Cush Jumbo is an English actress and writer known for her one-woman theatre show "Josephine and I", which she wrote and starred in. Upon attending one of her performances, the creators of the CBS show "The Good Wife" offered her a supporting role in it during its last season, expanding her role in the spin-off "The Good Fight".
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 23, 1985 (41)
- London, England, UK
- Actor
- 16 on MovieCove · 21 credits in all
What are Cush Jumbo's films like?
Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 5
Grounded 2 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 3
Steady 0 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 4
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 3
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 2
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 5 of 10 analyzed roles.
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- Shapeshifteras Catherine in Remainder (2015)
- Heraldas Melody Chase in City of Tiny Lights (2016)
- Allyas Lucca Quinn in The Good Fight (2017)
- Heroas Jess Milner in Deadwater Fell (2020)
- Allyas Dessie Lombard in The Postcard Killings (2020)
- Heroas Megan Pierce in Stay Close (2021)
- Heroas Mo Meyer in Girl in the Video (2024)
- Heroas DS June Lenker in Criminal Record (2024)
- Heroas Joanna Bathory in Balestra (2024)
- Shapeshifteras Lady Macbeth in Macbeth: David Tennant & Cush Jumbo (2025)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet5
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Cush Jumbo's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
- BritBox
Subscription and free streaming for Cush Jumbo's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
21 credits, 16 with a MovieCove page; 10 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Balestra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Balestra(2024)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Girl in the Video(2024)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Criminal Record(2024)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
Stay Close(2021)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
The Beast Must Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Trying(2020)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
The Postcard Killings(2020)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Deadwater Fell(2020)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows
The Good Fight(2017)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
City of Tiny Lights(2016)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Remainder(2015)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
National Theatre Live: She Stoops to Conquer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Inbetweeners(2011)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Vera(2011)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Lip Service (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
The Good Wife(2009)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Getting On(2009)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Torchwood(2006)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
The Young People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 20 titles, 19 of them dated from 2006 to 2025; peak year 2020.
Biggest box office
Macbeth: David Tennant & Cush Jumbo (2025)
Highest rated
Macbeth: David Tennant & Cush Jumbo (2025)
Most popular right now
The Good Fight (2017)
Film career
Peak 2020 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 4 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2006Screen debut· Torchwood
- 2011First film· The Inbetweeners Movie
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
Nominated for a Critics Choice Award in 2018, Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Cush Jumbo's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 37th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 36th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th6
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 16 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved4
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed4
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 53. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Cush Jumbo's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Cush Jumbo work with?
People who share at least 2 of Cush Jumbo's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; David Tennant shares the most, 2.
Actors
- David TennantShared titles: Macbeth: David Tennant & Cush Jumbo (2025), Deadwater Fell (2020)See all 2 shared titles with David Tennant
Editors
- Josh CunliffeShared titles: Stay Close (2021), Deadwater Fell (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Josh Cunliffe
Producers
- Norman MerryShared titles: The Postcard Killings (2020), City of Tiny Lights (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Norman Merry
- Peter HampdenShared titles: The Postcard Killings (2020), City of Tiny Lights (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Hampden
Mixed roles
- Peter CapaldiShared titles: Criminal Record (2024), Getting On (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Capaldi
