Florence Pugh spent the first few years of childhood living in Andalusia, Spain due to health problems as a child. She had asthma and collapsed airways, so the family moved in the hope that a warmer climate would help. Her father, Clinton Pugh, owns a chain of restaurants, while her mother, Deborah, is a dancer, and dance teacher. Back in England, Florence displayed her first taste for acting at age six when she played Mary in the Christmas nativity, adding her own twist by giving Mary a Yorkshire accent. She would follow that up with further lead parts in school productions when she attended the private schools Wychwood School and St. Edward’s School in Oxford.