Rebecca Ferguson knows her way around a blockbuster. In both the Mission: Impossible series and the Dune franchise, the Swedish actor brought layers to characters that could easily have been one-note; she’ll reprise her role as the formidable Lady Jessica in Denis Villeneuve ’s upcoming third installment of the latter, Dune: Part Three .

So it’s no wonder that Ferguson stands out even among the star-studded ensemble of her latest film, Kathryn Bigelow ’s A House of Dynamite. She stars as Captain Olivia Walker, who is tasked with leading the White House situation room as a nuclear attack unfolds. The gripping Netflix film, which opens in select theaters October 10 and on Netflix October 24, is told from the perspectives of characters played by Idris Elba, Jared Harris, T

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