Rebecca Ferguson | |
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![]() Ferguson in 2018 | |
Born | 19 October 1983[3] |
Alma mater | Adolf Fredrik's Music School |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1999–present |
Spouse |
Rory St. Clair Gainer
(m. 2018) |
Partner | Ludwig Hallberg (2005–2015) |
Children | 2 |
Rebecca Louisa Ferguson Sundström (born 19 October 1983)[3] is a Swedish actress. 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). She came to international prominence with her portrayal of Elizabeth Woodville in the British drama The White Queen (2013), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film.
Ferguson starred as MI6 agent Ilsa Faust, opposite Tom Cruise, in three of the Mission: Impossible films: Rogue Nation (2015), Fallout (2018), and Dead Reckoning Part One (2023). She played Jenny Lind in the musical film The Greatest Showman (2017), starred in the horror films Life (2017) and Doctor Sleep (2019), and had supporting parts in the comedy-drama Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), the thriller The Girl on the Train (2016), and the science fiction films Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024). In 2023, she began starring in the Apple TV+ science fiction series Silo.