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It’s official: after a series of less-than-well-received entries in the Marvel film series, the 36th instalment of superhero adventures, Thunderbolts* (or should that be New Avengers?), is a critical and commercial hit.
Much of the credit for that is going to Florence Pugh who plays Natasha Romanov, the adoptive sister of Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow who just happens to be a highly-trained assassin.
It’s the latest chapter in a dizzying rise to the top of the acting world for the English actress who only made her screen debut just over a decade ago in 2014’sThe Falling .
Since then she’s been nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress and two Baftas, as well as winning several gongs including a British Independent Film Award and the Trophée Chopard Award at the Cannes Film Festival.
Her upcoming projects include the new Avengers film, as well as a television adaptation of East of Eden.
Thusfar she’s starred in 18 feature films - here they all are, ranked from best to worst.
9. The Wonder
In 'The Wonder' Florence Pugh plays an English nurse who is called to a remote Irish village to investigate a girl who claims to be able to survive without eating. She's tasked with finding out if it's a miracle or a fraud. Directed by Sebastián Lelio it was released in 2022 and has since earned a rating of 85 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes. | Contributed
10. Midsommar
Ari Aster's 2019 folk horror 'Midsommar' is widely considered a modern classic of the genre. It sees Florence Pugh star alongside Jack Reynor as a couple who are drawn into a violent cult in rural Sweden. With heavy echoes of 'The Wicker Man', this is the Pugh film most likely to give you nightmares. It has an 83 per cent rating on the Tomatometer. | Contributed
11. Black Widow
Florence Pugh's first foray into the world of Marvel superheroes was in 2021's 'Black Widow, where she plays Scarlett Johansson's titular character's adoptive sister Yelena Belova. It sees the sisters on the on the run thanks to their time working as Russian spies in a time before the Avengers were assembled. It rates a 70 per cent on the Tomatometer. | Contributed
12. We Live in Time
Tearjerker 'We Live in Time' tells the story of a couple's relationship over a decade, told using a nonlinear narrative centred around a heartbreaking cancer diagnosis. Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh star as the husband-and-wife with palpable chemistry - something that's helped it to a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 79 per cent. | Contributed