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Imogen Stubbs Biography (1961-)

Born February 20, 1961, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear (some sources cite Rothbury, Northumberland), England; daughter of Robin Desmond Scrivener (a naval officer) and Heather Marie (maiden name, McCracken) Stubbs; granddaughter of Esther McCracken (a playwright); married Trevor Nunn (a director, producer, and writer); children: Ellie Nunn, Jesse Nunn.

Nationality

British

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

February 20, 1961

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• Polly Brown, The Boyfriend, Ipswich, England, 1985
• Sally Bowles, Cabaret, Ipswich Repertory Theatre, Ipswich, England, 1985
• The gaoler's daughter, The Two Noble Kinsmen, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1986-87
• Helena, The Rover, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1986-87
• Queen Isabel, Richard II, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1986-87
• Desdemona, Othello, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1989
• Heartbreak House, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, England, thenHaymarket Theatre Royal, London, 1992
• Title role (Joan of Arc), St. Joan, Strand Theatre, London, 1997
• Stella, A Streetcar Named Desire, Royal National Theatre, Haymarket Theatre Royal, 1997
• Yelena, Uncle Vanya, Chichester, England, then Albery Theatre, London, 1997
• Emma, Betrayal, Royal National Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre, London,1998-99
• Amanda, The Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger, Royal National Theatre,Olivier Theatre, London, 2001
• Appeared as Ginny, Blues from the Past, West Yorkshire Playhouse;appeared as Anna (some sources cite Sally), Closer, Lyric Theatre; appeared in Poison, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland.
• Film Appearances
• Imogen, Privileged (short film), New Yorker, 1982
• Title role, Nanou, Umbrella Films, 1986
• Megan David, A Summer Story, Atlantic, 1988
• Princess Aud, Erik the Viking (also known as Erik viking),Orion, 1989
• Diana Stiles, True Colors, Paramount, 1991
• Narrator, The Wanderer, 1991
• Mother, A Pin for the Butterfly, Skreba Films, 1994
• Lucy Steele, Sense and Sensibility, Columbia, 1995
• Sarah, Jack and Sarah, 1995, Gramercy Pictures, 1996
• Viola/Cesario, Twelfth Night (also known as Twelfth Night: Or What You Will), Fine Line Features, 1996
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Title role, Anna Lee, Incorporated Television, 1994
• Sarah Spiller, Big Kids, BBC and Noggin, 2000
• Miniseries
• Ursula Brangwen, The Rainbow, [Great Britain], 1988, then broadcast on Arts and Entertainment, 1989
• Voice of Gabrielle West, The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century (also known as The Great War), PBS, 1996
• Movies
• Mrs. Gilbert, The Browning Version, 1985
• Romy Burton, Deadline, BBC, 1987
• Ginny Whittaker, Relatively Speaking, 1989
• Sarah Aitchison, Fellow Traveller, HBO, 1989
• Voices of Lara and Olga, Pasternak, 1990
• Specials
• Desdemona, Othello, BBC, 1990
• Appeared as Ellie Dunn, Heartbreak House; and provided the voice of Alice, Lewis Carroll: Curiouser and Curiouser.
• Pilots
• Anna Lee, "Headcase," Anna Lee, Incorporated Television, 1993
• Other
• Marie, Sandra, c'est la vie (also known as Sandra: A Love Story), 1992
• Suzie, Mothertime, BBC, 1997
• Annie Thomas, Blind Ambition, 2000
• Appeared as Helen, After the Dance, BBC.
• Radio Appearances
• Appeared as Claire Cassidy, The Culper Tapes; as Ines, No Way Out; and as Amanda Prynne, Private Lives; also appeared in As You Like It, Il Cid, La Bete Humaine, and When the Dead Awaken.
• RECORDINGS
• Taped Readngs
• Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Naxos of America, 1997
• (With others) Classic FM Favourite Shakespeare, 1998
• Madame Bovary, Naxos Audiobooks, 2000
• WRITINGS
• Author of Preface
• With Ayot St. Lawrence
• Saint Joan: A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes, Viking Penguin, 2001

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• Daily Telegraph, October 26, 1996, p. 27
• Interview, October, 1990, p. 46
• Premiere, October, 1990, p. 66