Nadia Tereszkiewicz

Nadia Tereszkiewicz (French: [nadja tɛʁɛskevitʃ];^[3] born 24 May 1996^[4]) is a French actress.

Nadia Tereszkiewicz
Tereszkiewicz in 2020
Born	(1996-05-24) 24 May 1996 (age 28) Versailles, France
Nationality	French-Finnish[1][2]
Years active	2015–present

Early life

Tereszkiewicz was born in Versailles to a Finnish mother and a Polish father,^[5][6] who named her after a character from the 1994 Nikita Mikhalkov film Burnt by the Sun.^[4] She practised dance from age 4 to 18,^[5][6] attending the École supérieure de danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower and then Canada's National Ballet School.^[7] She then took hypokhâgne-khâgne with an option in theatre, and a classe libre at the Cours Florent, in Paris.^[7][5] Her mother tongue is Finnish,^[8] and she also speaks French, English, and Italian.^[5]

Career

Tereszkiewicz danced in films and videos while studying. She made her feature film debut in The Dancer (2016), which inspired her to pursue an acting career.^[9][10][6]

In 2019, Tereszkiewicz appeared in Dominik Moll's Only the Animals, which earned her a Best Actress award at the Tokyo International Film Festival^[11] and inclusion in the list of revelations by the 2020 Césars.^[12] In 2020, she appeared in the French-Israeli miniseries Possessions in a leading role alongside Reda Kateb.^[5] In 2022, she starred in Forever Young, which premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, directed by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, who shared scenes with Tereszkiewicz in Only the Animals.^[4] In 2023, she was awarded the César Award for Most Promising Actress for her performance in Forever Young.^[13]

She received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting Performance in a Film at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023, for her performance as Amy in the film Babysitter.^[14]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director
2016	The Dancer	Dancer	Stéphanie Di Giusto
2018	Father and Sons	Nightclub girl	Félix Moati
	Wild	Nora	Dennis Berry
2019	Persona Non Grata	Anaïs Laffont	Roschdy Zem
	Only the Animals	Marion	Dominik Moll
2020	A Night in the Fields	Océane	Guillaume Grélardon
	A Museum Sleeps	Chloé	Camille de Chenay
2022	Babysitter	Amy	Monia Chokri
	Tom	Joss	Fabienne Berthaud
	Forever Young	Stella	Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
	The Last Queen	Astrid	Damien Ounouri, Adila Bendimerad
2023	The Crime Is Mine	Madeleine Verdier	François Ozon
	Rosalie	Rosalie Deluc	Stéphanie Di Giusto
	Red Island	Colette Lopez	Robin Campillo
TBA	Une affaire	TBA[15]	Arnaud Desplechin

References

1. "Nadia Tereszkiewicz Star Of 'Les Amandiers' ('Forever Young') in Crash 88". Crash Magazine. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
2. "Nadia Tereszkiewicz". Première (in French). Retrieved 25 October 2023.
3. "Nadia Tereszkiewicz (CLAP) : "Le cinéma permet de me plonger dans des univers tellement différents"". Melty. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
4. Carpentier, Laurent (23 May 2022). "Cannes 2022 : Nadia Tereszkiewicz, l'âge des possibles". Le Monde. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
5. Lavarenne, Claire (2 November 2020). "Possessions (Canal+) : qui est Nadia Tereszkiewicz, interprète de la troublante Natalie Amiel ?". Télé-Loisirs. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
6. Géliot, Marion (4 November 2020). "Nadia Tereszkiewicz, l'actrice à suivre de "Possessions"". Madame Figaro. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
7. Brouillet, Anne-Marie (20 April 2022). "Nadia Tereszkiewcz, l'actrice révélation de l'année". Elle. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
8. Kinnunen, Kalle (20 March 2023). "Suomalaistaustainen Nadia Tereszkiewicz on Ranskan kirkkain nouseva elokuvatähti". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 25 October 2023. Tereszkiewicz kertoo äidinkielensä olevan suomi
9. Lestage, Diane (13 May 2022). "Rencontre avec Nadia Tereszkiewicz : « On apprend beaucoup sur soi à travers les personnages »". Maze. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
10. Guillain, Marine (16 November 2020). "Nadia Tereszkiewicz: «J'étais trop focus pour sortir boire des bières»". 20 minutes. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
11. Schilling, Mark (5 November 2019). "'Uncle,' 'Atlantis' Take Home Top Prizes in Tokyo". Variety. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
12. Baronnet, Brigitte (12 November 2019). "César 2020 : découvrez la liste des Révélations". AlloCiné. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
13. Roxborough, Scott; Vlessing, Etan (24 February 2023). "César Awards: 'The Night of the 12th' Named Best Picture". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
14. Etan Vlessing, "Canadian Screen Awards: TV Drama ‘The Porter’ Leads With 19 Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter, February 22, 2023.
15. Lemercier, Fabien (30 September 2024). "Arte France Cinéma is backing Arnaud Desplechin's Une affaire and Claire Denis' Le Cri des Gardes". Cineuropa.

External links

• Nadia Tereszkiewicz at IMDb