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Rebecca Louisa Ferguson Sundström (born 19 October 1983) 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 '' Men in Black: International'' (2019) and '' Dune'' (2021). She also starred in the Apple TV+ science fiction series '' Silo'' (2023).

Early life

Ferguson was born in Stockholm and grew up in the Vasastan district in central Stockholm. Her mother, Rosemary Ferguson, is English, and moved from Britain to Sweden at the age of 25. Her mother helped ABBA translate the lyrics from their 1974 album '' Waterloo'' into English and also appeared on the sleeve of the band's 1975 self-titled album. Her father, Olov Sundström, is a Swedish businessman. Ferguson took her mother's surname as her stage name. Her maternal grandmother is Northern Irish, and her maternal grandfather is Scottish.

Ferguson attended an English-medium school in Sweden and was raised bilingual, speaking Swedish and English. She attended the Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm and graduated in 1999.

From the age of 13, she worked as a model and appeared in magazines and on television commercials for cosmetic, apparel, and jewellery advertisements. Ferguson has danced from a very early age; she danced ballet, tap-dancing, jazz, street funk and tango. 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. 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.

Career

Ferguson came to prominence as upper-class girl Anna Gripenhielm in the Swedish soap opera ''Nya tider'' (1999–2000). She went on to later play Chrissy Eriksson in the Swedish-American soap '' Ocean Ave.'' (2002). In 2004, she made her feature film debut in Mikael Håfström's horror film ''Drowning Ghost''.

Swedish director Richard Hobert spotted her at the Simrishamn town market in 2011, which led to her starring in his film ''A One-way Trip to Antibes'', which earned her a nomination for the Rising Star award at the Stockholm International Film Festival. In 2013, she co-starred in the film ''VI'' alongside Gustaf Skarsgård.

In August 2012, it was announced Ferguson had been cast to play Elizabeth Woodville in the ten-part BBC
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