Rebecca Louisa Ferguson Sundström (born October ) is a Swedish
actress. She began her acting career with the Swedish soap opera Nya
tider (â€") and went on to star in the slasher film Drowning Ghost ().
She came to international prominence with her portrayal of Elizabeth
Woodville in the British television miniseries The White Queen (), for
which she was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a
Miniseries or Television Film.Ferguson starred as MI agent Ilsa Faust
in the action spy film Mission: Impossible â€" Rogue Nation () and its
sequel Mission: Impossible â€" Fallout (). She also played Jenny Lind
in the musical film The Greatest Showman (), starred in the horror
film Doctor Sleep (), and had supporting parts in the comedy-drama
Florence Foster Jenkins (), the mystery thriller The Girl on the Train
(), and the science fiction film Men in Black: International
().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 . Her father is Swedish.
Her maternal grandmother is from Northern Ireland, and her maternal
grandfather is Scottish. Ferguson took her mother's surname as her
stage name.
actress. She began her acting career with the Swedish soap opera Nya
tider (â€") and went on to star in the slasher film Drowning Ghost ().
She came to international prominence with her portrayal of Elizabeth
Woodville in the British television miniseries The White Queen (), for
which she was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a
Miniseries or Television Film.Ferguson starred as MI agent Ilsa Faust
in the action spy film Mission: Impossible â€" Rogue Nation () and its
sequel Mission: Impossible â€" Fallout (). She also played Jenny Lind
in the musical film The Greatest Showman (), starred in the horror
film Doctor Sleep (), and had supporting parts in the comedy-drama
Florence Foster Jenkins (), the mystery thriller The Girl on the Train
(), and the science fiction film Men in Black: International
().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 . Her father is Swedish.
Her maternal grandmother is from Northern Ireland, and her maternal
grandfather is Scottish. Ferguson took her mother's surname as her
stage name.
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