Rebecca Ferguson

Rebecca Ferguson was born in Stockholm to a Swedish father and British mother. She grew up in Stockholm and attended Sweden's famous Music school – Adolf Frederick. Ferguson started her career at the age of 15 when she was offered the lead in a daytime drama series called "Nya Tider." Other credits include the lead in Richard Hoberts' "One Way To Antibes," which won the audience award at the European Union Film Festival 2012 in Toronto. That same year she was also nominated as a Rising Star in Sweden. 2013 also saw the release of the highly anticipated Swedish indie "VI," directed by Mani Masserat.

In 2014, Ferguson was seen in on television screens in "The Red Tent," the adaptation of the best-selling novel by Anita Diamant, in which she played the main character of 'Dinah' opposite Minnie Driver, Iain Glen and Morena Baccarin. In 2013 she starred in "Hercules" in the female lead, with a cast that included John Hurt, Dwayne Johnson and Ian McShane.

She also filmed Ridley Scott's "The Vatican" for Showtime, in which she starred alongside Matthew Goode, Kyle Chandler and Sebastian Koch. Early 2013 saw Ferguson in the lead role of Elizabeth Woodville in the major new BBC drama "The White Queen." The ten hour epic was an adaptation of Philippa Gregory's vivid bestselling historical novel series "The Cousin's War", in which her co-stars included Max Irons and Janet McTeer. For her portrayal of Elizabeth Woodville Rebecca was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film.

Ferguson can be seen in "Florence Foster Jenkins" starring alongside Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant. In 2015, Rebecca starred in "Despite The Falling Snow," playing the two lead female roles opposite Charles Dance and Sam Reid.

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