Marina Hands (born 10 January 1975) is a French stage and film actress.
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Life and career[edit][]
Hands is the daughter of British director Terry Hands and French actress Ludmila Mikaël, and the granddaughter of Ukranian-Greek painter Pierre Dmitrienko (fr). 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.
Filmography[edit][]
[1][2]Marina Hands at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.
| Year | Title | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | La Fidélité ("Fidelity") | Julia | Andrzej Żuławski |
| 2002 | Sur le bout des doigts[2] | Juliette | Yves Angelo |
| 2003 | Les Invasions barbares ("The Barbarian Invasions") | Gaëlle | Denys Arcand |
| 2004 | Le Temps d'un regard[3] | Natalya | Ilan Flammer |
| 2005 | Les Âmes grises (fr)[4] ("Grey Souls") | Lysia Verhareine | Yves Angelo |
| 2006 | Ne le dis à personne ("Tell No One") | Anne Beck | Guillaume Canet |
| Lady Chatterley | Constance Chatterley | Pascale Ferran | |
| Le Scaphandre et le Papillon ("The Diving Bell and the Butterfly") | Joséphine | Julian Schnabel | |
| 2009 | L'histoire de Jen[5] ("Story of Jen") | Sarah | François Rotger |
| Le code a changé[6] ("A Change of Plans") | Juliette | Danièle Thompson | |
| Mères et filles[7] ("Hidden Diary") | Audrey | Julie Lopes-Curval | |
| 2010 | Une exécution ordinaire[8] ("An Ordinary Execution") | "Anna" | Marc Dugain |
| Ensemble nous allons vivre une très, très grande histoire d'amour[9] | "Dorothée" | Pascal Thomas | |
| 2011 | Voyez comme ils dansent ("See How They Dance") | Lise | Claude Miller |
| 2012 | Sport de filles[10] | Gracieuse | Patricia Mazuy |
| 2013 | Jappeloup[11] | Nadia | Christian Duguay |
| 2014 | Sous les jupes des filles | Inès | Audrey Dana |