Shooting Stars 2020

Biography

Ella Rumpf's acting debut was in DRAUSSEN IST SOMMER by Friederike Jehn in 2011. Before heading to London to study acting, she was nominated for the Swiss Film Award as Best Supporting Actress for her role of Ali in WAR by Simon Jaquemet. Next came leading roles in TIGER GIRL by Jakob Lass (Berlinale 2017) and the festival hit, RAW by Julia Ducournau (Cannes 2016). For this role, Ella was selected as Révélation for the César Awards 2018. Recently, Ella was cast in main roles in FREUD (Netflix), opening the Berlinale Series section and BEAST by Lorenz Merz, both to be released in 2020.