Marina Sylvie Foïs (born 21 January 1970) is a French actress. Born in Boulogne-Billancourt in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in a family from Russian, Jewish Egyptian, German and Italian ancestry, Marina 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. She then 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. Marina Foïs became a prolific actress, with two to five films released every year. On 25 November 2020, it was announced that she will be the host for the 46th César Awards. 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 Barthélémy. She also dated Maxime Lefrançois, Mister Univers 2010. She started dating the director Éric Lartigau in 1999. On December 3, 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. Source: Article "Marina Foïs" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

• 2028Halmeoni — Claire
• 2026Bagarre — Dr. Couffard
• 2026The Beloved — Marina
• 2025I Love Peru
• 2025I Swear — The President of the Assize Court
• 2025Les Idoles — Hervé Guibert
• 2025Les fantômes de l'Ukraine — Narrator (voice over)
• 2025Magma — Katia Reiter
• 2025The One I Loved — Simone Signoret
• 2025The Richest Woman in the World — Frédérique Spielman
• Furies — Furie
• Le Monde magique de Jérôme Commandeur
• 2024Party of Fools — La Douane
• 2023La Syndicaliste — Anne Lauvergeon
• Nous soignants — Narrator
• Represent — Corinne Douanier
• 2023This One Summer — Sarah
• 2022A Change of Heart — Beatrice
• 2022Feminist Riposte — Voix off
• 2022Freestyle — Louise
• 2022Stella in Love — Rosy Vlaminck
• 2022The Beasts — Olga
• 2022The Year of the Shark — Maja
• 2021Some Like It Rare — Sophie Pascal
• 2021The Divide — Julie
• 2021The Salamander — Catherine
• Cher Journal — La mère
• 2020Enormous — Claire Girard
• 2020Grand amour
• 2020The Players — Wife
• 2019Conviction — Nora
• Savages — Marion
• 2018Gaspard at the Wedding — Peggy
• Kings
• 2018Sink or Swim — Claire
• 2017Manon 20 ans — Monique
• 2017The Workshop — Olivia Dejazet
• 2017Two Snails Set Off — (voice)
• 2016Divorce French Style — Florence Corrigan
• 2016Faultless — Constance
• 2016La Tour 2 contrôle infernale — La conseillère du ministre
• 2016Pericle — Anastasia
• 2015A Stormy Summer Night — Maria
• 2015Daddy or Mommy — Florence Leroy
• 2015Démons — Katarina
• 3x Manon — Monique
• 2014Bodybuilder — Léa
• 2014French Dolls — Louise
• 2014Paris Follies — Christiane
• 2013Billy and Buddy — Maman Boule
• 2013Le Débarquement
• Le Débarquement
• 2013Le Débarquement 2 — Various Characters
• 2013The Ultimate Accessory — Sophie
• 2013Vandal — Hélène, la mère
• 2012Frank-Etienne Towards Beatitude — Glaïeul
• 2012Maman — Alice
• 2011His Mother's Eyes — Maylis Tremazan
• 2011Polisse — Iris
• 201022 Bullets — Marie Goldman
• 2010Four Lovers — Rachel
• 2010The Big Picture — Sarah
• 2009All About Actresses — Marina Foïs
• 2009Change of Plans — Mélanie
• 2009Making Plans for Lena — Frédérique
• 2008A Simple Heart — Mathilde Aubain
• 2008Me Two — Muriel Perrache
• 2008The Joy of Singing — Muriel
• 2007Darling — Catherine / Sophie / Cécile Nicolle / dite 'Darling'
• 2006A Ticket to Space — Soizic Le Guilvinec
• 2006Les Robins Des Bois sont toujours des cons (Florilège Vol. 2) — Various Characters
• 2006Les Robins des bois - sont des cons et toujours des cons - Florilèges de sketches 1 et 2 — Various Characters
• 2006Les hommes s’en souviendront — Simone Veil
• 2006Try Me — Firmin's mother
• 2004An Innocent Little Game — Axelle
• 2004Casablanca Driver — Sandy O'Brian
• 2004J'me sens pas belle — Fanny Fontana
• 2004RRRrrrr!!! — Guy, Writer
• 2004À boire — Bénédicte
• 2003Bed and Breakfast — Caroline
• 2003Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ? — La cliente de la pharmacie
• 2003The Car Keys — Actress Refusing to Film with Laurent
• 2002Accidental Saint — Marie
• 2002Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra — Sucettalanis
• 2002Hypnotized and Hysterical (Hairstylist Wanted) — Natacha
• 2002Restauratec — Dame de service n°1
• 2002The Race — La jeune nurse
• 2001Don't Die Too Hard! — Stéphanie Lanceval
• 2001Les robins des bois - L'instant norvégien — Various Characters
• The Apartment
• La Cape et l'épée — Pupute, la reine, Creator
• 2000Les Robins des Bois : un demi-siècle d'humour — Various Characters
• 2000Les robins des bois sont des cons (Florilège Vol. 1) — Various Characters
• 1999Influence Peddling — l'invitée aux pétards
• 1999Sad to Die — Noémie
• 1998Serial Lover — Mina Schuster
• 1996Robin des Bois d'à peu près Alexandre Dumas — Various Characters
• 1994Casque bleu — Julie
• Robins des bois, the Story — Various Characters
• B.A.D.G.E
• Leila et la Nuit
• Papa ou Maman Collection — Florence Corrigan

Appearances as themselves (17)

• 2026Il était une fois... "As bestas" — Self - main actress
• Super Plan — Self - Guest
• Comedy Class by Éric & Ramzy — Self
• Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma — Self - Guest
• Hot Ones — Self - Guest
• Le Late avec Alain Chabat — Self
• LOL : Qui rit, sort ! — Self
• Quotidien — Self - Guest
• Clique — Self - Guest
• Bref — Self
• C à vous — Self - Guest
• On n'est pas couché — Self - Guest
• Samedi soir en direct — Self - Surprise Guest
• Burger Quiz — Self
• 1999Jamel Show — Self
• Vivement dimanche — Self
• Cérémonie des César — Self - Host, Self - Presenter