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February 5, 2026
‘I don’t want to do the same thing over and over’: Stacy Martin on risky roles, tequila at the Oscars and her Jurassic Park dream
After experiencing the strangeness of the Academy Awards with her last film The Brutalist, the indie actor has reunited with its creators for period curio The Testament of Ann Lee. But what she’d really like to get her teeth into is a certain dino franchise
TL;DR
- Stacy Martin plays Mother Jane Wardley in 'The Testament of Ann Lee,' a film about Shaker leader Ann Lee.
- Martin shares a personal anecdote about an unexplainable event involving a flickering lightbulb and a psychic reading.
- She prefers unconventional roles and has consistently worked with arthouse filmmakers since her breakout in 'Nymphomaniac.'
- Martin is living between Los Angeles and London and is interested in quantum physics and David Lynch.
- She researched the Shakers, noting the contradiction between their celibacy and passionate spirituality, and saw abstinence as a form of power for women at the time.
- Martin has a close collaborative relationship with filmmakers Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbet, referring to their group as a 'troupe.'
- She recently directed her first short film and is set to star as Fanny Dashwood in a studio adaptation of 'Sense and Sensibility.'
- Martin aspires to be in mainstream Hollywood films, specifically mentioning 'Jurassic Park' as a career goal.
- She is a collector of DVDs and frequented a now-closed world cinema rental shop in Stoke Newington.
- Her next role is as Isabella Blow in 'The Queen of Fashion,' where she will wear designer Daphne Guinness's collection.
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