Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Gugulethu Sophia MbathaRaw 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 Swales 2015 play Nell Gwynn she received an Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress nomination Her early television roles include  Doctor Who2007 the NBC series Undercovers 2010 and FOXs 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 costarred in the Emmy Awardwinning 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 2021present In 2017 MbathaRaw was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE by Queen Elizabeth II for services to drama In February 2021 MbathaRaw was appointed a global Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR Description above from the Wikipedia article Gugu MbathaRaw licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia