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Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha-Raw was born on 21 April 1983 [3] [4] [5] in Oxford, the daughter of Patrick Mbatha, a South African doctor, and Anne Raw, an English nurse. [6] Her first name is a contraction of igugu lethu, which means "our pride" in isiZulu. As a student, her father was a member of the African National Congress and activist opposing ...
Gugu Mbatha-Raw. 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. Her parents separated when she was a year old, and she was brought up by her mother in the town of ...
Dec 18, 2021 · “The house,” says Gugu Mbatha-Raw with a laugh, “is the real star.” At one point in the first episode, Mbatha-Raw’s character Jane appears to have developed an intense relationship with ...
Jul 26, 2022 · Gugu Mbatha-Raw is leading and executive producing a major series. “There are amnesia dramas, but I hadn’t seen this with a woman who looks like me at the center,” she said. Amy Lombard for ...
Sep 2, 2022 · Oliver Jackson Cohen as James. The interwoven danger and thrill of diving headfirst into Tess’ past is what excites Mbatha-Raw and creator Veronica West about a potential second season, which ...
Jul 28, 2022 · 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 living a seemingly perfect life in San Francisco.
Nov 30, 2019 · Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian Much of Mbatha-Raw’s work speaks to a worldview formed early on: she was born in Oxford in 1983 to a black South African doctor and a white British nurse.