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.
Gugu Mbatha-RawI try to define myself through my own choices rather than just accepting society's kind of you're that, you're that, let me put you in a box kind of thing.
Gugu Mbatha-RawAt 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.
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