Background
Ferguson grew up in the Vasastan district in central Stockholm. Her mother, Rosemary, is British, and moved to Sweden from the United Kingdom at the age of 25.
Ferguson grew up in the Vasastan district in central Stockholm. Her mother, Rosemary, is British, and moved to Sweden from the United Kingdom at the age of 25.
Rebecca attended an English-speaking school in Sweden and was raised bilingual, speaking Swedish and English.
She is best known for her lead role as Elizabeth Woodville in The White Queen (2013), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination, and her starring role as Ilsa Faust in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015). From the age of 13, she worked as a model and appeared in magazines and on television commercials for cosmetic, apparel and jewelry advertisements. Ferguson has danced from a very early age.
She did ballet, tap-dancing, jazz and 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. Ferguson 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. She went on to later play Chrissy in the Swedish-American soap Ocean Avenue.
Swedish director Richard Hobert spotted her at the Simrishamn town market in 2011, which led to her starring in his film A One – Way to Antibes.
She has also appeared in the horror film Strandvaskaren and the 2012 film Vi alongside Gustaf Skarsgåroad In August 2012, it was announced Ferguson had been cast to play Elizabeth Woodville in the ten-part British Broadcasting Corporation historical drama The White Queen, based on Philippa Gregory"s The Cousins" War novels about the women of the Wars of the Roses. Ferguson"s work in The White Queen has been met with praise, winning her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress – Miniseries or.
In 2015, Ferguson played Ilsa Faust, the female lead in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, for which she was highly praised.
She will reprise her role in the sixth Mission: Impossible film. Her upcoming projects are Shamim Sarif"s Despite the Falling Snow.
Stephen Frears" Florence Foster Jenkins, opposite Meryl Streep. Tate Taylor"s The Girl on the Train.
Tomas Alfredson"s The Snowman, opposite Michael Fassbender and Charlotte Gainsbourg and will play the lead in Daniel Espinosa"s sci-fi Life.