Florence Pugh made her acting debut in 2014 in the drama film The Falling.
38 Facts About Florence Pugh
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Florence Pugh was awarded the Trophee Chopard at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.
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Florence Pugh has since starred in the thriller Don't Worry Darling and the drama The Wonder, and voiced Goldilocks in the animated film Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.
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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 Sotogrande in Spain when Florence Pugh was three years old, hoping the warmer weather would improve her health.
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Also at six years old, Florence Pugh played Mary in a school nativity play, for which she spoke in a Yorkshire accent.
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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 was cast to portray a singer-songwriter in the dramedy pilot Studio City, co-starring Eric McCormack as the character's father, the following year.
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In 2016, Florence Pugh starred in the independent drama Lady Macbeth, a film based on the novella Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District by Nikolai Leskov, 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 for 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 Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film for the role.
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In 2018, Florence Pugh garnered a nomination 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' 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 in the 1970s.
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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 described the film as being 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 named "The Best Part" and "I Hate Myself" for the film's soundtrack.
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Florence Pugh will portray Communist Party USA member Jean Tatlock in Christopher Nolan's biopic Oppenheimer, starring Cillian Murphy in the titular role, and play Princess Irulan in Dune: Part Two, a sequel to the 2021 science fiction film.
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Florence Pugh shaved her head for her role in the film.
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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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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.