1. Cush Jumbo was born on 23 September 1985 and is a British actress and writer.
21 Facts About Cush Jumbo
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Cush 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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Cush Jumbo was born in King's College Hospital in the Denmark Hill area of London to parents Angela and Marx Cush Jumbo.
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Cush Jumbo's mother is British and her father is Nigerian.
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Cush Jumbo began dance classes at the age of three.
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Cush Jumbo graduated with a first from the BA Acting course at Central School of Speech and Drama before starting her career.
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Cush Jumbo considered undertaking teacher training in London before finally settling on a career as an actress.
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Cush Jumbo has appeared in productions of The Cherry Orchard, The Crucible, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Richard III and Pygmalion at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester for which she received MEN and Ian Charleson Award nominations.
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Cush Jumbo took part again in the production when it was revived in New York in October 2013.
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In July and August 2013, Cush Jumbo performed in her own debut play Josephine and I, a one-woman play about jazz singer Josephine Baker, which premiered at the Bush Theatre, London.
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Cush Jumbo made her Broadway debut in the autumn of 2014 when she appeared in the transfer of the Royal Court Theatre production of The River by Jez Butterworth, alongside Laura Donnelly and Hugh Jackman.
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Cush Jumbo co-wrote the musical Rebels and Retail, a shortlisted entrant in the Perfect Pitch West End Showcase 2008.
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On television, Cush Jumbo has appeared in My Family, Harley Street, as receptionist Hannah Fellows, as Lois Habiba in all five episodes of Torchwood: Children of Earth, as Becky on BBC Three's drama series Lip Service, Casualty and as Nurse Damaris in Getting On Series 2 and 3, written by Jo Brand, Jo Scanlon and Vicki Pepperdine in which Cush Jumbo was directed by fellow Torchwood actor Peter Capaldi.
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Cush Jumbo appeared as DC Bethany Whelan in series 2 of ITV's Vera, starring Brenda Blethyn, and returned to the show for series 5, broadcast in 2015, and for episode 1 of series 6 in 2016.
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Cush Jumbo has appeared several times on BBC Radio 4 in dramas and as a guest on the panel show Dilemma.
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Cush Jumbo reprised her role in the series' spin-off The Good Fight.
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On 29 May 2020, Cush Jumbo announced that she was departing the series after four seasons.
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In October 2021, Cush Jumbo played the title role in a production of Hamlet at the Young Vic Theatre in London, directed by Greg Hersof.
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Cush Jumbo played the role until the show's closing on 10 February 2024.
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Cush Jumbo married Sean Griffin in 2014 and they have a son, born in 2018.
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Cush Jumbo was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to drama.