Solène Delinger 3:39 p.m., September 26, 2022, modified at 3:41 p.m., September 26, 2022
At only 26 years old, the Englishwoman Florence Pugh sparks in Hollywood.
An ambitious, multi-talented young woman, the actress is currently starring in the feminist thriller "Don't worry darling", in which she co-stars with Olivia Wilde and Harry Styles.
His performance, powerful and inhabited, could earn him an Oscar.
The opportunity to learn a little more about this future great movie star.
Her doll's face and her immense talent as an actress have certainly already caught your attention… At only 26 years old, the Englishwoman Florence Pugh has become THE essential Hollywood star.
A new status reinforced by her superb performance in the feminist thriller
Don't worry darling,
directed by Olivia Wilde in cinemas since Wednesday September 21.
His performance, hailed by critics, could win him an Oscar.
Unless she wins for the next installment of
Dune,
scheduled for 2023, or the next feature film by Christopher Nolan, also in theaters next year.
But who is Florence Pugh, the actress that all filmmakers crave?
Overview of the life and career of the young woman, who already has everything of a future Scarlett Johansson, according to the American press.
1.
Florence Pugh was born on January 3, 1996 in Oxford, England.
Her father, Clinton Pugh is a restaurateur and designer, her mother, Deborah Mackin, is a dance teacher.
His brother Tony, born in 1992, is known for playing Trystan Martell in a few episodes of the hit series Games of Thrones.
2.
It was because Florence Pugh suffered from asthma and tracheomalacia, a disease that affects the trachea and the bronchi, that her parents decided to move to Spain when she was a child to enjoy a warmer climate.
They lived there for three years, until 2007, and it was there that Florence Pugh began to do theatre.
3.
Florence Pugh began her acting career in 2014 in Carol Morley's
drama
The Falling .
She gives the reply to Maisie Williams, alias Arya Stark in
Game of Thrones.
At the time, Florence Pugh was still a student, but her performance impressed the critics and earned her a nomination for the prize for Best British Hope at the London Film Festival.
From her debut, Florence Pugh rubbed shoulders with big names, as in the TV movie
King Lear
(2018) where she shared the poster
with Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson (Florence Pugh's mentor in the film industry).
4.
Florence Pugh is not only an actress, she is also a food influencer.
Her father, a restaurateur, passed on her taste for cooking and she decided to share his recipes on Instagram and on her Youtube channel,
Cooking With Flo.
His speciality ?
The tzatziki...
5.
Terrific actress, outstanding cook... Florence Pugh's CV is already well stocked.
And yet, Florence Pugh has another string to her bow: music.
The young woman indeed plays the piano and the guitar.
6.
Florence Pugh loves animals, especially her dog, Sir Albert Pugh, whose adventures she shares on her Instagram account.
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7
.
Florence Pugh was in a relationship with actor and director Zach Braff, 21 years her senior.
He cast her in his short film
In the Time It Takes to Get There
after seeing her in the movie
The Young Lady.
He then directed her in her fourth feature,
A Good Person.
"I know my opinion is biased, but Florence Pugh's performance is the most miraculous thing you'll see. I know everything Florence does is amazing. People say maybe it's the best actress of her generation. I think she's one of the best working actresses," he said.
The couple separated in early 2022.
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8.
Florence is a figure of the "body positive" movement.
In several interviews, the actress said that casting agents had repeatedly asked her to lose weight or do more sport before giving her a role.
In July 2022, the star made headlines by wearing a transparent pink dress revealing her breasts at the Valentino fall-winter 2022-2023 haute couture show in Rome.
She then wanted to denounce the body-shaming of which she is the victim, and to silence all the critics judging her breasts "too flat".
On Instagram, she posted a long text explaining her approach: "This is not the first time, and certainly not the last, that a woman has heard criticism about her body, coming from a crowd of strangers.
I only worry about the vulgarity of some men.
(…) So many of you want to proclaim how disappointed you are with my ‘small breasts’” she was indignant on the social network, before continuing: “I have been living in my body for a while. time, I am perfectly aware of my chest size and it does not panic me.
I'm happy with all the 'flaws' that I couldn't bear when I was 14."
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9.
Florence Pugh is very good friends with the actor Timothée Chalamet, to whom she gave a very particular nickname "Timothée Chalamala-bing-bong".
10.
Last but not least, a very important information for all Frenchies: the name of Florence Pugh is not pronounced "peugue" or "piougue"... It's actually very simple, just say "piou" .