Acting credits
66
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Acting
Career Snapshot
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2.1
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Movies: 34Series: 32Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 1216606
IMDb ID: nm1813221
Known for: Acting
Born: April 21, 1983
Age: 42
Place of birth: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1981 - 2026
Years active: 46
Average TMDB rating: 6.56
Wikidata: Q3119298
Also known as
Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha • Gugulethu Mbatha • Gugulethu Mbatha-Raw • Gugu Mbatha Raw • Γκούγκου Μπάθα-Ρο • 구구 엠바사 로 • ググ・バサ＝ロー • Гугу Эмбата-Ро • Гугу Мбата-Роу • 古古·瑪芭塔-勞 • +1 more
Other jobs
Associate Producer (1)Executive Producer (1)
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).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
Apr 2
Fuze
as Zuzana
2026 Movie
6.2
The Woman in Cabin 10
as Rowan
2025 Movie
6.4
Lift
as Abby Gladwell
2024 Movie
5.8
Come Away
as Alice Littleton (Adult)
2020 Movie
7.5
Summerland
as Vera
2020 Movie
6.4
Misbehaviour
as Jennifer Hosten - Miss Grenada
2020 Movie
6.7
Motherless Brooklyn
as Laura Rose
2019 Movie
7.5
The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
2019 Movie
5.9
Fast Color
as Ruth
2019 Movie
6.2
Farming
as Ms. Dapo
2018 Movie
5.1
A Wrinkle in Time
as Dr. Kate Murry
2018 Movie
6.9
Irreplaceable You
as Abbie
2018 Movie
5.6
The Cloverfield Paradox
as Ava Hamilton
2018 Movie
8.0
After the Storm
as Mother
2017 Movie
1.0
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
as Self
2017 Movie
7.0
Beauty and the Beast
as Plumette
2017 Movie
7.4
Miss Sloane
as Esme Manucharian
2016 Movie
6.8
Free State of Jones
as Rachel
2016 Movie
6.5
The Whole Truth
as Janelle
2016 Movie
7.1
Concussion
as Prema Mutiso
2015 Movie
5.5
Jupiter Ascending
as Famulus
2015 Movie
6.8
Beyond the Lights
as Noni Jean
2014 Movie
9 Kisses
as Bride
2014 Movie
7.1
Belle
as Dido Elizabeth Belle
2013 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
6.9
The War Between the Land and the Sea
as Salt • 5 eps
2025 Series
2.7
Sherri
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2022 Series
6.2
Surface
as Sophie Ellis • 8 eps
2022 Series
6.3
The Girl Before
as Jane Cavendish • 4 eps
2021 Series
8.2
Loki
as Judge Ravonna Renslayer • 9 eps
2021 Series
7.2
Marvel Studios Assembled
as Self - Ravonna Renslayer • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.7
The Morning Show
as Hannah Shoenfeld • 10 eps
2019 Series
7.8
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
as Seladon (voice) • 9 eps
2019 Series
6.0
Easy
as Sophie • 2 eps
2016 Series
4.5
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self • 2 eps
2014 Series
6.6
Touch
as Clea Hopkins • 13 eps
2012 Series
8.3
Black Mirror
as Kelly Booth • 1 eps
2011 Series
5.4
Undercovers
as Samantha Bloom • 11 eps
2010 Series
7.1
Lost in Austen
as Pirhana • 4 eps
2008 Series
5.6
Bonekickers
as Viv Davis • 6 eps
2008 Series
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self • 2 eps
2007 Series
5.1
Rachael Ray
1 eps
2006 Series
4.4
The One Show
as Self • 1 eps
2006 Series
4.3
Vital Signs
3 eps
2006 Series
6.5
Totally Doctor Who
as Self • 1 eps
2006 Series
7.6
Doctor Who
as Tish Jones • 4 eps
2005 Series
8.2
Doctor Who Confidential
2 eps
2005 Series