Ella Rumpf

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Ella Rumpf
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Rumpf at the Berlinale 2017
Born (1995-02-04) 4 February 1995 (age 29)
Paris, France
NationalitySwiss
Alma mater Zurich University of Applied Sciences
OccupationActress
Years active2011–present

Ella Rumpf (born 4 February 1995) is a Swiss actress, [1] [2] best known for her role as Alexia in the 2016 horror drama film Raw , [3] [4] [5] which won the Sutherland Trophy at the 2016 BFI London Film Festival. Her other notable roles include, critical acclaimed Tiger in Tiger Girl (2017) [6] [7] [8] and Hanna in The Divine Order (2017), [9] the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards. [10]

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Life and career

Ella Rumpf was born in Paris and grew up in Zurich, Switzerland. [11] Her father is a psychotherapist and her mother a lecturer. Rumpf went to the Steiner school and had her first taste of acting by winning the lead role in Romeo and Juliet at 14. She appeared in her debut film at age 16 called Summer Outside  [ de ] in 2011 directed by Friederike Jehn. [12]

Rumpf won the role of Ali in the multi-award-winning feature film War (Krieg), by Simon Jaquemet [13] in 2014 and was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Swiss Film Awards. She shaved her head for the role. She attended the Giles Foreman Center for Acting in London from 2013–2015 after completing her studies at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences in 2013.

Ella Rumpf starred alongside Garance Marillier in Raw (2016). In 2017, she played the lead role in Tiger Girl [14] and a supporting role in The Divine Order (Die göttliche Ordnung). In 2022, Rumpf appeared in the HBO television series Tokyo Vice , directed by Michael Mann and written by J.T. Rogers. [15]

In 2023, Rumpf played the main role as Marguerite in the film Marguerite's Theorem directed by Anna Novion. It premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival. In this role, she stars as a talented graduate student at a French École Normale Supérieure as she attempts to prove the Goldbach-Euler theorem together with her fellow student Lucas (Julien Frison, a graduate from the Académie Comédie-Française) under the guidance of their professor Laurent Werner (Jean-Pierre Darroussin). In this outstanding role, she masterfully combines her erotic qualities with her bright intellect. [16] In 2024, she received the Lumières Award for Best Female Revelation for her performance in Marguerite's Theorem (2023). [17]

She speaks Swiss German and French at a native level, and is fluent in German and English. [18]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 Summer Outside  [ de ]Mia
2014 War Ali
2016 Raw Alexia [19]
2017 Tiger Girl Tiger
2017 The Divine Order Hanna
2018Asphaltgorillas Marie
2019Gut gegen NordwindAdrienne
2019 Sympathy for the Devil BobaFrench title: Sympathie pour le diable
2020Lindenberg! Mach dein DingSusanne
2021Soul of a BeastCorey
2023 Northern Comfort Coco
2023 Marguerite's Theorem Marguerite Hoffmann

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016 Tatort Ava Fleury
2017Für dich dreh ich die Zeit zurückHelenaTelevision film
2020 Freud Fleur SaloméMain role
2021 Succession ContessaGuest role, 2 episodes
2022 Tokyo Vice PolinaMain role, 8 episodes

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
2015 Swiss Film Award Best Supporting Actress [20] War Nominated
2020 Shooting Stars Award Won
2024 César Awards Best Female Revelation [21] Marguerite's Theorem Won
2024 Swiss Film Awards Quartz Award for Best Actress [22] Marguerite's Theorem Won

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