Gaia Weiss (born 30 August 1991) is a French actress and model. Her filmography includes ''

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'' (2013), ''

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'' (2014–2015), '' Alien: Containment'' (2019), ''

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'' (2020), '' La Révolution'' (2020), and ''

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'' (2021).

Early life

Weiss was born in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

, France, to parents Catherine and Alain Weiss. She has a brother named Auriel Weiss. Her

Ashkenazi Jewish Ashkenazi Jews ( ; also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim) form a distinct subgroup of the Jewish diaspora, that Ethnogenesis, emerged in the Holy Roman Empire around the end of the first millennium Common era, CE. They traditionally spe ...

paternal grandfather is the

Alsatia Whitefriars is an area in the Ward of Farringdon Without in the City of London. Until 1540, it was the site of a Carmelite monastery, from which it gets its name. History The area takes its name from the medieval Carmelite religious house, know ...

chromotherapy Chromotherapy, sometimes called color therapy, colorology or cromatherapy, is a pseudoscientific form of alternative medicine which proposes certain diseases can be treated by exposure to certain colors. Its practice is considered to be quacke ...

co-developer and

French Resistance The French Resistance ( ) was a collection of groups that fought the German military administration in occupied France during World War II, Nazi occupation and the Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy#France, collaborationist Vic ...

member, Jean-Michel Weiss; her maternal side is

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...

. She spent her childhood between France, England, and Poland. She speaks French, English, Polish, Italian, German, and

Hebrew Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...

. At age three, Weiss began taking classical ballet lessons. She was inspired to act by the West End productions her great-uncle took her to see when she was living in

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as a child, and started classes when she was seven. After finishing her baccalaureate, she attended the

Cours Florent The Cours Florent is a private drama school in Paris, France, established in 1967 by French theater actor François Florent. The school's facilities are located on three sites in the 19th arrondissement of Paris: Rue Archereau, Rue Mathis, and ...

, and the

London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) is a drama school located in Hammersmith, London. Founded in 1861, it is the oldest specialist drama school in the British Isles and a founding member of the Federation of Drama Schools. In ...

(LAMDA).

Career

Weiss made her feature film debut in 2013 as

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Thomas Imbach Thomas Imbach (born 1962) is an independent filmmaker based in Zürich, Switzerland. With his production company Bachim Films, Imbach produced his own work until 2007. He then founded Okofilm Productions with director/producer Andrea Staka. Al ...

's period drama ''

'' and then played Béatrice Morel in the Italian drama ''

White as Milk, Red as Blood ''White as Milk, Red as Blood'' (, also known as ''As White as Milk, as Red as Blood'') is a 2013 coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Giacomo Campiotti. It is loosely based on the novel with the same name by Alessandro D'Avenia. Plot ...

''. The following year, Weiss joined the recurring cast for the second and third seasons of the

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series ''

'' as Þorunn. Weiss appeared in the mythology film ''

The Legend of Hercules ''The Legend of Hercules'' is a 2014 American 3D action fantasy film directed by Renny Harlin, written by Daniel Giat and Sean Hood, and starring Kellan Lutz, Gaia Weiss, Scott Adkins, Roxanne McKee, and Liam Garrigan. It was distributed by Li ...

'' (2014), the French comedy '' Serial Teachers 2'' (2015), the action film '' Overdrive'' (2017),

Gérard Jugnot Gérard Jugnot (; born 4 May 1951) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer. Jugnot was one of the founders of the comedy ''troupe'' Le Splendid in the 1970s, along with, among others, his high-school friends Christian C ...

's ''

Accidental Family ''Accidental Family'' is an American sitcom broadcast on NBC during the first part of the 1967–68 U.S. television season. The show ran for sixteen episodes, from September 15, 1967, to January 5, 1968. The show aired on Fridays at 9:30pm, san ...

'' (2017), and the short film '' Alien: Containment'' (2019). She also had a small role as Ippolita Sforza in the series '' Medici: Masters of Florence''. Weiss starred in the French horror film ''

'' and the British horror film ''

''; the former earned her a number of genre accolades. She played Marianne in the

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alternative history series '' La Révolution''. She provided the voice for Fulke in the video game ''

Assassin's Creed Valhalla ''Assassin's Creed Valhalla'' is a 2020 action role-playing game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is the twelfth major installment in the ''Assassin's Creed'' series, and the successor to 2018's ''Assassin's Creed Odyss ...

'' (2020). She appeared as Madame du Barry in the 2022

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and

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series ''

Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette (; ; Maria Antonia Josefa Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last List of French royal consorts, queen of France before the French Revolution and the establishment of the French First Republic. She was the ...

''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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