
Marina Hands
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1975-01-10 (50 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
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.
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Known For
Acting
(2025)
Le Soulier de Satin
as Dona Prouhèze
(2023)
5 Hectares
as Léonor Bernard
(2023)
King Lear
as Goneril
(2023)
Le Principal
as Noémie, la mère de Naël
(2022)
Le Tartuffe ou l'Hypocrite
as Elmire, femme d’Orgon
(2022)
(2020)
The Big Hit
as Ariane
(2018)
Guy
as Chanteuse
(2017)
From a distance
as Sophie
(2015)
Chic!
as Hélène Birk
(2015)
Les Jours venus
as Marie
(2014)
French Women
as Inès
(2014)
GHB: To Be or Not to Be
as Gil / Henrietta / Fleur
(2013)
Jappeloup
as Nadia Durand, wife of Pierre
(2012)
Pour Djamila
as Gisèle Halimi
(2012)
Of Women and Horses
as Gracieuse
(2011)
Le partage de midi
as Ysé
(2011)
See How They Dance
as Lise Clément
(2010)
An Ordinary Execution
as Anna
(2010)
A Very Very Beautiful Love Story
as Dorothée
(2009)
Hidden Diary
as Audrey
(2009)
Change of Plans
as Juliette
(2008)
Story of Jen
as Sarah
(2007)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
as Joséphine
(2007)
Le temps d'un regard
as Natalya
(2006)
Tell No One
as Anne Beck, sister of Alexandre and companion of Hélène
(2006)
Lady Chatterley
as Constance
(2005)
Grey Souls
as Lysia Verhareine
(2004)
Mon homme
as Marie
(2003)
The Barbarian Invasions
as Gaëlle
(2003)
Phèdre
as Aricie
(2003)
Utsikt fra et vindu
as The Woman
(2002)
Sur le bout des doigts
as Juliette
(2001)
Un pique-nique chez Osiris
as Héloïse Ancelin
(2000)
Fidelity
as Julia
Crew
(2025)
Six personnages en quête d'auteur
Stage Director