A rising young English actress.
In recent years, Florence Pugh (*1996) has broken out as one of the young actresses to watch. The young English woman has worked with highly respected directors and actors, and taken on roles that are challenging and inspiring. Here is a look at some of her greatest performances so far, which indicate a promising future.
One of Florence Pugh's first leading roles was in Lady Macbeth (2016), an adaptation of a Russian novella called "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District" by Nikolai Leskov. The story has some similarities with Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth, which accounts for the title. The protagonist is a young girl who is married off into a cruel family, but starts to understand what she wants and how to get in in time. Pugh's performance is stunning, showing the different elements of this complex character and her extraordinary development. The film also has an exceptional cinematography and overall a wonderful setting, which makes it really worth watching besides Florence Pugh's performance.
A more recent production, which has garnered Pugh a lot of positive attention, is the adaptation of the classic novel Little Women (2019) by screenwriter and director Greta Gerwig. Because of Gerwig‘s writing and Pugh‘s nuanced performance, the character of Amy March has been greatly elevated from a somewhat childish and selfish character to an audience favorite. Her work also got her a nomination for the best supporting actress at the 2020 Oscars. (More on this film in the blog posts on Period Dramas and Greta Gerwig.)
Other notable performances include King Lear (2018), The Little Drummer Girl (2018) and Midsommar (2019). Pugh‘s film and role selection has been stellar so far, and after her Oscar nomination for Little Women, the offers will most like continue to arrive. She is starring in the upcoming film Black Widow, and is working on the new project of director Olivia Wilde, who had a successful start as a director with Booksmart. Florence Pugh's future certainly looks bright, and will be interesting to watch.
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