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Brit Marling (born 1982 or 1983) [1] is an American actress and screenwriter. She rose to prominence after starring in several films that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, including Sound of My Voice (2011), Another Earth (2011), and The East (2013), each of which she co-wrote in addition to playing the lead role.
- The reason behind her unusual name. Brit isn't short for Britney - it's actually her whole name. Why? Well, her parents named her after her Norweigen maternal grandmother, who also has the unusual moniker.
- She's super smart. D'uh. A woman of many talents, Brit is not only an accomplished actress, giving nuanced performances, but she's also a great writer and director who can work on multiple mediums (including documentaries and short film).
- She almost didn't become an actress. Brit's parents (rightly) encouraged her to follow academic studies while still at school, and she even did an internship with the investment bank Goldman Sachs in New York.
- She was a 'freegan' A free-what? For two months in 2009, Brit and her friend Zal Batmanglij joined the so-called 'freegans' who lived in tents on the street and ate food salvaged from rubbish bins - indeed on their official website they describe their way of life as the 'total boycott of an economic system where the profit has eclipsed ethical considerations'.
Brit Heyworth Marling was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Heidi (Johnson) and John Marling, both of whom work in real estate. She graduated from Georgetown University, with a bachelor's in economics, and was offered a job with Goldman Sachs, which she turned down in favour of a career as an artist.
- January 1, 1
- 1.73 m
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
August 7, 1982 · Chicago, Illinois, USA. Birth name. Brittany Heyworth Marling. Height. 5′ 8″ (1.73 m) Mini Bio. Brit Heyworth Marling was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Heidi (Johnson) and John Marling, both of whom work in real estate.
- August 7, 1982
Nov 24, 2023 · The actor, writer, and director Brit Marling behind the new Emma Corrin-led FX show ‘A Murder at the End of the World’ talks with Vogue about the unlikely experience of watching many of its predictions come to life after first writing it three years ago.
Jan 6, 2017 · The 34-year-old says that she is hopeful that the show will blaze a trail for more empowered and fully-rounded female characters, which she claims are lacking in pop culture.
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Mar 6, 2024 · In the case of her latest project, the Hulu miniseries “A Murder at the End of the World,” Marling served as all three at once. For this year’s Women Writers Week, RogerEbert.com spoke with Marling about making the leap from Washington, D.C. to Hollywood, immersing herself in Gen Z culture for “A Murder at the End of the World,” and ...
