Marina Hands

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

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