Rebecca Ferguson
Rebecca Ferguson
Rebecca Louisa Ferguson Sundström, known professionally as Rebecca Ferguson, is a British-Swedish actress. She is best known for her lead role as Elizabeth Woodville in The White Queen, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination, and her starring role as Ilsa Faust in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth21 July 1986
CityLiverpool, England
believe good grew knew needed sing
When I was on the X-Factor, I found that I grew a lot as a performer. I knew I could sing but I didn't believe in myself enough... I needed to hear that I was good.
album cool definitely single work
I think there's definitely a dance album or at least single in me somewhere. I would want to work with a really cool Ibiza DJ, though.
added bedroom came dramas fell girl happier home life love music naive perform ready sing singing walking
I was naive in that I thought I could just sing and perform and do what I had always wanted to do all my life. But I wasn't ready for all the added dramas that came along. There were times I fell out of love with music and thought about walking away. I thought I was happier when I was that girl at home in my bedroom singing into my hairbrush.
backup bench needed realising remember singer sitting york
I remember sitting on a bench in New York and sobbing and realising that my ambition to be a singer was making me selfish - I was a mother with two children, and I needed a backup plan.
writing singers
I'm a better writer than I am a singer, and I express myself easily through writing.
kids played
We grew up in Woolton, Liverpool. We didn't have much, but it was irrelevant. We played out a lot with all the kids on the street.
definitely encourage future home jobs kids nine saturday sheltered work
Work made me more streetwise because you can be so sheltered at home. I'd definitely encourage my kids Lillie and Karl, who are nine and seven, to get Saturday jobs in the future.
amazing bodies distracted sad stuff women
Women's bodies are amazing; what our bodies can do is incredible, so it's sad that we get distracted - all this stuff about being skinny, be this, be that - they're all distractions.
allowed love
I think that's what I love about jazz is that you can do what you want, and you're allowed to mess up.
freedom given
I think jazz has given me freedom with my voice.
buy family lovely rule taught
My nan taught me never to put value on possessions but to value family, friends and people. I buy lovely things and enjoy them, but they don't rule me.
brought lovely loving mum
My mum is a lovely woman, so strong but so kind and compassionate. She brought us up to be proud, loving and forgiving.
good
I was really good at manicures, facials and make-up.
learnt people society
I think, even in society, people get so caught up in how they look. I think I let that go, and I've learnt to not care.