Marina Foïs

Marina Foïs

1970-01-21 Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France 86 Credits

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...

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The Richest Woman in the World

The Richest Woman in the World

2025

Acting

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

The One I Loved

2025

as Simone Signoret

Acting

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

I Love Peru

2025

Acting

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

I Swear

2025

as The President of the Assize Court

6.2
Acting

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

Magma

2025

as Katia Reiter

5.3
Acting

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

Les Idoles

2025

as Hervé Guibert

Acting
Party of Fools

Party of Fools

2024

as La Douane

5.7
Acting

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

La Syndicaliste

2023

as Anne Lauvergeon

6.8
Acting

The true story of Maureen Kearney, the head union representative of a French multinational nuclear powerhouse. She became a whistleblower, denouncing ...

This One Summer

This One Summer

2023

as Sarah

5.4
Acting

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

Stella in Love

2022

as Rosy Vlaminck

6.4
Acting

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

Feminist Riposte

2022

as Voix off

7.0
Acting

Documentary that follows the movement of the collage makers throughout France.

The Year of the Shark

The Year of the Shark

2022

as Maja

4.4
Acting

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

The Beasts

2022

as Olga

7.5
Acting

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

Freestyle

2022

as Louise

6.7
Acting

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

A Change of Heart

2022

as Beatrice

5.4
Acting

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

The Divide

2021

as Julie

6.6
Acting

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

The Salamander

2021

as Catherine

6.2
Acting

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

Some Like It Rare

2021

as Sophie Pascal

6.4
Acting

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

Enormous

2020

as Claire Girard

5.0
Acting

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

The Players

2020

as Wife

4.1
Acting

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

Grand amour

2020

Acting

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

Conviction

2019

as Nora

6.9
Acting

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

Sink or Swim

2018

as Claire

6.9
Acting

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

Gaspard at the Wedding

2018

as Peggy

6.0
Acting

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

The Workshop

2017

as Olivia Dejazet

5.9
Acting

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

Two Snails Set Off

2017

as (voice)

6.1
Acting

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

Divorce French Style

2016

as Florence Corrigan

6.1
Acting

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

Faultless

2016

as Constance

6.1
Acting

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

Pericle

2016

as Anastasia

5.6
Acting

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

La Tour 2 contrôle infernale

2016

as La conseillère du ministre

4.1
Acting

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

A Stormy Summer Night

2015

as Maria

4.4
Acting

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

Démons

2015

as Katarina

4.5
Acting

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

Daddy or Mommy

2015

as Florence Leroy

6.1
Acting

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

French Dolls

2014

as Louise

4.8
Acting

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

Bodybuilder

2014

as Léa

5.8
Acting

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

Paris Follies

2014

as Christiane

6.0
Acting

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

5.5
Acting
The Ultimate Accessory

The Ultimate Accessory

2013

as Sophie

5.2
Acting

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

Vandal

2013

as Hélène, la mère

6.7
Acting

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

Billy and Buddy

2013

as Maman Boule

4.5
Acting

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

Le Débarquement

2013

5.1
Acting

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

Frank-Etienne Towards Beatitude

Frank-Etienne Towards Beatitude

2012

as Glaïeul

5.5
Acting

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

Maman

2012

as Alice

4.9
Acting

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

Polisse

Polisse

2011

as Iris

7.8
Acting

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

His Mother's Eyes

2011

as Maylis Tremazan

5.6
Acting

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

The Big Picture

2010

as Sarah

6.3
Acting

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

Four Lovers

2010

as Rachel

6.0
Acting

Mutual attraction leads two married couples to swap bedtime partners.

22 Bullets

22 Bullets

2010

as Marie Goldman

6.7
Acting

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

Making Plans for Lena

2009

as Frédérique

5.6
Acting

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

Change of Plans

2009

as Mélanie

5.4
Acting

So called friends at a dinner party end up acting like a dysfunctional family.

All About Actresses

All About Actresses

2009

as Marina Foïs

5.9
Acting

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

The Joy of Singing

2008

as Muriel

3.6
Acting

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

Me Two

2008

as Muriel Perrache

5.4
Acting

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

A Simple Heart

2008

as Mathilde Aubain

6.7
Acting

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

Darling

2007

as Catherine / Sophie / Cécile Nicolle / dite 'Darling'

6.2
Acting

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

8.9
Acting
Les Robins Des Bois sont toujours des cons (Florilège Vol. 2)

Les Robins Des Bois sont toujours des cons (Florilège Vol. 2)

2006

as Various Characters

6.0
Acting
Try Me

Try Me

2006

as Firmin's mother

6.1
Acting

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

5.0
Acting
A Ticket to Space

A Ticket to Space

2006

as Soizic

5.2
Acting

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

À boire

2004

as Bénédicte

4.0
Acting

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

An Innocent Little Game

2004

as Axelle

5.9
Acting

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

J'me sens pas belle

2004

as Fanny Fontana

5.3
Acting

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

Casablanca Driver

2004

as Sandy O'Brian

5.8
Acting

This mockumentary follows the world's worst boxer and the events that led to his meteoric rise in the year 1969.

RRRrrrr!!!

RRRrrrr!!!

2004

as Guy

6.3
Acting

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!!!

RRRrrrr!!!

2004

Writer

6.3
Writing

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

The Car Keys

2003

as Actress who refuses to film with Laurent

5.1
Acting

Who would think losing car keys could lead us that far ? Be careful, adventure is on every street corner...

Bed and Breakfast

Bed and Breakfast

2003

as Caroline

5.9
Acting

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 ?

Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ?

2003

as La cliente de la pharmacie

6.1
Acting

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)

Hypnotized and Hysterical (Hairstylist Wanted)

2002

as Natacha

5.2
Acting

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

Accidental Saint

Accidental Saint

2002

as Marie

4.5
Acting

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

The Race

2002

as La jeune nurse

4.0
Acting

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

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

2002

as Sucettalanis

7.4
Acting

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

Restauratec

2002

as Dame de service n°1

Acting
Les robins des bois - L'instant norvégien

Les robins des bois - L'instant norvégien

2001

as Various Characters

7.7
Acting

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

La Tour Montparnasse Infernale

2001

as Stéphanie Lanceval

6.3
Acting

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

Les Robins des Bois : un demi-siècle d'humour

2000

as Various Characters

8.0
Acting
Les robins des bois sont des cons (Florilège Vol. 1)

Les robins des bois sont des cons (Florilège Vol. 1)

2000

as Various Characters

6.0
Acting

Florilège des sketch réalisé pour "La grosse émission" sur Comédie!.

Jamel Show

Jamel Show

1999

as Self

6.0
Acting

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

Acting

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

Influence Peddling

1999

as l'invitée aux pétards

4.2
Acting

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

Serial Lover

1998

as Mina Schuster

6.5
Acting

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

Robin des Bois d'à peu près Alexandre Dumas

1996

as Various Characters

6.7
Acting

La pièce de théatre qui à fait découvrir Les robins des bois avant leur apparition sur Comédie!.

Casque bleu

Casque bleu

1994

as Julie

5.3
Acting

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

Papa ou Maman Collection

N/A

as Florence Corrigan

Acting
The Beloved

The Beloved

N/A

Acting

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