Date of Birth : Jun 30th 1983
Gugu Mbatha-Raw was born Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha in Oxford, England. Her name, “Gugulethu”, is a contraction of igugu lethu, means “our pride” (depending on context) in Zulu, like the township of the same name.
Her mother, Anne Raw, is an English nurse, and her father, Patrick Mbatha, is a doctor originally from the Republic of South Africa. Mbatha-Raw grew up in the small town of Witney in Oxfordshire, and attended The Henry Box School, before moving to London to train at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in 2001.