Cast & creator
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Daily Show
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gugu Mbatha-Raw, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha, Gugulethu Mbatha, Gugulethu Mbatha-Raw, Gugu Mbatha Raw
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1981–2026 · acting roles
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Filmography (80)
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Daily Show
Self
1996
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Doctor Who
Tish Jones
2005
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
Holby City
Colette Hill
1999
Loki
Judge Ravonna Renslayer
2021
The One Show
Self
2006
Black Mirror
Kelly Booth
2011
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Spooks
Jenny
2002
The Morning Show
Hannah Shoenfeld
2019
Agatha Christie's Marple
Tina Argyle
2004
Touch
Clea Hopkins
2012
Marvel Studios Assembled
Self - Ravonna Renslayer
2021
Beauty and the Beast
Plumette
2017
Rachael Ray
2006
Bad Girls
Fidelity
1999
Doctor Who Confidential
Self
2005
Trial & Retribution
Jenny Miller
1997
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Surface
Sophie Ellis
2022Surface
Tess Caldwell / Sophie Ellis
2022Surface
Executive Producer
2022
Jupiter Ascending
Famulus
2015
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Seladon (voice)
2019
Fuze
Zuzana
2026
The War Between the Land and the Sea
Salt
2025
Easy
Sophie
2016
A Wrinkle in Time
Dr. Kate Murry
2018
Possession
Claudia
2026Possession
Executive Producer
2026
Miss Sloane
Esme Manucharian
2016
Free State of Jones
Rachel
2016
Lift
Abby Gladwell
2024
Undercovers
Samantha Bloom
2010
Larry Crowne
Talia
2011
The Cloverfield Paradox
Ava Hamilton
2018
The Woman in Cabin 10
Rowan
2025
Odd Thomas
Viola Peabody
2013
Motherless Brooklyn
Laura Rose
2019
Come Away
Alice Littleton (Adult)
2020
The Claudia Winkleman Show
Self
2026
Concussion
Prema Mutiso
2015
The Girl Before
Jane Cavendish
2021The Girl Before
Associate Producer
2021
The Whole Truth
Janelle
2016
Beyond the Lights
Noni Jean
2014
Bonekickers
Viv Davis
2008
Lost in Austen
Pirhana
2008
Totally Doctor Who
Self
2006
Misbehaviour
Jennifer Hosten - Miss Grenada
2020
Vital Signs
Eve
2006TRINITY
Commander Katherine Decker
Irreplaceable You
Abbie
2018
Belle
Dido Elizabeth Belle
2013
Summerland
Vera
2020
Fast Color
Ruth
2019
Straightheads
Young PA
2007
The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Self
2019Walk Away and I Stumble
Nurse
2005
9 Kisses
Bride
2014
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
Self
2017
Farming
Ms. Dapo
2018
Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley
Jessica
2007Blood Ties
Detective Reese Rezek
Born Equal
Girl at King's Cross Station
2006
Deep Dive
Self
2026
Fallout
Shanice Roberts
2008
Walk Away and I Stumble
Nurse
2007
Viva Blackpool
Pretty Young Woman
2006
Act of God
Rose
2009Seacole
Mary Seacole
All My Dreams on VHS
Erica
2009
After the Storm
Mother
2017Nobody’s Heart
Lily
An Untamed State
Mireille Duval Jameson