Marina Hands
Born: 1975-01-10 in Paris, France
Known For: Acting
Biography
Marina Hands (born 10 January 1975) is a French stage and film actress. Hands is the daughter of British director Terry Hands and French actress Ludmila Mikaël, and the granddaughter of Ukrainian-Greek painter Pierre Dmitrienko. 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 Partage de midi. In 2011, she starred in Claude Miller's film Voyez comme ils dansent. In 2019, she played Elvira in the TV series Mythomaniac. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marina Hands, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
2026
- Comédie-Française as Emilie Hamel
2025
- Six personnages en quête d'auteur ... (Stage Director)
- Le Soulier de Satin as Dona Prouhèze
2023
- Le Principal as Noémie, la mère de Naël
- 5 Hectares as Léonor Bernard
- King Lear as Goneril
2022
- Off Season as Sterenn Peiry
- Men on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown as Omega
- Le Tartuffe ou l'Hypocrite as Elmire, femme d’Orgon
2020
- The Big Hit as Ariane
2019
- Mythomaniac as Elvira
2018
- Guy as Chanteuse
2017
- Taboo as Countess Musgrove
- Black Spot as Delphine Garnier
- From a distance as Sophie
2015
- Chic! as Hélène Birk
- Les Jours venus as Marie
2014
- French Women as Inès
- GHB: To Be or Not to Be as Gil / Henrietta / Fleur
2013
- Jappeloup as Nadia Durand, wife of Pierre
2012
- Of Women and Horses as Gracieuse
- Pour Djamila as Gisèle Halimi
2011
- See How They Dance as Lise Clément
- Le partage de midi as Ysé
2010
- A Very Very Beautiful Love Story as Dorothée
- An Ordinary Execution as Anna
2009
- Hidden Diary as Audrey
- Change of Plans as Juliette
2008
- Story of Jen as Sarah
2007
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly as Joséphine
- Le temps d'un regard as Natalya
2006
- Tell No One as Anne Beck
- Lady Chatterley as Constance
2005
- Grey Souls as Lysia Verhareine
2004
- Mon homme as Marie
2003
- The Barbarian Invasions as Gaëlle
- Phèdre as Aricie
- Utsikt fra et vindu as The Woman
2002
- Sur le bout des doigts as Juliette
2001
- Un pique-nique chez Osiris as Héloïse Ancelin
2000
- Fidelity as Julia
1976
- Cérémonie des César as Self - Presenter