Actor
Rebecca Ferguson
Born 19 October 1983 · Stockholm, Sweden
Rebecca Ferguson is a Swedish actress born in Stockholm. She gained international attention in the BBC drama The White Queen, then became a major film presence as MI6 agent Ilsa Faust in the Mission: Impossible series and as Lady Jessica in Dune. She also stars in the series Silo.
Key films
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
Her breakthrough film role, introducing Ilsa Faust opposite Tom Cruise.
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
Expanded Ilsa Faust in a celebrated action sequel, cementing her as a franchise lead.
The Greatest Showman (2017)
Played singer Jenny Lind in a hit musical, showing her range beyond action.
Doctor Sleep (2019)
Starred as the villainous Rose the Hat in the Shining sequel.
Dune (2021)
Played Lady Jessica in Denis Villeneuve's acclaimed science fiction adaptation.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here; she received a Golden Globe nomination for The White Queen (2013 TV miniseries).
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 29
- 2004Drowning Ghost · as AmandaActor
- 2010Puls · as LindaActor
- 2010Lennart · as HemtjänstpersonalActor
- 2011A One-Way Trip to Antibes · as MariaActor
- 2011Irresistible · as WomanActor
- 2013Us · as LindaActor
- 2014Hercules · as ErgeniaActor
- 2015Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · as Ilsa FaustActor
- 2016The Girl on the Train · as Anna WatsonActor
- 2016Florence Foster Jenkins · as Kathleen WeatherleyActor
- 2016Despite the Falling Snow · as Katya Grinkova / Lauren GrinkovaActor
- 2017The Greatest Showman · as Jenny LindActor
- 2017Life · as Miranda NorthActor
- 2017The Snowman · as Katrine BrattActor
- 2018Mission: Impossible - Fallout · as Ilsa FaustActor
- 2018Little Match Girl · as MotherActor
- 2019Men in Black: International · as RizaActor
- 2019Doctor Sleep · as Rose the HatActor
- 2019The Kid Who Would Be King · as MorganaActor
- 2019Cold Night · as Jenny SorensenActor
- 2021Dune · as Lady Jessica AtreidesActor
- 2021Reminiscence · as MaeActor
- 2023Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One · as Ilsa FaustActor
- 2024Dune: Part Two · as JessicaActor
- 2025A House of Dynamite · as Captain Olivia WalkerActor
- 2026Mercy · as Judge MaddoxActor
- 2026Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man · as Kaulo / ZeldaActor
- 2026The Magic Faraway Tree · as Dame SnapActor
- 2026Dune: Part Three · as Lady JessicaActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.