Brit Marling

Brittany Heyworth "Brit" Marling (born August 7, 1983)is an American writer, producer, director, and actress.

Life and career

Marling was born in Chicago, Illinois. She graduated from Georgetown University in 2005 with a degree in economics. She was named "Brit" after her Norwegian maternal great-grandmother.
She first gained recognition in 2004 for the documentary Boxers and Ballerinas which she co-wrote 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.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	The Recordist	Charlie Hall	Short
2011	Another Earth	Rhoda Williams	San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Sitges Film Festival Award for Best Actress Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Performer Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress
2011	Community	Paige	1 episode
2012	Sound of My Voice	Maggie
2012	Arbitrage	Brooke Miller
2012	The Company You Keep	Rebecca
2012	The East	Sarah
2013	The Green Blade Rises	Nancy Lincoln