Rebecca Ferguson has admitted she’s still searching for that one special role that will define her career.

The 42-year-old actress, who has starred in Mission Impossible – The Girl on the Train and Life, said she feels grateful for all the work she’s done but hasn’t yet found a role that truly feels like “the one”.

“I’m still looking for it,” she told The Independent, “I’ve been super blessed with the jobs I’ve done, but I have yet to find that thing.”

Rebecca continued saying that she often wonders if any actor ever really finds that perfect role, saying, “Have Daniel Day-Lewis or Isabelle Huppert found that thing? Was there a moment when they went, ‘Yes, this is what I yearn for?’”

The Dune actress described herself as someone who always wants to feel deeply through her work. 

“I seek sensations,” she said. “Something that gets inside of me and twirls my intestines up like spaghetti. I want to experience something raw and real.”

She also spoke about how her lack of formal training shaped her as an actress. 

“When you’re not trained, you have to find your own way, and it needs to be truthful,” she told ELLE Canada.

“I just try to listen, to be real, to make it honest.”

Rebecca’s first big step into acting came at just 15 when she joined the Swedish soap Nya Tider.

“It was like going to school,” she recalled. “I was doing something I loved, surrounded by incredible actors who helped me grow.”