Jumbo, Cush

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Name (Latin)
Jumbo, Cush
Date of birth
1985-09-23
Associated country
Great Britain
Field of activity
Acting
Occupation
Authors
Actresses
Actors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 171578093
Wikidata: Q517935
Library of congress: nb2011014984
Sources of Information
  • 101 dance ideas : age 5-11, 2010:t.p. (Cush Jumbo)
  • IMDb, December 18, 2015(Cush Jumbo; actress; born 1985 in London, England)
  • IMDb, June 3, 2021:(Cush Jumbo, actress ; b. 1985 in London, England, UK)
  • Wikipedia, December 18, 2015(Cush Jumbo (born 23 September 1985); English actress and writer; born London, England; from the ages of 11 to 15, she trained at the Francis Cooper School of Dance; co-author of 101 Dance Ideas for 5-11 yr olds)
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Wikipedia description:

Cush Jumbo (born 23 September 1985) is a British actress and writer. She is best known for her role as attorney Lucca Quinn in the CBS drama series The Good Wife (2015–2016) and its Paramount Plus spin-off series The Good Fight (2017–2021), Megan Pierce / Cassie Morris in Harlan Coben's Netflix miniseries Stay Close (2021), and most recently June Lenker in the Apple TV+ 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 2021 return to the London stage as Hamlet.

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