Ella Rumpf
Rumpf at the Berlinale 2017
Born (1995-02-04) 4 February 1995 (age 28)
Paris, France
NationalitySwiss
Alma materZurich 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]

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]

The French-Swiss actress Ella Rumpf also played the main role as Marguerite in the film Le théorème de Marguerite (Marguerite's Theorem) directed by Anna Novion. It premiered at the 2023 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]

She speaks Swiss German and French at a native level, and is fluent in German and English.[17]

In 2024, she received the Lumières Award for Most Promising Actress for her performance in Marguerite's Theorem (2023).[18]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Summer Outside [de] Mia
2014 War Ali
2016 Raw Alexia [19]
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 Le théorème de Marguerite Marguerite Hoffmann

Television

Year Title Role Notes
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

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2015 Swiss Film Award Best Supporting Actress[20] War Nominated
2020 Shooting Stars Award Won

References

  1. ^ "About: Ella Rumpf". Spielkind. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Tag Archives: Ella Rumpf". High-Def Digest. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Ella Rumpf as Alexia". Focus Features. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Raw Review". Empire Online. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Raw review: a terrible beauty is born". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Ella Rumpf's 'Tiger Girl' Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 11 March 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Ella Rumpf at Berlinale 2017". Berlinale.de. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Interview with Ella Rumpf on 'Tiger Girl'". Interview.de. Retrieved 4 May 2017.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "Tribeca Film Review: 'The Divine Order'". Yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Ella Rumpf: The best among the new". VIP.de. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  11. ^ "Ella Rumpf as a parent fright". Annabelle. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "War (Chrieg) by Simon Jaquemet". Festival Scope. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  14. ^ "Ella Rumpf: The next Swiss film star". Aargauer Zeitung. Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ Peterson S. (December 19, 2023) Ella Rumpf brilliert in «Le théorème de Marguerite» als Mathe-Ass (in German) SRF.ch. Accessed 20 December 2023.
  17. ^ "Ella Rumpf". Spielkind Talent Agency. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  18. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (22 January 2024). "'Anatomy of a Fall' Wins Best Film, Actress, Screenplay at France's Lumiere Awards". Variety. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  19. ^ "Cannibal fantasy makes for a tender dish". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  20. ^ "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.

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