10 Female Actors on the Rise

5. Gugu Mbatha-Raw

The 29-year-old Brit first garnered attention stateside for her Ophelia on Broadway, opposite Jude Law’s Hamlet. She went on to the failed J.J. Abrams NBC series “Undercovers” but bounced back with a supporting role opposite Tom Hanks in the film “Larry Crowne,” then was cast on “Touch” opposite Kiefer Sutherland. Recently departed from the Fox series, Gugu Mbatha-Raw may wind up back in England—but not if her increasingly large group of famous admirers has anything to say about it. (Photo Courtesy Fox)