--- name: "Cush Jumbo" canonical: "https://film.one/person/cush-jumbo" fi1m_id: "cush-jumbo" imdb_id: "nm2685264" tmdb_id: 1417351 wikidata_id: "Q517935" roles: ["Actor"] born: "23 September 1985" reviewed_on_fi1m: 4 average_fi1m_score: 78 average_as: "actor" average_over: 4 updated: "2026-09-17T15:15:27.485286+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Cush Jumbo ## Identity Cush Jumbo - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cush-jumbo - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** cush-jumbo - **IMDb ID:** nm2685264 - **TMDB ID:** 1417351 - **Wikidata ID:** Q517935 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cush_Jumbo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q517935, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2685264/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1417351 Actor. Born 23 September 1985 in London, England, UK. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 23 September 1985, London, England, UK - **Active:** 2006–present - **Also known as:** کوش جامبو - **Frequently works with:** [Paul Rutman](https://film.one/person/paul-rutman.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 4 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (2), 2010s 72 (1), 2020s 81 (1) - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 1 of 3 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 2, Action & Adventure 1, Mystery 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cush_Jumbo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q517935, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2685264/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1417351 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Criminal Record*](https://film.one/tv/criminal-record.md) (81), [*Vera*](https://film.one/tv/vera.md) (72) - **Paramount+:** [*The Good Wife*](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md) (84) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Cush Jumbo > Cush Jumbo makes determined women convincing by showing what it costs them to keep going. Her work in *Criminal Record* is a strong reason to watch: she makes a detective's resolve and her vulnerability equally clear. When Cush Jumbo's June Lenker challenges Peter Capaldi's Hegarty in *Criminal Record* (2024), she does not make determination look comfortable. There is strain in the performance, but no suggestion that Lenker can simply decide the disagreement is not worth pursuing. Jumbo makes her persistence believable without turning her into someone untouched by the consequences. It is strong work in a familiar police thriller, and a good reason to stay with the series. Detectives and lawyers recur in her screen work, from DC Bethany Whelan in *Vera* (2012) to Lucca Quinn in *The Good Wife* (2015–2016) and *The Good Fight* (2017–2021). The American legal dramas brought her international recognition, but they are only part of the work. She also wrote and performed *Josephine and I* (2013), a one-woman show about Josephine Baker, and took the title role in *Hamlet* (2021). The clarity and dry humour of her Hamlet are useful reminders of what a police drama does not always ask her to do. In *Criminal Record*, Capaldi is an especially useful partner because Hegarty's seniority changes the terms of every encounter. Jumbo has to make Lenker a credible opponent without pretending that they meet as equals, and she does. We felt uneasy watching them together because challenging him puts her at a professional risk that he does not appear to share. The series also leaves us asking how much either detective can change the way the job is done. That question prevents her determination from becoming a ready-made answer to every problem. Some secondary stories in *Criminal Record* weaken the pressure, and even this pairing cannot make them feel essential. It is worth distinguishing Jumbo's achievement from the unevenness of the programme around her: we can believe Lenker without being equally absorbed by every subplot. Watch it for the confrontations with Capaldi, and allow for the detours. ## Biography Cush Jumbo is a British actress and writer. She trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and began her career in theatre and television. She is known for playing Lucca Quinn in *The Good Wife* (2015–2016) and *The Good Fight* (2017–2021), DC Bethany Whelan in *Vera* (2012–2016), and DS June Lenker in *Criminal Record* (2024–), on which she also serves as executive producer. Jumbo wrote and starred in the one-woman play *Josephine and I*, for which she received an Evening Standard Theatre Award. She was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for playing Mark Antony in an all-female production of *Julius Caesar* (2012). She was appointed OBE for services to drama. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (4) - *Criminal Record* (2024), Fi1m 81, as DS June Lenker — [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-record.md) - *Vera* (2011), Fi1m 72, as DC Bethany Whelan — [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md) - *The Good Wife* (2009), Fi1m 84, as Lucca Quinn — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md) - *Torchwood* (2006), Fi1m 73, as Lois Habiba — [page](https://film.one/tv/torchwood.md) ## Complete filmography (20) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Macbeth* (2025), as Lady Macbeth - *Balestra* (2024), series, as Joanna Bathory - *Balestra* (2024), as Joanna Bathory · Executive Producer - *Girl in the Video* (2024), as Mo - *Criminal Record* (2024), series, as DS June Lenker · Executive Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-record.md) - *Stay Close* (2021), series, as Megan Pierce - *The Beast Must Die* (2021), series, as Frances Cairnes - *Trying* (2020), series, as Jane - *The Postcard Killings* (2020), as Dessie Lombard - *Deadwater Fell* (2020), series, as Jess Milner - *The Good Fight* (2017), series, as Lucca Quinn - *City of Tiny Lights* (2016), as Melody - *Remainder* (2015), as Catherine - *National Theatre Live: She Stoops to Conquer* (2012), as Miss Neville - *The Inbetweeners Movie* (2011), as Check-In Woman - *Vera* (2011), series, as DC Bethany Whelan — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md) - *Lip Service* (2010), series, as Becky Love - *The Good Wife* (2009), series, as Lucca Quinn — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md) - *Torchwood* (2006), series, as Lois Habiba — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/torchwood.md) - *The Young People*, Actor ## Gallery - ![Cush Jumbo](https://film.one/media/person/22467/gallery-006488897957.jpg) Cush Jumbo — Gary Kirk, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Cush_Jumbo%2C_2026.jpg/1280px-Cush_Jumbo%2C_2026.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Cush Jumbo as Joanna Bathory in Balestra (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/22467/gallery-b9416f7ff9e6.jpg) Cush Jumbo as Joanna Bathory in Balestra (2024) — Item 7, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Cush_Jumbo_%28Balestra%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) ## Awards ### Other awards — 0 won, 2 nominated - Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre 2014: Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre (nominated) - Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role 2013: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (nominated) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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