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Gugu Mbatha-Raw Ethnicity, Race and Nationality

TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 09: Actress Gugu Mbatha Raw of 'Belle' poses at the Guess Portrait Studio during 2013 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2013 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Jeff Vespa/WireImage)

The biracial British actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw makes many people curious about her ethnicity background. Recently, she described herself as a half black and half white. As for your information, she was born as Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha in Oxfordshire, England on April 21, 1983. She gained widespread recognition after portrayed Dido Elizabeth Belle on movie Belle. You may also her great acting as Noni Jean on Beyond the Light.

Back to her ethnicity background, she is half black and half white. The black ancestry comes from her father side Patrick Mbatha who has South African descent. And the white ancestry comes from her mother side Anne Raw who is considered for having Caucasian descent.

Name: Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Ethnicity: South African, Caucasian

Nationality: British