On The Rise 2014: 13 Actresses To WatchRebecca FergusonBeing a “Mission: Impossible” girl hasn’t qui
On The Rise 2014: 13 Actresses To WatchRebecca FergusonBeing a “Mission: Impossible” girl hasn’t quite reached the same cultural status as being a Bond girl, but perhaps that’s for the best, though Emmanuelle Beart, Thandie Newton, Michelle Monaghan and Paula Patton have gone on to more lasting careers than most actresses who crossed paths with 007. The latest actress to pair up with Ethan Hunt on screen is Rebecca Ferguson, and given that the part was once earmarked for Jessica Chastain, big things are expected from her. The 30-year-old half-Swedish, half-British actress grew up in Stockholm before finding fame as a teenager on local soap “Nya tider.” She mostly retired from acting for a while, with a gig in horror flick “Drowning Ghost” (helmed by “1408” director Mikael Hafstrom), her most notable part in the better part of a decade. Just when they thought she was out, they pulled her back in, and after making her big-screen return in Swedish picture “A One-Way Trip To Antibes,” she re-embraced her career, and was swiftly cast as the lead in BBC/Cinemax co-production “The White Queen.” Her porcelain beauty, and steely acting chops, made a hell of an impression, and earned her a Golden Globe nomination earlier this year. By then, she was already high on casting directors’ wish-lists. In addition to appearing in Swedish film “Vi,” she also filmed a major role in Ridley Scott-helmed pilot “The Vatican” alongside Kyle Chandler and Matthew Goode (the network ultimately passed on the series). This year, she also cropped up (albeit in a somewhat thankless part) alongside Dwayne Johnson in Brett Ratner’s “Hercules,” and has Soviet spy romance “Despite The Falling Snow,” co-starring Charles Dance and Sam Reid, on the way. But it’s “Mission: Impossible 5” that’ll undoubtedly be her biggest mainstream exposure so far, and from what we hear, it’s the meatiest female role in the franchise so far.(source: x) -- source link
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