Marina Foïs

Marina Foïs
Marina Foïs in 2014 to the 39th César Awards
Born	Marina Sylvie Foïs 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.

Biography

Marina Foïs in 2012 to the 37th César Awards

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 December 3, 2004 at the Hôpital Saint-Antoine of Paris. She then gave birth to her second son Georges on September 25, 2008.

Filmography

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

Theater

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

References

1. Birth certificate n° 186/1970, Les Gens du Cinéma.
2. "Zoom sur Marina Foïs" (in French). Gala.
3. "Marina Foïs à coeur ouvert sur la mort de son frère..." (in French). Pure People. October 29, 2010.

External links

• Marina Foïs at the Internet Movie Database