Marina Foïs

Marina Foïs

Marina Foïs at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival
Born Marina Sylvie Foïs
(1970-01-21) 21 January 1970
Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Occupation Actress
Years active 1986–present

Marina Sylvie Foïs (born 21 January 1970)[1] is a French actress.

Life and career

Born in Boulogne-Billancourt in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in a family from Russian, Jewish Egyptian, German and Italian ancestry,[2][3] Marina Foïs discovered in 1986 her passion for comedy in The School for Wives, at the age of sixteen. She decided to follow classes by correspondence and obtained her high school final exam two years later. She then joined the troop The Royal Imperial Green Rabbit Company, which later became Les Robins des Bois, composed of students from the Cours Florent from the class of Isabelle Nanty.

Noticed by Dominique Farrugia in 1996, Marina Foïs and the troop had the opportunity to play daily and in direct on the channel Comédie+ in the program La Grosse Émission for two years. During that period, she co-wrote sketches with Pierre-François Martin-Laval, playing a number of various characters, like Sophie Pétoncule, of an astounding stupidity, or the director Marie-Mûre, pedantic and bossy. They continued the next year on Canal+ and had a bigger audience. Since June 2001, Marina and the troop separated to focus on their film career. Marina Foïs became one of the most productives actresses playing in almost three films a year.

Personal life

Marina Foïs has a younger sister, Giulia Foïs, who is a journalist at Libération, former columnist in the program Arrêt sur images presented by Daniel Schneidermann on France 5, and a current news anchor on I-Télé. She also has a second sister Elena, who is a hospital doctor, and a brother Fabio, who died of an airplane crash at an aerobatic demonstration in which he had to participate.

After being the partner of Maurice Berthélémy, her fellow of Les Robins des Bois, she was then the partner of Éric Lartigau. She gave birth to her first child, a son named Lazare, on 3 December 2004 at the Hôpital Saint-Antoine of Paris. She then gave birth to her second son Georges on 25 September 2008.

Filmography

Marina Foïs at the 37th César Awards in 2012.
Year Title Role Director Notes
1993 La perme Solange Emmanuel Silvestre & Thibault Staib Short
1994 Casque bleu Julie Gérard Jugnot
1997 Et si on faisait un bébé ? Marianne Christiane Spiero TV Movie
1998 Serial Lover Mina Schuster James Huth
1999 Trafic d'influence The firecrackers guest Dominique Farrugia
L'amour déchiré The Girl Yann Piquer Short
Triste à mourir Noémie Alexandre Billon Short
Rien ne sert de courir The Girl Patrick Bosso Short
2000 Uppercut The Young Girl Patrice Jourdan & Sören Prévost Short
L'instant norvégien Various Several TV Series
La cape et l'épée Various Jean-Jacques Amsellem TV Series (24 Episodes)
2001 La Tour Montparnasse Infernale Stéphanie Lanceval Charles Nemes
2002 Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra Sucettalanis Alain Chabat
The Race Young nurse Djamel Bensalah
Hypnotized and Hysterical Natacha Claude Duty Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actress
Jojo la frite Marie Nicolas Cuche
Restauratec Lady Service Nicolas Charlet & Bruno Lavaine TV Short
2003 The Car Keys Actress Laurent Baffie
Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ? The customer of the pharmacy Éric Lartigau
Bienvenue au gîte Caroline Claude Duty (2)
2004 RRRrrrr!!! Guy Alain Chabat (2)
Un petit jeu sans conséquence Axelle Bernard Rapp
J'me sens pas belle Fanny Fontana Bernard Jeanjean
Casablanca Driver Sandy O'Brian Maurice Barthélémy
À boire Bénédicte Marion Vernoux
2005 Madagascar Gloria Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath French Voice
2006 Un ticket pour l'espace Soizic Éric Lartigau (2)
Essaye-moi Firmin's Mother Pierre-François Martin-Laval
Les hommes s'en souviendront... Simone Veil Valérie Müller Short
2007 Darling Catherine Nicolle Christine Carrière Nominated - César Award for Best Actress
Nominated - Lumiere Award for Best Actress
2008 A Simple Heart Mathilde Aubain Marion Laine
La personne aux deux personnes Muriel Perrache Nicolas Charlet & Bruno Lavaine (2)
Le plaisir de chanter Muriel Ilan Duran Cohen
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Gloria Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath (2) French Voice
2009 All About Actresses Herself Maïwenn
Making Plans for Lena Frédérique Christophe Honoré
Le code a changé Mélanie Carcassonne Danièle Thompson
2010 22 Bullets Marie Goldman Richard Berry
The Big Picture Sarah Exben Éric Lartigau (3)
Happy Few Rachel Antony Cordier
2011 Polisse Iris Maïwenn (2) Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actress
Nominated - César Award for Best Actress
Nominated - Lumiere Award for Best Actress
Nominated - CinEuphoria Awards - Best Actress
Les yeux de sa mère Maylis Tremazan Thierry Klifa
2012 Maman Alice Alexandra Leclère
Frank-Étienne vers la béatitude Glaïeul Constance Meyer Short
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Gloria Eric Darnell (3), Tom McGrath (3) & Conrad Vernon French Voice
Bref Herself Kyan Khojandi TV Series (1 Episode)
2013 The Ultimate Accessory Sophie Valérie Lemercier
Boule & Bill Maman Boule Alexandre Charlot & Franck Magnier
Vandal Hélène Hélier Cisterne
Le débarquement Various Renaud Le Van Kim TV Series (1 Episode)
2014 Paris Follies Christiane Marc Fitoussi
Bodybuilder Léa Roschdy Zem
Tiens-toi droite Louise Katia Lewkowicz
Tout est permis The Psy Émilie Deleuze TV Movie
3xManon Monique Jean-Xavier de Lestrade TV Mini-Series
2015 Daddy or Mommy Florence Leroy Martin Bourboulon
Orage Maria Fabrice Camoin
Démons Catarina Marcial Di Fonzo Bo TV Movie
2016 La Tour 2 contrôle infernale Stéphanie Lanceval Éric Judor
Irréprochable Constance Sébastien Marnier
Pericles Stefano Mordini

Theatre

Marina Foïs at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
Year Title Author Director Notes
1986 The School for Wives Molière Jean-Marc Brisset
1987 L'Occasion Prosper Mérimée Fanny Mentre
1988 Britannicus Jean Racine Olivier Médicus & Jean-Marc Brisset (2)
1991 Le Bébé de Monsieur Laurent Roland Topor Jean-Christophe Berjon
29 degrés à l'ombre
Maman Sabouleux
Eugène Labiche Isabelle Nanty
1992 Zizanie Julien Vartet Raymond Acquaviva
1993 Reniflard and Co Marx Brothers Jean-Christophe Berjon (2)
Souffleurs Dino Buzzati Jean-Christophe Berjon (3)
1994 La Princesse d'Élide Molière Jean-Luc Revol
1995 L'Heureux Stratagème Pierre de Marivaux Jean-Luc Revol (2)
1996 Dorothy Parker : Les heures blêmes Dorothy Parker Jean-Luc Revol (3)
1997 Robin des Bois d'à peu près Alexandre Dumas Alexandre Dumas Pierre-François Martin-Laval
2005-06 La Tour de la Défense Copi Marcial Di Fonzo Bo Festival d'Avignon
2006 Les poulets n'ont pas de chaises Copi Marcial Di Fonzo Bo (2) & Élise Vigier
Viol Botho Strauß Luc Bondy Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe
2008-09 La Estupidez Rafael Spregelburd Marcial Di Fonzo Bo (3) & Élise Vigier (2) Théâtre national de Chaillot
Théâtre National de Bretagne
2010 A Doll's House Henrik Ibsen Jean-Louis Martinelli Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers
2011 Harper Regan Simon Stephens Lukas Hemleb Théâtre du Rond-Point
2012 A Doll's House Henrik Ibsen Jean-Louis Martinelli (2) Théâtre du Gymnase Marie Bell

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