Marina Hands | |
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 Marina Hands at the 2012Deauville American Film Festival | |
| Born | (1975-01-10)10 January 1975 (age 51) Paris, France |
| Alma mater | London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
| 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. Hands is the daughter of British directorTerry Hands and French actressLudmila Mikaël, and the granddaughter ofUkrainian-Greek painterPierre Dmitrienko [fr]. She studied acting at theCours Florent and theCNSAD in France, and theLondon Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in England.
In 1999, she made her stage debut inLe Bel Air de Londres byDion Boucicault, and was nominated for aMolière Award. Her first film wasAndrzej Żuławski'sLa Fidélité (2000), followed byThe Barbarian Invasions (2003). She then appeared inLes Âmes grises (2005), for which she was nominated for theCésar Award for Most Promising Actress, andNe le dis à personne (Tell No One) (2006).
Her most notable performance to date was in the title role ofLady Chatterley (2006), an adaptation ofJohn Thomas and Lady Jane byD. H. Lawrence. Hands won the 2007César Award for Best Actress for her performance.
In 2006, Hands became a company member of theComédie-Française. In 2008, she was again nominated for aMolière Award for her play inPartage de midi.
In 2011, she starred inClaude Miller's filmVoyez comme ils dansent.
In 2019, she played Elvira in the TV seriesMythomaniac.
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Grey Souls | Lysia Verhareine | Yves Angelo (2) | Nominated –César Award for Most Promising Actress |
| 2006 | Lady Chatterley | Constance Chatterley | Pascale Ferran | César Award for Best Actress Lumière 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 | An Ordinary Execution | 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 | Mythomaniac | Elvira | Fabrice Gobert | Nominated -ACS Award for Best Actress |
