Rebecca Louisa Ferguson Sundström, a Swedish actress, commenced her acting journey on the Swedish soap opera Nya tider (1999–2000) and later took on a lead role in the slasher film Drowning Ghost (2004). Her breakthrough came when she portrayed Elizabeth Woodville in the British television miniseries The White Queen (2013), earning her a nomination for a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film. In 2023, she starred in the science fiction drama series Silo on Apple TV+.
Ferguson gained recognition for her portrayal of MI6 agent Ilsa Faust in the action spy film Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015) and its subsequent installments Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023). Notably, she played Jenny Lind in the musical film The Greatest Showman (2017), appeared in the science fiction horror film Life (2017), took on a role in the horror film Doctor Sleep (2019), and had supporting parts in the comedy-drama Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), the mystery thriller The Girl on the Train (2016), and the science fiction film Men in Black: International (2019). She portrayed Lady Jessica in the sci-fi epic Dune (2021) and is set to reprise her role in its sequel Dune: Part Two (2024).