Birth Name: Rebecca Louisa Ferguson Sundström
Birth Date: 1983-10-19
Birth Place: Stockholm, Sweden
Details
Alternate Names: Rebecca Louisa Ferguson Sundström, 레베카 페르구손, रेबेका फ़र्ग्युसन, 蕾貝卡·弗格森, ربکا فرگوسن
Physical Characteristics: N/A
Career
First Appearances: - Drowning Ghost (2004) as Amanda
Most Important Roles: - A One-Way Trip to Antibes (2011) as Maria
- Drowning Ghost (2004) as Amanda
- Hercules (2014) as Ergenia
- Us (2013) as Linda
- Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) as Ilsa Faust
- Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) as Kathleen Weatherley
- Mercy (2026) as Maddox
- The Girl on the Train (2016) as Anna Watson
- Despite the Falling Snow (2016) as Katya Grinkova / Lauren Grinkova
Career Highlights: - A One-Way Trip to Antibes (2011)
- Drowning Ghost (2004)
- Hercules (2014)
- Us (2013)
- Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
- Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
- Mercy (2026)
- The Girl on the Train (2016)
- Despite the Falling Snow (2016)
Awards
Awards: - Won Saturn Award - Best Supporting Actress in a Film (2025)
- Nominated for 1 Saturn Award - Best Actress in a Television Series (2024)
- Nominated for 1 Saturn Award - Best Actress (2021)
- Nominated for 1 Critics Choice Award - Best Actress in an Action Movie (2016)
- Nominated for 1 Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television (2014)
- Nominated for 1 Satellite Award - Best Actress in a Series, Drama or Genre (2024)
- Won Breakthrough Performer (2015)
- Nominated for 1 Rising Star Award (2011)
- Nominated for 1 Empire Award - Best Female Newcomer (2016)
- Won Slate Award - Best Actress (2016)
- Won Honorary Dragon Award (2022)
- Won Chainsaw Award - Best Supporting Actress (2020)
- Won Genre Award - Best Actress in a Leading Role (2016)
- Won EDA Special Mention Award - Most Egregious Age Difference Between the Leading Man and the Love Interest (2019)
- Nominated for 1 IFJA Award - Best Actress (2021)
- Won Fright Meter Award - Best Supporting Actress (2019)
- Nominated for 1 IGN Award - Best Supporting Performer in a Movie (2019)
- Nominated for 1 UFCA Award - Best Supporting Actress (2019)
- Nominated for 1 OFTA Film Award - Best Breakthrough Performance: Female (2016)
- Nominated for 1 Golden Schmoes - Best Supporting Actress of the Year (2025)
Full Biography
Rebecca Louisa Ferguson Sundström (born 19 October 1983) is a Swedish actress. She is bilingual and has worked extensively in Sweden, Great Britain, and mainly in the United States. Ferguson began her television acting career in 1999 with the Swedish soap opera Nya Tider, and she made her motion picture debut in 2004 with the Swedish slasher film Drowning Ghost. She came to international prominence with her portrayal of Elizabeth Woodville in the British BBC 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.
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