Marina Foïs


Marina Sylvie Foïs 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, 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.

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 Barthélémy. She also dated Maxime Lefrançois, Mister Univers 2010.
She started dating the director Éric Lartigau in 1999. On December 3, 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.

Filmography

Dubbing

Theater

YearTitleAuthorDirectorNotes
1986The School for WivesMolièreJean-Marc Brisset
1987L'OccasionProsper MériméeFanny Mentre
1988BritannicusJean RacineOlivier Médicus & Jean-Marc Brisset
1991Le Bébé de Monsieur LaurentRoland ToporJean-Christophe Berjon
199129 degrés à l'ombre
Maman Sabouleux		Eugène LabicheIsabelle Nanty
1992ZizanieJulien VartetRaymond Acquaviva
1993Reniflard and CoMarx BrothersJean-Christophe Berjon
1993SouffleursDino BuzzatiJean-Christophe Berjon
1994La Princesse d'ÉlideMolièreJean-Luc Revol
1995L'Heureux StratagèmePierre de MarivauxJean-Luc Revol
1996Dorothy Parker : Les heures blêmesDorothy ParkerJean-Luc Revol
1997Robin des Bois d'à peu près Alexandre DumasAlexandre DumasPierre-François Martin-Laval
2005-06La Tour de la DéfenseCopiMarcial Di Fonzo BoFestival d'Avignon
2006Les poulets n'ont pas de chaisesCopiMarcial Di Fonzo Bo & Élise VigierFestival d'Avignon
2006ViolBotho StraußLuc BondyOdéon-Théâtre de l'Europe
2008-09La EstupidezRafael SpregelburdMarcial Di Fonzo Bo & Élise Vigier Théâtre national de Chaillot
Théâtre National de Bretagne
2010A Doll's HouseHenrik IbsenJean-Louis MartinelliThéâtre Nanterre-Amandiers
2011Harper ReganSimon StephensLukas HemlebThéâtre du Rond-Point
2012A Doll's HouseHenrik IbsenJean-Louis Martinelli Théâtre du Gymnase Marie Bell
2018The IdolsChrisophe HonoréChrisophe HonoréThéâtre National de Bretagne

Awards and nominations

[César Award]

[Etoile d'Or]

[Globes de Cristal Awards]

[Lumières Award]