Cush Jumbo is an award-winning actress and writer. Cush was nominated for an Olivier Award in 2014 for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre for Josephine and I which she wrote and performed to rave reviews at the Bush Theatre.
Cush won the award for Best Actress at The Manchester Theatre Awards 2014 for her performance as Nora in A Doll’s House at The Royal Exchange. Prior to this Cush was nominated for an Olivier Award for her performance as Mark Antony in Julius Caesar at The Donmar Warehouse, and was awarded the prestigious Ian Charleson Award 2012 for her performance as the Shakespearean heroine Rosalind in Greg Hersov’s production of As You Like It at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.
Josephine and I is Cush Jumbo’s debut play. As an actress, Cush Jumbo’s theatre work includes Julius Caesar (Donmar Warehouse), She Stoops to Conquer (National Theatre), J’ai Deux Amours (Etcetera Theatre), As You Like It – Ian Charleson Award, Pygmalion (Royal Exchange Manchester), An Argument About Sex (Traverse Theatre) and Liquid Gold (Almeida Theatre). For television, her credits include Vera, Getting On (series regular), Lip Service (series regular), Torchwood (series regular), and Harley Street (series regular); and for film, The Inbetweeners.
