Career įerguson alongside Steven Gätjen at the world premiere of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation in Vienna in 2015įerguson came to prominence as upper-class girl Anna Gripenhielm in the Swedish soap opera Nya tider (1999–2000). Unsure if she wanted to act, Ferguson had other jobs, such as working at a daycare centre, as a nanny, at a jewellery shop, at a shoe shop and at a Korean restaurant. She taught Argentine tango at a dance company in Lund, Sweden for a few years, while she continued her work on several short art film projects.

Ferguson has danced from a very early age she danced ballet, tap-dancing, jazz, street funk and tango. įrom the age of 13, she worked as a model and appeared in magazines and on television commercials for cosmetic, apparel, and jewellery advertisements. Ferguson attended the Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm and graduated in 1999. She attended an English-speaking school in Sweden and was raised bilingual, speaking Swedish and English. Ferguson took her mother's surname as her stage name. Her maternal grandmother is from Northern Ireland, and her maternal grandfather is Scottish. Her mother, Rosemary Ferguson, is British, and moved from Britain to Sweden at the age of 25. She portrayed Lady Jessica in the sci-fi epic Dune (2021).įerguson was born in Stockholm and grew up in the Vasastan district in central Stockholm. She also played Jenny Lind in the musical film The Greatest Showman and acted in science fiction horror film Life (both in 2017), starred in the horror film Doctor Sleep (2019), and had supporting parts in the comedy-drama Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), the mystery thriller The Girl on the Train (2016), and the science fiction film Men in Black: International (2019).

She came to international prominence with her portrayal of Elizabeth Woodville in the British television miniseries The White Queen (2013), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film.įerguson starred as MI6 agent Ilsa Faust in the action spy film Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015) and its sequel Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018). She began her acting career with the Swedish soap opera Nya tider (1999–2000) and went on to star in the slasher film Drowning Ghost (2004). Rebecca Louisa Ferguson Sundström (born 19 October 1983) is a Swedish actress.

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