Imogen Stubbs

Early life

Imogen Stubbs was born in Rothbury,{{Citation

While at Oxford, she played Irina in a student production of Three Sisters at the Oxford Playhouse. She also appeared in a student review called Dinosaur Can-can at the same theatre. After graduating, she enrolled at RADA, and while there had her first professional work, playing Sally Bowles in Cabaret at the Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. In 1982 she also appeared in her first film, Privileged.

Stubbs graduated from RADA in the same class as Jane Horrocks and Iain Glen, and later became an Associate Member of RADA.

Career

In the 1980s Stubbs achieved success on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company, including playing Desdemona in Othello, directed by Trevor Nunn. Other stage work includes Saint Joan at the Strand Theatre and Heartbreak House at the Haymarket, and in 1997 she played in a London production of A Streetcar Named Desire.

In 1988, Stubbs played Ursula Brangwen in a BBC serialization of The Rainbow, and in 1993 and 1994 had the title role in Anna Lee. She played Lucy Steele in Sense and Sensibility (1995).

In July 2004, Stubbs's play We Happy Few, directed by Trevor Nunn and starring Juliet Stevenson and Marcia Warren, opened at the Gielgud Theatre, London, after a try-out in Malvern. In September 2008 Reader's Digest announced that she had joined the magazine as a contributing editor and writer of adventure stories.

Personal life

In 1994, Stubbs married Trevor Nunn. The couple have two children: a son and a daughter, Ellie Nunn, who is also an actress. In April 2011, Stubbs announced that she and her husband were separating. Her partner is Jonathan Guy Lewis.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Other projects and contributions

• When Love Speaks (2002, EMI Classics) – Shakespeare's "Sonnet 21" ("So it is not with me as with that Muse")

References

References

1. Walker, Tim. (27 February 2012). "Imogen Stubbs sees her life come full circle". [[The Daily Telegraph]].
2. (13 November 2011). "Imogen Stubbs: 'There's a world I want to seize while I can'". [[The Guardian]].
3. Weale, Sally. (20 April 2018). "Imogen Stubbs laments 'awful treadmill' of UK education system". The Guardian.
4. Barnett, Laura. (9 March 2010). "Imogen Stubbs, actor". [[The Guardian]].
5. Pelley, Rich. (30 November 2023). "Jane Horrocks: 'I'd love to be a baddie in a Tarantino movie'". [[The Guardian]].
6. Fisher, Philip. (3 August 2020). "Film/Video review: Othello".
7. Taylor, Paul. (6 July 2004). "We Happy Few". [[The Independent]].
8. Carter, Meg. (15 September 2008). "Digest revamped". [[The Guardian]].
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10. (2011). "[[Who's Who]]". [[A & C Black]].
11. Taylor, Interviews by Jeremy. (10 January 2018). "Relative Values: the actress Imogen Stubbs, and her daughter, Ellie Nunn". [[The Times]].
12. (25 April 2011). "Imogen Stubbs and Sir Trevor Nunn separate after 21 years". The Daily Telegraph.
13. (25 February 2023). "'It's become less and less acceptable to age' – The Saturday Interview: The actress tells Chris Harvey about her bohemian childhood on a boat, marriage to her former husband director Trevor Nunn and her distaste for plastic surgery.". [[Daily Telegraph]].
14. Dickson, Andrew. (11 July 2016). "Willard White on playing Othello: 'I broke down – I considered walking away'". [[The Guardian]].
15. (2011). "[[Who's Who]]". [[A & C Black]].
16. Trowbridge, Simon. (2008). "Stratfordians: a biographical dictionary of the Royal Shakespeare Company". Editions Albert Creed.
17. Gardner, Lynn. (8 March 2011). "Private Lives – review". [[The Guardian]].
18. Coveney, Michael. (9 May 2011). "Little Eyolf, Jermyn Street Theatre, London". [[The Independent]].
19. "The Stage / Listings / Orpheus Descending".
20. "Autumn – the Royal Exchange Theatre".
21. (20 September 2013). "Strangers on a Train, Based on Novel, to Star Laurence Fox and Jack Huston at London's Gielgud Theatre". [[Playbill]].
22. "Cast, Little Revolution, Almeida Theatre".
23. "Theatre Royal Bath – What's On".
24. "Communicating Doors, Menier Chocolate Factory". [[The Daily Telegraph]].
25. (31 October 2018). "‘Honour’ review". [[Time Out (magazine).
26. Fisher, Mark. (8 December 2023). "Three Acts of Love review – pain and pleasure in a trio straight from the heart". [[The Guardian]].
27. (7 May 2025). "Lily Allen is joined by Imogen Stubbs, Ciaran Owens, Tom Austen and Julia Chan in reimagining of Hedda Gabler".
28. (25 July 2025). "Imogen Stubbs stars in 'Hedda', a brand new reimagining of Henrik Ibsen's masterpiece, directed and adapted by Tony & Olivier nominee Matthew Dunster".