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Cush Jumbo

Stage Actress / Film Actress | * 09/23/1985 (38) | London (United Kingdom (UK))
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Cush Jumbo (born 23 September 1985) is a British actress and writer. She is best known for her leading role as attorney Lucca Quinn in the CBS drama series The Good Wife (2015–2016) and the Paramount Plus spin-off series The Good Fight (2017–2021) and most recently June Lenker in the Apple series Criminal Record (2024). Jumbo starred as DC Bethany Whelan in the ITV crime drama series Vera (2012, 2015–16) and as Lois Habiba in the third series of Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood in 2009. In theatre, Jumbo received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for playing Mark Antony in Julius Caesar in 2013, and also wrote and performed in the play Josephine and I. She was awarded an Evening Standard Theatre Award for her one-woman show, and reprised her performance Off-Broadway in 2015. Jumbo made her Broadway debut in Jez Butterworth's The River in 2014, and received her second Olivier nomination upon her... ()
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Cush Jumbo is an English actress and writer known for her one-woman theatre show "Josephine and I", which she wrote and starred in. Upon attending one of her performances, the creators of the CBS show "The Good Wife" offered her a supporting role in it during its last season, expanding her role in the spin-off "The Good Fight".

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Thriller

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Awards & Nominations for Cush Jumbo

Officer of The Order of The British Empire Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre
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Movies with Cush Jumbo as Actress(7)

as Dessie Lombard2020 The Postcard Killings
as Melody2016 City of Tiny Lights
as Catherine2015 Remainder
as Check In Woman2011 The Inbetweeners Movie

TV Shows/Series with Cush Jumbo as Actress(10)

as DS June Lenker2024 Criminal Record
as Megan Pierce2021 Stay Close
as Frances Cairnes2021 The Beast Must Die
as Jess Milner2020 Deadwater Fell
as Lucca Quinn2017 The Good Fight
as DC Bethany Whelan2011 Vera
as Becky Love2010 Lip Service
as Lucca Quinn2009 The Good Wife
as herself2007 The Graham Norton Show
as Lois Habiba2006 Torchwood

Movies with Cush Jumbo as Crew(1)

Production/Executive Producer2023 Balestra

TV Shows/Series with Cush Jumbo as Crew(1)

Production/Executive Producer2024 Criminal Record

Additional Information

Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Monday, 09/23 1985 (September) in London (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 38 years + 217 days)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Central School of Speech and Drama, BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology
Cush Jumbo frequently works together with these people:
Robert King (8x, Crew)
Michelle King (6x, Crew)
Russell T Davies (5x, Crew)
Michael J. Fox (4x, Actor)
Peter Capaldi (4x, Actor)
Alan Cumming (4x, Actor)
Brooke Kennedy (4x, Crew)
Harlan Coben (4x, Crew)
Gaby Chiappe (4x, Crew)
Ted Humphrey (4x, Crew)
Damon Beesley (2x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:489161, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 04/21/2024