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Her Full Name is Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha-Raw

Gugu explained to Arsenio that her first name, Gugulethu, means "our pride" in Zulu. She was born in Oxford to Patrick Mbatha, a South African doctor, and Anne Raw, an English nurse. Her parents split when she was a baby.

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