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 . She studied acting at the Cours Florent and the CNSAD in France, and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in England.
Life and career 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.
Theatre Year Title Author Director Notes 1996 Gertrud Hjalmar Söderberg Gérard Desarthe 1997 Tales from the Vienna Woods Ödön von Horváth John Bashford The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare Penny Cherns 1998 London Assurance Dion Boucicault Adrian Brine Nominated – Molière Award for Best Female Newcomer The Giants of the Mountain Luigi Pirandello Klaus Michael Grüber 1999 Fräulein Else Arthur Schnitzler Didier Long 2001 Cyrano de Bergerac Edmond Rostand Jacques Weber 2003 Phèdre Jean Racine Patrice Chéreau Nominated – Molière Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated – Molière Award for Best Female Newcomer 2004 Richard II William Shakespeare Thierry de Peretti 2006 Tête d'or Paul Claudel Anne Delbée 2007 Partage de midi Paul Claudel Yves Beaunesne Nominated – Molière Award for Best Actress The Misanthrope Molière Lukas Hemleb2009 Mary Stuart Friedrich Schiller Terry Hands Partage de midi Paul Claudel Yves Beaunesne (2) 2013 Lucrezia Borgia Victor Hugo Lucie Berelowitsch Iphigenia in Tauris Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Clément Hervieu-Léger 2015 Ivanov Anton Chekhov Luc Bondy
Filmography
Year Title Role Director Notes1996 Sans regrets The woman Guillaume Canet Short2000 Fidelity Julia Andrzej Żuławski 2001 Un pique-nique chez Osiris Héloïse Ancelin Nina Companeez TV movie2002 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 movie2004 Mon homme Marie Stéphanie Tchou-Cotta Short2005 Grey Souls Lysia Verhareine Yves Angelo (2) Nominated – César Award for Most Promising Actress2006 Lady Chatterley Constance Chatterley Pascale Ferran César Award for Best ActressLumière Award for Best ActressTribeca Film Festival Award for Best ActressNominated – César Award for Most Promising ActressNominated – Globes de Cristal Award for Best ActressNominated – International Cinephile Society Award for Best ActressNominated – Village Voice Film Poll – Best ActressNominated – 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 movieNominated – Monte-Carlo Television Festival – Best Performance by an Actress Partage de midi Ysé Claude Mouriéras TV movie2013 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 MythomaniacElvira Fabrice Gobert Nominated - ACS Award for Best Actress
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