Gugu Mbatha-Raw is a British actress who has appeared in television shows such as Doctor Who (2007) and Undercovers (2010-2012), as well as films such as Belle (2013), Beyond the Lights (2014), and Black Mirror (2016).

She won the ‘British Independent Film Award’ for ‘Best Actress’ and was nominated for ‘Most Promising Newcomer’ for her promising performance in the film Belle. She was also nominated for a ‘Gotham Award’ for her role in the film Beyond the Lights, for which she received a nomination for ‘Best Actress.’ Not only that, but in the 2017 Birthday Honours, Queen Elizabeth II named Gugu a “Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)” for her services and contributions to drama.

Net Worth of Gugu Mbatha-Raw :

Gugu Mbatha-Raw is a South African actress. Gugu Mbatha-Raw has a net worth of $500 thousand dollars as an English actress. Gugu Mbatha-Raw was born Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, in 1983. She studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London in the early 2000s. In the middle of the decade, she got a number of modest TV jobs, including cameos in “Doctor Who” and “Bad Girls.” In 2010, she landed a starring role in “Undercovers,” however the show was canceled soon after it premiered. Mbatha-Raw then starred in “Touch” in 2011 alongside “24” actor Kiefer Sutherland. In the same year, she starred as Dido Elizabeth Belle in Tom Hanks’ “Larry Crowne.” In 2013, she starred as Dido Elizabeth Belle in the historical film “Belle.” She was also seen in the films “Blackbird” and “Jupiter Ascending.” Mbatha-Raw has a long history on the stage, having played the female lead in “Antony and Cleopatra” and “Romeo and Juliet” at the Royal Exchange in Manchester in 2005. She went on to play Monique in the National Theatre’s 2008 production of “Gethsemane” and featured as Opheila alongside Jude Law in the Donmar West End and Broadway productions of “Hamlet” from 2009 to 2010. In 2006’s “Living with the Enemy” and 2009’s “Choice of Straws,” Mbatha-Raw made appearances on BBC Radio 4. She is currently filming “The Whole Truth,” a film set for release in 2015.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw’s Bio: Age & Parents:

Gugu Mbatha-Raw was born Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha in the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England on April 21, 1983.

Anne Raw, a Caucasian English nurse, is her mother, and Patrick Mbatha, a Black South African doctor, is her father.

Her father was a South African student activist who campaigned against apartheid. Later, he joined the ‘African National Congress (ANC),’ but he fled South Africa because to the threat of being sent to Robben Island, where Nelson Mandel was imprisoned for for two decades. After that, the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR assisted him in resettling in England.

Gugu Mbatha-parents Raw’s split when she was just a year old. As a result, she was reared by her mother in the Oxfordshire town of Witney. She attended Henry Box School and was a member of Dramascope, a local performing organization. She also took dance classes at the Judy Tompsett School of Dance.

She was a member of the Oxford Youth Music Theatre while she was in her teens. She received a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, England, in 2001, and graduated with a BA in Acting from there in 2004.

Social Work :

Gugu Mbatha-Raw is active in social activities in addition to her acting profession.

She visited Rwanda in August 2018, when she visited Gihembe, a Congolese refugee camp, and Mahama, a Burundian refugee camp that houses about 57,000 people. In Kigali, she met with women’s livelihood programs and urban refugees.

Her visit brought attention to two of the world’s least-funded refugee crises: one in Burundi and the other in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She also highlighted MADE51’s groundbreaking work, which empowers artisans by assisting them in selling their products abroad.

She was also a part of the movement’s conception in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Furthermore, rather than focusing on promotional messages on her Twitter and Instagram pages, she speaks out aggressively on global social issues such as sexual harassment.

Dating A Boyfriend?

Gugu Mbatha-Raw had a connection with actor Harry Lloyd in the past. She was in a relationship with him till 2012.

Harry Lloyd, her ex-boyfriend, is a well-known actor who has been in television shows such as Vital Signs (2006), Robin Hood (2006-2007) as Will Scarlett, Game of Thrones (2011) as Viserys Targaryen, and the film The Iron Lady (2011) as Young Denis Thatcher. He was born in London, England, on November 17, 1983, to Marion Dickens and Jonathan Lloyd.

Interesting Facts

• Gugu Mbatha-Raw is a 6 foot tall actress (1.83 meters).
• Harry Lloyd, her ex-boyfriend, is a great-great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens, the famed author.
• Despite the fact that her mother is divorced from her father, she remains close to him.
• In the Zulu language of South Africa, her first name means “Our Pride.”
• She visited South Africa for the first time in December 2013 to meet her relatives. Her relatives jokingly dubbed her ‘The Unifier,’ the same nickname given to Nelson Mandela at one point.

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