Claim: The OA is a series.

Brit Heyworth Marling -LRB- born August 7 , 1982 -RRB- is an American actress , screenwriter and film producer . She first gained recognition in 2004 with the documentary Boxers and Ballerinas and later became a Sundance star with the Searchlight movies Sound of My Voice -LRB- 2011 -RRB- , Another Earth -LRB- 2011 -RRB- and The East -LRB- 2013 -RRB- which she co-wrote in addition to playing the lead role . She starred in the 2016 Netflix series The OA , which she co-created with Zal Batmanglij .