1. Florence Pugh's accolades include nominations for an Academy Award and two BAFTA Awards.
43 Facts About Florence Pugh
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Florence Pugh has played Yelena Belova in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with the film Black Widow.
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Florence Pugh continued to gain praise for her performances in dramas such as We Live in Time.
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Florence Pugh was born on 3 January 1996 in Oxford to dancer Deborah and restaurateur Clinton Pugh.
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Florence Pugh has three siblings: actor and musician Toby Sebastian, actress Arabella Gibbins, and Rafaela "Raffie" Pugh.
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Florence Pugh suffered from tracheomalacia as a child, which led to frequent hospitalisations.
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The family relocated to Manilva in Spain when Florence Pugh was three years old, hoping the warmer weather would improve her health.
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Florence Pugh was privately educated at Wychwood School and St Edward's School, Oxford, but disliked how the schools did not support her acting ambitions.
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Florence Pugh later characterised her experience on Studio City negatively due to pressures to change her appearance.
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In 2016, Florence Pugh starred in the independent drama Lady Macbeth, a film based on Nikolai Leskov's novella Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, and appeared in the first series of the ITV detective series Marcella.
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Florence Pugh attributed her attraction to the part to her partiality to characters with "confusing or at least interesting" motivations.
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Florence Pugh credited the production with reviving her interest in cinema after being dispirited by Studio City.
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Florence Pugh won the BIFA for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film for the role.
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In 2018, Florence Pugh was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award at the 71st British Academy Film Awards.
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Florence Pugh then played Cordelia to Anthony Hopkins's titular King Lear in Richard Eyre's television film King Lear and appeared in the short film Leading Lady Parts in support of the Time's Up initiative.
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Later that year, Florence Pugh portrayed Elizabeth de Burgh in the Netflix historical film Outlaw King, co-starring Chris Pine as Robert the Bruce.
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Florence Pugh next starred in a six-part miniseries adaptation of John le Carre's spy novel The Little Drummer Girl, in which she played an actress who becomes embroiled in an espionage plot.
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Florence Pugh starred in three major films in 2019, during which she was recognised as having experienced an international breakthrough.
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Florence Pugh first played professional wrestler Paige in Fighting with My Family, a comedy-drama about Paige's career.
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Florence Pugh next headlined Ari Aster's horror film Midsommar, which chronicles an American couple, played by her and Jack Reynor, who travel to Sweden and encounter a cult.
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Florence Pugh earned nominations for the BAFTA and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance.
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Florence Pugh portrayed Yelena Belova, a spy, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Black Widow.
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Florence Pugh said the film was about "girls who are stolen from around the world".
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Caryn James of BBC Culture credited Florence Pugh for making Belova "the most vibrant person in the film, more lived-in than most action-movie characters".
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Florence Pugh reprised the role in the Disney+ series Hawkeye later in the year.
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In 2022, Florence Pugh starred in the thriller Don't Worry Darling, directed by Olivia Wilde, and the drama The Wonder, an adaptation of Emma Donoghue's namesake novel.
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Zach Braff's drama film A Good Person, in which Florence Pugh starred as a car crash survivor, marked her first producing venture.
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Florence Pugh wrote and sang two songs, "The Best Part" and "I Hate Myself", for the film's soundtrack.
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In Christopher Nolan's biographical film Oppenheimer, starring Cillian Murphy in the title role, Florence Pugh played Communist Party USA member Jean Tatlock.
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Florence Pugh next played Princess Irulan in Dune: Part Two, a sequel to the 2021 science fiction film.
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Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh starred as a couple navigating cancer in John Crowley's romantic drama We Live in Time.
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Florence Pugh shaved her head for her role in the film.
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Annie Lourd of The Independent credits Florence Pugh with "carving out a niche playing difficult characters you know you should hate, but, for whatever reason, end up rooting for".
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Florence Pugh was included on the entertainment category of Forbes magazine's annual 30 Under 30 list, which recognises the 30 most influential people in Europe under the age of 30, in 2019.
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From 2019 to 2022, Florence Pugh was in a relationship with American actor and filmmaker Zach Braff.
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Florence Pugh defended the 21-year age-gap between them, following public scrutiny.
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Florence Pugh briefly dated actor Will Poulter in 2022 and photographer Charlie Gooch in 2023.
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Florence Pugh has been dating actor Finn Cole since 2024.
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From 2013 to 2016, Florence Pugh performed cover songs under the name Flossie Rose on YouTube.
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Florence Pugh was featured on her brother's song "Midnight", released on 15 May 2021.
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Florence Pugh has been nominated for an Academy Award and two British Academy Film Awards.
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Florence Pugh received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress and a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, both for her work in Little Women, as well as a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination.
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At the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, Florence Pugh was awarded the Trophee Chopard.