Cush Jumbo

Personal context

Summary

Cush Jumbo is a British actor, writer, and producer known for The Good Wife, The Good Fight, Vera, and stage work including Josephine and I, Julius Caesar, and Hamlet. Her work spans legal and crime dramas, classical theatre, and stories about women’s lives. She has repeatedly called for greater racial representation in British television and film, describing barriers faced by mixed-race actors; she also joined a public letter calling for tax incentives to increase employment of women, disabled people, and people from minority ethnic backgrounds behind the camera. Her public advocacy centers on representation in the arts; no public party campaigning or LGBTQ advocacy is on record.