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. 브릿 말링(1982년생, Chicago, Illinois, USA) 는 배우로, 대표작으로 아이 오리진스, 시크릿, 어나더 어스가 있으며, 그 외에도 지미 팰런의 투나잇 쇼, 빌 마허의 리얼 타임, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, 커뮤니티, Variety Studio: Actors on Actors, 스타트렉: 스타플릿 아카데미, Off Camera with Sam Jones, OA, 바빌론, 외딴 곳의 살인 초대, 컴퍼니 유 킵, 더 이스트 등 다양한 작품에 출연했다. 특히 2026년에는 스타트렉: 스타플릿 아카데미에도 참여해서 활동중이다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2026년 스타트렉: 스타플릿 아카데미에서 USS Athena Computer (voice) 역을 맡았다. 2023년 외딴 곳의 살인 초대에서 Lee Andersen 역을 맡았다. 2023년 외딴 곳의 살인 초대 제작에 참여했다.