Marina Sylvie Foïs (born 21 January 1970)Birth certificate n° 186/1970, Les Gens du Cinéma. is a French actress.
Early life and education
Marina Sylvie Foïs was born on 21 January 1970 in Boulogne-Billancourt, in the department of Hauts-de-Seine. She is of Russian, Jewish Egyptian, German, and Italian ancestry.
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. Career Foïs 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.
On 25 November 2020, it was announced that Foïs would be the host for the 46th César Awards.
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 Barthélemy. She also dated Maxime Lefrançois, Mister Univers 2010.
She started dating the director Éric Lartigau in 1999. On 3 December 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. Since 2025, she disclose being in relationship with actress Zaho de Sagazan, twenty years younger than her.
Filmography Year Title Role Director Notes 1993 La perme Solange Emmanuel Silvestre & Thibault Staib Short 1994 Casque bleu Julie Gérard Jugnot 1997 Et si on faisait un bébé ? Marianne Christiane Spiero TV movie 1998 Serial Lover Mina Schuster James Huth1999 Trafic d'influence The firecrackers guest Dominique Farrugia L'amour déchiré The girl Yann Piquer Short Triste à mourir Noémie Alexandre Billon Short Rien ne sert de courir The girl Patrick Bosso Short2000 Uppercut The young girl Patrice Jourdan & Sören Prévost Short L'instant norvégien Various Les Robins des Bois TV series 2000–2001 La cape et l'épée La reine Pupute / Petite Moule Jean-Jacques Amsellem TV series (24 episodes) 2001 La Tour Montparnasse Infernale Stéphanie Lanceval Charles Nemes 2002 The Race Young nurse Djamel Bensalah Hypnotized and Hysterical Natacha Claude Duty Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actress Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra Sucettalanis Alain Chabat Jojo la frite Marie Nicolas Cuche Restauratec Lady Service Nicolas & Bruno TV Short 2003 The Car Keys Herself Laurent Baffie Bienvenue au gîte Caroline Claude Duty Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ? The customer of the pharmacy Éric Lartigau 2004 RRRrrrr!!! Guy Alain Chabat Un petit jeu sans conséquence Axelle Bernard Rapp J'me sens pas belle Fanny Fontana Bernard Jeanjean Casablanca Driver Sandy O'Brian Maurice Barthélémy 2005 À boire Bénédicte Marion Vernoux 2006 Essaye-moi Firmin's Mother Pierre-François Martin-Laval Un ticket pour l'espace Soizic Le Guilvinec Éric Lartigau Les hommes s'en souviendront... Simone Veil Valérie Müller Short 2007 Darling Catherine Nicolle Christine Carrière Nominated - César Award for Best ActressNominated - Lumière Award for Best Actress 2008 Me Two Muriel Perrache Nicolas & Bruno A Simple Heart Mathilde Aubain Marion Laine Le plaisir de chanter Muriel Ilan Duran Cohen 2009 Change of Plans Mélanie Carcassonne Danièle Thompson All About Actresses Herself Maïwenn Making Plans for Lena Frédérique Christophe Honoré 2010 22 Bullets Marie Goldman Richard Berry Happy Few Rachel Antony Cordier The Big Picture Sarah Exben Éric Lartigau 2011 Polisse Iris Maïwenn Globes de Cristal Award for Best ActressNominated - César Award for Best ActressNominated - Lumière Award for Best Actress Les yeux de sa mère Maylis Tremazan Thierry Klifa2012 Maman Alice Alexandra Leclère Frank-Étienne vers la béatitude Glaïeul Constance Meyer Short Bref Herself Kyan Khojandi TV series (1 episode) 2013 Vandal Hélène Hélier Cisterne Boule & Bill Maman Boule Alexandre Charlot & Franck Magnier The Ultimate Accessory Sophie Valérie Lemercier Le débarquement Various Renaud Le Van Kim TV series (1 episode) 2014 Bodybuilder Léa Roschdy Zem Paris Follies Christiane Marc Fitoussi Tiens-toi droite Louise Katia Lewkowicz Tout est permis The psy Émilie Deleuze TV movie 3xManon Monique Jean-Xavier de Lestrade TV mini-series 2015 Orage Maria Fabrice Camoin Daddy or Mommy Florence Leroy Martin Bourboulon Démons Catarina Marcial Di Fonzo Bo TV movie2016 Pericle Anastasia Stefano Mordini Faultless (Irréprochable) Constance Beauvau Sébastien Marnier Nominated - César Award for Best Actress Daddy or Mommy 2 Florence Corrigan Martin Bourboulon La Tour 2 contrôle infernale Stéphanie Lanceval Éric Judor Two Snails Set Off Voice Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Romain Segaud Short2017 The Workshop Olivia Dejazet Laurent Cantet Nominated - César Award for Best Actress Les réfugiés The mother Matthieu Tribes Short Manon 20 ans Monique Jean-Xavier de Lestrade TV mini-series Calls Sophie Timothée Hochet TV series (1 episode)2018 Sink or Swim Claire Gilles Lellouche Gaspard va au mariage Peggy Antony Cordier 2019 Une intime conviction Nora Antoine Raimbault Savages Marion Rebecca Zlotowski TV mini-series2020 Énorme Claire Girard Sophie Letourneur The Players Wife Stefano Mordini 2021 La Salamandre Catherine Alex Carvalho Ils sont vivants Béatrice Jérémie Elkaïm Some Like It Rare Sophie Pascal Fabrice Eboué La fracture Julie Catherine Corsini 2022 The Sitting Duck Anne Lauvergeon Jean-Paul Salomé Cet été-là Sarah Éric Lartigau 2023 Represent Corinne Douanier Jean-Pascal Zadi TV series 2024 Furies Selma 2025 The Richest Woman in the World Frédérique Spielman Thierry Klifa
Dubbing Year Title Role 2005 Madagascar Gloria 2008 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Gloria 2012 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Gloria
Theater
Year Title Author Director Notes 1986 The School for Wives Molière Jean-Marc Brisset 1987 L'Occasion Prosper Mérimée Fanny Mentre 1988 Britannicus Jean Racine Olivier Médicus & Jean-Marc Brisset 1991 Le Bébé de Monsieur Laurent Roland Topor Jean-Christophe Berjon 29 degrés à l'ombreMaman Sabouleux Eugène Labiche Isabelle Nanty 1992 Zizanie Julien Vartet Raymond Acquaviva 1993 Reniflard and Co Marx Brothers Jean-Christophe Berjon Souffleurs Dino Buzzati Jean-Christophe Berjon 1994 La Princesse d'Élide Molière Jean-Luc Revol 1995 L'Heureux Stratagème Pierre de Marivaux Jean-Luc Revol 1996 Dorothy Parker : Les heures blêmes Dorothy Parker Jean-Luc Revol 1997 Robin des Bois d'à peu près Alexandre Dumas Alexandre Dumas Pierre-François Martin-Laval 2005–06 La Tour de la Défense Copi Marcial Di Fonzo BoFestival d'Avignon2006 Les poulets n'ont pas de chaises Copi Marcial Di Fonzo Bo & Élise Vigier Viol Botho Strauß Luc Bondy Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe 2008–09 La Estupidez Rafael Spregelburd Marcial Di Fonzo Bo & Élise Vigier Théâtre national de ChaillotThéâtre National de Bretagne 2010 A Doll's House Henrik Ibsen Jean-Louis Martinelli Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers 2011 Harper Regan Simon Stephens Lukas Hemleb Théâtre du Rond-Point 2012 A Doll's House Henrik Ibsen Jean-Louis Martinelli Théâtre du Gymnase Marie Bell 2018 The Idols (Les Idoles) Christophe Honoré Christophe Honoré Théâtre National de Bretagne
Awards and nominations
César Award YearNominated workCategoryResult2003Hypnotized and Hysterical (Hairstylist Wanted)Most Promising Actress2008DarlingBest Actress2012PolisseBest Actress2017Faultless (Irréprochable)Best Actress2018The WorkshopBest Actress
Etoile d'Or YearNominated workCategoryResult2008DarlingMost Promising Actress
Globes de Cristal Awards YearNominated workCategoryResult2012PolisseBest Actress
Lumière Awards YearNominated workCategoryResult2008DarlingBest Actress2012PolisseBest Actress Feroz Awards YearNominated workCategoryResult 2023 The Beasts Best Actress in a Film
Goya Awards Year Nominated work Category Result 2023 The Beasts Best Actress
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