Question: is gugu mbatha-raw south african?
Answer: Early life. Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha-Raw was born on 21 April 1983 in Oxford, the daughter of Patrick Mbatha, a black South African doctor, and Anne Raw, a white English nurse. She grew up in Witney. Her first name is a contraction of igugu lethu, which means "our pride" in Zulu and in isiXhosa.