The best Rebecca Ferguson movies and TV shows include movies and TV shows in every genre, both large and small, all starting in 1999. She got her first big role in the Swedish soap opera Nya tider, which she appeared in from 1999 to 2000. From there, she made her movie debut in Drowning Ghost in 2004 and then she finally gained worldwide recognition when she started in the TV drama The White Queen in 2012.

She got her first Hollywood role in 2014’s Hercules, which starred Dwayne Johnson as the mythical hero. However, her breakout came when she ed the Mission: Impossible franchise, where she picked up the role of MI6 agent Ilsa Faust starting in Rogue Nation. She also proved her talent as an evil villain when she took on the role of Rose the Hat in Doctor Sleep, the Stephen King sequel to The Shining. Her most recent success came as a lead in the Apple TV+ series Silo.

10 The Girl On The Train (2016)

Anna Watson

The novel The Girl on the Train really started the trend of releasing “Girl on” books as dark mysteries. In 2016, the Paula Hawkins book came to theaters with Emily Blunt in the lead role as a recovering alcoholic named Rachel who rides a train into New York City every day after losing her job. When she sees her neighbor Meagan kissing a man on the train who is not her husband, she drunkenly goes to confront her. She then wakes up in her bed with blood on her with no memories of what happened next and Meagan has disappeared.

Ferguson also holds her own against the fantastic Blunt.

Rebecca Ferguson plays Anna, Rachel’s ex-husband Tom’s new wife. The movie has many twists and turns, and Anna ends up playing a big role in the plot, giving Ferguson a lot to play with, although this is really Blunt’s story. The film received mixed to negative reviews, although Blunt received a lot of praise for diving into her role as an alcoholic and helping elevate the material. Despite this, Ferguson also holds her own against the fantastic Blunt.

9 Men In Black: International (2019)

Riza Stavros

In 2019, Columbia Pictures tried to reboot the Men in Black franchise without Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. Instead, the movie brought in Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson as the famed Men in Black, with Thompson taking on the rookie role that Smith played in the first movie and Hemsworth as the arrogant senior agent. However, it does change things up by having Thompson’s character seeking out the Men in Black, believing they exist, instead of the original movie, where Smith was recruited.

As for Rebbeca Ferguson, she plays Riza Stavros, an alien intergalactic arms dealer and H's (Hemsworth) ex-girlfriend. While it isn’t a big role, Ferguson really dives into the minor villain part and completely steals the scenes as she seeks revenge against H, which is mostly deserved thanks to the way he treats people. The movie was mostly seen as a disappointment, though, and there hasn’t been another MIB release since this one.

8 Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

Kathleen Weatherley

In 2016, Rebecca Ferguson ed the cast of the award-nominated Florence Foster Jenkins. This gave Ferguson a chance to star alongside the great Meryl Streep, and she did a good job of holding her own against the multi-nominated film star. The movie has Streep star as the titular character, an heiress who is known for her generosity. Starring alongside Streep is Hugh Grant, who plays her long-time companion and manager, St. Clair Bayfield.

As for Ferguson, she plays Kathleen Weatherley, Bayfield’s mistress who he lives with. The film, based on real-life people, follows Florence as she sets out to become a singer, despite her terrible singing voice and Bayfield’s continued attempts to stop her so she won’t be disappointed in the negative response. Ferguson’s role is minor, but she does hold her own with Streep and Grant. Streep earned an Oscar nomination for her performance.

7 Life (2017)

Miranda North

In 2017, Rebecca Ferguson ed the cast of the science fiction horror movie Life. In this film, a six-member crew onboard the International Space Station discovers life on Mars and as they conduct experiments on it, the life-form turns out to be smart and very dangerous. Jake Gyllenhaal was the lead actor in the film, but the other of the crew included Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ariyon Bakare, and Olga Diovivhnaya.

The twist ending was also praised, with Ferguson’s shocked reaction selling it perfectly.

The movie received positive reviews, and critics praised both Gyllenhaal and Ferguson for their performances as the two main of the crew fighting to keep the alien life form from making it to Earth. The twist ending was also praised, with Ferguson’s shocked reaction selling it perfectly. Life earned a Best Science Fiction Film nomination at the 44th Saturn Awards.

6 The Greatest Showman (2017)

Jenny Lind

In 2017, Rebecca Ferguson ed the cast of the musical drama movie The Greatest Showman. This film tells the story of P.T. Barnum, the showman who created the Barnum & Bailey Circus that traveled the country successfully for decades. Hugh Jackman stars as Barnum with Zac Efron and Zendaya as the other two main cast . However, Rebecca Ferguson also played an important role as Jenny Lind, a real-life famous Swedish singer known as the “Swedish Nightingale.”

In the movie, Barnum was working hard to build his circus, while often neglecting his wife (Michelle Williams). However, he took a break and began to help promote Lind’s singing career as well. While she shows an attraction to Barnum, he rejects her. However, she kisses him anyway, which is photographed and almost ruins his life. Ferguson is great in this role, although her singing voice was dubbed by Loren Alfred.

5 Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)

Ilsa Faust

Rebecca Ferguson ed the Mission: Impossible franchise in the 2015 film, Rogue Nation. She plays Ilsa Faust, a disavowed MI6 Agent who goes undercover in The Syndicate. She returned in both Mission: Impossible – Fallout in 2018 and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning in 2023. The best of the three movies is Fallout from 2018, although all three are great action flicks. In Fallout, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is forced to team with a CIA assassin named August Walker (Henry Cavill).

It is a great addition to the franchise, with Cavill turning in a great performance as a dangerous killer while Cruise has perfected his role as Hunt by this time. As for Ferguson, she is back as Ilsa, back in the trenches with MI6 and easily holding her own against the mostly male-dominated cast. The movie was a massive success at the box office, becoming the highest-grossing film in the franchise, and its 98% Rotten Tomatoes score was also a franchise high.

4 Doctor Sleep (2019)

Rose The Hat

In 2019, Rebecca Ferguson took on the role of her most deadly villain. Doctor Sleep is the Stephen King sequel to The Shining, with Danny Torrance now an adult and living with the trauma he faced as a child when his father tried to kill him and his mom in the Overlook Hotel. Much like his dad, Danny became an alcoholic, but he has since stopped drinking, although he still has to deal with his Shining powers. One day, a little girl with the Shining reaches out to him and he realizes she needs his help.

Ferguson is terrifying as Rose the Hat and she is perfectly adapted from King’s novel, a villain who will kill anyone, no matter their age in horrific ways.

Ferguson plays Rose the Hat. She is the main villain in the film, an almost psychic vampire who travels with a caravan of others. They stay young and keep their youth by murdering people with The Shining and they get more longevity when they kill children. Ferguson is terrifying as Rose the Hat and she is perfectly adapted from King’s novel, a villain who will kill anyone, no matter their age in horrific ways.

3 Dune (2021)

Lady Jessica

In 2021, Denis Villeneuve brought Dune back to the big screen and delivered what has to be the best adaptation of the Frank Herbert novel of all time. In the first movie, Timothée Chalamet stars as Paul Atreides, the son of Duke Leto Atreides (Oscar Isaac). When his father is betrayed and killed, Paul has to go into hiding with his mother, Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson), and he finds allies in the Fremen who live on Arrakis.

Ferguson has a big role in the franchise, as she is a member of the Bene Gesserit, an exclusive sisterhood whose have physical and mental abilities, and who have been controlling who is in power for centuries by selective breeding with their and upper-level political figures. However, Jessica went against their orders when she had Paul, and now she has to help protect him. Ferguson won the Critics’ Choice Super Award for Best Actress in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie.

2 Silo (2023-)

Juliette Nichols

Rebecca Ferguson took on the lead role in the Apple TV+ series Silo. This is a science fiction dystopian drama based on author Hugh Howey’s book series, and it tells the story of a world after a nuclear war where the survivors live inside giant silos. However, what makes this different is that it takes place years after the apocalyptic event, and not everyone in the silos believe it really happened, and many think they could survive if they leave.

Ferguson plays Juliette Nichols, an engineer who works on the generators in the lowest levels of the Silo. In the first season, she was promoted to the role of the new sheriff when the former sheriff left the silo and never returned. She ended up leaving herself, and the second season sees her finding another silo and realizing they were never the sole survivors. Ferguson received Best Actress nominations from both the Saturn Awards and Satellite Awards for her performance and will continue in the series, as it has been renewed for two more seasons to tell the entire story.

1 Dune: Part Two (2024)

Lady Jessica

In the second Dune movie, Rebecca Ferguson has a much bigger role, as she is now pregnant and carries a possible future member of the Bene Gesserit. In this film, Paul Atreides has to battle with the House that killed his father and destroyed his life. He also has to fight a prophecy that he could be the person who actually destroys everything when he rises to power. This movie shows his rise to power and sets up a third film in the franchise.

Jessica plays a more prominent role, despite her pregnancy, and she is important in guiding her son while also ensuring her future daughter arrives to play her role in the wars. The film was praised by critics with a 92% fresh Rotten Tomatoes score. While its total awards take remains unknown at this time, Rebecca Ferguson was nominated for Best ing Actress from the Astra Midseason Movie Awards and the Saturn Awards.