Biografía

Her name is pronounced "Goo-Goo mBAH-tah Raw". Her birth name, "Gugulethu" (Goo-Goo-Lay-Too), is a contraction of "igugu lethu", that means "Our Pride" in Zulu.

She was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to Drama. She is an actress in Oxfordshire, England.

Shared the cover of Vanity Fair magazine's 2016 Hollywood issue with, Jane Fonda, Viola Davis, Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Lawrence, Rachel Weisz, Lupita Nyong'o, Brie Larson, Alicia Vikander, Charlotte Rampling, Helen Mirren, Diane Keaton and Saoirse Ronan. Photographed by Annie Leibovitz.

Was one of the eight women honored at the 2014 ELLE Women in Hollywood Awards for their creative contributions to the world of film.

Nominated for the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance as the title role of Jessica Swale's play "Nell Gwynn" (2015).

I try not to limit myself. The actors that inspire me are the comedians and the people able to shape-shift into different roles and into different media. That ensures your longevity as an artist and prevents you from getting bored with yourself and, hopefully, prevents people from getting bored with you.

[on the significance of her role in Belle (2013)] 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.

I always get a little bit scared reading reviews.

I think, irrespective of your race, everybody has moments in life where they don't fit in, or where they try to puzzle through who they really are or to find the courage of their convictions.

[on cooking] I don't really have one dish. I'm a very improvisational cook. I sort of like to make things up as I go along. I'm quite creative in the kitchen.