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Imogen Stubbs, Lady Nunn, (born 20 February 1961), is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 actress who was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. She is married to Sir Trevor Nunn
Trevor Nunn

Sir Trevor Robert Nunn Order of the British Empire is an England theatre director and film director....
 and they have two children together: a son called Jesse and a daughter called Ellie.

en Stubbs was born in Northumberland
Northumberland

Northumberland is a Counties of England in the North East England of England. The non-metropolitan counties of England of Northumberland borders Cumbria to the west, County Durham to the south and Tyne and Wear to the south east, as well as having a border with the Scottish Borders council area to the north, and nearly eighty miles of Nort...
, lived briefly in Portsmouth
Portsmouth

Portsmouth city status in the United Kingdom located in the Counties of England of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is the UK's only island city and is located on Portsea Island....
, where her father was a naval officer, and then moved with her parents to London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, where they inhabited an elderly river barge on the Thames.






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Imogen Stubbs, Lady Nunn, (born 20 February 1961), is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 actress who was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. She is married to Sir Trevor Nunn
Trevor Nunn

Sir Trevor Robert Nunn Order of the British Empire is an England theatre director and film director....
 and they have two children together: a son called Jesse and a daughter called Ellie.

Early life

Imogen Stubbs was born in Northumberland
Northumberland

Northumberland is a Counties of England in the North East England of England. The non-metropolitan counties of England of Northumberland borders Cumbria to the west, County Durham to the south and Tyne and Wear to the south east, as well as having a border with the Scottish Borders council area to the north, and nearly eighty miles of Nort...
, lived briefly in Portsmouth
Portsmouth

Portsmouth city status in the United Kingdom located in the Counties of England of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is the UK's only island city and is located on Portsea Island....
, where her father was a naval officer, and then moved with her parents to London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, where they inhabited an elderly river barge on the Thames. Educated at St Paul's Girls' School
St Paul's Girls' School

St Paul's Girls' School is an Independent school , located in Hammersmith, London, England....
 and then Westminster School
Westminster School

The Royal College of St. Peter in Westminster, almost always known as Westminster School, is one of Britain's leading independent schools, with the highest Oxbridge acceptance rate of any secondary school or college....
, where she was one of the "token girls" in the Sixth Form, she went on to Exeter College, Oxford
Exeter College, Oxford

Exeter College is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford of the University of Oxford in England and the 4th oldest college of the University....
, where she gained a First Class degree. She graduated from RADA
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art , in Bloomsbury, London, is generally regarded as one of the most renowned drama schools in the world, and is one of the oldest drama schools in Britain....
 in the same class as Jane Horrocks
Jane Horrocks

Jane Horrocks is an England actor, musician, and singer....
 and Iain Glen
Iain Glen

Iain Glen is a Scotland film and theatre actor.Glen was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He trained at RADA where he won the Bancroft Gold Medal....
. She has since become an Associate Member of RADA
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art , in Bloomsbury, London, is generally regarded as one of the most renowned drama schools in the world, and is one of the oldest drama schools in Britain....
. She achieved success on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company
Royal Shakespeare Company

The Royal Shakespeare Company is a British theatre company. Located primarily at Stratford-upon-Avon, with bases also in London and Theatre Royal, Newcastle, it is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly-funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal National Theatre....
, notable as Desdemona in "Othello", which was directed by Trevor Nunn
Trevor Nunn

Sir Trevor Robert Nunn Order of the British Empire is an England theatre director and film director....
, now her husband and the father of her daughter Ellie and son, Jesse. Additional stage work includes "St. Joan" at the Strand Theatre
Novello Theatre

The Novello Theatre is a West End theatre on Aldwych, in the City of Westminster....
 and "Heartbreak House" at the Haymarket
Haymarket Theatre

The Theatre Royal Haymarket or Haymarket Theatre or the Little Theatre is a West End theatre in The Haymarket in the City of Westminster which dates back to 1720, making it the third-oldest London playhouse still in use....
 and in Jessica Lange's London production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" in 1997.

Filmography



Other projects, contributions

  • When Love Speaks
    When Love Speaks

    When Love Speaks is a compilation album that features interpretations of William Shakespeare's Sonnet and excerpts from his plays by famous actors and musicians, released under EMI Classics in April 2002....
     (2002, EMI Classics
    EMI Classics

    EMI Classics is a record label of EMI, formed in 1990 in order to reduce the need to create country-specific packaging and catalogs for internationally distributed european classical music releases....
    ) - Shakespeare's
    William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare was an English people poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist....
     "Sonnet 21
    Sonnet 21

    Sonnet 21 was written by William Shakespeare. Like Sonnet 130, it addresses the issue of truth in love, as the speaker frankly admits that his lines, while less extravagant than those of other poets, are more truthful....
    " ("So it is not with me as with that Muse")


Writer

In July 2004 Stubbs' play We Happy Few
We Happy Few

We Happy Few is a 2004 play by Imogen Stubbs. It follows a group of female actors touring William Shakespeare plays round the United Kingdom during World War II ....
, directed by her husband and starring Juliet Stevenson
Juliet Stevenson

Juliet Anne Virginia Stevenson Order of the British Empire is an England actress of theatre and film....
 and Marcia Warren
Marcia Warren

Marcia Warren is an English stage and television actor. On stage, she has appeared in the 1986 London production of Blithe Spirit as Madame Arcati and in the 2008 production of The Sea at the Theatre Royal Haymarket....
, opened at the Gielgud Theatre
Gielgud Theatre

The Gielgud Theatre is a West End theatre, located on Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster, London, at the corner of Rupert Street. The house currently has 889 seats on three levels....
, London, after a try-out in Malvern
Malvern, Worcestershire

Malvern is a town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England . It includes the settlements of Great Malvern, Barnards Green, Malvern Link , Malvern Wells, West Malvern, Little Malvern and North Malvern....
. In September 2008 Readers' Digest announced that she had joined the magazine as a contributing editor and writer of adventure stories.

See also

  • BBC and CBBC