Cush Jumbo OBE (born 23 September 1985) is a British actress and writer. She is best known for her starring role as attorney Lucca Quinn in the CBS legal drama series The Good Wife (2009–2016) and the CBS All Access spin-off series The Good Fight (2017–2022).
Jumbo also starred as DC Bethany Whelan in the ITV crime drama series Vera (2012, 2015–2016) and as Lois Habiba in the third series of Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood in 2009. She has appeared in numerous theatre productions. She won the Ian Charleson Award for her role as Rosalind in As You Like It (2011) and received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for her role as Mark Antony in an all-female cast of Julius Caesar (2012). She also wrote and starred in the one-woman show Josephine and I, about Josephine Baker (2013).
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 2021 return to the London stage as Hamlet.
Cush Jumbo, Josephine and I
Cush Jumbo, Josephine and I
Cush JumboJosephine And I at the Bush Theatre
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Cush JumboJulius Caesar
Cush Jumbo has appeared on Broadway in 1 shows.
Cush Jumbo has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.
Cush Jumbo's first West End show was Hamlet which opened in 2020
Cush Jumbo has been nominated for several awards, including the Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards for "Josephine and I," Outstanding Solo Performance at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Josephine and I," Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre at the Olivier Awards for "Josephine And I" at the Bush Theatre, the Emerging Talent Award at the Evening Standard Awards, and Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the Olivier Awards for "Julius Caesar."
Cush Jumbo has won the Emerging Talent Award at the Evening Standard Awards.
Cush Jumbo has written 1 shows including Josephine and I (Writer).
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