1. Marianna Bronislawa Barbara Palka was born on 7 September 1981 and is a Scottish actress, producer, director, and writer.
11 Facts About Marianna Palka
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Marianna Palka is the writer, director and star of the film Good Dick, which screened at the Sundance Film Festival.
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At the age of 17, Marianna Palka moved to New York City to study at the Atlantic Theater Company.
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Marianna Palka wrote, directed and starred in Good Dick, which competed in the Dramatic Competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
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Marianna Palka appeared in Peter Mullan's Neds, Jeremiah Jones' Restive, Bryce Dallas Howard's When You Find Me, Nathan Sutton's Autumn Wanderer and Sylvia Sether's King of Norway.
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In 2014, Marianna Palka produced and was the subject of the HBO Lucy Walker documentary The Lion's Mouth Opens, which follows the process of Marianna Palka discovering she has inherited the genetic mutation that causes Huntington's disease, and which was nominated for an Emmy Award and shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination.
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Marianna Palka made a cameo in the HBO series Girls as Jessa's sister.
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In 2017, Marianna Palka directed the feature film EGG starring Christina Hendricks, Alysia Reiner and Anna Camp and produced by Michele Ganeless.
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In 2010, Marianna Palka performed in Love, Loss, and What I Wore at The Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles.
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Marianna Palka appeared in Martin McDonagh's The Lonesome West at the Actor's Gang Theatre, Los Angeles, and in Conor McPherson's Dublin Carol at the Ensemble Theatre Company.
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Marianna Palka was in a relationship with Jason Ritter from 1999 to 2013.