Nadia Tereszkiewicz

{{short description|French-Finnish actress}}

{{Infobox person

|name=Nadia Tereszkiewicz

|image=Nadia Tereszkiewicz.jpg

|caption=Tereszkiewicz in 2020

|birth_date={{birth date and age|df=y|1996|5|24}}

|birth_place=Versailles, France

|nationality=French-Finnish{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.crash.fr/a-meeting-with-nadia-tereszkiewicz-2/ |title=Nadia Tereszkiewicz Star Of 'Les Amandiers' ('Forever Young') in Crash 88 |magazine=Crash Magazine |access-date=25 October 2023}}{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.premiere.fr/Star/Nadia-Tereszkiewicz |title=Nadia Tereszkiewicz |magazine=Première |language=fr |access-date=25 October 2023}}

|yearsactive=2015–present

}}

Nadia Tereszkiewicz ({{IPA|fr|nadja tɛʁɛskevitʃ|lang}};{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54cy5J68jVY&t=17s|title=Nadia Tereszkiewicz (CLAP) : "Le cinéma permet de me plonger dans des univers tellement différents"|work=Melty|date=12 May 2022|access-date=7 June 2022}} born 24 May 1996{{cite news|last=Carpentier|first=Laurent|date=23 May 2022|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2022/05/23/cannes-2022-nadia-tereszkiewicz-l-age-des-possibles_6127286_3246.html|title=Cannes 2022 : Nadia Tereszkiewicz, l'âge des possibles|work=Le Monde|access-date=7 June 2022|url-access=subscription}}) is a French actress.

Early life

Tereszkiewicz was born in Versailles to a Finnish mother and a Polish father,{{cite news|last=Lavarenne|first=Claire|date=2 November 2020|url=https://www.programme-tv.net/news/series-tv/263960-possessions-canal-qui-est-nadia-tereszkiewicz-interprete-de-la-troublante-natalie-amiel/|title=Possessions (Canal+) : qui est Nadia Tereszkiewicz, interprète de la troublante Natalie Amiel ?|work=Télé-Loisirs|access-date=7 June 2022}}{{cite magazine|last=Géliot|first=Marion|date=4 November 2020|url=https://madame.lefigaro.fr/celebrites/nadia-tereszkiewicz-actrice-a-suivre-serie-possessions-041120-183222|title=Nadia Tereszkiewicz, l'actrice à suivre de "Possessions"|magazine=Madame Figaro|access-date=7 June 2022}} who named her after a character from the 1994 Nikita Mikhalkov film Burnt by the Sun. She practised dance from age 4 to 18, attending the École supérieure de danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower and then Canada's National Ballet School.{{cite magazine|last=Brouillet|first=Anne-Marie|date=20 April 2022|url=https://www.elle.fr/Loisirs/Cinema/News/Nadia-Tereszkiewcz-l-actrice-revelation-de-l-annee|title=Nadia Tereszkiewcz, l'actrice révélation de l'année|magazine=Elle|access-date=7 June 2022}} She then took hypokhâgne-khâgne with an option in theatre, and a classe libre at the Cours Florent, in Paris. Her mother tongue is Finnish,{{Cite web |url=https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000009464938.html |title=Suomalaistaustainen Nadia Tereszkiewicz on Ranskan kirkkain nouseva elokuvatähti |last=Kinnunen |first=Kalle |date=20 March 2023 |website=Helsingin Sanomat |language=fi |access-date=25 October 2023 |quote=Tereszkiewicz kertoo äidinkielensä olevan suomi}} and she also speaks French, English, and Italian.

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.{{cite magazine|last=Lestage|first=Diane|date=13 May 2022|url=https://maze.fr/2022/05/rencontre-avec-nadia-tereszkiewicz-on-apprend-beaucoup-sur-soi-a-travers-les-personnages/|title=Rencontre avec Nadia Tereszkiewicz : « On apprend beaucoup sur soi à travers les personnages »|magazine=Maze|access-date=7 June 2022}}{{cite news|last=Guillain|first=Marine|date=16 November 2020|url=https://www.20min.ch/fr/story/nadia-tereszkiewicz-est-la-vedette-de-possessions-sur-canal-108649627653|title=Nadia Tereszkiewicz: «J'étais trop focus pour sortir boire des bières»|work=20 minutes|access-date=7 June 2022}}

In 2019, Tereszkiewicz appeared in Dominik Moll's Only the Animals, which earned her a Best Actress award at the Tokyo International Film Festival{{cite news|last=Schilling|first=Mark|date=5 November 2019|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/uncle-frelle-petersen-atlantis-valentyn-vasayanovych-tokyo-film-festival-awards-1203393096/|title='Uncle,' 'Atlantis' Take Home Top Prizes in Tokyo|work=Variety|access-date=7 June 2022}} and inclusion in the list of revelations by the 2020 Césars.{{cite news|last=Baronnet|first=Brigitte|date=12 November 2019|url=https://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=18685676.html|title=César 2020 : découvrez la liste des Révélations|work=AlloCiné|access-date=7 June 2022}} In 2020, she appeared in the French-Israeli miniseries Possessions in a leading role alongside Reda Kateb. 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. In 2023, she was awarded the César Award for Most Promising Actress for her performance in Forever Young.{{cite news|last1=Roxborough|first1=Scott|last2=Vlessing|first2=Etan|date=24 February 2023|title=César Awards: 'The Night of the 12th' Named Best Picture|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cesar-awards-2023-film-paris-1235333378/|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=26 February 2023}}

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.Etan Vlessing, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/canadian-screen-awards-tv-the-porter-film-1235330247/ "Canadian Screen Awards: TV Drama ‘The Porter’ Leads With 19 Nominations"]. The Hollywood Reporter, February 22, 2023.

Filmography

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! Year

! Title

! Role

! Director

2016

| The Dancer

| Dancer

| Stéphanie Di Giusto

rowspan="2" | 2018

| Father and Sons

| Nightclub girl

| Félix Moati

Wild

| Nora

| Dennis Berry

rowspan="2" |2019

| Persona Non Grata

| Anaïs Laffont

| Roschdy Zem

Only the Animals

| Marion

| Dominik Moll

rowspan="2" | 2020

| A Night in the Fields

| Océane

| Guillaume Grélardon

A Museum Sleeps

| Chloé

| Camille de Chenay

rowspan="4" | 2022

| Babysitter

| Amy

| Monia Chokri

Tom

| Joss

| Fabienne Berthaud

Forever Young

| Stella

| Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

The Last Queen

| Astrid

| Damien Ounouri, Adila Bendimerad

rowspan="3" | 2023

| The Crime Is Mine

| Madeleine Verdier

| François Ozon

Rosalie

| Rosalie Deluc

| Stéphanie Di Giusto

Red Island

| Colette Lopez

| Robin Campillo

2025

| Heads or Tails?

| Rosa

| Alessio Rigo de Righi, Matteo Zoppis

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| Une affaire

| {{TableTBA}}{{Cite web |last=Lemercier |first=Fabien |date=30 September 2024 |title=Arte France Cinéma is backing Arnaud Desplechin's Une affaire and Claire Denis' Le Cri des Gardes |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/467794 |website=Cineuropa}}

| Arnaud Desplechin

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