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Brit Marling (born August 7, 1982) 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. She co-created, wrote, and starred in the mystery series The OA (2016–2019), and the thriller miniseries A Murder at the End of the World (2023).
In 2005, Marling moved with Cahill and Batmanglij to Los Angeles. She attended auditions and was offered roles in horror films but turned them down. She stated she "wanted to be able to cast herself in roles that wouldn't require her to play the typical parts offered to young actresses, the perfunctory girlfriend or a crime victim". She was discovered by talent agent Hylda Queally.
In mid-2009, she joined a group of Freeganism with friend and co-worker Zal Batmanglij, living in tents and retrieving food from dumpsters, to explore how other young people were constructing a meaningful life. Marling co-wrote, co-produced, and acted in the 2011 films Sound of My Voice and Another Earth, directed by Batmanglij and Cahill, respectively. 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. "Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize Awarded to Mike Cahill's Another Earth at 2011 Sundance Film Festival" , Sundance.org, January 28, 2011. Retrieved January 29, 2011. In 2012, she played the daughter of Richard Gere's character in Arbitrage. In 2013, she collaborated with Searchlight on the film The East, in which she also played the lead role. Directed by Zal Batmanglij and co-written by Marling and Batmanglij, The East is based on the duo's experience as freegans and their concern with the side effects of prescription drugs.
Marling and Batmanglij collaborated to create the drama series The OA, which debuted in 2016 on Netflix. It was written by Marling and Batmanglij, who produced the series along with Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner of Plan B, and Michael Sugar of Anonymous Content. The show's second season, entitled "Part II", started filming in January 2018 and was released in March 2019 to positive reviews.
In June 2024, Marling and Batmanglij entered an agreement to develop television and film projects with independent production house Sister, led by Cindy Holland, who had been the vice president of original content for Netflix when The OA was developed.
Despite having many roles in films she has co-written, Marling stated she "gets a lot more pleasure in acting in other people's stories" since "one of the great pleasures of acting is surrendering to someone else's point of view of the world".
| Documentary Co-director with Mike Cahill | |||
| Zal Batmanglij's AFI thesis short film | |||
| Also co-writer and producer Nominated—Georgia Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female | |||
| Also co-writer and producer 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 Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Writing | |||
| Also co-writer and producer | |||
| TBD | Uncanny Valley | Actor, co-writer with Natasha Lyonne |
| Episode: "Early 21st Century Romanticism" |
| Main role |
| Co-creator, co-wrote 10 episodes |
| Co-creator, wrote 7 episodes, directed 3 episodes |
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