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I didn't really grow up on hip-hop. Ella Fitzgerald and the old school jazz divas are more my comfort zone.
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
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When I was nine, 'The Borrowers' was such a big series for me!
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This is going to sound really sad, but I didn't really have any heartthrobs when I was growing up. I was a bit of a geek.
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Corsets were a challenge in 'Belle;' fake nails tripped me up in 'Blackbird.' Guess I'm not a mani type of girl!
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I like to choose things that fit my body for sure; you learn to find the things that complement your shape.
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In my own life, when I'm not working, I do wear a lot of black. I think I do feel very comfortable in black.
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I'm interested in playing lots of different complex women.
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I was always the one leading the way in terms of wanting to do acting, singing and dancing. I was lucky that my mother had a very well-adjusted perspective of the world and never pressured me to do anything I didn't want to do.
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I think there are parts of myself in every character I play.
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At 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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I've always sung. I was really into musical theater when I was growing up. As a kid, I listened to Ella Fitzgerald and Nina Simone, actually, on cassette tapes.
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Because of my job, my hair gets played with a lot on set, so I try to give it little bit of breathing space when I'm not working.
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