Nadia Tereszkiewicz (; born 24 May 1996) is a French-Finnish actress.

Early life

Tereszkiewicz was born in Versailles to a Finnish mother and a Polish father, 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

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and then Canada's National Ballet School. She then took '' hypokhâgne-khâgne'' with an option in theatre, and a ''classe libre'' at the Cours Florent, in Paris. Tereszkiewicz speaks French, Finnish, 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. In 2019, Tereszkiewicz appeared in Dominik Moll's '' Only the Animals'', which earned her a Best Actress award at the Tokyo International Film Festival and inclusion in the list of revelations by the 2020 Césars. 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''. She received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting Performance in a Film at the

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in 2023, for her performance as Amy in the film '' Babysitter''.Etan Vlessing
"Canadian Screen Awards: TV Drama ‘The Porter’ Leads With 19 Nominations"
'' The Hollywood Reporter'', February 22, 2023.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tereszkiewicz, Nadia 1996 births Living people People from Versailles French film actresses French television actresses 21st-century French actresses French people of Finnish descent French people of Polish descent Cours Florent alumni Most Promising Actress Lumières Award winners Most Promising Actress César Award winners