I haven't seen here in any movies (she's starring in and co-wrote the new sci-fi film
Another Earth) but the kind of buzz she's generating makes it seem like Brit Marling is the next Meryl Streep. An example is this effusion from Ross Douthat in
National Review:
Marling has a great face, period: Long and luminous and expressive, with precisely the mix of loveliness and mystery that separates the potential movie star from the mere onscreen beauty.... Whether Brit Marling keeps turning out scripts or not, every director in Hollywood should be lining up to make sure that she keeps on starring in them.
