Marina Hands

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​

Most Known For

Taboo

as Countess Musgrove

Jappeloup

as Nadia Durand, wife of Pierre

Chic!

as Hélène Birk

Tell No One

as Anne Beck, sister of Alexandre and companion of Hélène

Black Spot

as Delphine Garnier

Hidden Diary

as Audrey

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

as Joséphine

Phèdre

as Aricie

Mythomaniac

as Elvira

Fidelity

as Julia

Off Season

as Sterenn Peiry

Pour Djamila

as Gisèle Halimi

Change of Plans

as Juliette

The Barbarian Invasions

as Gaëlle

La Décision

French Women

as Inès

Men on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

as Omega

The Big Hit

as Ariane

Lady Chatterley

as Constance

An Ordinary Execution

as Anna