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.
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.
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Oct 25, 2023 · From Miss Sloane to Easy, these are Gugu Mbatha-Raw's best movies and TV shows, according to Rotten Tomatoes.
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 ...
Aug 19, 2022 · Gugu Mbatha-Raw Finds Balance in Surface and Loki. The talented actress, star and executive producer of the elegant Apple TV+ thriller Surface, is convinced she’s just hitting her stride. By...
A classically trained actress, Mbatha-Raw made her mark on British television with supporting roles in popular series like "Spooks" (BBC, 2002- ), a slick spy drama that followed members of...
Jul 9, 2024 · Sam Worthington (Under The Banner Of Heaven) and Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle) have signed on to join Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kraven: The Hunter) and Theo James (The Gentlemen) in Fuze, directed by David ...
Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha-Raw MBE is an English actress, known for her role as Kelly in Black Mirror, Dido Elizabeth Belle in Belle, Noni Jean in Beyond the Lights, and Plumette in Beauty and the Beast.
