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]
Ella Rumpf | |
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Born | Paris, France | 4 February 1995
Nationality | Swiss |
Alma mater | Zurich University of Applied Sciences |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2011–present |
Life and career
editElla 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 in 2011 directed by Friederike Jehn.[12]
Rumpf won the role of Ali in the multi-award-winning feature film War (Chrieg), 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 2024, she received the Lumières Award for Best Female Revelation for her performance.[16]
She speaks Swiss German and French at a native level, and is fluent in German and English.[17]
Filmography
editFilm
editYear | Title | Role | Notes |
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2011 | Summer Outside | Mia | |
2014 | War | Ali | |
2016 | Raw | Alexia | [18] |
2017 | Tiger Girl | Tiger | |
2017 | The Divine Order | Hanna | |
2018 | Asphaltgorillas | Marie | |
2019 | Gut gegen Nordwind | Adrienne | |
2019 | Sympathy for the Devil | Boba | French title: Sympathie pour le diable |
2020 | Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding | Susanne | |
2021 | Soul of a Beast | Corey | |
2023 | Northern Comfort | Coco | |
2023 | Marguerite's Theorem | Marguerite Hoffmann |
Television
editYear | Title | Role | Notes |
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2016 | Tatort | Ava Fleury | |
2017 | Für dich dreh ich die Zeit zurück | Helena | Television film |
2020 | Freud | Fleur Salomé | Main role |
2021 | Succession | Contessa | Guest role, 2 episodes |
2022 | Tokyo Vice | Polina | Main role, 8 episodes |
Awards and nominations
editYear | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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2015 | Swiss Film Award | Best Supporting Actress[19] | War | Nominated |
2020 | Shooting Stars Award | Won | ||
2024 | César Awards | Best Female Revelation[20] | Marguerite's Theorem | Won |
2024 | Swiss Film Awards | Quartz Award for Best Actress[21] | Marguerite's Theorem | Won |
References
edit- ^ "About: Ella Rumpf". Spielkind. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ "Tag Archives: Ella Rumpf". High-Def Digest. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "Ella Rumpf as Alexia". Focus Features. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "Raw Review". Empire Online. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "Raw review: a terrible beauty is born". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "Ella Rumpf's 'Tiger Girl' Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 11 March 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ "Ella Rumpf at Berlinale 2017". Berlinale.de. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
- ^ "Interview with Ella Rumpf on 'Tiger Girl'". Interview.de. Retrieved 4 May 2017.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "Tribeca Film Review: 'The Divine Order'". Yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ "Ella Rumpf: The best among the new". VIP.de. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ^ "Ella Rumpf as a parent fright". Annabelle. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ^ "Friederike Jehn: How 'Summer Outside' helped shine her career internationally". Film Festival Life. 1 December 2012. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "War (Chrieg) by Simon Jaquemet". Festival Scope. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "Ella Rumpf: The next Swiss film star". Aargauer Zeitung. Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ^ "Odessa Young & Ella Rumpf Join 'Tokyo Vice' at HBO Max". 19 February 2020. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (22 January 2024). "'Anatomy of a Fall' Wins Best Film, Actress, Screenplay at France's Lumiere Awards". Variety. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Ella Rumpf". Spielkind Talent Agency. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "Cannibal fantasy makes for a tender dish". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ^ "Swiss Film Award; Best Performance in a Supporting Role 2015". Schweizer Film Press. Archived from the original on 20 March 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ^ Barat, Mathilde (23 February 2024). "César 2024: Anatomie d'une chute sacré meilleur film. Le palmarès complet de la 49e cérémonie". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ Keystone-SDA (23 March 2024). "Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry wins top Swiss film award". Retrieved 23 March 2024.
External links
edit- Ella Rumpf at IMDb