Marielle Heller is an American writer, actress, and director known for her work on the films The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015), Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018), and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019). In 2020, she became a sensation with Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit,” where she played Alma Wheatley. She also runs a production company called Defiant By Nature.
Marielle Heller was born on October 1, 1979, in Marin County, California, United States. She went to Saint Joseph Notre Dame High School in Alameda, California, for her education. She was a member of Alameda Children’s Musical, a performing arts theatre in Alameda, California, where she performed in various plays such as Winnie the Pooh, Charlotte’s Web, and The Magician’s Nephew throughout her childhood days. She went to UCLA to get her bachelor’s degree.
Who Is Marielle Heller?
She performed at the National Theatre, London (2002) and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London (2001). She then trained for a year at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. She worked as a screenwriter after returning to California.
At the Sundance Institute Directors and Screenwriters Labs in Utah, she took a six-week crash course in film direction. Although Marielle Heller’s father belongs to a Jewish family, neither she nor her husband is a practicing Jew.
Marielle Heller Parents & Siblings
Marielle Heller’s father, Steve Heller, is a chiropractor, and her mother and Annie Stiles-Heller is an artist who works with kids. She has two siblings: a brother, Nate Heller (also known as Neato), who is a musician and composer, and a sister, Emily Heller (also known as EH), a stand-up comedian and writer.
Marielle Heller Height, Weight & Measurements
How tall is Marielle Heller? She stands at a height of 5 ft 5 in tall or else 1.65 m or 165 cm. She weighs around 55 Kg or 121 lbs. She has beautiful dark brown eyes and has blonde hair. What is the body measurements of Marielle Heller? She often thrills her fans by sharing her modelling shots on Instagram, and they seemed eager to express their appreciation for her series of snaps update. Her body measurements are 34-28-40 inches. She wears a bra cup size of 34 C.
Marielle Heller Relationships, Husband & Children
In 2007, Marielle Heller married Jorma Taccone, an American comedian, director, actor, and writer. The pair first met in 1999 when they were both undergraduate students at UCLA. Her son’s name is Wylie Red Heller Taccone. She gave birth to her second child in 2020.
Marielle Heller Career
Marielle Heller was born in Los Angeles, California. After studying at the University of California for eight years as an actor, she started directing films in 2015.
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The Diary of a Young Girl, which Marielle Heller wrote and directed, was recognized by the Independent Spirit Awards (2016) as the finest first feature ever.
As a Director
She also executive produced two films in 2018, the Telluride Film Festival-premiering Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Memoirs of a Literary Forger and Christmas Inheritance.
The film was based on the memoir of Lee Israel, a celebrity biographer who had fallen on tough times and begun forging correspondence from famous dead figures such as Noel Coward, Dorothy Parker, and Lillian Hellman. She directed ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ in 2019.
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Marielle Heller As an Actress
Marielle Heller made her first television appearance as a party person in White Power (2001). She subsequently appeared in several shows, including Spin City (2002), All-For-Nots (2008), Single Dads (2009), and others. Marielle Heller began appearing on the big screen in 2010 with MacGruber, where she played the part of Clocky.
She went on to star in numerous feature and short films including A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014), Paper Anchor (2016), Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016) and others. In 2020, Marielle Heller made her digital debut as Alma Wheatley in Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit, playing the lead role.
Marielle Heller Facts
At the Zurich Film Festival (2015), she won the Grand Prix Won for The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015).
For this film, she won the Edinburgh International Film Festival’s Best International Feature Film Award (2015).
For the film The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015), she won the best new filmmaker award from the Boston Society of Film Critics Awards (2015) and received an Independent Spirit Award at the Film Independent Spirit Awards (2016).
For the film The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015), he won the Best Director Award at FEST International Film Festival (2016) and best feature film award at Winnipeg Real to Reel Film Festival (2020).
Marielle Heller Trivia
In 2006, as a Christmas present for her sister, Marielle Heller received a copy of the book “Diary of a Teenage Girl” by Phoebe Gloeckner.
Mesmerized by the author’s raw emotions in the novel “Diary of a Teenage Girl,” Heller decided to pursue the stage rights.
In 2010, after acquiring the stage rights, Heller created an Off-Broadway multimedia production in which she starred as Minnie, a 15-year-old girl who starts an affair with her mother’s 35-year-old boyfriend.
The play “Diary of a Teenage Girl,” which was performed at the 3LD Art & Technology Center in New York City, was turned into a film.
Heller took a six-week crash course in film direction at the Sundance Institute Directors and Screenwriters Labs, Utah, to convert it into a movie that took four years to complete.
Marielle Heller has written screenplays for such films as Disney’s Renegade X and the ABC pilot The Big Apple.
