Fanny Vega is a French, Swiss, and Argentinian actress and filmmaker based in New York, whose work explores identity, resilience, and intergenerational memory. Her artistic practice blends emotional truth with physical expression, a language shaped by her multicultural journey.
Vega’s story is one of duality and displacement. Her father fled Argentina’s dictatorship in the 1980s, leaving poverty and family behind to rebuild his life in Europe while staying deeply connected to his roots. Growing up between the structured discipline of France and Switzerland and the vibrant joy of Argentina — its music, dance, and deep-seated traditions of togetherness — Vega internalized a unique artistic sensibility.
Her first discipline was competitive gymnastics, which she practiced from age six to fourteen. Yet storytelling called to her. At eleven, she began acting, discovering a world where intellect and physicality combined to bring narratives to life. Though an artistic career seemed distant in her small hometown, she nurtured her imagination through literature, philosophy, and cinema.
Pragmatically, Vega pursued a master’s degree in marketing, reflecting both practicality and a desire to understand the creative industries. While working on commercial projects in Switzerland, she quietly honed her craft, ultimately auditioning for renowned French director Daniel Mesguich. Accepted into his rigorous program, she moved to Paris, immersing herself in classical theatre, intensive voice work, and the precise language of the body.
The COVID-19 lockdown brought her back to Geneva, but rather than pause, she turned it into a catalyst. With a small team, she began producing her own projects. Her short film, Est-ce que je suis? (48-Hour Film Project, 2022), screened at the Geneva International Film Festival and won both the Public Prize and Best Character Award. On that stage, Vega realized she no longer needed permission to create. Empowered, she moved to New York to study at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute. “Paris gave me rigor,” she says. “New York gave me clarity.” Method Acting allowed her to access deep emotional truth with precision and safety.
In New York, Vega’s versatility has become her hallmark. She gravitates toward roles that test emotional and physical limits: fragile yet determined in Before You (dir. Nikita Gorlov), tender yet fierce in Brillar (dir. Katherine Eimers), and grounded yet subversive in Chicken Soup (dir. Caroline Milcent, alongside Louise Leroy and Eleonore Hendricks).
Her most revealing work to date is Body Motion, directed by Lima Lipa. Premiering at the NYC Short Film Festival in October 2025 and the Berlin Indie Short Film Festival in January 2026, the film is a poetic, visceral exploration of women’s relationships with their bodies — the insecurities, the comparisons, and the liberating potential of connection.
Vega plays Dana, a woman navigating a spiral of self-doubt and shame before rediscovering her power through movement and the bond with another woman. Developed in collaboration with the director and a choreographer, the role demanded full embodiment, improvisation, and vulnerability. Vega drew on her entire physical and emotional training — from gymnastics to Method Acting — to transform the performance into a personal journey.
“The body is both a battlefield and a sanctuary,” Vega reflects. Through Body Motion, she confronts the weight of societal judgment and reclaims the physical self as a site of freedom, empathy, and strength. The project encapsulates her mission: to show women’s bodies not as objects of scrutiny but as vessels of resilience and transformation.
Vega is now developing her most personal project yet: a short film exploring intergenerational trauma, migration, and the search for belonging. Through her work, she continues to create from a place of courage and honesty. Her mission remains clear: to provoke, to connect, and to remind audiences of the shared humanity beneath surface and form.