Ella Rumpf

Ella Rumpf
Rumpf in 2020
Born	(1995-02-04) 4 February 1995 (age 29) Paris, France
Nationality	Swiss
Alma mater	Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2011–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 (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's conjecture 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 also fluent in English.[17]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Summer Outside [de]	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
TBA	Stitches		Filming[19]

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
2024	César Awards	Best Female Revelation[21]	Marguerite's Theorem	Won
2024	Swiss Film Awards	Quartz Award for Best Actress[22]	Marguerite's Theorem	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. Keslassy, Elsa (22 January 2024). "'Anatomy of a Fall' Wins Best Film, Actress, Screenplay at France's Lumiere Awards". Variety. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
17. "Ella Rumpf". Spielkind Talent Agency. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
18. "Cannibal fantasy makes for a tender dish". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
19. Malkin, Marc (November 21, 2024). "Angelina Jolie Movie 'Stitches' Casts Ella Rumpf and Louis Garrel (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
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.
21. Barat, Mathilde (23 February 2024). "César 2024: Anatomie d'une chute sacré meilleur film. Le palmarès complet de la 49^e cérémonie". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 24 February 2024.
22. Keystone-SDA (23 March 2024). "Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry wins top Swiss film award". Retrieved 23 March 2024.

External links

• Ella Rumpf at IMDb