Imogen Stubbs
Imogen Stubbs
Born 20/02/1961 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK

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

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

Her first leading part was in Privileged (1982), followed by A Summer Story (1988). 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.

Imogen Stubbs was born in Rothbury, 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, and then Exeter College, Oxford, gaining a First Class degree.

Her acting career started at Oxford, where she played Irina in a student production of Three Sisters at the Oxford Playhouse. 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.

In the 1980s Stubbs achieved success on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company, notably as Desdemona in Othello, which was 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 was a notable 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.

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Filmography (Movies)

Octomum: The World's Most Hated Woman?

Octomum: The World's Most Hated Woman?

Character:Narrator

Release Date:20/07/2025

Harry & Meghan: Going Their Separate Ways?

Harry & Meghan: Going Their Separate Ways?

Character:Narrator

Release Date:03/11/2024

Sense and Sensibility: 25th Anniversary Reunion

Sense and Sensibility: 25th Anniversary Reunion

Character:Self

Release Date:12/10/2021

London Unplugged

London Unplugged

Character:

Release Date:05/10/2018

Things I Know to Be True

Things I Know to Be True

Character:Fran Price

Release Date:22/02/2017

Return of the Giant Killers: Africa's Lion Kings

Return of the Giant Killers: Africa's Lion Kings

Character:Narrator

Release Date:19/08/2015

Africa's Giant Killers

Africa's Giant Killers

Character:Narrator (voice)

Release Date:11/04/2014

Insomniacs

Insomniacs

Character:Alice

Release Date:18/01/2014

Babysitting

Babysitting

Character:Mrs. Wollenberg

Release Date:05/09/2011

Inside Nirvana

Inside Nirvana

Character:Narrator

Release Date:01/01/2007

Dead Cool

Dead Cool

Character:Henny

Release Date:01/09/2005

Stories of Lost Souls

Stories of Lost Souls

Character:Friend in Crowd

Release Date:12/11/2004

Collusion

Collusion

Character:Mary Dolphin

Release Date:09/09/2003

Mothertime

Mothertime

Character:Suzie

Release Date:28/12/1997

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

Character:Viola

Release Date:25/10/1996

Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

Character:Lucy Steele

Release Date:13/12/1995

Jack & Sarah

Jack & Sarah

Character:Sarah

Release Date:02/06/1995

A Pin for the Butterfly

A Pin for the Butterfly

Character:Mother

Release Date:16/02/1995

Anna Lee: Headcase

Anna Lee: Headcase

Character:Anna Lee

Release Date:10/01/1993

After the Dance

After the Dance

Character:Helen Banner

Release Date:05/12/1992

True Colors

True Colors

Character:Diana Stiles

Release Date:15/03/1991

The Wanderer

The Wanderer

Character:Voice

Release Date:01/01/1991

Othello

Othello

Character:Desdemona

Release Date:23/06/1990

Relatively Speaking

Relatively Speaking

Character:Ginny Whittaker

Release Date:24/12/1989

Fellow Traveller

Fellow Traveller

Character:Sarah Aitchison

Release Date:29/09/1989

Erik the Viking

Erik the Viking

Character:Princess Aud

Release Date:01/09/1989

A Summer Story

A Summer Story

Character:Megan David

Release Date:11/08/1988

Deadline

Deadline

Character:Lady Romy Burton

Release Date:01/01/1988

Nanou

Nanou

Character:Nanou

Release Date:27/02/1987

The Browning Version

The Browning Version

Character:Mrs. Gilbert

Release Date:31/12/1985

Privileged

Privileged

Character:Imogen

Release Date:01/09/1982

Television Appearances

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