Marina Foïs

Marina Foïs
Marina Foïs
	Marina Foïs during the 42nd César Awards in February 2017
Born	Marina Sylvie Foïs; 21 January 1970 (age 54); Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1985–present
Partner	Éric Lartigau

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 was discovered in 1986 for her comedy work in The School for Wives, at the age of 16. She decided to take classes by correspondence and obtained her high school final exam two years later. She then joined The Royal Imperial Green Rabbit Company, which later became Les Robins des Bois, composed of students from the Cours Florent taught by Isabelle Nanty.

The troupe caught the attention of Dominique Farrugia in 1996 and went on to act and direct in the Comédie+ show La Grosse Émission for two years. During that period, Foïs co-wrote sketches with Pierre-François Martin-Laval, playing a number of various characters, like the dim-witted Sophie Pétoncule and the pedantic director Marie-Mûre. The show continued the next year on Canal+ and had a bigger audience. In June 2001, Foïs and the troupe parted ways to focus on their individual film careers. Marina Foïs became a prolific actress, with two to five films released every year.

On 25 November 2020, it was announced that Foïs would be the host for the 46th César Awards.^[4]

Personal life

Marina Foïs has two sisters. Giulia Foïs is a journalist at Libération and a former columnist in the program Arrêt sur images presented by Daniel Schneidermann on France 5, and a current news anchor on I-Télé. Her second sister Elena is a doctor. Their brother, Fabio, died of an airplane crash while participating in an aerobatic demonstration.

Marina was in a partnership with fellow "Robins des Bois" actor Maurice Barthélemy. She also dated Maxime Lefrançois, Mister Univers 2010.^[5]

She started dating the director Éric Lartigau in 1999. On 3 December 2004 she gave birth to a boy, Lazare, at the Hôpital Saint-Antoine in Paris. They had a second son, Georges, born on 25 September 2008.^[6]^[7]

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
2000	L'instant norvégien	Various	Les Robins des Bois	TV series
2000–2001	La cape et l'épée	La reine Pupute / Petite Moule	Jean-Jacques Amsellem	TV series (24 episodes)
2001	La Tour Montparnasse Infernale	Stéphanie Lanceval	Charles Nemes
2002	The Race	Young nurse	Djamel Bensalah
	Hypnotized and Hysterical	Natacha	Claude Duty	Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actress
	Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra	Sucettalanis	Alain Chabat
	Jojo la frite	Marie	Nicolas Cuche
	Restauratec	Lady Service	Nicolas & Bruno	TV Short
2003	The Car Keys	Herself	Laurent Baffie
	Bienvenue au gîte	Caroline	Claude Duty
	Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ?	The customer of the pharmacy	Éric Lartigau
2004	RRRrrrr!!!	Guy	Alain Chabat
	Un petit jeu sans conséquence	Axelle	Bernard Rapp
	J'me sens pas belle	Fanny Fontana	Bernard Jeanjean
	Casablanca Driver	Sandy O'Brian	Maurice Barthélémy
2005	À boire	Bénédicte	Marion Vernoux
2006	Essaye-moi	Firmin's Mother	Pierre-François Martin-Laval
	Un ticket pour l'espace	Soizic Le Guilvinec	Éric Lartigau
	Les hommes s'en souviendront...	Simone Veil	Valérie Müller	Short
2007	Darling	Catherine Nicolle	Christine Carrière	Nominated - César Award for Best Actress Nominated - Lumières Award for Best Actress
2008	Me Two	Muriel Perrache	Nicolas & Bruno
	A Simple Heart	Mathilde Aubain	Marion Laine
	Le plaisir de chanter	Muriel	Ilan Duran Cohen
2009	Change of Plans	Mélanie Carcassonne	Danièle Thompson
	All About Actresses	Herself	Maïwenn
	Making Plans for Lena	Frédérique	Christophe Honoré
2010	22 Bullets	Marie Goldman	Richard Berry
	Happy Few	Rachel	Antony Cordier
	The Big Picture	Sarah Exben	Éric Lartigau
2011	Polisse	Iris	Maïwenn	Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actress Nominated - César Award for Best Actress Nominated - Lumières Award for Best Actress
2011	Les yeux de sa mère	Maylis Tremazan	Thierry Klifa
2012	Maman	Alice	Alexandra Leclère
	Frank-Étienne vers la béatitude	Glaïeul	Constance Meyer	Short
	Bref	Herself	Kyan Khojandi	TV series (1 episode)
2013	Vandal	Hélène	Hélier Cisterne
	Boule & Bill	Maman Boule	Alexandre Charlot & Franck Magnier
	The Ultimate Accessory	Sophie	Valérie Lemercier
	Le débarquement	Various	Renaud Le Van Kim	TV series (1 episode)
2014	Bodybuilder	Léa	Roschdy Zem
	Paris Follies	Christiane	Marc Fitoussi
	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	Orage	Maria	Fabrice Camoin
	Daddy or Mommy	Florence Leroy	Martin Bourboulon
	Démons	Catarina	Marcial Di Fonzo Bo	TV movie
2016	Pericle	Anastasia	Stefano Mordini
	Faultless (Irréprochable)	Constance Beauvau	Sébastien Marnier	Nominated - César Award for Best Actress
	Daddy or Mommy 2	Florence Corrigan	Martin Bourboulon
	La Tour 2 contrôle infernale	Stéphanie Lanceval	Éric Judor
	Two Snails Set Off	Voice	Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Romain Segaud	Short
2017	The Workshop	Olivia Dejazet	Laurent Cantet	Nominated - César Award for Best Actress
	Les réfugiés	The mother	Matthieu Tribes	Short
	Manon 20 ans	Monique	Jean-Xavier de Lestrade	TV mini-series
	Calls	Sophie	Timothée Hochet	TV series (1 episode)
2018	Sink or Swim	Claire	Gilles Lellouche
2018	Gaspard va au mariage	Peggy	Antony Cordier
2019	Une intime conviction	Nora	Antoine Raimbault
2019	Savages	Marion	Rebecca Zlotowski	TV mini-series
2020	Énorme	Claire Girard	Sophie Letourneur
2020	The Players	Wife	Stefano Mordini
2021	La Salamandre	Catherine	Alex Carvalho
	Ils sont vivants	Béatrice	Jérémie Elkaïm
	Some Like It Rare	Sophie Pascal	Fabrice Eboué
	La fracture	Julie	Catherine Corsini
2022	The Sitting Duck	Anne Lauvergeon	Jean-Paul Salomé
2023	Represent	Corinne Douanier^[8]	Jean-Pascal Zadi	TV series
2024	Furies	Selma		TV series (8 episodes)

Dubbing

Year	Title	Role
2005	Madagascar	Gloria
2008	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Gloria
2012	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	Gloria

Theater

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
1991	Le Bébé de Monsieur Laurent	Roland Topor	Jean-Christophe Berjon
1991	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
1993	Souffleurs	Dino Buzzati	Jean-Christophe Berjon
1994	La Princesse d'Élide	Molière	Jean-Luc Revol
1995	L'Heureux Stratagème	Pierre de Marivaux	Jean-Luc Revol
1996	Dorothy Parker : Les heures blêmes	Dorothy Parker	Jean-Luc Revol
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 & Élise Vigier	Festival d'Avignon
2006	Viol	Botho Strauß	Luc Bondy	Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe
2008–09	La Estupidez	Rafael Spregelburd	Marcial Di Fonzo Bo & Élise Vigier	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	Théâtre du Gymnase Marie Bell
2018	The Idols (Les Idoles)	Christophe Honoré	Christophe Honoré	Théâtre National de Bretagne

Awards and nominations

César Award

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2003	Hypnotized and Hysterical (Hairstylist Wanted)	Most Promising Actress	Nominated
2008	Darling	Best Actress	Nominated
2012	Polisse	Best Actress	Nominated
2017	Faultless (Irréprochable)	Best Actress	Nominated
2018	The Workshop	Best Actress	Nominated

Etoile d'Or

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2008	Darling	Most Promising Actress	Nominated

Globes de Cristal Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2012	Polisse	Best Actress	Won

Lumières Award

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2008	Darling	Best Actress	Nominated
2012	Polisse	Best Actress	Nominated

Feroz Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2023	The Beasts	Best Actress in a Film^[9]	Nominated

Goya Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2023	The Beasts	Best Actress^[10]	Nominated

References

^ Birth certificate n° 186/1970, Les Gens du Cinéma.
^ "Zoom sur Marina Foïs" (in French). Gala. 14 February 2023.
^ "Marina Foïs à coeur ouvert sur la mort de son frère..." (in French). Pure People. October 29, 2010.
^ "Marina Foïs présentera les Césars 2021". 24 November 2020.
^ "PHOTOS - Marina Foïs et son compagnon Eric Lartigau".
^ "Telestar.fr : Un petit Lazare pour Marina Foïs". www.telestar.fr. Archived from the original on 1 December 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ "Marina Foïs : "J'apprécie mes enfants, mais être mère... Je ne sais pas ce que cela veut dire"".
^ Duj, E. (2022-10-31), « Vous n’êtes pas prêts » : Marina Foïs va jouer une éco-féministe inspirée de Sandrine Rousseau (in French), La Voix du Nord
^ "Premios Feroz 2023 | Palmarés completo: empatan 'As bestas' y 'Cinco lobitos' en cine y 'La ruta' y 'No me gusta conducir' en series". Cinemanía. 29 January 2023 – via 20minutos.es.
^ "'As bestas' es la favorita de los Premios Goya del relevo generacional: listado de nominaciones". Cinemanía. 1 December 2022 – via 20minutos.es.

External links

Marina Foïs at IMDb

[1] Birth certificate n° 186/1970, Les Gens du Cinéma.

[2] "Zoom sur Marina Foïs" (in French). Gala. 14 February 2023.

[3] "Marina Foïs à coeur ouvert sur la mort de son frère..." (in French). Pure People. October 29, 2010.

[4] "Marina Foïs présentera les Césars 2021". 24 November 2020.

[5] "PHOTOS - Marina Foïs et son compagnon Eric Lartigau".

[6] "Telestar.fr : Un petit Lazare pour Marina Foïs". www.telestar.fr. Archived from the original on 1 December 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

[7] "Marina Foïs : "J'apprécie mes enfants, mais être mère... Je ne sais pas ce que cela veut dire"".

[8] Duj, E. (2022-10-31), « Vous n’êtes pas prêts » : Marina Foïs va jouer une éco-féministe inspirée de Sandrine Rousseau (in French), La Voix du Nord

[9] "Premios Feroz 2023 | Palmarés completo: empatan 'As bestas' y 'Cinco lobitos' en cine y 'La ruta' y 'No me gusta conducir' en series". Cinemanía. 29 January 2023 – via 20minutos.es.

[10] "'As bestas' es la favorita de los Premios Goya del relevo generacional: listado de nominaciones". Cinemanía. 1 December 2022 – via 20minutos.es.

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