She began her television acting career in with the Swedish soap opera Nya tider and made her motion picture acting debut in with the Swedish slasher film Drowning Ghost. Ferguson was born in Stockholm and grew up in the Vasastan district in central Stockholm. Ferguson attended an English-medium school in Sweden and was raised bilingual, speaking Swedish and English.
From the age of 13, she worked as a model and appeared in magazines and on television commercials for cosmetic, apparel, and jewellery advertisements. She taught Argentine tango at a dance company in Lund , Sweden for a few years [ 14 ] while she continued her work on several short art film projects. Ferguson came to prominence as upper-class girl Anna Gripenhielm in the Swedish soap opera Nya tider — In , Ferguson gained wider recognition for her portrayal of MI6 agent Ilsa Faust, the female lead in the fifth Mission: Impossible film, Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation , for which she received critical acclaim.
In , Ferguson had several major film roles. Gary Gray 's science fiction comedy film Men in Black: International. In , Ferguson gave birth to her first child, a son, with her then-boyfriend Ludwig Hallberg, [ 48 ] a psychosynthesis therapist. Since , [ 51 ] Ferguson has been in a relationship with businessman Rory St.
Clair Gainer, [ 4 ] [ 52 ] with whom she has a daughter who was born in May Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk.
Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikimedia Commons Wikidata item. Swedish actress born For the British singer, see Rebecca Ferguson singer. For other people with this name, see Rebecca Ferguson disambiguation. Stockholm , Sweden [ 4 ]. Rory St. Clair Gainer. Early life and education [ edit ]. Career [ edit ]. Swedish-language origins [ edit ]. International recognition [ edit ]. Mission Impossible casting and Hollywood stardom [ edit ].
