Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha, known as Gugu Mbatha-Raw, is an English stage and film actress...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionActress
balance business educated great knowledge
If you're an artist, it's great to have a knowledge of the business and be educated about that, but you've got to keep the balance right between business and artistry; otherwise, you get cynical.
sort yoga
I do a lot of yoga, and when I'm in L.A., I have an outdoorsy sort of lifestyle. It's sort of comfortable, West Coast, yoga chic.
ella fitzgerald listened musical nina
I've always sung. I was really into musical theater when I was growing up. As a kid, I listened to Ella Fitzgerald and Nina Simone, actually, on cassette tapes.
different complexes
I'm interested in playing lots of different complex women.
responsibility blood sweat
It is important to be conscious of the message that you're putting out there. It takes a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get a movie to the screen. I do feel a certain element of responsibility to say something worth saying with it, as well as entertainment.
creative kitchen dishes
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.
reason enjoy
I enjoy classics, but classics are classics for a reason.
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.
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.
low unless wear
When I'm not working, I'm really, really low key. I don't wear makeup unless I have to; I don't get my hair done unless I really need to.