Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha, known as Gugu Mbatha-Raw, is an English stage and film actress...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionActress
life wear
In my own life, when I'm not working, I do wear a lot of black. I think I do feel very comfortable in black.
ella fitzgerald school
I didn't really grow up on hip-hop. Ella Fitzgerald and the old school jazz divas are more my comfort zone.
becomes persona public
When you become a slave to a public persona and don't feel comfortable without it, it becomes a shield, and it shouldn't come at the expense of your self-worth.
approach health mental says somewhere spectrum
Everyone says to you, 'if you play Ophelia, you'll end up crazy,' but we're all somewhere on the spectrum of mental health, and I think that if you approach it that way it's not such an intimidating issue.
alluring clean cleavage delicate
I like the collarbone, a very clean collarbone. I think there's something also very delicate and balletic about that part of a woman's body, and I'm not really a cleavage person, but I do like a back or a shoulder; I think there's something very alluring about backless dresses.
good healthy people rather rocket science somewhere success treat workplace
I see L.A. as a workplace rather than somewhere to live. If I don't get out, I go crazy. If you have a little success, people treat you differently, so it's good to keep a healthy perspective. It's acting, not rocket science.
drama world periods
Because I had grown up with Jane Austen novels and period dramas, I was very familiar with that period and that world.
reading littles scared
I always get a little bit scared reading reviews.
girl growing-up character
As a biracial girl growing up in England, I'd never really seen any historical characters who looked like me depicted on film before that weren't being brutalized or playing slaves.
home makeup hair
At home I wear my own clothes, no makeup and don't do anything exciting with my hair. I get to borrow pretty dresses for the red carpet, and have experts do my hair and makeup.
emotional actresses emotional-person
As an actress, I'm an emotional person.
inspire being-free speak
I like being free to take on any project that inspires me and to trust that the work will speak for itself.
character thinking play
I think there are parts of myself in every character I play.
mother perspective world
I was lucky that my mother had a very well-adjusted perspective of the world, and never pressured me to do anything I didn't want to do.