Marielle Stiles Heller was born in Marin County, California, to Steve Heller, a chiropractor, and Annie Stiles-Heller, an artist and art teacher.
19 Facts About Marielle Heller
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Marielle Heller grew up in nearby Alameda, along with her younger brother and sister, Nate and Emily.
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Marielle Heller studied theatre at UCLA and then at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
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Marielle Heller was in the world premiere of David Edgar's Continental Divide directed by Tony Taccone.
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Marielle Heller acted in shows Spin City and Single Dads.
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Previously, Marielle Heller was selected as a 2012 Sundance Screenwriting Fellow and 2012 Sundance Directing Fellow, where she had submitted the script for the Sundance writer and director workshop.
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Marielle Heller then proceeded to direct a teaser for the film using grant money from the writer's workshop.
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Marielle Heller teamed up again with Archer Gray, who she first worked with on Diary.
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Marielle Heller cast Melissa McCarthy in the title role based on the actress's performance in the 2014 film St Vincent.
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Tom Hanks, who portrays Mr Rogers, agreed to join the project once Marielle Heller signed on as director, as they had met previously through Hanks' son, Colin.
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Marielle Heller played a breakout acting role in the hit Netflix show The Queen's Gambit as Alma Wheatley.
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Marielle Heller is friends with the director Scott Frank and was going to play the part of Beth's biological mother, until the original actress fell out.
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Marielle Heller has said that becoming a mother made her change the kind of stories she tells, because she wants "to do good in the world".
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Marielle Heller believes sustainable working hours on film sets will allow more female directors to continue working after they have families.
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Marielle Heller is married to comedian Jorma Taccone, having met at UCLA while studying acting.
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Together they have a son, Wylie Red Marielle Heller Taccone, born in December 2014, and a daughter.
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Marielle Heller's brother, Nate, is a musician who composed the scores for all three of her feature films.
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Marielle Heller's sister, Emily Heller, is a stand-up comic, as well as a producer and writer for the HBO comedy series Barry.
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Marielle Heller's brother-in-law, Asa Taccone, is the lead singer of the band Electric Guest, and her father-in-law, Tony Taccone, is a theater director.