Who is Gugu Mbatha-Raw: Undercovers Actress

Gugu Mbatha-Raw is a British actress who became popular to US audiences with the starring role of Samantha Bloom in JJ Abrams' new television drama Undercovers. In the show, Mbatha-Raw is paired with Boris Kodjoe as married CIA agents forced to unretire (think of the show as a cross between Mr. and Mrs. Smith and JJ Abrams previous television drama Alias.

The beautiful Gugu Mbatha-Raw trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and is known to British audiences for her brief role in Dr. Who as the character Tish Jones, and as the character Jenny in the show Spooks.