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* ''Film/AnotherEarth''
* ''Film/SoundOfMyVoice''

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''Film/AnotherEarth'' - also co-writer and producer
* ''Film/SoundOfMyVoice'' - also co-writer and producer



* ''Film/TheEast''

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* ''Series/TheOA''

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* ''Series/TheOA''
''Series/TheOA'' - Also co-creator, co-writer, and executive-producer
* ''Series/AMurderAtTheEndOfTheWorld'' - Also co-creator, co-writer, director, and executive producer


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* AuteurLicense: Often writes and produces the films and series she also appears in.
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Brit Heyworth Marling (born August 7, 1983 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress, screenwriter and film producer.

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Brit Heyworth Marling (born August 7, 1983 1982 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress, screenwriter and film producer.
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Brit Heyworth Marling (born August 7, 1983) is an American actress, screenwriter and film producer.

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Brit Heyworth Marling (born August 7, 1983) 1983 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress, screenwriter and film producer.
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[[IMinoredInTropology She graduated from Georgetown University, with a bachelor's in economics, and was offered a job with Goldman Sachs, which she turned down in favor of a career as an artist]]. After which, she moved to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles with friends Mike Cahill and Zal Batmanglij to pursue screenwriting and acting.

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[[IMinoredInTropology She graduated from Georgetown University, with a bachelor's in economics, and was offered a job with Goldman Sachs, which she turned down in favor of a career as an artist]].artist. After which, she moved to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles with friends Mike Cahill and Zal Batmanglij to pursue screenwriting and acting.

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* ActingForTwo: She also plays her character's AlternateSelf in ''Film/AnotherEarth''.



* CreatorCouple: Possibly with Mike Cahill (see below).
* DescendedCreator: She writes and produces most of the films she starred in.



* IronyAsSheIsCast: She's a natural blonde. In ''Film/TheEast'', she plays a brunette who is pretending to be blonde.
* ProductionPosse: She regularly works with Mike Cahill and Zal Batmanglij in her films.
* RomanceOnTheSet: Possibly. She said that she was in a relationship with Cahill, but she never specified if it was during the creation of one of their films.



* WriteWhoYouKnow: ''Film/TheEast'' is based on her and Zal Batmanglij's experience as freegans and their concern with the side effects of drugs.
* WrittenByCastMember: She wrote many of the films she stars in.

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* WriteWhoYouKnow: ''Film/TheEast'' is based on her and Zal Batmanglij's experience as freegans and their concern with the side effects of drugs.
* WrittenByCastMember: She wrote many of the films she stars in.
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''Series/TheOA''

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[[IMinoredInTropology She graduated from Georgetown University, with a bachelor's in economics, and was offered a job with Goldman Sachs, which she turned down in favor of a career as an artist]]. After which, she moved to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles with friends Creator/MikeCahill and Creator/ZalBatmanglij 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 ''Film/SoundOfMyVoice'', ''Film/AnotherEarth'' and ''Film/TheEast'' which she co-wrote in addition to playing the lead role, with the first two being featured simultaneously on the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.

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[[IMinoredInTropology She graduated from Georgetown University, with a bachelor's in economics, and was offered a job with Goldman Sachs, which she turned down in favor of a career as an artist]]. After which, she moved to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles with friends Creator/MikeCahill Mike Cahill and Creator/ZalBatmanglij Zal Batmanglij to pursue screenplay writing screenwriting and acting.

She first gained recognition in 2004 with the documentary ''Boxers and Ballerinas'' and later became a Sundance star with through the Searchlight movies ''Film/SoundOfMyVoice'', ''Film/AnotherEarth'' ''Film/AnotherEarth'', and ''Film/TheEast'' ''Film/TheEast'', which she co-wrote in addition to playing the lead role, with the role. The first two being were featured simultaneously on at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.



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* ''Series/{{Community}}''

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* ''Series/{{Community}}''''Series/{{Community}}'' [[note]](Episode: 'Early 21st Century Romanticism')[[/note]]



* ''Film/TheCompanyYouKeep''
* ''Film/TheBetterAngels''
* ''Film/IOrigins''
* ''Film/TheKeepingRoom''

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* ''Film/TheCompanyYouKeep''
''The Company You Keep''
* ''Film/TheBetterAngels''
''The Better Angels''
* ''Film/IOrigins''
''Posthumous''
* ''Film/TheKeepingRoom'' ''I Origins''
* ''The Keeping Room''



* ''Series/TheOA''

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* ''Series/TheOA''
''The OA''



* CreatorCouple: Possibly with Creator/MikeCahill (see below).

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* CreatorCouple: Possibly with Creator/MikeCahill Mike Cahill (see below).



* ProductionPosse: She regularly works with Creator/MikeCahill and Creator/ZalBatmanglij in her films.
* RomanceOnTheSet: Possibly. She said that she was in a relationship with Creator/MikeCahill, but she never specified if it was during the creation of one of their films.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: She, Creator/MikeCahill and Creator/ZalBatmanglij were friends even before they become a ProductionPosse.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: ''Film/TheEast'' is based on her and Creator/ZajBatmanglij's experience as freegans and their concern with the side effects of drugs.
* WrittenByCastMember: She writes most of the films she starred in.

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* ProductionPosse: She regularly works with Creator/MikeCahill Mike Cahill and Creator/ZalBatmanglij Zal Batmanglij in her films.
* RomanceOnTheSet: Possibly. She said that she was in a relationship with Creator/MikeCahill, Cahill, but she never specified if it was during the creation of one of their films.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: She, Creator/MikeCahill Cahill and Creator/ZalBatmanglij Batmanglij were friends even before they become a ProductionPosse.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: ''Film/TheEast'' is based on her and Creator/ZajBatmanglij's Zal Batmanglij's experience as freegans and their concern with the side effects of drugs.
* WrittenByCastMember: She writes most wrote many of the films she starred in.stars in.
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Brit Heyworth Marling (born August 7, 1983) is an American actress, screenwriter and film producer.

[[IMinoredInTropology She graduated from Georgetown University, with a bachelor's in economics, and was offered a job with Goldman Sachs, which she turned down in favor of a career as an artist]]. After which, she moved to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles with friends Creator/MikeCahill and Creator/ZalBatmanglij 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 ''Film/SoundOfMyVoice'', ''Film/AnotherEarth'' and ''Film/TheEast'' which she co-wrote in addition to playing the lead role, with the first two being featured simultaneously on the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.
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!!She appeared in
* ''Film/AnotherEarth''
* ''Film/SoundOfMyVoice''
* ''Series/{{Community}}''
* ''Film/{{Arbitrage}}''
* ''Film/TheEast''
* ''Film/TheCompanyYouKeep''
* ''Film/TheBetterAngels''
* ''Film/IOrigins''
* ''Film/TheKeepingRoom''
* ''Series/{{Babylon}}''
* ''Series/TheOA''

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!!Tropes
* ActingForTwo: She also plays her character's AlternateSelf in ''Film/AnotherEarth''.
* BittersweetEnding: Her films never end in a clean-cut HappilyEverAfter. Her characters in particular tend to never get smooth endings or/and closures.
* CreatorCouple: Possibly with Creator/MikeCahill (see below).
* DescendedCreator: She writes and produces most of the films she starred in.
* FanDisservice: When she disrobes in her films, the situation her characters are in usually makes it unenticing.
* IronyAsSheIsCast: She's a natural blonde. In ''Film/TheEast'', she plays a brunette who is pretending to be blonde.
* ProductionPosse: She regularly works with Creator/MikeCahill and Creator/ZalBatmanglij in her films.
* RomanceOnTheSet: Possibly. She said that she was in a relationship with Creator/MikeCahill, but she never specified if it was during the creation of one of their films.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: She, Creator/MikeCahill and Creator/ZalBatmanglij were friends even before they become a ProductionPosse.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: ''Film/TheEast'' is based on her and Creator/ZajBatmanglij's experience as freegans and their concern with the side effects of drugs.
* WrittenByCastMember: She writes most of the films she starred in.
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