Draft:Manon Gage
Manon Gage | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | Juilliard School |
| Occupation | Actress - Producer - Writer |
| Years active | 2022-Present |
Manon Gage is a French-American actress, writer, and producer. She is known for her role as Marissa Marcel in the 2022 interactive film trilogy Immortality, for which she was nominated for a BAFTA.
Career
[edit]Gage had her breakout role as the lead in Immortality[1][2][3], an interactive film video game developed by Sam Barlow which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2022, and which Gage also produced.[4][5][6] In it she played Marissa Marcel, an actress who shot three unreleased films in 1968, 1970 and 1999 before disappearing. Gage received critical praise for the role, with Vulture's Lewis Gordon calling it "a knockout performance" and Matt Kamen of Empire saying Gage "marks herself as a phenomenal talent to watch out for."[7][8] Gage was nominated for a BAFTA Games Award and a Game Award, and won the New York Game Award and Golden Joystick Award for her performance.[9][10][11][12]
In 2023, Gage guest starred on the FXX series Dave[13] and her original television pilot Real Live Girl became an official selection at Stareable Festival in Los Angeles.[14][15]
Early Life
[edit]Gage grew up in Stony Brook, New York and Tours, France.[16]
Education
[edit]Gage graduated from the Juilliard School of Drama in 2018, and was awarded the John Erskine Prize.[17][18]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Mank | Woman on Train | Uncredited | [19] |
| 2022 | Two of Everything | Heather/Maria | Film in Immortality | [19] |
| Minsky | Franny | Film in Immortality | [19] | |
| Ambrosio | Matilda/Rosario | Film in Immortality |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Dave | Steph | Episode: "Harrison Ave" | [13] |
| 2023 | Real Live Girl | Danielle | Creator, producer, writer | [14][15] |
Video Games
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Immortality | Marissa Marcel | Also producer | [4] |
Accolades
[edit]| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Golden Joystick Awards | Best Performer | Immortality | Won | [12] |
| New York Video Game Critics Circle Awards | Best Acting | Immortality | Won | [11] | |
| Game Awards | Best Performance | Immortality | Nominated | [10] | |
| 2023 | BAFTA Games Awards | Performer in a Leading Role | Immortality | Nominated | [9] |
References
[edit]- ^ King, Darryn (January 23, 2023). "Manon Gage On Playing Marissa Marcel In 'Immortality'". Forbes.
- ^ "The On-the-Rise Performers You Need to Know in 2023". Backstage. November 2, 2022.
- ^ Young, Georgina (March 8, 2023). "Women in Gaming. Sports Illustrated". Video Games.
- ^ a b MacDonald, Keza (October 17, 2022). "'Unlike anything you've ever played': Immortality, the video game that's actually three movies". The Guardian.
- ^ Campbell, Ian Carlos (June 21, 2022). "I played every Tribeca Festival 2022 game". Inverse.
- ^ Wen, Alan (December 22, 2022). "The femme creatives who built Immortality, and how they did it". Rock Paper Shotgun.
- ^ Gordon, Lewis (August 30, 2022). "Whatever Happened to Marissa Marcel?". Vulture.
- ^ Kamen, Matt (September 13, 2022). "Immortality Review". Empire.
- ^ a b "BAFTA announces the nominations for the BAFTA Games Awards 2023". BAFTA. March 2, 2023.
- ^ a b "The Game Awards 2022: The full list of winners". NPR. December 8, 2022.
- ^ a b Kaser, Rachel (January 18, 2023). "Elden Ring takes another top prize at the New York Game Awards". VentureBeat.
- ^ a b Loveridge, Sam (November 22, 2022). "Immortality's Manon Gage wins Best Performer at this year's Golden Joystick Awards". GamesRadar.
- ^ a b "Harrison Ave - DAVE 3x02". TVMaze. April 5, 2023.
- ^ a b Wen, Alan (April 21, 2023). "Immortality interview: actors Manon Gage and Charlotta Mohlin on combating misogyny through art". Video Games.
- ^ a b "Creator Spotlight Real Live Girl - Stareable Fest LA 2023 Official Selection". Stareable. March 30, 2023.
- ^ "Manon Gage | The Juilliard School". The Juilliard Journal. April 2015.
- ^ "Branden Jacobs-Jenkins to Co-Direct EVERYBODY as Part of Juilliard Drama's 2017-18 Season; Lineup Announced!". Broadway World. July 11, 2017.
- ^ Jackson, Susan (May 18, 2018). "Wynton Marsalis Addresses Juilliard's 294 Graduates". The Juilliard Journal.
- ^ a b c "Manon Gage | IMdB". IMDb.