Mackenzie Lansing

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Mackenzie Lansing
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OccupationActress
Years active2013-present
Television Mare of Easttown

Mackenzie Lansing is a French-American television and film actress.  

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Early life

Lansing grew up in a small town outside of Paris called Villebon-sur-Yvette and was involved in the punk scene as a teenager. Her parents were missionaries and they also spent time in the Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [1] [2]  

Career

Lansing moved to New York, New York, where she attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. After that she made appearances on television shows such Murder Castle , Red Oaks , and Tell Me a Story . She worked with Maggie Gyllenhaal in The Deuce . [3] Lansing plays Brianna Delrasso on HBO's limited drama series Mare of Easttown alongside Kate Winslet. [4] [5]

In 2021 Lansing filmed indie drama film Allswell alongside Liza Colón-Zayas, Elizabeth Rodriguez and Daphne Rubin-Vega. [6] [7] In 2022 she was cast in the Hunger Games prequel, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes . [8] In 2023, she played Harrison in Gareth Edwards science-fiction film The Creator . [9]

Personal life

Lansing has an apartment in Queens, New York. She is gay, at the beginning of her career she has said she was discouraged from speaking publicly about her sexuality and pushed to take roles that made her uncomfortable. [10]  

Filmography

Key
Denotes works that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotes
2013BeautifulGirlShort
2014The Last Day of SummerElizabethShort
2016Knights of New JerseyHillyShort
2016 Red Oaks Claire1 episode
2017 i-Witness Cheryl Pierson1 episode
2017Murder CastleBeth Bickford1 episode
2018 Tell Me A Story Tisha1 episode
2019 Premature Female StudentFilm
2019 The Deuce Jamie2 episodes
2021StarstruckEllieShort
2021 Mare of Easttown Brianna6 episodes
2022 Allswell NinaFilm
2023 The Creator HarrisonFilm
2023 The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes CoralFilm

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