Florence Pugh even has an Oscar nomination for this reason — she's a fantastic actress with a talent for making viewers care about her characters.

Pugh's acting is also characterized by highly expressive body language that is buoyed by her use of gestures and constantly shifting facial expressions. Intense moments of drama are particularly elevated when she's in front of the camera, but the most impactful application of her acting style is thus in horror movies. Shorn of the understated and subtle approach she commonly employs in dramas and comedies, Florence Pugh's horror movies are visceral because she doesn't shy away from dialing up the intensity. This is perhaps why Pugh's favorite among the characters she's played is the protagonist of Lady Macbeth.

Florence Pugh Thinks Lady Macbeth Is Her Best Character

It Is One Of Her Most Demanding Performances

Katherine, the protagonist of the 2016 horror film Lady Macbeth, directed by William Oldroyd, is Florence Pugh's favorite character she has played so far in her career (via Capital FM). Her words suggest she's most proud of the work she did as the character, as the performance was demanding, and she proved up to the task. However, she does seem to appreciate the character in all her glorious darkness, too, suggesting Pugh's frequent appearances in "Good For Her" horror movies aren't by fluke. Check out her comments:

Who I enjoyed playing just because I feel like I really got to stretch my acting chops and show what I could do, probably Katherine from Lady Macbeth. I really enjoyed playing her and I loved everything bad that she did.

Lady Macbeth is a gory horror movie that follows its main character's descent into madness. Katherine is a woman suffocated in a marriage where she's taken for granted by her bitter husband and has her personal freedom curtailed by her father at every step of the way. When she finally snaps, the consequences are murderous and horrible. Pugh delivers a powerhouse performance as the scorned woman on a journey of vengeance and liberation that leaves a trail of destruction in its wake. Katherine is notably also Pugh's first leading role in a movie.

Florence Pugh Already Has An Impressive List Of Great Film Characters

Pugh Has Been Prolific In The Late 2010s & 2020s

Despite only debuting a little over a decade ago, Florence Pugh has already racked up an impressive number of memorable roles. She has been a highly productive artist ever since her debut as one of the major characters in 2014's The Fallen. One of her most notable characters is also Amy March from Greta Gerwig's 2019 adaptation of Little Women, a performance for which she was nominated for the Best ing Actress Academy Award in 2020 after just five years in the industry.

2019 was one of the best years in movie history, and for Pugh specifically as well, because she also starred in Ari Aster's horror movie Midsommar, whose protagonist continues to be among the most famous characters Pugh has played. After this year, there was no stopping Pugh. Her snarky yet thoughtful performance as Amy combined with being in one of the biggest horror films of the year cemented her as one of the most sought-after stars in Hollywood. Shortly after, she competed against two of her Little Women co-stars for the role of Yelena, and emerged as doubtlessly the best choice.

From voicing Goldilocks in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and playing Jean Tatlock in Oppenheimer, to portraying Princess Irulan in Dune: Part Two, and Yelena in the MCU, Florence Pugh has undeniably been prolific as an actress, and I am excited to see where her career goes next. Her projects include continuations of the MCU and Dune franchises, as well as the TV miniseries East of Eden.