Rebecca Marder (born 10 April 1995) is a French film and stage actress.
Early life and education Rebecca Marder was born on 10 April 1995 in Paris, France. Marder is the daughter of American musician Marc Marder and French journalist and theatre critic Mathilde de La Bardonnie, who worked for Le Monde and later Libération. Her father is Jewish and her mother Catholic. Marder grew up in France and is a dual citizen of France and the United States.
Between 2008 and 2011, Marder was trained at the Conservatoire à rayonnement communal du 13e arrondissement de Paris. She later studied literature and cinema but interrupted her studies in September 2014 to join the drama school of the National Theatre of Strasbourg, where she studied for ten months.
Career Marder began her acting career at the age of five. She appeared as Charlotte in the Rodolphe Marconi film Ceci est mon corps (2001). In 2007, she starred in Demandez la permission aux enfants alongside Pascal Légitimus and Sandrine Bonnaire. In 2010, she starred in The Round Up together with Jean Reno and Mélanie Laurent. In 2012, she received the Prix du jeune espoir féminin at the Festival de la fiction TV de La Rochelle for her performance in Alain Tasma's television film Emma.
Marder was discovered by Éric Ruf, general administrator of the Comédie-Française, and chosen after a collective audition. She signed her contract on 19 June 2015, becoming a salaried actress () of the Comédie-Française troupe. At 20 years old, she became one the youngest pensionnaires in its history, and the youngest of the troupe's then 59 actors. She debuted in the role of Lucietta in Carlo Goldoni's Les Rustres. She regularly appeared on stage there in classical roles, including as Claudine in Molière's George Dandin ou le Mari confondu and La Jalousie du Barbouillé, Atalide in Jean Racine's Bajazet and Hermione in Euripides' Electra and Orestes. In 2022, Marder announced her resignation from the Comédie-Française.
In 2020, Marder was a narrator of the Cambodian documentary film Irradiated, which competed for the Golden Bear in the main competition section at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival. Marder's father composed the film's score. In 2021, Marder appeared in the lead role of Sandrine Kiberlain's feature directorial debut A Radiant Girl, in which she plays a Jewish girl who aspires to become an actress in Paris during the German occupation in 1942. The film premiered in the Critics' Week section of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Caméra d'Or. For her performance, Marder received nominations for the César Award for Most Promising Actress and Lumière Award for Best Female Revelation.
In 2022, Marder portrayed a young Simone Veil in Olivier Dahan's biographical drama Simone Veil, A Woman of the Century. That same year, she starred in Sylvain Desclous's Grand Expectations, for which she received a second César nomination for Most Promising Actress. In 2023, Marder appeared opposite Nadia Tereszkiewicz in François Ozon's crime comedy The Crime Is Mine. Set in the 1930s, Marder portrays a lawyer who works to acquit her young actress roommate on grounds of self-defense after she is accused of murdering a wealthy producer.
In 2025, Marder starred as Marie Cardona in Ozon's The Stranger, an adaptation of the novel by Albert Camus.
Performances Film Year Title Role Director Notes 2000 Pimprenelle Yamina Benguigui Short film 2001 Ceci est mon corps Charlotte Rodolphe Marconi 2007 Demandez la permission aux enfants Lola Éric Civanyan 2010 The Round Up Rachel Weismann Roselyne Bosch 2014 Garçonne Lisa Nicolas Sarkissian Short film 2018 A Man in a Hurry Julia Hervé Mimran 2019 Escape from Raqqa Fille timide Emmanuel Hamon Someone, Somewhere Capucine Brunet Cédric Klapisch 2020 Mama Weed Gabrielle Portefeux Jean-Paul Salomé Irradiated Rithy Panh Narrator; documentary Spring Blossom Marie Suzanne Lindon 2021 A Radiant Girl Irène Sandrine Kiberlain Deception L'étudiante Arnaud Desplechin 2022 Simone Veil, A Woman of the Century Young Simone Veil Olivier Dahan Not My Type Marcia Michel Leclerc Grand Expectations Madeleine Sylvain Desclous The Great Magic Amélie Noémie Lvovsky 2023 The Crime Is Mine Pauline Mauléon François Ozon 2025 The Stranger Marie Cardona Michel Hazanavicius Post-production
Television Year Title Role Director Notes 2009 Clara, une passion française Marie-Claude, de 13 à 20 ans Sébastien Grall Television film 2011 E-Love Nina Anne Villacèque Television film 2012 Emma Emma Alain Tasma Television film 2015 Deux Evelyne Anne Villacèque Television film 2018 Fiertés Noémie Philippe Faucon Miniseries; episode: "2013" 2026 Les Lionnes Rosalie Olivier Rosemberg 8 episodes
Stage + Stage credits of Rebecca Marder Year Production Role Author Director Theatre Notes 2015–2016 Les Rustres Lucietta Carlo Goldoni Jean-Louis Benoît Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier 2016 George Dandin ou le Mari confondu / La Jalousie du Barbouillé Claudine / Cathau Molière Hervé Pierre Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier 2017–2018 La Règle du jeu Invitée Jean Renoir Christiane Jatahy Salle Richelieu 2017 Bajazet Atalide Jean Racine Éric Ruf Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier 2017–2019 L'Hôtel du libre échange Violette Georges Feydeau Isabelle Nanty Salle Richelieu 2017–2018 Après la pluie Secrétaire brune Sergi Belbel Lilo Baur Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier 2018 J'étais dans ma maison et j'attendais que la pluie vienne La Plus Jeune Jean-Luc Lagarce Chloé Dabert Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier 2018 L'Éveil du printemps Thea Frank Wedekind Clément Hervieu-Léger Salle Richelieu 2019 Fanny et Alexandre Fanny Ingmar Bergman Julie Deliquet Salle Richelieu 2019–2020 Electre / Oreste Hermione Euripides Ivo van Hove Salle Richelieu 2019 Les Serge (Gainsbourg point barre) Serge Gainsbourg Stéphane Varupenne and Sébastien Pouderoux Stéphane Varupenne and Sébastien Pouderoux Studio-Théâtre de la Comédie-Française Vocals, keyboard 2020 Le Côté de Guermantes Rachel Marcel Proust Christophe Honoré Théâtre Marigny 2021–2022 Fanny et Alexandre Fanny Ingmar Bergman Julie Deliquet Salle Richelieu 2021–2022 La Cerisaie Ania Anton Chekhov Clément Hervieu-Léger Salle Richelieu 2022 George Dandin ou le Mari confondu Angélique Molière Hervé Pierre Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier
Accolades Award Date of ceremony Category Title Result César Awards 24 February 2023 Most Promising Actress A Radiant Girl 23 February 2024 Grand Expectations Lumière Awards 16 January 2023 Best Female Revelation A Radiant Girl
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