Rebecca Ferguson
19 October 1983
Vasastaden, Stockholm, Sweden
5' 7" (1,7 m)
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.
Rebecca Ferguson grew up in the Vasastaden district in central Stockholm. Her mother, Rosemary, is British, and moved to Sweden from England at the age of 25. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
She has three siblings.
Her parents are divorced.
Her mother, Rosemary, who is British, is related to Duchess Sarah Ferguson. Her mother moved to Sweden when she was 25 years old.
She graduated from music school, Adolf Fredriks Musikskola in the spring of 1999.
Has a son, Isac (born in 2007), with her then-boyfriend Ludwig Hallberg.
Has danced from a very early age; ballet, tap-dancing, jazz/show and street funk to Argentinean Tango. Her interest in tango has led to her being asked to help teach beginner courses in Lund, Sweden.
First Swedish actress to be nominated for a Golden Globe award in 15 years since Ann-Margret in 1999. And the fifth Swedish actress to be nominated for a Golden Globe overall, the others are Ingrid Bergman, Anita Ekberg, Lena Olin and Ann-Margret, respectively.
From the age of 13, she worked as a model in magazines, for television/cinema commercials and different brand names (make-up, clothes, jewellery), etc.
She wants to work with Helen Mirren, Maggie Smith, Hugh Laurie and Helena Bonham Carter.
Did her own stunts in Misión: imposible - Nación secreta (2015). She went under vigorous fitness and stunt training, consisting of 6-weeks of 6 hours-a-day training schedule, including Pilates, fight choreography and stunt practice.
Tom Cruise chose her for Misión: imposible - Nación secreta (2015) after having seen her in the mini-series The White Queen (2013).
Is often compared to fellow Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman due to their striking resemblance. Her character in Misión: imposible - Nación secreta (2015) is named Ilsa, just like Bergman's character in Casablanca (1942). One of Rebecca's scenes in "Rogue Nation" was set in Casablanca. Her co-star's Tom Cruise's first celebrity crush was Ingrid Bergman in Encadenados (1946).
She is claustrophobic and suffers from vertigo.
Ranked #1 on IMDb STARmeter for three consecutive weeks - from August 10, 2015 to August 30, 2015.
Was named one of Variety's "10 Actors to Watch" in 2015.
[on her inspiration to play Ilsa Faust in Misión: imposible - Nación secreta (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.
[on doing her own stunts in Misión: imposible - Nación secreta (2015)] Jumping off a rooftop is one thing, but having your legs wrapped around Tom Cruise makes it a bit easier.
I need challenging roles. I look forward to reading a script where I call my agent and go, 'What the f**k are you thinking? Of course I can't do this!' I'd like to be uncomfortable and challenge that.
I've been very lucky to have strong women characters to play.
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