British Actresses You Should Know: Florence Pugh
Personally, I always find the task of profiling talented British actors and actresses an enjoyable assignment. However, when I encounter a young person of extraordinary potential, it’s a joy to bring that gifted performer to people’s attention,
Florence Pugh is precisely one of those actresses. In fact, she's a performer you’ll likely be watching for years to come. At just 24 years of age, this Oxford-born actress with the self-professed "weirdly low voice" has been showered with accolades. Since 2017, the awards she’s been nominated for and won tell the story of her work. From her 2018 BAFTA EE Rising Star nomination to being named 2019’s Chopard Trophy winner at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, Pugh's performances have been described as brave, breakthrough and revelatory.
She’s also has an entertaining presence on social media. Just this this morning I watched her successfully make peanut butter ice cream on Instagram. But I digress. Let’s start from the beginning of Miss Pugh’s CV:
The Falling (2014). Pugh's debut role (which happened to be the result of her first audition at the age of 17) was in the dramatic thriller The Falling.
Set in 1969, Florence plays Abbie, a morally daring student at a strict girls’ academy, who mysteriously starts collapsing at school. This precipitates a fainting epidemic among the girls including Abbie’s best friend Lydia (Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams).
