Rebecca Marder (born 10 April 1995) is a French film and stage actress.

Early life and education

Rebecca Marder was born on 10 April 1995 in

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, France. Marder is the daughter of American musician Marc Marder and French journalist and theatre critic Mathilde La Bardonnie, who worked for ''

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'' and later ''

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''. Her father is

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and her mother

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. Marder grew up in France and is a dual citizen of France and the United States. Between 2008 and 2011, Marder was trained at the Conservatoire à rayonnement communal du 13^e arrondissement de Paris. She later studied literature and cinema but interrupted her studies in September 2014 to join the drama school of the

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, where she studied for ten months.

Career

Marder began her acting career at the age of five. She appeared as Charlotte in the Rodolphe Marconi film ''Ceci est mon corps'' (2001). In 2007, she starred in ''Demandez la permission aux enfants'' alongside

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and

Sandrine Bonnaire Sandrine Bonnaire (; born 31 May 1967) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter who has appeared in more than 40 films. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress for '' À Nos Amours'' (1983), the César Award for Best Actr ...

. In 2010, she starred in '' The Round Up'' together with

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and

Mélanie Laurent Mélanie Laurent (; born 21 February 1983) is a French actress, filmmaker, and singer. The recipient of two César Awards and a Lumières Award, she is an accomplished actress in the French film industry. Globally, she is best known for her rol ...

. In 2012, she received the Prix du jeune espoir féminin at the Festival de la fiction TV de La Rochelle for her performance in Alain Tasma's

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''Emma''. Marder was discovered by

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, general administrator of the

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, and chosen after a collective audition. She signed her contract on 19 June 2015, becoming a salaried actress (french: pensionnaire, label=none) of the Comédie-Française troupe. At 20 years old, she became one the youngest pensionnaires in its history, and the youngest of the troupe's then 59 actors. She debuted in the role of Lucietta in

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's '' Les Rustres''. She regularly appeared on stage there in classical roles, including as Claudine in

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's ''

George Dandin ou le Mari confondu ''George Dandin ou le mari confondu'' (''George Dandin or The Thwarted Husband'') is a French Comédie-ballet in three acts by Molière, with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully, choreography by Pierre Beauchamp, and architecture/staging by Carlo Vigar ...

'' and ''La Jalousie du Barbouillé'', Atalide in

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's '' Bajazet'' and

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' ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2022, Marder announced her resignation from the Comédie-Française. In 2020, Marder was a narrator of the Cambodian documentary film ''

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'', which competed for the

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in the main competition section at the

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. Marder's father composed the film's score. In 2021, Marder appeared in the lead role of

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's feature directorial debut '' A Radiant Girl'', in which she plays a Jewish girl who aspires to become an actress in Paris during the

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in 1942. The film premiered in the

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section of the

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, where it competed for the

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Performances

Film

Television

Stage

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marder, Rebecca 1995 births Living people 21st-century French actresses Actresses from Paris French film actresses French stage actresses French people of Jewish descent Troupe of the Comédie-Française French people of American descent Citizens of the United States through descent