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Gugu Mbatha-Raw is a British-born actress of South African and English descent. She has starred in films such as Belle, Beyond the Lights, Concussion, and Beauty and the Beast, and TV shows such as Black Mirror and Loki.
- January 1, 1
- 1.63 m
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Early life
- Acting career
- Film and television
- Career
- Film
- Awards and honours
Gugu Mbatha-Raw was born Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha in the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, England. Her father, Patrick Mbatha, is a Black South African doctor, and her mother, Anne Raw, is a Caucasian English nurse. Her parents separated when she was a year old, and she was brought up by her mother in the town of Witney, Oxfordshire (she is still cl...
In 2001, she won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London. Since graduation in 2004, she has appeared in all media, including as an acclaimed Juliet Capulet in \"Romeo and Juliet\" at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre in 2005, opposite Andrew Garfield as Romeo Montague. Mbatha-Raw was nominated for Best Actress in the M...
Mbatha-Raw appeared on such varied television series as Bad Girls (1999), Doctor Who (2005), Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) and Touch (2012). She had a supporting role in the romantic comedy Larry Crowne (2011), written and directed by Tom Hanks, who also played the title role. She was acclaimed for her performance of Dido Elizabeth Belle in Amma ...
She starred in the romantic drama Beyond the Lights (2014) and was nominated for a Gotham Award for Best Actress for her performance. In 2015, she was nominated for a BAFTA Rising Star Award. That same year, she had a supporting role in Jupiter Ascending (2015), played Prema Mutiso, the wife of Dr. Bennet Omalu (played by Will Smith) in the biopic ...
She played Rachel in Newton Knight's biopic Free State of Jones (2016), directed by Gary Ross, playing Knight's common-law wife, a freedwoman he had a family with after the Civil War. She also played Esme Manucharian in Miss Sloane (2016), Sophie on Netflix's series Easy (2016), and played Kelly, one of the leads in \"San Junipero\", the fourth epi...
Gugu Mbatha-Raw was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in the 2017 Birthday Honours for her services to drama.
- April 21, 1983
Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha-Raw was born on 21 April 1983 in Oxford, the daughter of Patrick Mbatha, a South African doctor, and Anne Raw, an English nurse. Her first name is a contraction of igugu lethu, which means "our pride" in isiZulu.
Aug 11, 2022 · Patrick Mbatha is widely recognized as the father of Gugu Mbatha-Raw. He is a South African doctor. Her father and her mother, Anne Raw split when she was still a baby.
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Learn about the actress's father Patrick Mbatha, a South African doctor, and her mother Anne Raw, a nurse. Find out how they influenced Gugu's career and personal life.
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Oct 1, 2019 · Learn about Gugu Mbatha-Raw, a British actress of South African and English descent. Find out her age, measurements, husband, parents, TV shows, movies, Instagram and net worth.
