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Brit Marling

Brit Marling

Actor · Born 1982-08-07 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Biography

Brit Heyworth Marling (born August 7, 1982) is an American writer, producer, director, and actress. After majoring in economics at Georgetown University, Brit moved to Los Angeles with friends Mike Cahil and Zal Batmanglij to pursue screenplay writing and acting. Marling was born in Chicago, Illinois. She was named "Brit" after her Norwegian maternal great-grandmother. She graduated from Georgetown University in 2005 with degrees in economics and studio art, and was her class Valedictorian. Following graduation from Georgetown, Marling spent a summer interning for the investing banking firm Goldman Sachs. She later turned down a job offer from the firm, opting instead to move to Cuba with friend and director Mike Cahill to film the documentary Boxers and Ballerinas. It was for this documentary that Marling first gained recognition in 2004; having co-written the film with Mike Cahill and Nicholas Shumaker and co-directed with Mike Cahill. Marling also co-wrote, co-produced, and acted in the 2011 films Sound of My Voice and Another Earth. Both of these films were featured at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, with Another Earth winning the Alfred P. Sloan Prize for outstanding film w…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. I Origins (2014) — Karen
  2. Community (2009) — Page
  3. Another Earth (2011) — Rhoda Williams
  4. The OA (2016) — Prairie Johnson
  5. Arbitrage (2012) — Brooke Miller
  6. The East (2013) — Sarah
  7. The Company You Keep (2012) — Rebecca Osborne
  8. Sound of My Voice (2011) — Maggie
  9. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) — Self
  10. A Murder at the End of the World (2023) — Lee Andersen
  11. Real Time with Bill Maher (2003) — Self
  12. The Keeping Room (2014) — Augusta
  13. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (2026) — USS Athena Computer (voice)
  14. The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005) — Self
  15. Posthumous (2014) — McKenzie Grain
  16. This Changes Everything (2019) — Self
  17. Babylon (2014) — Liz Garvey
  18. Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014) — Self
  19. The Better Angels (2022) — Nancy Lincoln
  20. The Recordist (2007) — Charlie Hall
  21. Off Camera with Sam Jones (2014) — Self
  22. Political Disasters (2009) — Brit
  23. Uncanny Valley

Directed

  1. A Murder at the End of the World (2023) — Director
  2. Boxers and Ballerinas (2004) — Director