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Gugu was named best actress at 2014 British Independent Film Awards for her portrayal of Dido Elizabeth Belle.

Gugu was awarded an MBE in June 2017. 

Gugu was one of 2014 nominees for the BAFTA EE Rising Star Award. 

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Film

Misbehaviour
Jennifer Hosten 
Director Philippa Lowthorpe
Pathe
Seacole
Mary Seacole 
Director Charlie Stratton
Racing Green Pictures
Come Away
Alice Littleton 
Director Brenda Chapman
Fred Films, Yoruba Saxon Productions
Summerland
Vera 
Director Jessica Swale
Shoebox Films
Motherless Brooklyn
Laura Rose 
Director Edward Norton
Warner Brothers
Farming
Ms Dapo 
Director Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Hanyway Films
Fast Color
Ruth 
Producer Jordan Horowitz, Mickey Liddell, Pete Shilaimon
Director Julia Hart
LD Entertainment, Original Headquarter
Irreplaceable You
Abbie 
Director Stephanie Laing
Netflix
A Wrinkle in Time
Dr. Kate Murry 
Director Ava DuVernay
Disney
Cloverfield Paradox
Ava 
Director Julius Onah
Netflix
Miss Sloane
Feature
Esme Manucharian 
Producer Kris Thykier
Director John Madden
Writer Jonathan Perera
Archery Pictures
After the Storm
Short
Mother 
Producer David Oyelowo, Jessica Oyelowo, Jenna Pfefferle
Director Jessica Oyelowo
The Free State of Jones
Rachel 
Director Gary Ross
Larger Than Life Productions
Beauty and the Beast
Plumette 
Director Bill Condon
Disney
Concussion
Prema Mutiso 
Producer Elizabeth Cantillon, Ridley Scott, David Crockett, Giannina Facio, Michael Schaefer, Larry Shuman, David Wolthoff
Director Peter Landesman
Scott Free Productions
The Whole Truth
Janelle 
Director Courtney Hunt
Writer Nicholas Kazan
Film Nation Entertainment
Palm Star Entertainment
Beyond The Lights
Noni 
Director Gina Prince-Bythewood
Relativity
Jupiter Ascending
Famulus 
Director Lana Wachowski & Andy Wachowski
Starring
  • Channing Tatum
  • Sean Bean
  • Mila Kunis
  •
    Sloane Square Films Ltd
    Belle
    Best Actress: British Independent Film Awards 2014
    Belle 
    Director Amma Asante
    Fox Searchlight
    Head Gear Films
    Odd Thomas
    Viola 
    Director Stephen Sommers
    Fusion Films
    Larry Crowne
    Talia 
    Director Tom Hanks
    Universal
    Playtone
    London
    Woman At Kings Cross 
    Director Dominic Savage
    BBC Films
    Act Of God
    Rose 
    Director Ezna Sands/Sean Faughnan
    AOG Films Ltd
    Straightheads
    Young P.A. 
    Director Dan Reed
    Straightheads Ltd

    Television

    The Girl Before
    Jane 
    Creator JP Delaney
    42 for BBC One
    Loki
    Ravonna Renslayer 
    Producer Michael Waldron
    Disney +
    The Morning Show
    Hannah Shoenfeld 
    Director Mimi Leder, David Frankel, Lynn Shelton
    Apple TV
    The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
    Seladon 
    Director Louis Leterrier
    Netflix
    Black Mirror: San Junipero
    Kelly 
    Creator Charlie Brooker
    Director Owen Harris
    Netflix
    Easy: Chemistry Read
    Gugu 
    Creator Joe Swanberg
    Director Joe Swanberg
    Netflix
    Touch Series 1
    Clea Hopkins 
    Director Francis Lawrence
    Writer Tim Kring
    20th Century Fox Television
    Undercovers
    Samantha 
    Director JJ Abrams
    Bonanza Productions for NBC
    The Bone-Kickers
    Vivien 
    Director Sarah O'Gorman/Nick Hurran
    BBC
    Lost In Austen
    Piranha 
    Director Dan Zeff
    Mammoth Screen
    Fallout
    Shanice 
    Director Ian Rickson
    Writer Roy Williams
    Company Television for Channel 4
    Trial & Retribution
    Jenny Miller 
    Director Alex Pillai
    La Plante Productions
    Walk Away & I Stumble
    Ruth 
    Director Nick Hurran
    Granada
    Miss Marple
    Tina 
    Director Moria Armstrong
    LWT
    Dr Who (Semi-Regular)
    Tish 
    Director Charlie Palmer
    BBC
    Dead Clever
    Jessica 
    Director Dearbhla Walsh
    LWT
    Spooks (Semi-Regular)
    Jenny 
    Director Various
    Kudos Television
    Bad Girls
    Fidelity Morgan 
    Director Laurence Moody
    Shed Productions
    Vital Signs (5 Episodes)
    Eve 
    Director Charlie Palmer
    Tiger Aspect
    Legless
    Beth 
    Director Matt Greenhold
    Red Productions

    Theatre

    Nell Gwynn
    Nell Gwynn 
    Director Christopher Luscombe
    Writer Jessica Swale
    Big White Fog
    Wanda 
    Producer Almedia Theatre
    Director Michael Attenborough
    Gethsemane
    Monique Santaniello 
    Producer National Theatre
    Director Howard Davies
    Shakespeare Lab
    Various 
    Producer Almedia/Sydney
    Director Michael Attenborough
    Hamlet
    Ophelia 
    Producer West End/Broadway
    Director Michael Grandage
    Donmar Warehouse
    Romeo & Juliet
    Juliet 
    Producer Royal Exchange
    Director Jacob Murray
    Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
    Anthony & Cleopatra
    Octavia/Iras 
    Producer Royal Exchange
    Director Braham Murray
    Transmissions
    . 
    Producer Birmingham Rep
    Director Ben Paine
    Car Thieves
    Moni 
    Producer Birmingham Rep
    Director Paul Jepson
    As You Like It
    Celia 
    Producer Northcott Exeter
    Director Ben Crocker