Florence Foster Jenkins

…roles in several films, including Florence Foster Jenkins, a comedy directed by Stephen Frears and starring Meryl Streep as a wealthy woman who pursues a singing career despite her lack of talent. That year Ferguson also appeared in The Girl on the Train, a crime drama based on Paula Hawkins’s…

…played by Meryl Streep, in Florence Foster Jenkins (2016).

…in the title role of Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), about the tragicomic but ultimately inspiring efforts of a syphilitic society matron to establish an opera career. For her work in the film, Streep received her 20th Oscar nomination.