title: Juliette Marquis
text: # Juliette Marquis
  
  Juliette Marquis (born April 16, 1980) is a Ukrainian-born American actress, model, producer and former ballerina.
  
  She is a partner at the production company More Better World, Inc. and is a producer, writer and director focused on non-fiction investigative storytelling.
  
  ## Personal background
  
  Marquis moved from Ukraine to Chicago, Illinois when she was eight and started modeling when she was 14. She has lived in Paris and New York City where she wrote and acted in plays. In 2002, she moved to Los Angeles and soon after got her first movie role.
  
  ## Film career
  
  Marquis won Best Newcomer Award at the Vegas Film Festival, and a Best Actress Award at the Film Festival Internazionale di Milano 2005 for This Girl's Life
  
  Marquis has worked with Kari Skogland (Chicks with Sticks), Scott Dacko ("The Insurgents") and Nina Menkes ("Phantom Love").
  
  ## Filmography
  
  * This Girl's Life (2003)
  * Chicks with Sticks (2004)
  * London (2005)
  * Into the Sun (2005)
  * The Insurgents (2006)
  * The Phobic (2006)
  * Phantom Love (2007)
  
  ## Business Career
  
  Marquis earned a degree from Villanova University in Project Management, and launched Marquis Enterprise.
  
  She has written, produced and directed several documentaries.
  
  