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3 | Brit Heyworth Marling (born August 7, 1982 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress, screenwriter and film producer. |
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5 | 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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7 | She first gained recognition in 2004 with the documentary ''Boxers and Ballerinas'' and later became a Sundance star through the Searchlight movies ''Film/SoundOfMyVoice'', ''Film/AnotherEarth'', and ''Film/TheEast'', which she co-wrote in addition to playing the lead role. The first two were featured simultaneously at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. |
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9 | !!She appeared in: |
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11 | * ''Film/AnotherEarth'' - also co-writer and producer |
12 | * ''Film/SoundOfMyVoice'' - also co-writer and producer |
13 | * ''Series/{{Community}}'' [[note]](Episode: 'Early 21st Century Romanticism')[[/note]] |
14 | * ''Film/{{Arbitrage}}'' |
15 | * ''Film/TheEast'' - also co-writer and producer |
16 | * ''The Company You Keep'' |
17 | * ''The Better Angels'' |
18 | * ''Posthumous'' |
19 | * ''I Origins'' |
20 | * ''The Keeping Room'' |
21 | * ''Series/{{Babylon|2014}}'' |
22 | * ''Series/TheOA'' - Also co-creator, co-writer, and executive-producer |
23 | * ''Series/AMurderAtTheEndOfTheWorld'' - Also co-creator, co-writer, director, and executive producer |
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25 | !!Tropes |
26 | * AuteurLicense: Often writes and produces the films and series she also appears in. |
27 | * BittersweetEnding: Her films never end in a clean-cut HappilyEverAfter. Her characters in particular tend to never get smooth endings or/and closures. |
28 | * FanDisservice: When she disrobes in her films, the situation her characters are in usually makes it unenticing. |
29 | * TwoGuysAndAGirl: She, Cahill and Batmanglij were friends even before they become a ProductionPosse. |
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