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Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Gugulethu Sophia "Gugu" Mbatha-Raw /ˈɡuːɡuː əmˈbætəˌrɔː/, MBE (born 21 April 1983), is an English actress, known for her role as Kelly in Black Mirror, Dido Elizabeth Belle in Belle, Noni Jean in Beyond the Lights, and Plumette in Beauty and the Beast.

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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.

Chance, Emotional, Makeup, Real, Reveal

Different fragrances promote different emotions, and I find that fragrance gets me in the frame of mind for that person.

Different, Emotion, Emotions, Fragrance, Mind, Person

I'm not turning my back on classical theater. It's all about opportunities and timing a lot of the time when things come up.

Classical, Come, Opportunity, Theater, Time, Timing

Don't worry about society's conditioning and the labels that are put on you by external forces. Hold onto your true self.

Conditioning, Hold, Labels, Self, Worry

I'm interested in playing lots of different complex women.

Complex, Complexes, Different, Interested, Lots, Women

I prefer to focus on the future. There are a lot of new stories to be heard.

Focus, Heard, Stories

I was working in the States when Brexit was going on back home in England. I often think that maybe I got a little complacent on the situation since I wasn't physically there. That's when I realized, Wow, anything is possible.

England, Home, Littles, Situation, Thinking, Wow

I was always the one leading the way in terms of wanting to do acting, singing and dancing.

Acting, Dancing, Singing, Wanting

I like being free to take on any project that inspires me and to trust that the work will speak for itself.

Inspire, Being Free, Speak, Trust, Like, Free

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.

Dresses, Exciting, Hair, Home, Makeup

As a biracial girl growing up in England, I'd never really seen any historical characters who looked like me depicted on film before that weren't being brutalized or playing slaves.

Character, Characters, England, Girl, Growing Up, Playing

I'm a multi-faceted human being.

Human, Human Beings, Humans

I try not to limit myself. The actors that inspire me are the comedians and the people able to shape-shift into different roles and into different media. That ensures your longevity as an artist and prevents you from getting bored with yourself and, hopefully, prevents people from getting bored with you.

Artist, Bored, Comedians, Ensures, Media, People

I try not to define myself. Other people are going to do that for you anyway.

Anyway, Define, People, Trying

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.

Blood, Putting, Responsibility, Screen, Sweat, Worth

I was lucky that my mother had a very well-adjusted perspective of the world, and never pressured me to do anything I didn't want to do.

Lucky, Mother, Perspective, Pressured, World

There is the old boys' club, but there are people who are "conviction lobbyists" coming from the heart.

Heart, Boys, People, Old

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.

Breathing Space, Gets, Hair, Jobs, Played, Set

I think all characters that we play are facets of ourselves.

Character, Characters, Facets, Play, Think, Thinking

I enjoy classics, but classics are classics for a reason.

Classics, Enjoy, Reason

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