Interview with Gaia Weiss: "What I lacked was being identified as a French actress"

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Revealed to the French public thanks to her role in the very famous Vikings, Gaia Weiss also plays Marianne in the Netflix series The Revolution. Meeting with this French actress with an international career.

Who is Gaia Weiss?

Aged 29, Gaia Weiss was born in Paris into a Franco-Polish family. Very young, she began to take theater classes but also dance classes that will bring her a certain rigor of learning. She later chose to become an actress, with an appetite for the performing arts. Multiplying the round trips between London and Paris, the young actress enters the Cours Florent, before continuing her apprenticeship at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. In parallel with her theatre studies, Gaia Weiss also became a model and muse for Mauboussin. Very early on, Gaia Weiss knew how to play in both French and English. Upon her return to France, the actress joined the Troupe de France alongside Francis Huster in 2011, and spent a few years on stage before her career took a turn on screen. She then played in Molière's classics such as Don Juan or The Misanthrope, or in The Trojan War will not take place. Gaia Weiss as Porunn in Vikings

An actress with an international career

It was in films such as Mary Queen of Scots by Thomas Imbach, in 2013, and Bianca come il latte, rossa come il sangue by Giacomo Campiotti, that Gaia Weiss got her first film roles. Mainly appearing in international productions, Gaia Weiss also plays in the French films Les Profs 2 by Pierre-François Martin-Laval, and C'est beau la vie quand on y pense by Gérard Jugnot. She then turns in 2014 in the American blockbuster The Legend of Hercules, where she plays Hebe. This film allows her to continue on the Canadian-Irish series Vikings, where she plays the slave who becomes a warrior Porunn, in seasons 2 and 3. Today particularly famous in the television landscape, and often compared to Game of Thrones, Vikings did not yet have its current fame. The actress developed many skills, such as sword fighting or performing her own stunts. She also made an appearance for one episode in the historical series Outlander, and in The Medici playing Maria Ippolita Sforza over several seasons. Subsequently, she starred in the blockbuster Overdrive alongside Ana de Armas and Scott Eastwood. Projects that confirm her status as an international actress. Feeling the need to be recognized as a French actress, Gaia Weiss tries her luck to be part of the cast of The Revolution. Series for which she landed the role of Marianne. What better way to be recognized as a French actress than to embody the allegorical figure herself? Gaia Weiss as Marianne in The Revolution

What are his upcoming projects?

With many strings to her bow, Gaia Weiss recently participated in the dubbing of the video game Assassin's Creed Valhalla released last November. A project different from the previous ones, but which allows him to discover a new game universe. In the medium term, his future projects are more oriented towards cinema. The French actress will star in the film Méandre, scheduled for February 10, 2021, directed by Mathieu Turi. It has already received several awards at the New York City Horror Film Festival, including Best Actress and Best Director. Gaia Weiss will also star alongside Tom Hughes (Victoria) in Russell Owen's feature film, Shepherd.She will also carry the moving drama, Victims by director Agnieszka Lukasiak. The Revolution, available since October 16 on Netflix.