Actor Florence Pugh, Breakthrough Brit 2016

Florences first professional acting role nearly didnt happen. She remembers being 17 and her mum convincing her to send in an audition filmed on her phone with halfanhour left until the casting deadline. The audition was for Carol Morleys The Falling, and the next day she received a call from the producers. After a summer of followup auditions, Florence was cast in the supportinglead role opposite Maisie Williams. Before that shed only performed in school plays and sang in her dads restaurant, so s