The star of Beyond the Lights is the best British import since Cumberbatch.
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, a classically trained actress from Oxford, stomped onto the scene in America when J.J. Abrams noticed her and cast her in the short-lived 2010 NBC series Undercovers.
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She was a badass spy in the vein of Abrams' previous serious Alias.
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So she got to stun in flawless dresses at galas while doing "sexpionage."
The show really tried to make "sexpionage" happen. It didn't.
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She even stunned Boris Kodjoe with her low-key slaying.
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