Imogen Stubbs

Imogen Stubbs
Born (1961-02-20) 20 February 1961
Rothbury, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
Education St Paul's Girls' School
Westminster School
Exeter College, Oxford
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation Actress
Years active 1982–present
Spouse(s) Trevor Nunn
(m. 1994–2011)
Children 2

Imogen Stubbs, Lady Nunn (born 20 February 1961) is an English actress and writer.

Her first leading part was in Privileged (1982), followed by A Summer Story. She played Lucy Steele in Sense and Sensibility (1995).

Her first play, We Happy Few, was produced in 2004. In 2008 she joined Reader's Digest as a contributing editor and writer of fiction.

Early life

Imogen Stubbs was born in Rothbury,[1] Northumberland, lived briefly in Portsmouth, Hampshire, where her father was a naval officer, and then moved with her parents to London, where they lived on a vintage river barge on the Thames. She was educated at Cavendish Primary School, then at two independent schools: St Paul's Girls' School and Westminster School, where Stubbs was one of the girls in the mixed sixth form, and Exeter College, Oxford, gaining a First Class degree. Her acting career started with Irina in a student production of Three Sisters at the Oxford Playhouse and her first professional success, while still at RADA, was as Sally Bowles in Cabaret at the Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich.[2]

She graduated from RADA in the same class as Jane Horrocks and Iain Glen, and has since become an Associate Member of RADA. She achieved success on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company, notably as Desdemona in Othello, which was directed by Trevor Nunn. Additional stage work includes Saint Joan at the Strand Theatre and Heartbreak House at the Haymarket and in Jessica Lange's London production of A Streetcar Named Desire in 1997.

Writer

In July 2004, Stubbs's play We Happy Few, directed by her husband and starring Juliet Stevenson and Marcia Warren, opened at the Gielgud Theatre, London, after a try-out in Malvern.[3] In September 2008 Reader's Digest announced that she had joined the magazine as a contributing editor and writer of adventure stories.[4]

Personal life

In 1994, she married Sir Trevor Nunn, acquiring the courtesy title of Lady Nunn.[5] The couple have two children:[6] a son and a daughter Ellie Nunn also an actress[7]. It was announced in April 2011 that she and Nunn were to separate.[8]

She is a second cousin of Alexander Armstrong.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1982 Privileged Imogen
1986 Nanou Nanou
1988 A Summer Story Megan David
1989 Erik the Viking Princess Aud
1991 True Colors Diana Stiles
1991 The Wanderer Narrator (voice)
1994 A Pin for the Butterfly Mother
1995 Jack and Sarah Sarah
1995 Sense & Sensibility Lucy Steele
1996 Twelfth Night Viola
2003 Collusion Mary Dolphin
2004 Dead Cool Henny
2011 Babysitting Mrs. Wollenberg Short
2014 Insomniacs Alice Short
2016 Stake Out Sally Short
2017 Kew Gardens Isabella Short, post-production
2018 London Unplugged Anthology film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1985 The Browning Version Mrs. Gilbert TV film
1988 The Rainbow Ursula Brangwen TV miniseries
1988 Deadline Lady Romy Burton TV film
1990 Relatively Speaking Ginny Whittaker TV film
1990 Pasternak Lara / Olga (voice) TV film
1990 Theatre Night Desdemona "Othello"
1990 Screen Two Sarah Atchison "Fellow Traveller"
1992 Sandra, c'est la vie Marie TV film
1992 Performance Helen Banner "After the Dance"
1993 Anna Lee: Headcase Anna Lee TV film
1994 Anna Lee Anna Lee Main role
1996 1914–1918 (voice) "Total War"
1997 Screen Two Suzie "Mothertime"
2000 Blind Ambition Annie Thomas TV film
2000 Big Kids Sarah Spiller Main role
2001 Lee Evans: So What Now? Chloe "Sofa So Good"
2002 Township Opera Narrator TV film
2005 Casualty Chloe Greer "Running out of Kisses"
2006 Agatha Christie's Marple Mona Symmington "The Moving Finger"
2006 Brief Encounters Sonia "Semi-Detached"
2009 New Tricks Lotte Davenport "Shadow Show"
2010 The Adventures of Daniel Mrs. Wallace TV film
2011 Injustice Gemma Lawrence "1.4", "1.5"
2012 Doctors Miranda Payne "High-Flyer"
2012 Parents Isabelle Hopkins "1.3"
2012 Switch Esme "1.6"
2017 Holby City Evelyn Chapman "It Has to be Now"
2018 Death in Paradise Valerie O'Toole "7.3"

Theatre

YearTitleRoleCompany
1985CabaretSally BowlesWolsey Theatre, Ipswich
1985The BoyfriendPolly BrowneWolsey Theatre, Ipswich
1986The RoverHelenaSwan Theatre, Stratford
1986Two Noble KinsmenGaoler's daughterThe Other Place, Stratford
1987Richard IIQueen IsabelSwan
1989OthelloDesdemonaThe Other Place
1992Heartbreak HouseEllieTheatre Royal, Haymarket
1994Saint JoanJoanStrand Theatre
1994Uncle VanyaYelenaChichester Festival
1996A Streetcar Named DesireStellaTheatre Royal, Haymarket
1998CloserAnnaLyric Theatre, London
1998BetrayalEmmaNational Theatre
2001The RelapseAmandaNational Theatre
2002Three SistersMashaTheatre Royal, Bath (and tour)
2003Mum's the WordLindaAlbery Theatre
2004HamletGertrudeOld Vic
2006Duchess of MalfiDuchessWest Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
2008Scenes from a MarriageMarianneBelgrade Theatre, Coventry
2009Alphabetical OrderLucyHampstead Theatre
2010The Glass MenagerieAmandaShared Experience
2011Private LivesAmandaManchester Royal Exchange
2011Little EyolfRitaJermyn Street Theatre, London
2011Salt, Root and RoeMennaTrafalgar Studios, London

[9][10][11][12]

2012Orpheus DescendingLadyRoyal Exchange Theatre, Manchester[13][14]
2013Third Finger, Left HandNiamhTrafalgar Studios, London
2013Strangers on a TrainElsieGielgud Theatre, London[15]
2014Little RevolutionSarah / variousAlmeida Theatre, London[16]
2014The HyperchondriacBelineTouring,[17]
2015Communicating DoorsRuellaMenier Theatre, London[18]
2016Things I Know to be TrueFran PriceFrantic Assembly

Other projects and contributions

References

  1. ↑ Edmonds, Mark (31 March 2013), "The world's fastest interview", The Sunday Times Magazine, p. 7
  2. ↑ Barnett, Laura (9 March 2010). "Imogen Stubbs, actor". The Guardian. London. p. G2-23.
  3. ↑ Taylor, Paul (6 July 2004). "We Happy Few". The Independent. London. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
  4. ↑ Carter, Meg (15 September 2008). "Digest revamped". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
  5. ↑ Montague-Smith, Patrick (1970). Debrett's Correct Form. pp. 76–77. ISBN 0-7472-0658-9.
  6. ↑ "Nunn, Sir Trevor (Robert)". Who's Who. Oxford, England: A & C Black. 2011.
  7. ↑ Taylor, Interviews by Jeremy (10 January 2018). "Relative Values: the actress Imogen Stubbs, and her daughter, Ellie Nunn". Retrieved 10 January 2018 – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  8. ↑ "Imogen Stubbs and Sir Trevor Nunn separate after 21 years". Daily Telegraph. 25 April 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  9. ↑ "Stubbs, Imogen Mary, (Lady Nunn)". Who's Who. Oxford, England: A & C Black. 2011.
  10. ↑ Trowbridge, Simon (2008). "Imogen Stubbs". Stratfordians: a biographical dictionary of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Oxford, England: Editions Albert Creed. p. 475. ISBN 978-0-9559830-1-6.
  11. ↑ Gardner, Lynn (8 March 2011). "Private Lives – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  12. ↑ Coveney, Michael (9 May 2011). "Little Eyolf, Jermyn Street Theatre, London". The Independent. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  13. ↑ "The Stage / Listings / Orpheus Descending". Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  14. ↑ "AUTUMN – the Royal Exchange Theatre". Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  15. ↑ "Strangers on a Train, Based on Novel, to Star Laurence Fox and Jack Huston at London's Gielgud Theatre". playbill.com. Playbill. 20 September 2013. Archived from the original on 17 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  16. ↑ "Cast, Little Revolution, Almeida Theatre". Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  17. ↑ "Theatre Royal Bath – What's On". Theatre Royal Bath. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  18. ↑ Lawrence, Ben. "Communicating Doors, Menier Chocolate Factory". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
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