Cush Jumbo

Quick Facts

Full Name	Cush Jumbo
Occupation	TV Actress
Date Of Birth	Sep 23, 1985(1985-09-23)
Age	39
Birthplace	London
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Virgo

Cush Jumbo Biography

Cush Jumbo is one of the most popular and richest TV Actress who was born on September 23, 1985 in London, England, United Kingdom. Actress and writer for the screen and stage who is well-known on the latter for her performance in the role of Lucca Quinn from The Good Wife and its sequel, The Good Fight. She was also on the ITV show Vera and was awarded an Ian Charleson Award in recognition of her performance playing Rosalind In As You Like It (2011).

She was a part of the actress She acted alongside Christine Baranski in both The Good Wife and The Good Fight. in both The Good Wife and The Good Fight.

Jumbo also co-wrote the musical Rebels and Retail, a shortlisted entrant in the Perfect Pitch West End Showcase 2008.

Jumbo’s theatre credits include Brixton Stories at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, Liquid Gold at the Almeida and Love’s Labour’s Lost at Shakespeare’s Globe. She has also 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. In 2012 she won the Ian Charleson Award for her performance as Rosalind in William Shakespeare’s As You Like It at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. Clare Brennan of The Guardian spoke of Jumbo’s performance in As You Like It saying “If these performances truly reflect her talent, Jumbo looks set to become one of the best actresses of her generation”. Jumbo played Constance Neville in She Stoops to Conquer at the National Theatre in 2012 and Mark Antony in an all female production of Julius Caesar at the Donmar Warehouse for which she received a nomination for an Olivier Award. She took part again in the production when it was revived in New York in October 2013. In May 2013, she played the role of Nora in A Doll’s House at the Royal Exchange Theatre. In October 2013 she won a UK Theatre Award for this performance.

The couple was parents Angela (British) as well as Marx Jumbo (Nigerian) in King’s College Hospital in Denmark Hill. Her birth was second child of seven children. She along with their husband Sean Griffin have a son named Maximilian who was born in 2017.

Cush Jumbo Net Worth

Cush Jumbo is one of the richest TV Actress from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Cush Jumbo 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She took dancing classes at when she was three years old. She studied in the Francis Cooper School of Dance between the ages of 11 and 15. At 14 she left her school, the Cator Park School for Girls and began acting more seriously through BRIT School. BRIT School in Selhurst.

Her role in the role of Mark Antony in an all-female cast of Julius Caesar earned a Laurence Olivier Award nomination. She also wrote and performed in a one-woman play called Josephine and I. She was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2019 for her contributions to drama.

Cush Jumbo OBE (born 23 September 1985) is an English actress and writer. She is best known for her starring role as attorney Lucca Quinn in the CBS legal drama series The Good Wife (2015–2016) and the CBS All Access spinoff series The Good Fight (2017–present).

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Cush Jumbo height 5 ft 7 in Cush weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Cush Jumbo Dating?

According to our records, Cush Jumbo married to Sean Griffin. As of December 1, 2023, Cush Jumbo’s is not dating anyone.

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On television, 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 she was directed by fellow Torchwood actor Peter Capaldi. She 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. She has also appeared several times on BBC Radio 4 in dramas and as a guest on the panel show Dilemma. She became a regular cast member in the 2015–2016 season of the CBS series The Good Wife until the series ended in 2016. She reprised her role in the series’ spinoff The Good Fight.

Facts & Trivia

Cush Ranked on the list of most popular TV Actress. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Cush Jumbo celebrates birthday on September 23 of every year.

Jumbo was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to drama.

Why is Cush Jumbo called Cush?

The origin of her unusual name stemmed from her parents, a British mother and a Nigerian father, both of whom loved biblical/historical names. Cush was derived from the ancient King Kush of Egypt coupled with her father’s name, Jumbo.

What does Cush Jumbo husband do for a living?

That role saw Cush and her husband, tech director Sean Griffin, live in New York for five years. Now 36, she’s been back in the UK since early 2020, to a ferocious demand for her talents.

What is Cush Jumbo doing now?

After a five-year stay in the US for her role in the CBS dramas, she returned to the UK for a number of British TV dramas. Since 2020, Jumbo has starred in Channel 4’s Deadwater Fell, Apple TV’s series Trying, and Britbox’s The Beast Must Die.

How old is Cush Jumbo?

37 years (September 23, 1985)

What does the name Cush mean?

In Biblical Names the meaning of the name Cush is: Ethiopians, blackness.