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Rebecca Ferguson(I)

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Rebecca Ferguson was born Rebecca Louisa Ferguson Sundström in Stockholm, Sweden, and grew up in its Vasastaden district. Her father is Swedish. Her mother, Rosemary Ferguson, is British, of Scottish and Northern Irish descent, and moved to Sweden at the age of 25. Rebecca attended an English-speaking school in Sweden and was raised bilingual, speaking Swedish and English. As a student, she attended the Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm and graduated in 1999.

She came into prominence with her breakout role of upper-class girl Anna Gripenhielm in the soap-opera Nya tider (1999), when she was 16 years old.

She lives in the seaside town of Simrishamn, on the Swedish south coast. Ferguson has said she wanted to get away from city life and the public spotlight following her soap opera success. Swedish director Richard Hobert, spotted her at the town market in 2011, which led to her starring in his film A One-Way Trip to Antibes (2011).

Ferguson taught Argentinian Tango at a dance company in Sweden for a few years.

In 2013, Rebecca played Queen Elizabeth Woodville in the BBC historical drama The White Queen (2013), for which she got a Golden Globe nomination.

In 2015, Ferguson played Ilsa Faust, the female lead in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015). Her co-star, Tom Cruise, chose her for the film after having seen her in the mini-series The White Queen (2013). Her performance in the movie was highly praised and Rebecca will reprise her role in the sixth Mission: Impossible film.

In 2016, she starred in Despite the Falling Snow (2016), Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) and The Girl on the Train (2016).

Her other projects are Dune, Life (2017), The Snowman (2017), The Greatest Showman (2017), The Lady and the Panda and Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018).
BornOctober 19, 1983
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BornOctober 19, 1983
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  • Awards
    • 9 wins & 17 nominations

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Rebecca Ferguson in Dune: Part Two (2023)
Rebecca Ferguson in Dune: Part Two (2023)
Rebecca Ferguson in Dune: Part Two (2023)
Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, and Simon Pegg in Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
Tom Cruise and Rebecca Ferguson in Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
Rebecca Ferguson in Dune: Part Two (2023)
Rebecca Ferguson in Silo (2023)
Rebecca Ferguson in Silo (2023)
Rebecca Ferguson in Silo (2023)
Rebecca Ferguson and David Oyelowo in Silo (2023)
Rebecca Ferguson in The White Queen (2013)
Rebecca Ferguson and Oscar Isaac in Dune (2021)

Known for

Rebecca Ferguson, Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Radu Spinghel, Ilia Jessica Castro, Zac Efron, Martha Nichols, Christina Glur, Shannon Holtzapffel, Zendaya, Keala Settle, Jonathan Redavid, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Luciano Acuna Jr., Daniel Everidge, Skylar Dunn, Timothy Hughes, Cameron Seely, Sam Humphrey, Yusaku Komori, and Danial Son in The Greatest Showman (2017)
The Greatest Showman
7.5
  • Jenny Lind
  • 2017
Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg, and Jeremy Renner in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
7.4
  • Ilsa Faust
  • 2015
Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Rebecca Ferguson, Jason Momoa, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Oscar Isaac, Timothée Chalamet, and Zendaya in Dune (2021)
Dune
8.0
  • Lady Jessica Atreides
  • 2021
Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Henry Cavill, Rebecca Ferguson, and Simon Pegg in Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
7.7
  • Ilsa Faust
  • 2018

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Actress

  • Silo
    • Juliette Nichols
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
    • Ilsa Faust
    • Post-production
    • 2023
  • Dune: Part Two
    • Lady Jessica Atreides
    • Post-production
    • 2023
  • Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two
    • Ilsa Faust
    • In Production
    • 2024
  • Rebecca Ferguson in Silo (2023)
    Silo
    • Juliette
    • Juliette Nichols
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Rebecca Ferguson and Mark Rylance in Spark Hunter (2022)
    Spark Hunter
    • Her' (voice)
    • Podcast Series
    • 2022
  • Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Rebecca Ferguson, Jason Momoa, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Oscar Isaac, Timothée Chalamet, and Zendaya in Dune (2021)
    Dune
    • Lady Jessica Atreides
    • 2021
  • Cliff Curtis, Rebecca Ferguson, Hugh Jackman, and Thandiwe Newton in Reminiscence (2021)
    Reminiscence
    • Mae
    • 2021
  • Ewan McGregor and Roger Dale Floyd in Doctor Sleep (2019)
    Doctor Sleep
    • Rose the Hat
    • 2019
  • Cold Night (2019)
    Cold Night
    • Jenny Sorensen
    • 2019
  • Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, Tim Blaney, Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, and Kumail Nanjiani in Men in Black: International (2019)
    Men in Black: International
    • Riza
    • 2019
  • Angus Imrie, Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Tom Taylor, Rhianna Dorris, and Dean Chaumoo in The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)
    The Kid Who Would Be King
    • Morgana
    • 2019
  • Rebecca Ferguson, Gustaf Skarsgård, and Shree Crooks in Little Match Girl (2018)
    Little Match Girl
    • Mother
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Henry Cavill, Rebecca Ferguson, and Simon Pegg in Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
    Mission: Impossible - Fallout
    • Ilsa Faust
    • 2018
  • Rebecca Ferguson, Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Radu Spinghel, Ilia Jessica Castro, Zac Efron, Martha Nichols, Christina Glur, Shannon Holtzapffel, Zendaya, Keala Settle, Jonathan Redavid, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Luciano Acuna Jr., Daniel Everidge, Skylar Dunn, Timothy Hughes, Cameron Seely, Sam Humphrey, Yusaku Komori, and Danial Son in The Greatest Showman (2017)
    The Greatest Showman
    • Jenny Lind
    • 2017
  • Michael Fassbender in The Snowman (2017)
    The Snowman
    • Katrine Bratt
    • 2017
  • Life: Astronaut Diaries
    • Miranda North
    • Video
    • 2017
  • Julie Lynn, Mary Jo Markey, and Nigel Phelps in Life (2017)
    Life
    • Miranda North
    • 2017
  • Emily Blunt in The Girl on the Train (2016)
    The Girl on the Train
    • Anna
    • 2016

Producer

  • Silo
    • executive producer
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Rebecca Ferguson in Silo (2023)
    Silo
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Rebecca Ferguson and Mark Rylance in Spark Hunter (2022)
    Spark Hunter
    • executive producer
    • Podcast Series
    • 2022
  • Stephen Graham in Boiling Point (2021)
    Boiling Point
    • executive producer
    • 2021

Soundtrack

  • Cliff Curtis, Rebecca Ferguson, Hugh Jackman, and Thandiwe Newton in Reminiscence (2021)
    Reminiscence
    • performer: "Where or When", "I Walk a Little Faster", "Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby"
    • 2021
  • Ewan McGregor and Roger Dale Floyd in Doctor Sleep (2019)
    Doctor Sleep
    • performer: "My Wild Irish Rose"
    • 2019
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What We Know About The 'Untitled Men in Black Spin-Off' ... So Far
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What We Know About The 'Untitled Men in Black Spin-Off' ... So Far
Florence Foster Jenkins
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Personal details

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  • Height
    • 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
  • Born
    • October 19, 1983
    • Sweden
  • Spouse
    • RoryJanuary 2019 - present (1 child)
  • Children
    • Isac Hallberg
  • Parents
      Rosemary Ferguson
  • Publicity listings
    • 5 Interviews
    • 4 Articles
    • 6 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Performed her own stunts in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015). She went under vigorous fitness and stunt training, consisting of 6-weeks of a 6 hours-a-day training schedule, including Pilates, fight choreography and stunt practice.
  • Quotes
    [on her inspiration to play Ilsa Faust in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)] I looked at Ingrid Bergman a lot. There's a gracefulness there that I wanted to bring in. Mission is fast and action-packed and intense and modern, so to be able to balance that with the input of something classic - it's a beautiful mixture.
  • Salary
    • Dune
      (2021)
      $500,000

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