--- title: Florence Pugh Is on the TIME100 Next 2021 List description: Find out how Florence Pugh is shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership. canonical: https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2021/5937673/florence-pugh/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2021-02-16T22:35:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-02T23:47:29.339Z og:title: 2021 TIME100 Next: Florence Pugh og:description: Find out why Florence Pugh is on this year’s TIME100 Next list og:url: https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2021/5937673/florence-pugh/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1f2174a640adeb4/698a171d457a5268e2d64e77/Florence-Pugh-.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2021 TIME100 Next: Florence Pugh og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 2021 TIME100 Next: Florence Pugh twitter:description: Find out why Florence Pugh is on this year’s TIME100 Next list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1f2174a640adeb4/698a171d457a5268e2d64e77/Florence-Pugh-.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Feb 16, 2021 # Florence Pugh by Lena Headey  The actress Florence Pugh in New York on Dec. 10, 2019\. The 24-year-old, chameleonlike star of "Little Women" and "Midsommar" can make you believe in the impossible. "I've had conversations about films with people who had no idea that I was in them," Pugh said happily. (Jingyu Lin/The New York Times) The actress Florence Pugh in New York on Dec. 10, 2019\. The 24-year-old, chameleonlike star of "Little Women" and "Midsommar" can make you believe in the impossible. "I've had conversations about films with people who had no idea that I was in them," Pugh said happily. (Jingyu Lin/The New York Times)Jingyu Lin—The New York Times/Redux Florence Pugh carries a lack of vanity that sees her fully and completely inhabit every role she takes on, from the historically maligned Amy March in _Little Women_ to the grieving Dani in _Midsommar_ **_._** We met working on _Fighting With My Family_ **_,_** for which she transformed into a WWE star. We wrestled together (in hot pants), cried together (scripted), but mostly, we laughed a lot. She is a wonderful actor, filled with generosity toward her co-stars and curiosity about the human experience. An even bigger audience will soon know her power when Florence stars opposite Scarlett Johansson in the upcoming Marvel film _Black Widow_ **_._** When she’s not onscreen, Flo feels no need to pretend to be someone other than who she is: a fantastic cook and a massive nerd, which I say as a compliment. Also, she sings like a f-cking angel. _Headey is an Emmy Award–nominated actor_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2021/5937673/florence-pugh/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2021/5937673/florence-pugh/"},"headline":"Florence Pugh","datePublished":"2021-02-16T22:35:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:47:29.339Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2021/5937673/florence-pugh/","keywords":["list","franchise","TIME 100 Next"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1f2174a640adeb4/698a171d457a5268e2d64e77/Florence-Pugh-.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1f2174a640adeb4/698a171d457a5268e2d64e77/Florence-Pugh-.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2021/5937673/florence-pugh/","name":"Florence Pugh"}}]}] ```