Biography of Florence Pugh | History | Lifestyle | Documentary

[Music] british actress florence pugh starred in midsummer and black widow and earned an academy award nomination for her role in little women who is florence pugh florence pugh was cast in her first movie at the age of 17 and a few years later received a nomination for a british academy of film and television arts rising star award her roles have ranged from period dramas to horror movies to marvel action flicks with notable parts in midsummer black widow and the television miniseries the little drummer girl pew received a nomination for an academy award for best supporting actress for her role as amy march in the 2019 adaptation of little women early life school and siblings florence rose pugh was born on january 3rd 1996 in oxford england united kingdom her father was a restaurateur and her mother a dance teacher pugh was raised in oxford though as a girl her family moved to spain for three years in the hopes of treating a recurring health issue that turned out to be tracheomalacia tracheomalacia results in a partially collapsed trachea making breathing more difficult it often sent pew to the hospital when she was young she has said of the condition it's the reason i have a deep voice and why i sound like a goose when i laugh even as a child pew knew how to enthrall an audience when she played mary in a nativity play at the age of six she entertained spectators by adopting a northern accent and complaining about varicose veins it was the first time i knew the power of being on stage pugh said i remember thinking oh god they're waiting for me they're listening to everything i say and i have complete control as a teenager pugh sang and played guitar to cover songs such as wonderwall under the username flossyrose on youtube pew attended the private schools whichwood and saint edwards in oxford but did not excel academically i don't think i was built for school pugh told the new york times in 2020 i just wanted to perform and make music and make pots i grew up in a very loud and dramatic household and we loved being in the spotlight pugh said in 2018 her two older siblings also became actors her older brother toby sebastian portrayed prince christine martel on game of thrones and her older sister arabella gibbons trained as an actress and has worked on stage as a singer and a vocal coach pew also has a younger sister rafaela who was born when pew was seven movie and tv roles mid-summer little women and black widow while a seventeen-year-old pew was still in school she participated in an open audition and landed a part in the film the falling 2014. she went on to be praised for her work in this role in 2015 pugh was cast in a pilot for an american tv show she subsequently relocated to los angeles where her negative experiences included the production telling her to lose weight the pilot didn't become a series she later told vogue when it didn't go through that was when i realized how relieved i was being cast in lady macbeth 2016 based on an 1865 russian novella reignited pew's love of acting she received a british independent film award for this role in 2018 she appeared in the outlaw king as a medieval bride to chris pine's scottish ruler and in the liam neeson thriller the commuter that same year pugh found success on british television in the miniseries the little drummer girl based on the john le carre novel and appearing as cordelia in a production of king lear in 2019 pew starred in three very different films she embodied emotional turmoil in the horror flick mid-summer demonstrated wrestling moves in the comedic fighting with my family and played the iconic amy march in an adaptation of louisa may alcott's little women her work in little women nabbed pew an academy award nomination for best supporting actress pew next appeared in black widow alongside scarlett johansson the film's release was delayed from 2020 until 2021 due to the covet 19 pandemic pew portrayed elena a surrogate sister to johansen's title character she and johansen developed a camaraderie that was reflected both on and off screen after pew teased her co-star about black widow's fighting pose a similar interaction was added to the script pew also co-stars with harry styles in the olivia wilde directed don't worry darling set to release sometime in 2022 personal life pew's boyfriend as zach braff star of the tv show scrubs the two have been friends since 2018. pew appeared in braff short film in the time it takes to get there 2019 the pair quarantined together during the covid 19 pandemic in 2020 and also adopted a dog braff is two decades older than pew a fact that has drawn criticism on her social media when she wished braf a happy birthday on instagram in april 2020 she had to quickly shut down comments due to the negative response however pew did not back down from defending their relationship declaring on her instagram page i am 24 years old i do not need you to tell me who i should and should not love and i would never in my life tell anyone who they can and cannot love you