Florence Pugh
Florence Pugh (/pjuː/ PEW;[1] born 3 January 1996) is an English actress. She made her acting debut in 2014 in the drama film The Falling. 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, and drew praise for starring in the miniseries The Little Drummer Girl (2018).
Florence Pugh
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. 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.
She has played Yelena Belova in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with Black Widow (2021). The next year, she starred in the thriller Don't Worry Darling and drama The Wonder, and voiced Goldilocks in the animated film Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. Pugh also portrayed Jean Tatlock in Christopher Nolan's biographical film Oppenheimer (2023), her highest-grossing release, and Princess Irulan in Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Two (2024).
Early life
Florence Pugh was born on 3 January 1996 in Oxford[2][3] to dancer Deborah and restaurateur Clinton Pugh.[4][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. The family relocated to Manilva in Spain when Pugh was three years old, hoping the warmer weather would improve her health. They lived there until she was six, when they moved back to Oxford.[6][7]
At six years old, Pugh played Mary in a school nativity play, for which she spoke in a Yorkshire accent.[8] She was privately educated at Wychwood School and St Edward's School, Oxford, but disliked how the schools did not support her acting ambitions.[8]
Personal life and other work
From 2019 to 2022, Pugh was in a relationship with American actor and filmmaker Zach Braff.[72] They met while working together on the short film In the Time It Takes to Get There,[73] which Braff directed,[74] and lived together in Los Angeles.[75]
From 2013 to 2016, Pugh performed cover songs under the name Flossie Rose on YouTube.[76] She was featured on her brother's song "Midnight", released on 15 May 2021.[77] In 2020, she participated 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.[78]