2022 · as Self - Guest
- Surface2022 · as Sophie Ellis
- Surface2022 · as Tess Caldwell / Sophie Ellis
- The Girl Before2021 · as Jane Cavendish
- Loki2021 · as Judge Ravonna Renslayer
- Loki2021 · as Ravonna Renslayer
- Marvel Studios Assembled2021 · as Self - Ravonna Renslayer
- The Morning Show2019 · as Hannah Shoenfeld
- The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance2019 · as Seladon (voice)
- Easy2016 · as Sophie
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
- Touch2012 · as Clea Hopkins
- Black Mirror2011 · as Kelly Booth
- Undercovers2010 · as Samantha Bloom
- Lost in Austen2008 · as Pirhana
- Bonekickers2008 · as Viv Davis
- The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
- Rachael Ray2006
- The One Show2006 · as Self
- Vital Signs2006 · as Eve
- Totally Doctor Who2006 · as Self
- Walk Away and I Stumble2005 · as Nurse
- Doctor Who Confidential2005
- Doctor Who2005 · as Tish Jones
- Agatha Christie's Marple2004 · as Tina Argyle
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
- Spooks2002 · as Jenny
- Bad Girls1999 · as Fidelity
- The Daily Show1996 · as Self
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
- Entertainment Tonight1981 · as Self
- Possession— · as Claudia