Florence Pugh Trivia | 40 facts about the actress

Florence Pugh is an English actress. She debuted in the movie «Falling», and has received nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award.

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1. Florence Pugh was born on 3 January 1996.
2. As of 2022 she’s 26 years old.
3. She was born in n Oxford.
4. Her parents were the dancer Deborah and restaurateur Clinton Pugh.
5. She has three siblings: actor and musician Toby Sebastian, actress Arabella Gibbins, and Rafaela “Raffie” Pugh.
6. She suffered from tracheomalacia as a child, which led to frequent hospitalisations.
7. The family relocated to Sotogrande in Spain when Pugh was three years old, hoping the warmer weather would improve her health.
8. They lived there until she was six, when they moved back to Oxford.
9. Also at six years old, Pugh played Mary in a Cokethorpe School nativity play, for which she spoke in a Yorkshire accent.
10. She was privately educated at Wychwood School and St Edward’s School, Oxford, but disliked how the schools did not support her acting ambitions.
11. Her zodiac sign is Capricorn.
12. She is an English actress.
13. She made her acting debut in 2014 in the drama film The Falling.
14. Florence Pugh gained recognition in 2016 for her leading role as a young bride in the independent drama Lady Macbeth, winning a British Independent Film Award.
15. She starred in the 2018 television film King Lear.
16. SShe then drew praise for her leading role in the miniseries The Little Drummer Girl and earned a nomination for the BAFTA Rising Star Award that year.
17. Florence Pugh’s international breakthrough came in 2019 with her portrayals of professional wrestler Paige in the biographical sports film Fighting with My Family, a despondent American woman in the horror film Midsommar, and Amy March in the period drama Little Women.
18. For the last of these, she received nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. Pugh was awarded the Trophée Chopard at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.
19. In 2021, she starred as Yelena Belova in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Black Widow and the Disney+ miniseries Hawkeye.
20. She has since starred in the thriller Don’t Worry Darling and the drama The Wonder (both 2022).
21. From 2013 to 2016, Pugh performed cover songs under the name Flossie Rose on YouTube.
22. Florence Pugh was featured on her brother’s song “Midnight”, released on 15 May 2021.
23. In 2020, she partook in the series Acting for a Cause for a live reading of Kenneth Lonergan’s play This Is Our Youth to help raise funds for the Entertainment Industry Foundation, a nonprofit organisation, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
24. 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.
25. Time magazine placed her on the artists category of its 100 Next list, which highlights rising stars and emerging leaders in their fields, in 2021.
26. From 2019 to 2022, Pugh was in a relationship with American actor and filmmaker Zach Braff.
27. The two met while working together on the short film In the Time It Takes to Get There, which Braff directed, and lived together in Los Angeles.
28. Sings, writes her own songs and plays the guitar and piano.
29. Her audition for Abigail in The Falling (2014) was her first professional audition.
30. Her father runs The Grand Cafe, Kazbar and the Cafe Coco chain.
31. Her surname is pronounced “pew”.
32. Her first middle name is Rose (her nickname is Flossie Rose), but her second and third middle names which start with C and M are still unknown.
33. Enjoys the condiment Branston Pickle.
34. She was unable to participate in the two-week-long rehearsal of Little Women (2019), as she was filming Midsommar (2019).
35. She said that the sudden transition from “Midsommar” to “Little Women” was very therapeutic, and has also stated that this helped create distance between her and her co-stars that played her sisters.
36. Other actresses, including her Little Women (2019) co-star Saoirse Ronan, were considered for the role of Yelena Belova in Black Widow(2021).
37. However, after Florence received positive reviews for her portrayal in Fighting with my family(2019), Marvel returned to her for the role.
38. Her biggest influences are Jodie Foster, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Scarlett Johansson, Meryl Streep, Dwayne Johnson, Emma Thompson, Natalie Portman, Saoirse Ronan, and Keanu Reeves.
39. She enjoys tzatziki.
40. She’s a natural brunette.