Biography
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, c...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Richest Woman in the World
2025
Marianne is THE richest woman in the world. Pierre-Alain, is a dandy-writer-photographer in Paris. They meet on a photo shoot and become inseparable. ...

The One I Loved
2025
as Simone Signoret
She loved him more than anything else, he loved her more than anyone else. Simone Signoret and Yves Montand were the most famous couple of their time....

I Love Peru
2025
An eccentric actor abandons his friends while chasing success. After a troubling vision during self-reflection, he embarks on a spiritual quest to Per...

I Swear
2025
as The President of the Assize Court
Thirtysomething Marco goes through life without a compass. Employed at a Forbach recycling center, he finds comfort in alcohol. And a little with Made...

Magma
2025
as Katia Reiter
Katia Reiter directs the Guadeloupe Volcano Observatory. A passionate volcanologist, she’s waved goodbye to the idea of one day fulfilling her profes...

Les Idoles
2025
as Hervé Guibert

Party of Fools
2024
as La Douane
Paris, 1894. Who is Fanni, who claims to be voluntarily locked up in a women-only mental institution? Searching for her mother among the multitude of ...

La Syndicaliste
2023
as Anne Lauvergeon
The true story of Maureen Kearney, the head union representative of a French multinational nuclear powerhouse. She became a whistleblower, denouncing ...

This One Summer
2023
as Sarah
Every summer, 10-year-old Dune goes with her parents to the south-west coast of France, where she meets her best friend Mathilde. Together, they explo...

Stella in Love
2022
as Rosy Vlaminck
For Stella, it’s her final year. But she says she doesn’t care! That year, she discovers the famous Parisian club, the Bains Douches, 80’s and its cra...

Feminist Riposte
2022
as Voix off
Documentary that follows the movement of the collage makers throughout France.

The Year of the Shark
2022
as Maja
A small coastal town in the south-west of France is on high alert after a surfer disappeared - Soon the incredible truth is revealed : a shark is prow...

The Beasts
2022
as Olga
Antoine and Olga, a French couple, have been living in a small village in Galicia for a long time. They practice eco-responsible agriculture and resto...

Freestyle
2022
as Louise
One morning, Louise, 45, is suddenly unable to step out of her car. Sweats, anxieties, palpitations... she is having an inexplicable panic attack. She...

A Change of Heart
2022
as Beatrice
Beatrice, recently widowed by a far right sympathetic policeman, lives with her son & mother. She doesn’t like migrant and foreigners. When she meets ...

The Divide
2021
as Julie
Raf and Julie, a couple on the verge of breaking up, find themselves in an emergency ward bordering on collapse on the evening of a Parisian Yellow Ve...

The Salamander
2021
as Catherine
Paralysed by fear of the future, a middle aged French bureaucrat escapes to Brazil where a destructive affair with a boy forces her to learn to live i...

Some Like It Rare
2021
as Sophie Pascal
Sophie and Vincent’s small butcher shop is on the brink of bankruptcy and their marriage is falling apart. Their lives are turned upside down when Vin...

Enormous
2020
as Claire Girard
It takes him suddenly at 40 years: Frédéric wants a baby, Claire never wanted one and they agreed on that. He commits the unforgivable and makes a chi...

The Players
2020
as Wife
From campy lies to sexy surprises, this collection of vignettes captures the follies of several men as they fumble with fidelity and relationships.

Grand amour
2020
In collaboration with AIDES, an association fighting against HIV, this feature film brings together over 30 artists to explore the freedom to love bey...

Conviction
2019
as Nora
Ever since she served on the jury during his trial, Nora has been convinced that Jacques Viguier is innocent, despite him being accused of murdering h...

Sink or Swim
2018
as Claire
40-year-old Bertrand has been suffering from depression for the last two years and is barely able to keep his head above water. Despite the medication...

Gaspard at the Wedding
2018
as Peggy
After keeping a careful distance for many years, 25-year-old Gaspard must renew contact with his family when his father remarries. Accompanied by Laur...

The Workshop
2017
as Olivia Dejazet
Antoine has agreed to follow a writing workshop where some young people in insertion must write a noir novel with the help of Olivia, a recognized nov...

Two Snails Set Off
2017
as (voice)
A forest full of animated animals encourage a pair of snails, who are fully clad in black because they are in mourning for a dead leaf, to celebrate t...

Divorce French Style
2016
as Florence Corrigan
Two years have passed. After missing their separation, the Leroy seem perfectly successful in their divorce. But the appearance of two new lovers in t...

Faultless
2016
as Constance
Constance, a 40-years-old real estate agent, gets fired from her job. With no options left, she contacts her former boss, from the small agency where ...

Pericle
2016
as Anastasia
A failed porn actor, working as an enforcer for a mafia kingpin, finds himself confronted with an all-out turf war after an errand goes drastically wr...

La Tour 2 contrôle infernale
2016
as La conseillère du ministre
Ernest Krakenkrick and Bachir Bouzouk are about to become pilots in the French army. But after the bad consequences of a test undertaken with the cent...

A Stormy Summer Night
2015
as Maria
Pierre and Maria, a Parisian couple, travel to Spain with their daughter and her friend. When a violent storm hits they must settle for the night in a...

Démons
2015
as Katarina
A married couple lives hateful for each other together, they think about divorce until they ask their neighbors, young couple out for a drink . At thi...

Daddy or Mommy
2015
as Florence Leroy
Florence and Vincent Leroy are a model couple. They have great jobs, a perfect marriage and delightful children. And now they want their divorce to be...

French Dolls
2014
as Louise
Louise, Sam, Lili. Three women who don't know each other but whom will be forced to meet, get together, and compare themselves to each other by the wi...

Bodybuilder
2014
as Léa
Twenty year old Antoine has made enemies of a gang of young thugs, to whom he owes money. Fed up with his scams and petty crimes, his mother and older...

Paris Follies
2014
as Christiane
Long married 50-somethings Brigitte and Xavier are prize cattle breeders in regional France. Life is good, but the departure of their children from ho...
Le Débarquement 2
2013
as Various Characters

The Ultimate Accessory
2013
as Sophie
The story of Aleksandra and Cyrille, a prominent, trendy, and very well-off Parisian couple, whose life is not quite the same after seven-year-old Ale...

Vandal
2013
as Hélène, la mère
15-year-old Chérif feels like a million bucks behind the wheel of a stolen car. Placed under the guardianship of his Aunt and Uncle, he has to return ...

Billy and Buddy
2013
as Maman Boule
Buddy is an abandoned young cocker spaniel waiting dejectedly in his cage for a kind, new owner to adopt him. Suddenly, Billy, a little boy whose hair...

Le Débarquement
2013
Inspired by the American program Saturday Night Live from NBC, around thirty actors take part in various humorous sketches.

Frank-Etienne Towards Beatitude
2012
as Glaïeul
Frank-Étienne is a door-to-door salesman on a mission to sell empty boxes in the middle of nowhere. Things go awry when he meets a young woman who is ...

Maman
2012
as Alice
Sandrine and Alice are two sisters who, in their thirties, decide the time has come to attempt a reconciliation with their mother.

Polisse
2011
as Iris
Paris, France. Fred and his colleagues, members of the BPM, the Police Child Protection Unit, dedicated to pursuing all sorts of offenses committed ag...

His Mother's Eyes
2011
as Maylis Tremazan
A writer suffering from a lack of inspiration sneaks his way into the lives of a star television journalist and his lead ballerina daughter to write, ...

The Big Picture
2010
as Sarah
Paul Exben is a success story – partner in one of Paris's most exclusive law firms, big salary, big house, glamorous wife and two sons straight out of...

Four Lovers
2010
as Rachel
Mutual attraction leads two married couples to swap bedtime partners.

22 Bullets
2010
as Marie Goldman
A retired mobster goes on a revenge spree after being left for dead with 22 bullets in his body by his former childhood friend.

Making Plans for Lena
2009
as Frédérique
Ever since she broke up with Nigel, Lena soldiers on through life as best she can with her two kids. She valiantly overcomes the obstacles put in her ...

Change of Plans
2009
as Mélanie
So called friends at a dinner party end up acting like a dysfunctional family.

All About Actresses
2009
as Marina Foïs
A director wants to make a documentary about actresses, all actresses: the popular ones, the unknown ones, the intellectuals, the comedians, the forgo...

The Joy of Singing
2008
as Muriel
A banker has died. He trafficked in nuclear material, so French intelligence assign two agents to find his list of contacts, which are on a flash driv...

Me Two
2008
as Muriel Perrache
80's pop icon Gilles Gabriel is about to make a comeback in the French music scene, until he accidentally hits Ranu, a slightly nutty accountant, when...

A Simple Heart
2008
as Mathilde Aubain
Unable to forget her first love, Félicité, a simple and kind maid, devotes herself completely to her new master, Mathilde Aubain. As the passing of ti...

Darling
2007
as Catherine / Sophie / Cécile Nicolle / dite 'Darling'
Darling is a woman of today. It seems to always choose the wrong path. Suffers but does not look like a victim. Do not feel sorry for herself. On the ...
Les Robins des bois - sont des cons et toujours des cons - Florilèges de sketches 1 et 2
2006
as Various Characters

Les Robins Des Bois sont toujours des cons (Florilège Vol. 2)
2006
as Various Characters

Try Me
2006
as Firmin's mother
When Yves-Marie, 9, asks Jacqueline, who is her age: "Marry me", she replies with a pirouette: "The day you go to the stars, I give you my hand."
Les hommes s’en souviendront
2006
as Simone Veil

A Ticket to Space
2006
as Soizic
Face à l'incompréhension de la population française quant au montant des crédits alloués à la recherche spatiale, le gouvernement lance une vaste opér...

À boire
2004
as Bénédicte
Three disparate people meet in a bizarre skiing accident: an alcoholic doctor who has just been left by his wife, a beautiful but directionless woman,...

An Innocent Little Game
2004
as Axelle
Claire et Bruno forment depuis douze ans un couple établi, une "institution". Au cours d'une journée à la campagne réunissant tous leurs proches, ils ...

J'me sens pas belle
2004
as Fanny Fontana
Fanny, a single woman in her mid-thirties, has had enough of relationships that don't work, so she decides to seduce Paul, a colleague from the office...

Casablanca Driver
2004
as Sandy O'Brian
This mockumentary follows the world's worst boxer and the events that led to his meteoric rise in the year 1969.

RRRrrrr!!!
2004
as Guy
In 35,000 BC, the tribe of the Dirty Hairs is at war against the tribe of the Clean Hairs for eight hundred years, trying to get their shampoo. The ch...

RRRrrrr!!!
2004
Writer
In 35,000 BC, the tribe of the Dirty Hairs is at war against the tribe of the Clean Hairs for eight hundred years, trying to get their shampoo. The ch...

The Car Keys
2003
as Actress who refuses to film with Laurent
Who would think losing car keys could lead us that far ? Be careful, adventure is on every street corner...

Bed and Breakfast
2003
as Caroline
Tired of their stressful parisian lifestyle, Caroline and Bertrand decide to start a new life, running a traditional gîte in deepest Provence. It is n...

Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ?
2003
as La cliente de la pharmacie
FBI Agents Bullit and Riper investigate the murder of a young dancer called Pamela Rose, found dead in her motel room in Bornsville, a small american ...

Hypnotized and Hysterical (Hairstylist Wanted)
2002
as Natacha
Claude Duty's feature-length debut Filles Perdues, Cheveux Gras (Hypnotized and Hysterical, (Hairstylist Wanted)) is an offbeat comedy about three wom...

Accidental Saint
2002
as Marie
Raph and Swan, two thugs, are hanging out looking for a bad thing to do. When they steal a bag from a defenceless girl, Swan does a good deed. A halo ...

The Race
2002
as La jeune nurse
Sami, Tacchini, Yaya and Kader are four small-time crooks from the suburbs of Paris. After a failed robbery, their boss, Carlito, sends them to Canada...

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002
as Sucettalanis
History's favorite Gauls assist Queen Cleopatra when she wagers that the Egyptian people can build a palace for Julius Caesar in just three months.

Restauratec
2002
as Dame de service n°1

Les robins des bois - L'instant norvégien
2001
as Various Characters
If you like offbeat, burlesque, absurd, sometimes scatological, but talented humor, the Robins des Bois are for you. With the Norwegian moment broadca...

La Tour Montparnasse Infernale
2001
as Stéphanie Lanceval
Eric and Ramzy are working as window washers at the Montparnasse skyscraper in Paris. Thinking that he has a date set up with beautiful executive Mari...

Les Robins des Bois : un demi-siècle d'humour
2000
as Various Characters

Les robins des bois sont des cons (Florilège Vol. 1)
2000
as Various Characters
Florilège des sketch réalisé pour "La grosse émission" sur Comédie!.

Jamel Show
1999
as Self
Jamel is given carte blanche at CANAL+ for an hour, the comedian took this opportinity to gather friends and guests for a comedy special to celebrate ...
Triste à Mourir
1999
as Noémie
Twenty-year-old Caro is looking for her friend Nath. To do this, she travels to various villages throughout the country. Along the way, Caro meets the...

Influence Peddling
1999
as l'invitée aux pétards
Maxime and Gerard are a couple of white-collar criminals condemned to 5 years in prison. Sandrine Athan, an honest and principled young police officer...

Serial Lover
1998
as Mina Schuster
Claire Doste is about to reach the age of 35 and has everything one dreams of, such as having four boyfriends and a creative job in a publishing house...

Robin des Bois d'à peu près Alexandre Dumas
1996
as Various Characters
La pièce de théatre qui à fait découvrir Les robins des bois avant leur apparition sur Comédie!.

Casque bleu
1994
as Julie
Winegrower Patrick Ponsac comes close to ruining his marriage when he has an affair with another woman. By way of atonement, he takes his wife back to...

Papa ou Maman Collection
N/A
as Florence Corrigan

The Beloved
N/A
An acclaimed film director and his daughter, an unsuccessful actress, shoot a film together after years of estrangement and a difficult past that none...