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Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha-Raw MBE is a British 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. 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.


Aliases
  • Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha-Raw
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Loki

2021
as Ravonna Renslayer

Jupiter Ascending

2015
as Famulus

Lift

2024
as Abby Gladwell

The Morning Show

2019
as Hannah Shoenfeld

A Wrinkle in Time

2018
as Dr. Kate Murry

Surface (2022)

2022
as Sophie

Touch (2012)

2012
as Clea Hopkins

Belle

2013
as Dido Elizabeth Belle

The Cloverfield Paradox

2018
as Ava Hamilton

Miss Sloane

2016
as Esme Manucharian

Motherless Brooklyn

2019
as Laura Rose

Concussion

2015
as Prema Mutiso

Summerland

2020
as Vera

Larry Crowne

2011
as Talia

Odd Thomas

2013
as Viola Peabody

August 28th

2016
as Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Born Equal

2006
as Girl at King's Cross Station

Viva Blackpool

2006
as Pretty Young Woman

9 Kisses

2014
as Bride

Straightheads

2007
as Young PA

The Whole Truth

2016
as Janelle

Fast Color

2019
as Ruth

Farming

2019
as Ms. Dapo

Bonekickers

2008
as Viv Davis

Come Away

2020
as Adult Alice

Beyond the Lights

2014
as Noni Jean

Misbehaviour

2020
as Jennifer Hosten

Undercovers

2010
as Samantha Bloom

Executive Producer

Episode Surface (2022)
Ictus
2022
Episode Surface (2022)
Muscle Memory
2022
Episode Surface (2022)
New Person, Same Old Mistakes
2022
Episode Surface (2022)
Psychogenic
2022
Episode Surface (2022)
It Comes in Waves
2022
Episode Surface (2022)
The Myth of California
2022
Episode Surface (2022)
It Was Always Going to End This Way
2022
Episode Surface (2022)
See You on the Other Side
2022

Guest Star

Episode Spooks
Episode 6
2006
Episode The Graham Norton Show
Episode 10
2021
Episode Today
May 17, 2010
2010
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Hailee Steinfeld, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mallrat
2019
Episode Spooks
Episode 7
2006
Episode Doctor Who (2005)
Smith and Jones
2007
Episode Spooks
Episode 8
2006
Episode Marvel Studios: Assembled
The Making of Loki
2021
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Ryan Gosling, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Pete Lee
2022
Episode Spooks
Episode 9
2006
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Liam Neeson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, T-Pain & Kehlani
2021
Episode Bad Girls (1999)
Series 8 - Episode 6
2006
Episode Doctor Who (2005)
Last of the Time Lords (3)
2007
Episode Agatha Christie's Marple
Ordeal by Innocence
2007
Episode Black Mirror
San Junipero
2016
Episode Bad Girls (1999)
Christmas Special 2006
2006
Episode The Daily Show
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
2022
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Sting, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Gashi ft. Sting
2020
Episode Totally Doctor Who
Episode 6
2007
Episode Doctor Who (2005)
The Sound of Drums (2)
2007
Episode Marvel Studios: Assembled
The Making of Loki Season 2
2023
Episode Rachael Ray
Edward Norton and His Co-Star, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Are at the Kitchen Table
2019
Episode Doctor Who (2005)
The Lazarus Experiment
2007