Cush Jumbo
Actor
Born September 23, 1985 in Lambeth, United Kingdom (41 years old)
Theatre
Cush Jumbo 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 the Paramount Plus spin-off series The Good Fight (2017–2021) and most recently June Lenker in the Apple TV+ series Criminal Record (2024).
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Career Trajectory
Cush Jumbo's career trajectory traces a deliberate ascent from emerging talent to established classical interpreter. After graduating from Royal Central in 2006, she built her reputation through award-winning performances at London's leading theatres—the Royal Exchange, Bush Theatre, Donmar Warehouse, and Young Vic—while simultaneously establishing herself as a television presence through her acclaimed role as Lucca Quinn in The Good Wife and its successor series. Her 2021 performance as Hamlet at the Young Vic, which earned an Olivier Award nomination and a Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Shakespearean Performance, crystallized her status as one of Britain's most intellectually rigorous actors, capable of commanding both intimate one-woman shows and the full weight of canonical tragedy.
Career Highlight
Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Shakespearean Performance for Hamlet at the Young Vic Theatre (2022); Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress (2022)
At a Glance
- Voice
- Actor
- Nationality
- British
- Born
- 1985 · Lambeth, United Kingdom
- Active since
- 2022
Training & Education
Adamsrill Primary School; Glenlyn Stage School; Francis Cooper School of Dance; BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology (1999–2003); Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (graduated 2006, first-class honours in acting)
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Engagements
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Career Arc
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1985Born in Lambeth, United Kingdom
2022Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Shakespearean Performance for Hamlet at the Young Vic Theatre
2022Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress
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