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Aria Mia Loberti (born 1994)[1] is an American actress. She stars as Marie-Laure Leblanc in the Netflix miniseries All the Light We Cannot See. She won her inaugural role from a global search of thousands of actresses.[2]
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.jpg) Aria Mia Loberti at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival Nutcrackers premiere | |
| Born | 1994 (age 29–30) |
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| Known for | All the Light We Cannot See |
Aria Mia Loberti was born and raised into an Italian-American family in Johnston, Rhode Island.[3] Dissatisfied with her treatment in public school, her parents homeschooled her from the third through twelfth grades.[2] As a child and teen, she trained intensively in classical ballet at the preprofessional level.[4] She also trained in martial arts[5] and holds a yoga teaching certification, working as a certified yoga teacher throughout college. [6]
Loberti attended the University of Rhode Island from 2016 to 2020. She graduated summa cum laude with three majors — Philosophy, Communication Studies, and Political Science — and minors in Ancient Greek language and Rhetoric, and completed the Honors Program.[7][8] She received her master's degree in ancient rhetoric with distinction in 2021 from Royal Holloway, University of London on a Fulbright Scholarship.[9] She started her doctoral studies in ancient rhetoric at Pennsylvania State University in 2021,[10] when she began to question her career path.[11] She then responded on a whim to an All The Light We Cannot See open global casting search posted online.
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Loberti’s inaugural acting role was the lead character of Marie-Laure Leblanc in Netflix's adaptation of the 2014 novel All the Light We Cannot See. It was also her first audition.[12][13][14] Her performance has been universally praised by critics, described as "graceful and affecting",[15] "luminous",[16] "resonant, [and] captivating",[17] and a "radiant…good and pure presence that grounds the series' sense of jeopardy".[18] Her co-star Mark Ruffalo referred to her as "a revelation".[19]
She received a Rising Star Award at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival[20] and an Entertainment Weekly Breaking Big Award at the 2023 SCAD Savannah Film Festival.[21] She was nominated for Best Breakthrough Performance at the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards.[22][23]
Loberti, who has low vision due to a form of the genetic condition achromatopsia,[24] landed the part after a global search for an actor who is blind or low-vision. A fan of the book, she auditioned after learning about the search from a childhood orientation and mobility teacher.[25][26] Despite no acting training, Loberti beat out thousands of submissions to secure the role three weeks after she sent in her self tape.[27] Director Shawn Levy stated of Loberti: "I didn't know what she had acted in, I didn't know what her training was, all I knew is that there was a combination of intelligence, which was extremely self-evident, and a luminous quality on camera… I later found out that not only was she new to acting—she had never even auditioned before."[28]
In September 2023, it was announced that Loberti would serve as the new face of the beauty and skincare brand L'Occitane en Provence.[29][30] In November 2023, it was announced that she would narrate a new audiobook version of Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.[31] She also appeared in the television adaptation of The Spiderwick Chronicles.[32]
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Loberti is also a human rights activist and began speaking up for her own and others' educational and accessibility rights at just four years old.[33][34] On April 18, 2024, Loberti was announced as the newest UNICEF Ambassador.[35][36] She has been an active supporter of UNICEF since 2022 and has traveled with the organization specifically to support educational rights, children’s literacy access, and climate change efforts.[37]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2023 | All the Light We Cannot See | Marie-Laure LeBlanc | Miniseries, acting debut |
| 2024 | Grey's Anatomy | Vida Madera | Episode: "Baby Can I Hold You" |
| 2024 | The Spiderwick Chronicles | Valentina | 5 episodes |
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