Beauty and the Beast
2017
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Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha-Raw MBE ( / ˈɡuːɡuː əmˈbætərɔː /; [1] [2] born 21 April 1983) is an English actress. She began acting at the National Youth Theatre and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and 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.
Mbatha-Raw appeared on such varied television series as Bad Girls (1999), Doctor Who (2005), 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.
Gugu opens up on power, self-love and her quiet ascent to ‘Badass leading lady’ in the Netflix heist LIFT. Visit the link in bio to read her exclusive interview.
Actress: Belle. 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.
Oct 25, 2023 · From Miss Sloane to Easy, these are Gugu Mbatha-Raw's best movies and TV shows, according to Rotten Tomatoes.
Jul 26, 2022 · July 26, 2022. LONDON — A few minutes into “ Surface,” a new eight-part series from Apple TV+, the central character, Sophie, played by Gugu Mbatha-Raw, asks her therapist a question: “If my life...
Jul 28, 2022 · Everything is beautiful and full of darkness. That’s how Gugu Mbatha-Raw describes the world of her new series, Surface, a noirish Apple TV+ drama about Sophie, a well-heeled British woman ...
