Gugu Mbatha-Raw

ActorProducerProduction Apr 21 (age 43) Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK 1988–2026 (38 year career)

6.2 avg rating

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, s…

Known For

Film

Loki

Judge Ravonna Renslayer

Film

Beauty and the Beast

Plumette

Film

Miss Sloane

Esme Manucharian

Film

Concussion

Prema Mutiso

Film

The Morning Show

Hannah Shoenfeld

Film

Odd Thomas

Viola Peabody

Film

Free State of Jones

Rachel

Film

Motherless Brooklyn

Laura Rose

Filmography

Acting (77)

Movies (39)

Fuze

2026

as Zuzana

6.4

Deep Dive

2026

as Self

The Woman in Cabin 10

as Rowan

Lift

as Abby Gladwell

Come Away

as Alice Littleton (Adult)

5.8

Misbehaviour

2020

as Jennifer Hosten - Miss Grenada

Summerland

as Vera

Motherless Brooklyn

as Laura Rose

Fast Color

as Ruth

The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

2019

7.6

The Cloverfield Paradox

as Ava Hamilton

A Wrinkle in Time

as Dr. Kate Murry

Farming

as Ms. Dapo

Irreplaceable You

as Abbie

Beauty and the Beast

as Plumette

After the Storm

as Mother

August 28: A Day in the Life of a People

as Self

Miss Sloane

as Esme Manucharian

Free State of Jones

as Rachel

The Whole Truth

as Janelle

Jupiter Ascending

as Famulus

Concussion

as Prema Mutiso

Beyond the Lights

as Noni Jean

9 Kisses

as Bride

Odd Thomas

2013

as Viola Peabody

6.9

Belle

2013

as Dido Elizabeth Belle

Larry Crowne

as Talia

Act of God

as Rose

All My Dreams on VHS

as Erica

Fallout

as Shanice Roberts

Straightheads

as Young PA

Walk Away and I Stumble

2007

as Nurse

4.6

Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley

2007

as Jessica

5.4

Born Equal

2006

as Girl at King's Cross Station

5.0

Viva Blackpool

2006

as Pretty Young Woman

7.5

Nobody’s Heart

as Lily

Seacole

as Mary Seacole

Blood Ties

as Detective Reese Rezek

An Untamed State

as Mireille Duval Jameson

Television (38)

The Claudia Winkleman Show

2026

as Self

3.5

TRINITY

2026 Upcoming

as Commander Katherine Decker

Jul 16

The War Between the Land and the Sea

2025

as Salt

6.8

The War Between the Land and the Sea

as Self

Sherri

as Self - Guest

Surface

as Tess Caldwell / Sophie Ellis

6.2

Loki

2021

as Judge Ravonna Renslayer

8.2

Loki

2021

as Judge Ravonna Renslayer

8.2

Marvel Studios Assembled

2021

as Self - Ravonna Renslayer

The Girl Before

as Jane Cavendish

The Morning Show

as Hannah Shoenfeld

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

as Seladon (voice)

Easy

as Sophie

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

as Self

5.2

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

as Self

5.9

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self

Touch

as Clea Hopkins

Black Mirror

as Kelly Booth

Undercovers

as Samantha Bloom

Lost in Austen

as Pirhana

Lost in Austen

as Pirhana

Bonekickers

as Viv Davis

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

The One Show

as Self

Rachael Ray

Vital Signs

Totally Doctor Who

as Self

Doctor Who

as Tish Jones

Doctor Who Confidential

2005

8.1

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Tina Argyle

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

Spooks

as Jenny

Bad Girls

as Fidelity

Trial & Retribution

The Daily Show

as Self

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

as Self - Guest

5.6

Entertainment Tonight

1981

as Self

4.3

Inheritance

as Claudia

Crew (3)

Television (3)

Surface

Executive Producer

The Girl Before

Associate Producer

Inheritance

Executive Producer