Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Gugu Mbatha-Raw (* 1983 in Oxford as Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha ;) is a British actress .
Life
Mbatha-Raw was born in 1983 in Oxford as the daughter of Anne Raw from England and Patrick Mbatha from South Africa and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art from 2001 to 2004 . From 2005, she made her first appearances in television series and films and at the Royal Exchange Theater in Manchester. Among other things, she appeared in a production of Romeo and Juliet alongside Andrew Garfield as Juliet . She was nominated for the Manchester Evening News Award for Best Actress for her performance . In the same year she also appeared at the Royal Exchange as Cleopatra in Antonius and Cleopatra .
In 2010 Mbatha-Raw took over the leading role in the u. a. TV series Undercovers produced by JJ Abrams , which was canceled after one season. This was followed by a small supporting role in the film Larry Crowne . In 2012, Mbatha-Raw took on the female lead in the first season of the television series Touch at the side of Kiefer Sutherland . In the second season, however, she was no longer part of the regular cast.
In 2013, Mbatha-Raw starred as Dido Elizabeth Belle in the movie Dido Elizabeth Belle . For this she was u. a. received the British Independent Film Award . Other film and television roles followed, including appearances in Shattering Truth (2015), Beauty and the Beast (2017) and The Time Puzzle (2018). In the 2016 television series Black Mirror , she took on the role of Kelly in the highly acclaimed episode San Junipero .
Filmography (selection)
- 2005: Holby City (TV series, episode 7x14)
- 2005: Legless (TV movie)
- 2005: Walk Away and I Stumble (TV movie)
- 2006: Vital Signs (TV series, 5 episodes)
- 2006: Viva Blackpool (TV movie)
- 2006: Spooks - In the sights of MI5 ( Spooks , TV series, 9 episodes)
- 2006: Bad Girls (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2007: Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley (TV movie)
- 2007: Straightheads
- 2007: Agatha Christie's Marple (TV series, episode 3x02)
- 2007: Doctor Who (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 2008: The Price of Crime ( Trial & Retribution , TV series, episode 11x07)
- 2008: Fallout (TV movie)
- 2008: Bonekickers (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2008: If Jane Austen Only Knew ( Lost in Austen , miniseries, 2 episodes)
- 2009: Act of God
- 2010: Undercovers (TV series, 13 episodes)
- 2011: Larry Crowne
- 2012: Touch (TV series, 13 episodes)
- 2013: Odd Thomas
- 2013: Dido Elizabeth Belle (Belle)
- 2014: Beyond the Lights
- 2015: Jupiter Ascending
- 2015: Shattering Truth (Concussion)
- 2016: Free State of Jones
- 2016: The Whole Truth (The Whole Truth)
- 2016: Black Mirror (TV series, episode 3x04 San Junipero )
- 2016: The Invention of Truth (Miss Sloane)
- 2016, 2019: Easy (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2017: Beauty and the Beast (Beauty and the Beast)
- 2018: The Cloverfield Paradox
- 2018: The time puzzles (A Wrinkle in Time)
- 2018: Irreplaceable You
- 2018: Fast Color
- 2019: Motherless Brooklyn
- 2019: The Dark Crystal: era of resistance ( The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance , TV series, 10 episodes, Voice)
- 2019: The Morning Show (TV series)
- 2020: Come Away
- 2020: Summerland
theatre
- 2005: Romeo and Juliet (Royal Exchange in Manchester, as Juliet Capulet )
- 2005: Antony and Cleopatra (Royal Exchange in Manchester, as Cleopatra )
- 2008: Gethsemane ( Royal National Theater , as Monique )
- 2009–2010: Hamlet (Donmar West End and Broadway, as Ophelia )
- 2015: Nell Gwynn ( Globe Theater in London, as Nell Gwynn )
Web links
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Hamlet with Jude Law at Wyndham's Theater: Gugu Mbatha-Raw is mad for it at telegraph.co.uk, accessed June 24, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mbatha-Raw, Gugu |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mbatha, Gugulethu Sophia (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oxford , Oxfordshire , UK |