Cush Jumbo

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Gender	Female
Age	39
Date of birth	September 23,1985
Zodiac sign	Libra
Born	Denmark Hill
	London
	United Kingdom
Height	170 (cm)
Spouse	Sean Griffin
Parents	Marx Jumbo
	Angela Jumbo
Books	101 Dance Ideas Age 5-11
Job	Actor
	Playwright
Education	The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
	BRIT School
Movies/Shows	City of Tiny Lights
	The Good Wife
	Remainder
	The Inbetweeners Movie
	Harley Street
	The Good Fight
	Vera
	The Art of Directing
	Stay Close
Awards	Ian Charleson Awards
	Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Solo Show
Children	1
Plays	Josephine And I
Date of Reg.	2019-02-22 12:00:33
Date of Upd.	2023-06-25 08:20:04
ID	448758

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Cush Jumbo OBE 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 and the CBS All Access spin-off series The Good Fight.

Olivier Awards: Eddie Redmayne's Cabaret leads nominations

Mar 9,2022 3:17 pm

... The pair will go up against Cush Jumbo, who is nominated for playing Hamlet, and Sheila Atim for the parallel universe romantic comedy Constellations...

Music preview 2022: The biggest releases, tours and films

Dec 29,2021 4:21 am

... Based on the stage show The Band, it was due to begin filming in 2020 with Rosamund Pike and Cush Jumbo in the cast, before the pandemic interrupted...

Olivier Awards: Eddie Redmayne's Cabaret leads nominations

Dec 29,2021 4:21 am

Eddie Redmayne , Lily Allen , Emma Corrin , Jessie Buckley and Beverley Knight are among The Stars nominated for The West End's top theatre awards.

A new production of The Musical Cabaret starring Redmayne and Buckley leads the Olivier Award nominations with 11.

It's followed by a adaptation of Best -selling novel Life of Pi and a revival of Anything Goes , with nine each.

Allen and Corrin are up for Best actress in a play, with Knight in the running for Best actress in a musical.

Allen , who made her name as a singer, also recently from the WhatsOnStage website for her theatre debut in The Thriller 2:22 - A Ghost Story .

Corrin , Best known for portraying Princess Diana in Netflix's The Crown , is nominated for Anna X, a play inspired by The Story of " fake heiress" Anna Sorokin .

The pair will go up against Cush Jumbo , who is nominated for playing Hamlet , and Sheila Atim for The Parallel universe Romantic Comedy Constellations .

The Other nominees include the seven performers who operate The Puppet Tiger in Life of Pi, who share a nomination for Best Supporting Actor .

A musical based on the 1985 film Back To The Future has seven nominations, while Moulin Rouge! The Musical and the National Theatre 's production of Larry Kramer 's play The Normal Heart, set during the 1980s Aids crisis, have five each.

The awards will be handed out at The Royal Albert Hall in London on 10 April.

Read more about the nominees:

The main Olivier Award nominees

Best actress

Best actor

Best actor in a musical

Best actress in a musical

Best actor in a supporting role

Best actress in a supporting role

Best actress in a supporting role in a musical

Best actor in a supporting role in a musical

Best new play