Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz
Matilda Lutz (birthname: Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz) is an Italian actor and model who transitioned from modeling to acting with Italian movies including Azzurrina (2012); director/co-writer Giovanni Veronesi’s comedy drama, The Fifth Wheel (2013); director/co-writer Albert Kodagolian’s U.S.-Argentine drama Somewhere Beautiful (2014); in the title role of director/co-writer Tommaso Agnese’s Italian drama My Name is Maya/Mi chiamo Maya (2015); Italian director/co-writer Federico Micali’s comedy, L’Universale (2016); and director/co-writer Gabriele Muccino’s comedy, Summertime/L’estate addosso (2016), which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. Lutz took the lead role in her first Hollywood movie, the third movie in the English-language Ring series, Rings (2017), adapted in part from Koji Suzuki’s novel, Spiral, by co-writers Akiva Goldsman, David Loucka and Jacob Estes, co-starring Alex Roe, Johnny Galecki, Aimee Teegarden, Bonnie Morgan and Vincent D’Onofrio under F. Javier Gutierrez’s direction, produced by Paramount Pictures and Parkes/MacDonald Productions and grossing $83 million globally (over three times estimated costs) for Paramount.
Lutz starred in her first English-language French movie, debuting director/writer Coralie Fargeat’s bloody thriller, Revenge (2017), with Kevin Janssens, Vincent Colombe and Guillaume Bouchede, produced (in part) by Charades and Umedia, launching at the Toronto Film Festival’s Midnight Madness section and released by Neon (U.S.)/Rezo Films (France). Lutz was a name above the title of the U.S. rom com, The Divorce Party (2019), co-starring Thomas Cocquerel and Claire Holt under Hughes William Thompson’s direction, and produced by Ryan R. Johnson, and then Lutz co-starred as a robot sex worker in debuting director/producer Andrew Baird’s tech thriller, Zone 414 (2021), starring Guy Pearce, Jonathan Aris and Travis Fimmel, written by Bryan Edward Hill, and distributed by Saban Films.
Matilda Lutz joined the cast of director/co-writer Grant Singer’s crime thriller, Reptile (2023), starring and co-written by Benicio del Toro, co-starring Justin Timberlake, Alicia Silverstone, Eric Bogosian, Ato Essandoh, Domenick Lombardozzi and Michael Pitt, launching at the Toronto Film Festival before a theatrical and streaming release by Netflix. Lutz co-starred in director/co-writer/producer K. Asher Levin’s mystery comedy, Helen’s Dead (2023), with Emile Hirsch, Annabelle Dexter-Jones and Tyrese Gibson, and released by Screen Media, and then Lutz co-starred with Daisy Ridley (who also wrote the original idea and was a lead producer) and Shazad Latif in the thriller, Magpie (2024), directed by Sam Yates and written and produced by Tom Bateman, and which was released by Shout! Studios (U.S.)/Signature Entertainment (U.K., Ireland).
Lutz starred as the sword and sorcery action hero, Red Sonja (2025), with Wallis Day, Robert Sheehan, Michael Bisping, Rhona Mitra and Veronica Ferres under M.J. Bassett’s direction, written by Tasha Huo, produced (in part) by Avi Lerner and Mark Canton, and distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films. Lutz continued her starring roles in genre movies with a top role in the horror movie, Crawlers (2026), with William Miller, Gregg Sulkin and Melina Matthews under Ángel Gómez Hernández’s direction, produced by Thunder Road Films/Badlands and released wide by Roadside Attractions/Saban Films (U.S.).
Matilda Lutz co-starred in French director/writer Vincent Duquesne’s thriller, The Blast Effect (date to be announced), with Camille Chamoux, Thierry Godard, Aurelia Petit, and produced by Liza Benguigui, and then Lutz co-starred in director/co-writer Agustina San Martin’s drama, Psyche (date to be announced), co-written and produced (in part) by Katy Cavanagh Jupe, co-starring Noah Jupe (who was also a lead producer), Isabela Merced, Joel Jackson and Christian Scicluna. Lutz then joined the ensemble of director/co-writer Mauro Mueller’s Mexico/Germany/Dominican Republic/Switzerland co-production, A Few Days in the Sun (date to be announced), with Mabel Cadena, Harold Torres and Costa Ronin, co-written by David Figueroa Garcia, and which was produced by Fidelio Films/Lantica Media/42film.
Lutz took the lead role of a Paralympic runner in director/co-writer/producer Nicolas Bary’s France-Canada co-production, Increase (date to be announced), with Holt McCallany, Fernanda Urrejola and Suzanne Clement, and which was also produced by Valerie d’Auteuil and Annabella Nezri via Caramel Films/Kwassa Films/Timpel Pictures.
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Summertime
A young woman moves from the French countryside to Paris and begins a passionate love affair with a feminist leader in this drama set in 1970s France.
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