| Gugu Mbatha-RawMBE | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg/440px-Gugu_Mbatha-Raw_Belle_(9711624561)_(cropped).jpg) Mbatha-Raw en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Toronto 2013 | |
| Nació | Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha-Raw 21 de abril de 1983 Oxford , Oxfordshire , Inglaterra |
| alma mater | Real Academia de Arte Dramático |
| Ocupación | Actriz |
| Años activos | 2004-presente |
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Gugulethu "Gugu" Sophia Mbatha-Raw MBE ( / ɡ U ɡ U əm b æ t ə r ɔː / ; [1] [2] nacido el 21 de abril de 1983) es una actriz británica. Después de estudiar en la Royal Academy of Dramatic Art , comenzó a actuar en la televisión británica y en producciones teatrales, apareciendo en la serie de ciencia ficción Doctor Who (2007), y luego apareció en producciones estadounidenses como la película de comedia Larry Crowne (2011). ), y la breve serie de televisión Undercovers (2010) y Touch (2012).
El gran avance de Mbatha-Raw llegó con el drama de época británico Belle (2013), por el que ganó el premio BIFA a la mejor actriz , y el drama romántico Beyond the Lights (2014). Su interpretación principal como personaje principal en la obra de 2015 de Jessica Swale , Nell Gwynn, le valió una nominación para el premio Evening Standard Theatre a la mejor actriz . Su papel protagónico en " San Junipero ", un episodio de la tercera temporada de la serie de antología Black Mirror , fue elogiada. Su carrera progresó con papeles en las películas Miss Sloane (2016), Beauty and the Beast (2017),Mal comportamiento (2020) y laserie dramática de Apple TV + The Morning Show (2019). En febrero de 2021, Mbatha-Raw fue nombrado Embajador de Buena Voluntad globaldel Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados (ACNUR).
Vida temprana [ editar ]
Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha-Raw nació el 21 de abril de 1983 [3] [4] [5] en Oxford , hija de Patrick Mbatha, un médico sudafricano , y Anne Raw, una enfermera inglesa . [6] Creció en Witney . Su primer nombre es una contracción de igugu lethu , que significa "nuestro tesoro" en zulú y en isiXhosa .
Interesado en la actuación, la danza y el teatro musical desde una edad temprana, Mbatha-Raw asistió a la Henry Box School y participó en el National Youth Theatre . Sus créditos incluyen bailar en la Escuela de Danza Judy Tompsett, ahora conocida como Escuela de Danza Marsh Tompsett. [7] En 2001, se mudó a Londres para formarse en la Royal Academy of Dramatic Art . Durante su tiempo como estudiante, trabajó en la atracción recién inaugurada, The London Eye .
Carrera [ editar ]
Carrera temprana [ editar ]
Mbatha-Raw interpretó papeles menores en series de televisión como Bad Girls (2006) y Marple (2007). En Doctor Who apareció como Tish Jones, la hermana de su compañera Martha Jones , de manera más destacada en " The Lazarus Experiment " (2007). Uno de sus primeros avances en el teatro fue en Romeo y Julieta en el Royal Exchange Theatre , Manchester en 2005, jugando Julieta opuesta Andrew Garfield como Romeo . [8] Mbatha-Raw fue nominada a mejor actriz en los premios Manchester Evening News Theatre.por su interpretación de Julieta. También apareció como Octavia en Antonio y Cleopatra en el mismo teatro en 2005. [9]
En 2009, Mbatha-Raw fue elegida para el papel de Ofelia en Hamlet en el West End y Broadway de Londres, junto a Jude Law como el papel principal. [10] En septiembre de 2010, fue elegida para la serie de televisión de JJ Abrams Undercovers , después de que él la vio en Hamlet. . La serie fue cancelada dos meses después. [11] [12]
En junio de 2011, Mbatha-Raw fue elegida como la protagonista femenina de la serie de televisión de Fox Touch junto a Kiefer Sutherland . [13] Tuvo un papel secundario en la comedia romántica Larry Crowne (2011), escrita y dirigida por Tom Hanks , quien protagonizó el papel principal. [14] También fue nombrada una de los 42 británicos a seguir por la Academia Británica de Cine y Televisión . [15]
2013-presente [ editar ]
Mbatha-Raw recibió elogios por protagonizar la película Belle (2013) de Amma Asante , interpretando al personaje histórico del mismo nombre, Dido Elizabeth Belle , una mujer de raza mixta criada como una dama en la casa de su tío paterno, el señor presidente del Tribunal Supremo Mansfield , en la 18a. Inglaterra del siglo . [16] [17]
The film debuted at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival where it was acquired by Fox Searchlight Pictures. It was released in 2014. Mbatha-Raw was nominated for numerous awards for her performance, including two British Independent Film Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film, which she won, and Most Promising Newcomer. She was also nominated for a Satellite Award for Best Actress.[citation needed] In 2014, Mbatha-Raw spoke at the United Nations headquarters when the filmed screened in honor of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.[18]
In 2014, Mbatha-Raw also starred as a popular singer in the romantic drama Beyond the Lights. The film debuted at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. For her work in Beyond the Lights, Mbatha-Raw was nominated for Best Actress at the 2014 Gotham Awards.[19]
In 2014, Mbatha-Raw was recognized by Elle Magazine during the Women in Hollywood Awards, honoring women for their outstanding achievements in film. These awards span all aspects of the motion picture industry, including acting, directing and producing.[20]
In recognition of her body of work, Mbatha-Raw was nominated in 2015 for a BAFTA Rising Star Award. That year, she had a supporting role in the space opera Jupiter Ascending.[21]
On 3 July 2015, it was announced that Mbatha-Raw would be the first to play the title role in Jessica Swale's Nell Gwynn playing the actress who became the mistress of King Charles II of England; it premiered at Shakespeare's Globe from 19 September to 17 October 2015.[22] She was nominated for an Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance.[23]
Also in 2015, she appeared in the biopic Concussion, starring Will Smith. It is the story of Bennet Omalu, the forensic neuropathologist who first discovered extensive brain damage in NFL players due to concussions, and tried to put a stop to practices that contributed to the condition. She played Prema Mutiso, the wife of Dr. Omalu.[24] The film premiered at the 2015 AFI Festival.[citation needed]
Mbatha-Raw starred opposite Matthew McConaughey in an American biopic on Newton Knight, a yeoman farmer and resister of the Confederacy, in Free State of Jones (2016), directed by Gary Ross. She plays Knight's common-law wife Rachel, a freedwoman he had a family with after the Civil War.[25]
In 2016, Mbatha-Raw appeared in "San Junipero", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror,[26] and played a major supporting role in Miss Sloane, a drama about Washington lobbyists, starring Jessica Chastain. The film premiered at the AFI Film Festival in November.[27]
In 2017, Mbatha-Raw played Plumette in the live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, directed by Bill Condon and co-starring with Emma Watson and Dan Stevens.[28]
In 2018, Mbatha-Raw starred in a number of science fiction feature productions, including A Wrinkle in Time, directed by Ava DuVernay, and The Cloverfield Paradox. The latter film made history that year, with a marketing campaign that saw the film's release onto the streaming platform Netflix, directly after it was advertised worldwide at the 2018 Super Bowl.[29] Mbatha-Raw also played in an independent feature film Fast Color, which premiered worldwide at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Texas.[30]
Director Gina Prince-Bythewood announced in March 2016 that Mbatha-Raw would star in her adaptation of Roxane Gay's novel An Untamed State.[31]
In 2020, Mbatha-Raw joined Disney+'s Loki series.[32]
Mbatha-Raw was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to drama.[33]
In 2021, Mbatha-Raw was appointed to be a global Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Since 2018, she has visited Burundian and Congolese refugees in Rwanda and Uganda as well as taken part in UNHCR’s EveryOneCounts and Films of Hope campaigns.[18]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Straightheads | Young PA | |
| 2011 | Larry Crowne | Talia | |
| 2012 | Odd Thomas | Viola Peabody | |
| 2013 | Belle | Dido Elizabeth Belle | |
| 2014 | Beyond the Lights | Noni Jean | |
| 2015 | Jupiter Ascending | Famulus | |
| Concussion | Prema Mutiso | ||
| 2016 | Free State of Jones | Rachel Knight | |
| The Whole Truth | Janelle Brady | ||
| Miss Sloane | Esme Manucharian | ||
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Plumette | |
| 2018 | The Cloverfield Paradox | Ava Hamilton | |
| Irreplaceable You | Abbie | ||
| A Wrinkle in Time | Kate Murry | ||
| Fast Color | Ruth | ||
| Farming | Ms Dapo | ||
| 2019 | Motherless Brooklyn | Laura Rose | |
| 2020 | Come Away | Adult Alice | |
| Misbehaviour | Jennifer Hosten | ||
| Summerland | Vera |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Holby City | Collette Hill | Episode: "Overload" |
| 2005 | Walk Away and I Stumble | Nurse | Television film |
| 2006 | Vital Signs | Eve | 5 episodes |
| Bad Girls | Fidelity Saunders | 2 episodes | |
| Spooks | Jenny | 9 episodes | |
| 2007 | Doctor Who | Tish Jones | 4 episodes |
| Agatha Christie's Marple | Tina Argyle | Episode: "Ordeal by Innocence" | |
| 2008 | Lost in Austen | Piranha | 2 episodes |
| Bonekickers | Viv Davis | 6 episodes | |
| Trial & Retribution | Jenny Miller | Episode: "The Box: Part 1" | |
| 2009 | Fallout | Shanice Roberts | Television film |
| 2010 | Undercovers | Samantha Bloom | Main role; 13 episodes |
| 2012 | Touch | Clea Hopkins[34] | Main role, 13 episodes (season 1) |
| 2016, 2019 | Easy | Sophie | Episode: "Chemistry Read", "She's Back" |
| 2016 | Black Mirror | Kelly | Episode: "San Junipero" |
| 2019 | The Morning Show | Hannah Shoenfeld | Main role, 10 episodes |
| The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance | Seladon (voice) | 9 episodes | |
| 2021 | Loki | Ravonna Lexus Renslayer | Upcoming miniseries |
| TBA | The Girl Before | Jane | Main role |
Theatre[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Into the Woods | Cinderella's Mother (u/s Rapunzel) | National Youth Music Theatre | |
| 2005 | Antony and Cleopatra | Iras/Octavia | Royal Exchange in Manchester | |
| Romeo and Juliet | Juliet Capulet | Royal Exchange in Manchester | Opposite Andrew Garfield | |
| 2008 | Gethsemane | Monique | National Theatre | |
| 2009–10 | Hamlet | Ophelia | Donmar West End and Broadway | Opposite Jude Law |
| 2015 | Nell Gwynn | Nell Gwynn | Shakespeare's Globe |
Radio[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Living with the Enemy | Sophie/Various | BBC Radio 4, broadcast 14 November – 19 December 2006 |
| 2009 | Choice of Straws | Michelle | BBC Radio 4, The Saturday Play, broadcast on 19 September 2009 |
Awards and nominations[edit]
| Year | Association | Award | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | Undercovers | Nominated |
| 2012 | Black Reel Awards | Best Breakthrough Performance | Larry Crowne | Nominated |
| 2014 | Miami International Film Festival | SIGNIS Award | Belle | Won |
| Chicago International Film Festival | Emerging Artist Award | Beyond the Lights | Won | |
| British Independent Film Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film | Belle | Won | |
| Best Newcomer | Nominated | |||
| African-American Film Critics Association | Best Actress | Won | ||
| Chicago Film Critics Association | Most Promising Performer | Nominated | ||
| Women's Image Network Awards | Actress in a Feature Film | Nominated | ||
| Gotham Independent Film Awards | Best Actress | Beyond the Lights | Nominated | |
| Detroit Film Critics Society | Breakthrough Film Artist | Nominated | ||
| Florida Film Critics Circle | Pauline Kael Breakout Award | 2nd place | ||
| Village Voice Film Poll | Best Actress | 9th place | ||
| Capri Hollywood International Film Festival | Rising Star | Won | ||
| 2015 | BAFTA Awards | BAFTA Rising Star Award | N/A | Nominated |
| London Film Critics' Circle | British Actress of the Year | Belle | Nominated | |
| NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | Nominated | ||
| Satellite Award | Best Actress in a Motion Picture | Nominated | ||
| Black Reel Awards | Best Actress | Won | ||
| Beyond the Lights | Nominated | |||
| International Online Film Critics' Poll | Best Actress | Nominated | ||
| Georgia Film Critics Association | Breakthrough Awards | Nominated | ||
| Empire Awards | Best Female Newcomer | Belle | Nominated | |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Breakthrough Performance | Won | ||
| 2016 | NAACP Image Awards | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Concussion | Nominated |
| Black Reel Award | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
References[edit]
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- ^ "Gugu Mbatha-Raw Attempts to Put Together Mr. Potato Head". Vanity Fair. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "Speed Date: Belles Breakout Gugu Mbatha-Raw Fancies Nina Simone and The Neverending Story". Yahoo!. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- ^ Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005; at ancestry.com
- ^ Elber, Lynn (22 September 2010). "Undercovers colorful mission: bring change to TV". The Gainesville Sun. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ Truffaut-Wong, Olivia. "Gugu Mbatha-Raw Is Changing Hollywood". Bustle.
- ^ "Gugu Mbatha-Raw: Big Questions". BAFTA Guru. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ Gardner, Lyn (15 September 2005). "Romeo and Juliet – Royal Exchange, Manchester". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
- ^ Dehn, Georgia (28 May 2009). "Hamlet with Jude Law at Wyndham's Theatre: Gugu Mbatha-Raw is mad for it". The Telegraph. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
- ^ John, Emma (31 May 2009). "Jude, don't make her mad". Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- ^ Oldenburg, Ann (4 November 2010). "NBC cancels 'Undercovers' after 13 episodes". USA Today. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
- ^ Carter, Bill (4 November 2010). "NBC Cancels 'Undercovers'". New York Times. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (10 June 2011). "'Undercovers' Star Gugu Mbatha-Raw Set As Female Lead In Fox's Pilot 'Touch'". Deadline.com. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ^ Profile, starpulse.com; accessed 1 March 2015.
- ^ "42 Brits to Watch announced" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2011.
- ^ califor123 (13 June 2014). "Belle (2013)". IMDb. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- ^ Obenson, Tambay A. "Gugu Mbatha-Raw Will Be "Belle" In Slavery Pic Based On Mixed-Race Woman Raised In Aristocratic Family". Shadow and Act. Indiewire. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
- ^ a b "British actor Gugu Mbatha-Raw named latest UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador". UN News. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ "2014 Gotham Award Nominations Revealed". The Hollywood Reporter. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ "Meet Elle's 2014 Women in Hollywood". 15 October 2014.
- ^ Zuckerman, Esther. "Shailene Woodley, Miles Teller among BAFTA Rising Star nominees". Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ Rooney, David. "Gugu Mbatha-Raw to Return to London Stage". Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ "Evening Standard Theatre Awards: Full list of nominees". 2 November 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ^ "Gugu Mbatha-Raw stars in Beyond the Light, premiering at TIFF". 7 September 2014.
- ^ Sneider, Jeff (7 January 2015). "Gugu Mbatha-Raw to Star Opposite Matthew McConaughey in Gary Ross' 'Free State of Jones' (Exclusive)". Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ "'Black Mirror' Season 3 Trailer: "No One Is This Happy'". Deadline. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ^ Monji, Jana (12 November 2016). "AFI FEST 2016: "MISS SLOANE"". rogerebert.com. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ Kroll, Justin (13 April 2015). "'Beyond the Lights' Star Gugu Mbatha-Raw Joins 'Beauty and the Beast' (EXCLUSIVE)". Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ^ Super Bowl: Trailers dominate; Netflix disrupts the game, Film Daily, 5 February 2018
- ^ "SXSW 2018: The hottest indie flicks of the festival - Film Daily". 9 March 2018.
- ^ Fleming Jr, Mike (22 March 2016). "Gugu Mbatha-Raw To Star, Gina Prince-Bythewood To Helm 'An Untamed State'". Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ "Casting News: Gugu Mbatha-Raw Joins Tom Hiddleston in 'Loki' TV Series".
- ^ "No. 61962". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2017. p. B21.
- ^ "Gugu Mbatha-Raw joins Kiefer Sutherland in FOXs Touch". HitFix. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
External links[edit]
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw at IMDb
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw at the TCM Movie Database
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw at AllMovie
- Profile of Gugu Mbatha-Raw at the Wayback Machine (archived 13 February 2008), originally from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art website
