Brit Marling
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 with science, technology or math as a major theme. In 2012, she played Richard Gere's daughter in Arbitrage. In 2013, she collaborated with Sundance once again on her lead role in The East alongside Elliot Page and Alexander Skarsgård.
Acting
Movie
I Origins
as Karen
2014
TV
Community
as Page
2009
Movie
Another Earth
as Rhoda Williams
2011
TV
The OA
as Prairie Johnson
2016
TV
The OA
as OA / Nina Azarova
2016
Movie
Arbitrage
as Brooke Miller
2012
Movie
The East
as Sarah
2013
Movie
The Company You Keep
as Rebecca Osborne
2012
Movie
Sound of My Voice
as Maggie
2011
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
TV
A Murder at the End of the World
as Lee Andersen
2023
TV
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
2003
Movie
The Keeping Room
as Augusta
2014
TV
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
as USS Athena Computer (voice)
2026
TV
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2005
Movie
Posthumous
as McKenzie Grain
2014
Movie
The Better Angels
as Nancy Lincoln
2014
Movie
This Changes Everything
as Self
2019
TV
Babylon
as Liz Garvey
2014
TV
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
Movie
The Recordist
as Charlie Hall
2007
TV
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
2014
Movie
Political Disasters
as Brit
2009
Movie
Uncanny Valley
Crew
Movie
Another Earth
Producer
2011
TV
The OA
Executive Producer
2016
Movie
The East
Writer
2013
Movie
Sound of My Voice
Writer
2011
TV
A Murder at the End of the World
Director
2023
Movie
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
Director of Photography
2006
Movie
Boxers and Ballerinas
Director
2004
Movie
Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out
Co-Producer
2007
Movie
On the Line: The Richard Williams Story
Producer
2022
Movie
Uncanny Valley
Writer