Rebecca Ferguson

Rebecca Louisa Ferguson Sundström (born 19 October 1983), known as Rebecca Ferguson, is a Swedish actress. She is best known for her lead role as Elizabeth Woodville in The White Queen (2013), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination, and her starring role as Ilsa Faust in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015).

Early life

Ferguson grew up in the Vasastan district in central Stockholm. Her mother, Rosemary, is British, and moved to Sweden from the United Kingdom at the age of 25.

From the age of 13, she worked as a model and appeared in magazines and on television commercials for cosmetic, apparel and jewelry advertisements.

Ferguson attended the Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm and graduated in 1999.

After her soap opera success and the birth of her son, she moved with her boyfriend to Simrishamn, on the Swedish south coast. She currently runs an Argentine dance studio, while she continues her work on several short art film projects.

Career

She came into prominence with her breakout role of upper-class girl Anna Gripenhielm in the soap-opera Nya tider. She went on to later play Chrissy in the Swedish-American soap Ocean Ave.

Rebecca Ferguson (disambiguation)

Rebecca Ferguson is a Swedish actress.

Rebecca Ferguson may also refer to:

See also

Rebecca Ferguson (singer)

Rebecca Caroline Ferguson (born 21 July 1986) is a British singer and songwriter. She came to prominence in 2010 when she became the runner-up of the seventh series of The X Factor, losing to the winner that year, Matt Cardle. She subsequently signed a joint record deal with Syco Music and Epic Records in the UK. She later signed in the United States to Columbia Records.

Ferguson's debut album, Heaven, was released in December 2011 to commercial and critical success, peaking at number 3 in the United Kingdom. Co-written by Ferguson, it was certified two times platinum in the UK and platinum in Ireland. The album yielded six singles including lead single "Nothing's Real but Love", which enjoyed commercial success throughout much of Europe and Oceania, entering the UK Singles Chart at number 10. A deluxe version of the album included the single "Backtrack", which entered the charts in October 2012 at number 15, giving Ferguson her second Top 20 hit.

Ferguson's second studio album, Freedom, was released in December 2013, being met with positive reviews from critics and commercial success in the United Kingdom where it charted at number 6 and has since been certified Gold by the BPI. The album's lead single, "I Hope", peaked at number 15 in the UK; whilst "Light On" was released as the lead single in mainland Europe.

I Hope (Rebecca Ferguson song)

"I Hope" is a song recorded by British singer Rebecca Ferguson. It was released in the United Kingdom on 1 December 2013 as the lead single from her second studio album Freedom (2013).

Background

In November 2012, Ferguson said that following her US tour in early 2013, she would go back to the studio and begin writing for her second album which was aimed for a later in 2013 or 2014. Ferguson considered Freedom being stronger and edgier than its predecessor. In July 2013 she posted a series of tweets in Twitter that she is "proud" of her new album and that the "album has been hard to make." She also revealed that she had written songs about her babies. Meanwhile Ferguson had settled dispute with her former management team, Modest! Management, after branding them "vile" for not allowing her enough time off to see her children. They have "settled their outstanding legal disputes" for an undisclosed sum of money. On 10 October 2013, Rebecca announced the lead single will be "I Hope", initially scheduled to be released on 24 November, one week ahead of the album's release. The single officially premiered on 14 October 2013.

I Hope

I Hope may refer to:

I Hope (Dixie Chicks song)

"I Hope" is a country–pop song written and performed by the American all-female trio Dixie Chicks for their seventh studio album, Taking the Long Way, in 2006.

It was nominated for two Grammy Awards at the 48th ceremony, but lost in both categories.

Song information

The song, written by all the three band members (Emily Robison, Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines) and Kevin Moore, received its debut performance on the Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast telethon on September 9, 2005. It was later made available as a digital download single with proceeds to benefit the Hurricane Katrina relief. The song features a guitar solo from John Mayer.

Comments about the song by band members

This is what band members Robison and Maines commented about the writing process of "I Hope":