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.
self worry labels
Don't worry about society's conditioning and the labels that are put on you by external forces. Hold onto your true self.
jobs breathing-space hair
Because of my job, my hair gets played with a lot on set, so I try to give it little bit of breathing space when Im not working.
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.
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.
dancing singing acting
I was always the one leading the way in terms of wanting to do acting, singing and dancing.
emotional actresses emotional-person
As an actress, I'm an emotional person.
real makeup emotional
It's not often that you get a chance in one role to do the glamour bit and then strip off all the makeup and reveal the real person beneath the façade. Usually, it's either a glamorous role or a raw, emotional role.
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.