Imogen Stubbs

Imogen Stubbs (lahir 20 Februari 1961) adalah seorang aktris dan penulis Inggris. Peran utama pertamanya adalah di Privileged (1982), diikuti oleh A Summer Story (1988). Drama pertamanya, We Happy Few, diproduksi pada tahun 2004. Pada tahun 2008 ia bergabung dengan Reader's Digest sebagai editor kontributor dan penulis fiksi. Imogen Stubbs lahir di Rothbury, Northumberland, tinggal sebentar di Portsmouth, Hampshire, di mana ayahnya adalah seorang perwira angkatan laut, dan kemudian pindah bersama orang tuanya ke London, di mana mereka tinggal di tongkang sungai kuno di Sungai Thames. Dia dididik di Sekolah Dasar Cavendish, kemudian di dua sekolah independen: St Paul's Girls' School dan Westminster School, dan kemudian Exeter College, Oxford, memperoleh gelar Kelas Satu. Karier aktingnya dimulai di Oxford, di mana ia berperan sebagai Irina dalam produksi mahasiswa Three Sisters di Oxford Playhouse. Setelah lulus, dia mendaftar di RADA, dan saat di sana dia mendapatkan pekerjaan profesional pertamanya, bermain sebagai Sally Bowles di Kabaret di Teater Wolsey, Ipswich. Pada tahun 1982 ia juga tampil di film pertamanya, Privileged. Stubbs lulus dari RADA di kelas yang sama dengan Jane Horrocks dan Iain Glen, dan kemudian menjadi Anggota Asosiasi RADA. Pada 1980-an Stubbs meraih kesuksesan di atas panggung bersama Royal Shakespeare Company, terutama sebagai Desdemona di Othello, yang disutradarai oleh Trevor Nunn. Pekerjaan panggung lainnya termasuk Saint Joan di Strand Theatre dan Heartbreak House di Haymarket, dan pada tahun 1997 ia bermain dalam produksi A Streetcar Named Desire di London. Pada tahun 1988, Stubbs menjadi Ursula Brangwen yang terkenal dalam serialisasi The Rainbow di BBC, dan pada tahun 1993 dan 1994 memiliki peran utama dalam Anna Lee. Dia memerankan Lucy Steele dalam Sense and Sensibility (1995). Pada bulan Juli 2004, drama Stubbs We Happy Few, disutradarai oleh Trevor Nunn dan dibintangi oleh Juliet Stevenson dan Marcia Warren, dibuka di Teater Gielgud, London, setelah uji coba di Malvern. Pada bulan September 2008 Reader's Digest mengumumkan bahwa dia telah bergabung dengan majalah tersebut sebagai editor kontributor dan penulis cerita petualangan.

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.