Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Biography
Gugu Mbatha-Raw is a British actress who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and came up through the National Youth Music Theatre. At Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre she drew notice in 2005 for her Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and her Octavia in Antony and Cleopatra. In 2009 she played Ophelia in Hamlet in the West End and on Broadway. Early screen work included Doctor Who, Undercovers, and Touch. She played the title part in Belle (2013), which brought her a Best Actress win at the British Independent Film Awards, and starred as a singer in Beyond the Lights (2014). She later appeared in Miss Sloane (2016), A Wrinkle in Time (2018), and Motherless Brooklyn (2019). On television she was in the Black Mirror episode San Junipero and played Judge Ravonna Renslayer in Loki, and she starred in and executive produced Surface. She was appointed an MBE in 2017.
43years old
Turns 44 on April 21in 189 days
- Born Oxford
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha (birth name)Also credited as Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha-Raw
Movie Career
- Films
- 20
- Career span
- 18 years2007 to 2025
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Big break
Mbatha-Raw was cast as Ophelia in Hamlet in 2009, playing opposite Jude Law as Prince Hamlet on London's West End and Broadway. J. J. Abrams saw her in that production and cast her in Undercovers, his 2010 television series.
Behind the camera
Mbatha-Raw served as an executive producer on the Apple TV+ psychological thriller series Surface, in which she starred in 2022 and 2025.
Gugu Mbatha-Raw movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Free State of Jones2016 Action, Biography, Drama, History, War, Westernas Rachel
IMDb rating 6.969K votes
Most often with
Twelve actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together6 more actors
- David OyelowoA Wrinkle in Time (2018) and The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)
- Penelope WiltonSummerland (2020) and Belle (2013)
- Adewale Akinnuoye-AgbajeFarming (2018) and Concussion (2015)
- Sean BridgersFree State of Jones (2016) and The Whole Truth (2016)
- Thomas Francis MurphyFree State of Jones (2016) and The Whole Truth (2016)
- Christopher BerryFree State of Jones (2016) and The Whole Truth (2016)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Gugu Mbatha-Raw's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$272 million
12 of the 20 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 20 films: 12 worldwide figure; 5 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 12Worldwide figure
- 5Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$133M48.7% of the total
- 2$50M18.5% of the total
- 3$25M9.2% of the total
- 4$18M6.7% of the total
- 5$17M6.1% of the total
- 6$15M5.4% of the total
- 7$9.1M3.3% of the total
- 8$2.9M1.1% of the total
$2.8 millionfrom the other 4 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| Member of the Order of the British Empire | Won | ||
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