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Brit Marling is a Actor, Writer, Producer and Director of Photography American born on 7 august 1983 at Chicago (USA)

Brit Marling

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Birth name Brittany Heyworth Marling
Nationality USA
Birth 7 august 1983 (40 years) at Chicago (USA)

Brit Heyworth Marling (born August 7, 1983) is an American actress, screenwriter and film producer. After majoring in economics at Georgetown University, Marling moved to Los Angeles with friends Mike Cahill and Zal Batmanglij to pursue screenplay writing and acting. She first gained recognition in 2004 with the documentary Boxers and Ballerinas and later became a Sundance star with the Searchlight movies Sound of My Voice (2011), Another Earth (2011) and The East (2013) which she co-wrote in addition to playing the lead role.

Biography

She was previously in a relationship with Mike Cahill.

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Filmography of Brit Marling (10 films)

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Actress

The Keeping Room, 1h39
Directed by Daniel Barber
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Hailee Steinfeld, Sam Worthington, Brit Marling, Amy Nuttall, Muna Otaru, Nicholas Pinnock
Roles Augusta
Rating59% 2.9965952.9965952.9965952.9965952.996595
Left without men in the dying days of the American Civil War, three Southern women—two sisters and one African-American slave—must fight to defend their home and themselves from two rogue soldiers who have broken off from the fast-approaching Union Army.
The Better Angels, 1h35
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Historical
Actors Diane Kruger, Jason Clarke, Brit Marling, Wes Bentley, Veanne Cox, Tim Duquette
Roles Nancy Lincoln
Rating60% 3.0014353.0014353.0014353.0014353.001435
The story of Abraham Lincoln's childhood, his upbringing in Indiana, and the hardships and tragedies that made him the man he was.
I Origins
I Origins (2014)
, 1h46
Directed by Mike Cahill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Children's films
Actors Michael Pitt, Brit Marling, Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey, Steven Yeun, Archie Panjabi, Cara Seymour
Roles Karen
Rating73% 3.6532853.6532853.6532853.6532853.653285
A graduate student, Ian Gray, is researching the evolution of human eyes with Karen and Kenny. He has a particular hostility to superstition and "intelligent design", which he hopes to discredit by filling in the steps of the evolution of the eye. At a Halloween party he has an encounter with Sofi, who is wearing a mask. He photographs her eyes and they go into the washroom to have sex. Abruptly she leaves.
The East
The East (2013)
, 1h56
Directed by Zal Batmanglij
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about anarchism, Politique, Films about terrorism, Political films, Eco-terrorism in fiction
Actors Alexander Skarsgård, Ellen Page, Julia Ormond, Brit Marling, Toby Kebbell, Patricia Clarkson
Roles Sarah
Rating67% 3.39813.39813.39813.39813.3981
Jane, an operative for the private intelligence firm Hiller Brood, is assigned by her boss Sharon to infiltrate The East, an underground activist, anarchist and ecologist organization that has launched several attacks against corporations in an attempt to expose their corruption. Calling herself Sarah, she joins local drifters in hitching rides on trains, and when one drifter, Luca, helps her escape from the police, she identifies the symbol of The East hanging from Luca's car mirror. Sarah self-inflicts an arm injury that she tells Luca was caused in the escape so he can get medical attention for her. He takes her to an abandoned house in the woods where members of The East live and one of the members, Doc, treats her cut.
Arbitrage
Arbitrage (2012)
, 1h47
Directed by Nicholas Jarecki
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth, Brit Marling, Laetitia Casta, William Friedkin
Roles Brooke Miller
Rating65% 3.2976553.2976553.2976553.2976553.297655
Sixty-year-old magnate Robert Miller (Richard Gere) manages a hedge fund with his daughter Brooke (Brit Marling) and is about to sell it for a handsome profit. However, unbeknownst to his daughter and most of his other employees, he has cooked his company's books in order to cover an investment loss and avoid being arrested for fraud. One night, while driving with his mistress Julie Cote (Laetitia Casta), he begins to doze off and crashes; Julie is killed. An injured Robert leaves the scene and decides to cover up his involvement to prevent the public, his wife Ellen (Susan Sarandon), and the prospective buyer James Mayfield (Graydon Carter) from discovering the truth.
The Company You Keep, 2h5
Directed by Robert Redford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Political films, Road movies
Actors Robert Redford, Shia LaBeouf, Anna Kendrick, Richard Jenkins, Susan Sarandon, Sam Elliott
Roles Rebecca Osborne
Rating63% 3.1977353.1977353.1977353.1977353.197735
A recently widowed single father, Jim Grant (Robert Redford), is a former Weather Underground militant wanted for a 1980 Michigan bank robbery and the murder of the bank's security guard. He has been hiding from the FBI for over thirty years, establishing an identity as a defense attorney near Albany, New York. When Sharon Solarz (Susan Sarandon), another former Weather Underground member, is arrested on October 3, 2011, an ambitious young reporter, Ben Shepard (Shia LaBeouf), smells an opportunity to make a name for himself with a national story. His prickly editor, Ray Fuller (Stanley Tucci), assigns him to follow up. Ben's ex-girlfriend, Diana (Anna Kendrick), is an FBI agent, and he presses her for information about the case. She tells him to look up a Billy Cusimano (Stephen Root). Billy, an old hippie with a history of drug arrests who runs an organic grocery, is an old friend of Sharon Solarz and a former client of Jim's. Billy is disappointed that Jim doesn't want to take Sharon's case, and he conveys this information to Ben when Ben questions him.
Another Earth, 1h32
Directed by Mike Cahill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors William Mapother, Brit Marling, Kumar Pallana, Robin Lord Taylor, Ari Gold, Yuval Segal
Roles Rhoda Williams
Rating68% 3.4484253.4484253.4484253.4484253.448425
Rhoda Williams (Brit Marling), a brilliant 17-year-old girl who has spent her young life fascinated by astronomy, is delighted to learn that she has been accepted into MIT. In a reckless celebratory moment, she drinks with friends and drives home intoxicated. Listening to a story on the radio about a recently discovered Earth-like planet, she gazes out her car window at the stars and inadvertently hits a stopped car at an intersection, putting John Burroughs (William Mapother) in a coma and killing his wife and son. Rhoda is a minor, so her identity is not revealed to John. After serving her juvenile prison sentence, and after four years of isolation, Rhoda continues to shield herself from the world outside, becoming a janitor at a local school, wanting to work "physically," almost as a means to struggle past the potential she has squandered with the decision of a single night.
Sound of My Voice, 1h25
Directed by Zal Batmanglij
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller
Themes Psychologie, Children's films
Actors Brit Marling, Christopher Denham, Richard Wharton, Davenia McFadden, Constance Tianming Wu, Matthew Carey
Roles Maggie
Rating65% 3.2976053.2976053.2976053.2976053.297605
In Los Angeles, substitute schoolteacher Peter and aspiring writer Lorna are a couple in their twenties making a film documentary. Their subject is a secretive cult led by the mysterious Maggie (Brit Marling), whom they plan to expose as a fraud.

Scriptwriter

The East
The East (2013)
, 1h56
Directed by Zal Batmanglij
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about anarchism, Politique, Films about terrorism, Political films, Eco-terrorism in fiction
Actors Alexander Skarsgård, Ellen Page, Julia Ormond, Brit Marling, Toby Kebbell, Patricia Clarkson
Roles Writer
Rating67% 3.39813.39813.39813.39813.3981
Jane, an operative for the private intelligence firm Hiller Brood, is assigned by her boss Sharon to infiltrate The East, an underground activist, anarchist and ecologist organization that has launched several attacks against corporations in an attempt to expose their corruption. Calling herself Sarah, she joins local drifters in hitching rides on trains, and when one drifter, Luca, helps her escape from the police, she identifies the symbol of The East hanging from Luca's car mirror. Sarah self-inflicts an arm injury that she tells Luca was caused in the escape so he can get medical attention for her. He takes her to an abandoned house in the woods where members of The East live and one of the members, Doc, treats her cut.
Sound of My Voice, 1h25
Directed by Zal Batmanglij
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller
Themes Psychologie, Children's films
Actors Brit Marling, Christopher Denham, Richard Wharton, Davenia McFadden, Constance Tianming Wu, Matthew Carey
Roles Writer
Rating65% 3.2976053.2976053.2976053.2976053.297605
In Los Angeles, substitute schoolteacher Peter and aspiring writer Lorna are a couple in their twenties making a film documentary. Their subject is a secretive cult led by the mysterious Maggie (Brit Marling), whom they plan to expose as a fraud.
Another Earth, 1h32
Directed by Mike Cahill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors William Mapother, Brit Marling, Kumar Pallana, Robin Lord Taylor, Ari Gold, Yuval Segal
Roles Writer
Rating68% 3.4484253.4484253.4484253.4484253.448425
Rhoda Williams (Brit Marling), a brilliant 17-year-old girl who has spent her young life fascinated by astronomy, is delighted to learn that she has been accepted into MIT. In a reckless celebratory moment, she drinks with friends and drives home intoxicated. Listening to a story on the radio about a recently discovered Earth-like planet, she gazes out her car window at the stars and inadvertently hits a stopped car at an intersection, putting John Burroughs (William Mapother) in a coma and killing his wife and son. Rhoda is a minor, so her identity is not revealed to John. After serving her juvenile prison sentence, and after four years of isolation, Rhoda continues to shield herself from the world outside, becoming a janitor at a local school, wanting to work "physically," almost as a means to struggle past the potential she has squandered with the decision of a single night.

Production

The East
The East (2013)
, 1h56
Directed by Zal Batmanglij
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about anarchism, Politique, Films about terrorism, Political films, Eco-terrorism in fiction
Actors Alexander Skarsgård, Ellen Page, Julia Ormond, Brit Marling, Toby Kebbell, Patricia Clarkson
Roles Producer
Rating67% 3.39813.39813.39813.39813.3981
Jane, an operative for the private intelligence firm Hiller Brood, is assigned by her boss Sharon to infiltrate The East, an underground activist, anarchist and ecologist organization that has launched several attacks against corporations in an attempt to expose their corruption. Calling herself Sarah, she joins local drifters in hitching rides on trains, and when one drifter, Luca, helps her escape from the police, she identifies the symbol of The East hanging from Luca's car mirror. Sarah self-inflicts an arm injury that she tells Luca was caused in the escape so he can get medical attention for her. He takes her to an abandoned house in the woods where members of The East live and one of the members, Doc, treats her cut.
Another Earth, 1h32
Directed by Mike Cahill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors William Mapother, Brit Marling, Kumar Pallana, Robin Lord Taylor, Ari Gold, Yuval Segal
Roles Producer
Rating68% 3.4484253.4484253.4484253.4484253.448425
Rhoda Williams (Brit Marling), a brilliant 17-year-old girl who has spent her young life fascinated by astronomy, is delighted to learn that she has been accepted into MIT. In a reckless celebratory moment, she drinks with friends and drives home intoxicated. Listening to a story on the radio about a recently discovered Earth-like planet, she gazes out her car window at the stars and inadvertently hits a stopped car at an intersection, putting John Burroughs (William Mapother) in a coma and killing his wife and son. Rhoda is a minor, so her identity is not revealed to John. After serving her juvenile prison sentence, and after four years of isolation, Rhoda continues to shield herself from the world outside, becoming a janitor at a local school, wanting to work "physically," almost as a means to struggle past the potential she has squandered with the decision of a single night.
Sound of My Voice, 1h25
Directed by Zal Batmanglij
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller
Themes Psychologie, Children's films
Actors Brit Marling, Christopher Denham, Richard Wharton, Davenia McFadden, Constance Tianming Wu, Matthew Carey
Roles Producer
Rating65% 3.2976053.2976053.2976053.2976053.297605
In Los Angeles, substitute schoolteacher Peter and aspiring writer Lorna are a couple in their twenties making a film documentary. Their subject is a secretive cult led by the mysterious Maggie (Brit Marling), whom they plan to expose as a fraud.
Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out, 1h14
Directed by Stewart Copeland
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
Actors Stewart Copeland, Sting
Roles Co-Producer
Rating67% 3.38783.38783.38783.38783.3878
The first part of the film is a slideshow of photos before Copeland acquired his video camera. This includes the era with Henry Padovani and the arrival of Andy Summers. The film then follows the band as they try to find success in America, joined by Copeland's childhood friend Kim Turner as their tour manager.