Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#174
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Rebecca Ferguson works on versatility rather than volume, and the catalogue keeps proving that the quieter choice was the correct one.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Rebecca Ferguson appears in 22 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Rebecca. Dune: Part Two is the clearest case: a film rated 9.0 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for fantasy, adventure, family. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Ben Gregor, Timur Bekmambetov, Denis Villeneuve and others, Rebecca Ferguson helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
Dune: Part Two (2024) as Jessica · Dune: Part Two (2024) as Jessica · Dune (2021) as Lady Jessica Atreides
Career snapshot
Ranked #174 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
22
2014–2026
Career length
12 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
9.0
Dune: Part Two
Average Nutevio score
6.5
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
8.5
Dune: Part Two
Most frequent director
Denis Villeneuve
4 films together
Longest collaboration
4×
With Denis Villeneuve
Most common genre
Adventure
11 titles
Average runtime
1h 58m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
6.8
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
6.5
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
2020s
6.6 average MV
The 2020s are where the work and the material meet. The Magic Faraway Tree, Mercy, Dune: Part Three — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2020s
6.6
Across 10 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2020s
6.5
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
2020s
2 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. The Magic Faraway Tree, Mercy, Dune: Part Three.
Most productive era
2010s
12 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|
| Drama | 6.13 films | 7.53 films |
| Action | 6.55 films | 7.32 films |
| Thriller | 5.82 films | 6.94 films |
| Comedy | 5.43 films | — |
| Sci-Fi | — | 9.01 film |
| Crime | 5.82 films | 7.21 film |
| Horror | 6.33 films | — |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
2014Hercules
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Ergenia.
First Nutevio masterpiece · Highest rated performance · Career peak
2024Dune: Part Two
The first film here to clear 9.0 on our scale — a threshold fewer than one film in ten reaches. 9.0 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer. Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
2026Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
The current state of the argument, as Kaulo / Zelda.
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
22 of 22 films
as Jessica
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
as Jessica
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
as Lady Jessica Atreides
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
Showing 24 of 25 titles · 26 total credits · active 2008–2026
The Magic Faraway Tree
2026 · Dame Snap
Mercy
2026 · Judge Maddox
Dune: Part Three
2026 · Lady Jessica
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
2026 · Kaulo / Zelda
A House of Dynamite
2025 · Captain Olivia Walker
Dune: Part Two
2024 · Jessica
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023 · Ilsa Faust
Wild Scandinavia
2023 · TV · Narrator
Silo
2023 · TV · Juliette Nichols · Executive Producer
Dune
2021 · Lady Jessica Atreides
Reminiscence
2021 · Mae
The Kid Who Would Be King
2019 · Morgana
Cold Night
2019 · Jenny Sorensen
Men in Black: International
2019 · Riza
Doctor Sleep
2019 · Rose the Hat
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
2018 · Ilsa Faust
The Greatest Showman
2017 · Jenny Lind
The Snowman
2017 · Katrine Bratt
Life
2017 · Miranda North
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016 · Kathleen Weatherley
The Girl on the Train
2016 · Anna Watson
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
2015 · Ilsa Faust
Hercules
2014 · Ergenia
The White Queen
2013 · TV · Elizabeth Woodville
The defining work
#1
Jessica
Dune: Part Two (2024)
Performance score9.1
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Jessica gives Rebecca Ferguson a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Jessica
Dune: Part Two (2024)
Performance score8.4
Dune: Part Two asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Jessica is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Lady Jessica Atreides
Dune (2021)
Performance score8.2
Dune asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Lady Jessica Atreides is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Jenny Lind
The Greatest Showman (2017)
Performance score8.0
The Greatest Showman asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Jenny Lind is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Jessica
Start here. Dune: Part Two is the clearest statement of what Rebecca Ferguson does — accessible, 166 minutes, and rated 9.0 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Rebecca at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
The Greatest Showman (2017)
Keeps the drama register of Dune: Part Two but asks for a colder reading of it.
Dune (2021)
A deliberate change of key after The Greatest Showman — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Dune: Part Two (2024)
Same director as Dune, different problem to solve. Watching them in order shows how much of the effect was the collaboration.
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (2026)
A deliberate change of key after Dune: Part Two — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Denis Villeneuve
Director
4 films together
Notably Dune: Part Two
Christopher McQuarrie
Director
3 films together
Notably Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Brett Ratner
Director
1 film together
Notably Hercules
Tate Taylor
Director
1 film together
Notably The Girl on the Train
Stephen Frears
Director
1 film together
Notably Florence Foster Jenkins
Daniel Espinosa
Director
1 film together
Notably Life
Tomas Alfredson
Director
1 film together
Notably The Snowman
Michael Gracey
Director
1 film together
Notably The Greatest Showman
Mike Flanagan
Director
1 film together
Notably Doctor Sleep
F. Gary Gray
Director
1 film together
Notably Men in Black: International
Joe Cornish
Director
1 film together
Notably The Kid Who Would Be King
Lisa Joy
Director
1 film together
Notably Reminiscence
Kathryn Bigelow
Director
1 film together
Notably A House of Dynamite
Tom Harper
Director
1 film together
Notably Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
Timur Bekmambetov
Director
1 film together
Notably Mercy
Ben Gregor
Director
1 film together
Notably The Magic Faraway Tree
Timothée Chalamet
Actor
1 film together
Notably Dune: Part Two
Dave Bautista
Actor
1 film together
Notably Dune: Part Two
Zendaya
Actor
1 film together
Notably Dune: Part Two
Javier Bardem
Actor
1 film together
Notably Dune: Part Two
Josh Brolin
Actor
1 film together
Notably Dune: Part Two
Austin Butler
Actor
1 film together
Notably Dune: Part Two
Florence Pugh
Actor
1 film together
Notably Dune: Part Two
Christopher Walken
Actor
1 film together
Notably Dune: Part Two
Léa Seydoux
Actor
1 film together
Notably Dune: Part Two
Stellan Skarsgård
Actor
1 film together
Notably Dune: Part Two
Charlotte Rampling
Actor
1 film together
Notably Dune: Part Two
Souheila Yacoub
Actor
1 film together
Notably Dune: Part Two
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Denis Villeneuve
Director
4 films together · 6.3 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 4 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Dune: Part TwoChristopher McQuarrie
Director
3 films together · 7.4 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 3 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part OneMichael Gracey
Director
1 film together · 8.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Greatest ShowmanTom Harper
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal ManMike Flanagan
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Doctor SleepTimur Bekmambetov
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
MercyStephen Frears
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Florence Foster JenkinsLisa Joy
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
ReminiscenceDaniel Espinosa
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
LifeKathryn Bigelow
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
A House of DynamiteTate Taylor
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Girl on the TrainBen Gregor
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Magic Faraway TreeJoe Cornish
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Kid Who Would Be KingF. Gary Gray
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Men in Black: InternationalBrett Ratner
Director
1 film together · 5.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
HerculesTomas Alfredson
Director
1 film together · 5.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The SnowmanSix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Performer
Rebecca Ferguson
Where this journey starts
Director
Denis Villeneuve
4 collaborations, averaging 6.3
Film
Dune: Part Two
Their highest-rated film together (2024)
Performer
Christopher Walken
Shares the frame in Dune: Part Two
Film
Pulp Fiction
Where Christopher goes next, and where you can too
Performer
Samuel L. Jackson
Three steps from where you began
Recognition
1 win
1 win · latest 2025
Dune: Part Two
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
Dune: Part Two
as Jessica
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
The Magic Faraway Tree
as Dame Snap
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
Dune: Part Two
as Jessica
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Dune: Part Two
as Jessica
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Dune: Part Two
as Jessica
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Rebecca Ferguson has known it for a long time.”
“Long live the fighters.”
“I will love you as long as I breathe.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
| Nutevio Performer Score | 8.0 | 8.9 |
|---|---|---|
| Career ranking | #396 of 681 | #2 of 681 |
| Awards on file | Unknown | 4 recorded |
| Oscar wins | Unknown | 2 |
| Oscar nominations | Unknown | 6 |
| Average Nutevio score | 9.0 | 9.3 |
| Genres | Sci-Fi, Adventure, Drama | Sci-Fi, Adventure, Drama, Thriller |
| Directors | Denis Villeneuve | Christopher Nolan |
| Performance DNA | Screen presence, Drama, Physical performance | Transformation, Screen presence, Rewatchability |
| Career timeline | 2024–2024 | 2006–2014 |
| Most iconic role | Jessica — Dune: Part Two | Professor Brand — Interstellar |
| Most rewatchable film | Dune: Part Two | The Dark Knight |
| Filmography | 1 catalogue film | 4 catalogue films |
Films together
Nothing in common in the library yet.
Shared directors
Nothing in common in the library yet.
Shared collections
Adventure Movies, Best Space Movies, Sci-Fi Movies, Drama Movies
Collaborators in common
Timothée Chalamet
Michael Caine edges ahead here — a higher floor across a comparable body of work.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Editor's Icon
Awarded
Named by our desk for a body of work we return to when we need to explain what screen acting is for.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Adventure Legend
Awarded
11 catalogue titles in adventure, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
Dune: Part Two
as Jessica
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Dune: Part Two
as Jessica
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
The Magic Faraway Tree
as Dame Snap
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
The Girl on the Train
as Anna Watson
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Dune: Part Two
as Jessica
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
as Ilsa Faust
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
Dune: Part Two
as Jessica
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Dune: Part Two
as Jessica
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
Across the library
Every Nutevio collection this name turns up in, and how high they rank there.
Collection footprint
Appears in 5 Nutevio collections
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