| Nadia Tereszkiewicz | |
| Birth Date: | 1996 5, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Versailles, France |
| Nationality: | French-Finnish[1] [2] |
| Yearsactive: | 2015–present |
Nadia Tereszkiewicz (in French nadja tɛʁɛskevitʃ/;[3] born 24 May 1996[4]) is a French actress.
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]
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]
| 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 |