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Cush Jumbo OBE (born 23 September 1985) 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 (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).
- She's said that thanks to her name, she never gets forgotten. "The 'Jumbo' is from my father, who is Nigerian, and 'Cush' was a king in ancient Egypt," she told Broadway.com.
- As a teenager, she attended the BRIT School in south London. As Jumbo explains in the video below, it's the U.K.' s only free performing arts academy, which means it welcomes talent from a wide variety of backgrounds.
- Her dad was a house-husband while she was growing up, which gave her a healthy view of gender roles. "My earliest experiences of masculinity are that men do everything women do, and women do everything men do — I just thought that was normal," Jumbo told The Times.
- Her first brush with fame came after appearing in Torchwood. Jumbo has said that after appearing as Lois Habiba in the 2009 series Torchwood: Children of Earth, she was recognized on the street for the first time.
Cush Jumbo is known for playing Lucca Quinn in The Good Wife and writing and starring in Josephine and I. She has also appeared in City of Tiny Lights, Remainder, The Beast Must Die and other TV shows and movies.
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Feb 25, 2024 · Her new series, "Criminal Record," pits her character, an up-and-coming Black detective, Sergeant June Lenker, against a senior white detective in the London police force. It...
Cush Jumbo is a British actress and writer who played Lucca Quinn in The Good Wife. She was also nominated for an Olivier Award for Julius Caesar and won an Evening Standard Award for Josephine and I.
- September 23, 1985
Jul 12, 2021 · The actress talks about her new AMC drama, where she plays a grieving mother who seeks revenge on the man she blames for her son's death. She also reflects on her departure from The Good Fight and working with Jared Harris.
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