Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha-Raw MBE ( /Ɡ U ɡ U əm b AE t ə r ɔː / ;owazalwa ngomhlaka 21 Ephreli 1983) ungumlingisi ongumNgisi. Ngemuva kokufunda eRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art, waqala ukulingisa kumabonakude waseBrithani nakwimidlalo yasesiteji, wavela ochungechungeni lwezinganekwane zesayensi uDoctor Who (2007), waqhubeka wabonakala kwifilimu yamahlaya kaTom Hanks uLarry Crowne (2011), nochungechunge lwesikhashana lwethelevishini i- Undercovers (2010) neTouch (2012). UGugulethu Sophia Mbatha-Raw wazalwa ngomhlaka 21 Ephreli 1983 e- Oxford, indodakazi kaPatrick Mbatha, ongudokotela waseNingizimu Afrika, kanye no-Anne Raw, umhlengikazi oyiNgisi.Wakhulela eWitney . Igama lakhe lokuqala ukusikwa kwe- igugu lethu , okusho ukuthi "umcebo wethu" ngesiZulu nangesiXhosa . Unentshisekelo ekulingiseni, emdansweni, nakwithiyetha yomculo kusukela esemncane, uMbatha-Raw wafunda e- Henry Box School futhi wabamba iqhaza kwiNational Youth Theatre . Izikweletu zakhe zifaka ukudansa eJudy Tompsett School of Dance, manje esaziwa ngeMarsh Tompsett School of Dance. Ngo-2001, wathuthela eLondon ukuyoziqeqesha eRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art . Ngesikhathi sakhe njengomfundi ubesebenza endaweni ekhangayo esanda kuvulwa, iThe London Eye .