Oscar-nominated actress Florence Pugh is known for her characteristic voice, which is the result of a rare medical condition called tracheomalacia, per CheatSheet. Pugh discussed the condition with Vogue during an interview in January 2020 and stated that she suffered from health issues as a child which prompted her family's move from Oxford to Spain, as they thought Spain's climate would be more beneficial to her health. It was discovered that Pugh had tracheomalacia, which means "her trachea partly collapses after she breathes" and the family's time in Spain helped abate the worst of her symptoms.
Pugh divulged further details about the condition, and how it impacted her during the COVID-19 pandemic, during an interview with Sue Perkins for her podcast "Sue Perkins: An Hour or So With..." in July 2020. During the conversion with Perkins, Pugh said, "I've had this breathing thing since I was tiny, so my mum's always had to be aware of new diseases, new illnesses that could potentially really hurt me," and it was Pugh's mother who advised the young actress to live in Los Angeles during lockdown to prevent possible contraction of COVID-19.
Thankfully, Pugh told Perkins that she's been staying safe throughout the pandemic and that her tracheomalacia has improved over time. "When I was a kid, I was always ill. But now that I'm older, I don't get ill [as often or easily as she did as a kid], but when I do, it's the same intensity as it was when I was always ill."
