Marina Hands
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Born | Paris, France | 10 January 1975
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1996–present |
Parent(s) | Terry Hands Ludmila Mikaël |
Marina Hands (born 10 January 1975) is a French stage and film actress.
Life and career[]
Hands is the daughter of British director Terry Hands and French actress Ludmila Mikaël, and the granddaughter of Ukrainian-Greek painter . She studied acting at the Cours Florent and the CNSAD in France, and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in England. In 1999, she made her stage debut in Le Bel Air de Londres by Dion Boucicault, and was nominated for a Molière Award. Her first film was Andrzej Żuławski's La Fidélité (2000), followed by The Barbarian Invasions (2003). She then appeared in Les Âmes grises (2005), for which she was nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress, and Ne le dis à personne (Tell No One) (2006).
Her most notable performance to date was in the title role of Lady Chatterley (2006), an adaptation of John Thomas and Lady Jane by D. H. Lawrence. Hands won the 2007 César Award for Best Actress for her performance.
In 2006, Hands became a company member of the Comédie-Française. In 2008, she was again nominated for a Molière Award for her play in .
In 2011, she starred in Claude Miller's film Voyez comme ils dansent.
In 2019, she played Elvira in the TV series Mytho.
Theatre[]
Filmography[]
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Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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1996 | Sans regrets | The woman | Guillaume Canet | Short |
2000 | Fidelity | Julia | Andrzej Żuławski | |
2001 | Un pique-nique chez Osiris | Héloïse Ancelin | Nina Companeez | TV Movie |
2002 | Sur le bout des doigts | Juliette | Yves Angelo | |
2003 | The Barbarian Invasions | Gaëlle | Denys Arcand | |
À la fenêtre | The girl | Marianne Østengen | Short | |
Phèdre | Aricie | Stéphane Metge | TV Movie | |
2004 | Mon homme | Marie | Stéphanie Tchou-Cotta | Short |
2005 | Les âmes grises | Lysia Verhareine | Yves Angelo (2) | Nominated – César Award for Most Promising Actress |
2006 | Lady Chatterley | Constance Chatterley | Pascale Ferran | César Award for Best Actress Lumières Award for Best Actress Tribeca Film Festival Award for Best Actress Nominated – César Award for Most Promising Actress Nominated – Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actress Nominated – International Cinephile Society Award for Best Actress Nominated – Village Voice Film Poll – Best Actress Nominated – Étoiles d'Or for Best Female Newcomer |
Tell No One | Anne Beck | Guillaume Canet (2) | ||
2007 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Joséphine | Julian Schnabel | Nominated – International Cinephile Society Award for Best Ensemble |
Le temps d'un regard | Natalya | Ilan Flammer | ||
2008 | Story of Jen | Sarah | François Rotger | |
2009 | Hidden Diary | Audrey | Julie Lopes-Curval | |
Change of Plans | Juliette | Danièle Thompson | ||
2010 | Une exécution ordinaire | Anna | Marc Dugain | |
Ensemble, nous allons vivre une très, très grande histoire d'amour... |
Dorothée Duchamp | Pascal Thomas | ||
2011 | See How They Dance | Lise Clément | Claude Miller | |
Sport de filles | Gracieuse | Patricia Mazuy | ||
Pour Djamila | Gisèle Halimi | Caroline Huppert | TV Movie Nominated – Monte-Carlo Television Festival – Best Performance by an Actress | |
Partage de midi | Ysé | Claude Mouriéras | TV Movie | |
2013 | Jappeloup | Nadia | Christian Duguay | |
2014 | French Women | Inès | Audrey Dana | |
GHB: To Be or Not to Be | Gil / Henrietta / Fleur | Laetitia Masson | ||
Les jours venus | Marie | Romain Goupil | ||
2015 | Chic! | Hélène Birk | Jérôme Cornuau | |
2017 | Taboo | Countess Musgrove | Anders Engström | TV series |
2018 | Guy | Kris-Eva | Alex Lutz | |
2019 | Elvira | Fabrice Gobert |
References[]
- ^ "Marina Hands". The Film Programme. 17 August 2007. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
External links[]
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- Marina Hands at IMDb
- Marina Hands at AllMovie
- Marina Hands at AlloCiné (in French)
- 1975 births
- Actresses from Paris
- Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
- Best Actress César Award winners
- Best Actress Lumières Award winners
- French film actresses
- French stage actresses
- Living people
- French people of English descent
- French people of Ukrainian descent
- French people of Greek descent
- Troupe of the Comédie-Française
- 20th-century French actresses
- 21st-century French actresses
- Alumni of the French National Academy of Dramatic Arts
- Alumni of the Cours Florent