Marina Andreevna Pupenina, known by her pseudonym Marina Aleksandrova (Russian: Мари́на Андре́евна Пупе́нина; born 29 August 1982) is a Russian actress, best known for her role as Catherine the Great in the television series Ekaterina. She is an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2016).[1]
Marina Aleksandrova | |
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Born | Marina Andreevna Pupenina (1982-08-29) 29 August 1982 (age 40) Kiskunmajsa, People’s Republic of Hungary |
Nationality | Russian |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1992–present |
Height | 158 cm (5 ft 2 in) |
Spouse | Ivan Stebunov
(m. 2008; div. 2010) |
Partner(s) | Aleksandr Domogarov (2005–2007) Andrey Boltenko (2011–present) |
Children | 2 |
Was born on 29 August 1982 in the Hungarian town Kiskunmajsa. Her father Andrei Pupenin served in the Soviet Army, located in Hungary, and her mother worked as a professor at Herzen University.
In 1986, the family moved to Lake Baikal, then to Tula, finally settling in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) in 1987. In 1996, after graduating from high school with specializations in mathematics and music (harp), that same year she joined the Imagine drama school, and joined the Shukin Theatre School under Valentina Nikolaenko.
From 2006 to 2011, was an actress for the Sovremennik Theater Company in Moscow.[1]
On 7 June 2008, Aleksandrova married fellow actor Ivan Stebunov.[2][3] They divorced in 2010. After that she had a relationship with actor Alexander Domogarov. On 11 July 2012, she gave birth to a son. The child's name is Andrey, just after his father - a TV director Andrey Boltenko.[1] Aleksandrova gave birth to her second child on 26 September 2015 - a daughter named Yekaterina.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1992 | Weather Is Good on Deribasovskaya, It Rains Again on Brighton Beach | Little Girl | Cameo appearance |
2000 | Empire under Attack | Maria Stolypina | Television film |
2001 | Aurora Borealis | Anya | |
Azazel | Lizanka von Evert–Kolokoltseva | Television film | |
2002 | Le Médecin malgré lui | Woman | Television film |
Leading Roles | Marina | TV series | |
The Thief | Yulia Balashova | TV series | |
2003 | An Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was a God | Dziwa | |
Poor Nastya | Marie of Hesse and by Rhine | TV series | |
2004 | La fonte des neiges | Léna | Television film |
Viola Tarakanova | Tomocka | TV series | |
The Nutcracker | Masha (voice) | ||
2005 | Schastye ty moye | Polina Gayvoronskaya | TV series |
Zvezda epokhi | Valentina Sedova | Miniseries | |
Lybovy k tebe kak bedstvie | Herself | ||
2006 | The Last Armoured Train | Toma | |
Transit | Woman | ||
2008 | Street Racer[4] | Doker's Girl (Katya) | |
2009 | The Weather Station[5] | Irina | |
Saka no Ue no Kumo | Russian Nobility | TV series | |
2011 | All Inclusive | Anna | |
The Rules of the Masquerade | Anya | Miniseries | |
2014 | Executioner | Sonya Timofeeva | Miniseries |
Ekaterina | Catherine the Great | TV series | |
2015 | Spider | Sonya Timofeeva | TV series |
2017 | Ekaterina 2 | Catherine the Great | TV series |
2018 | Operation Satan | Sonya Timofeeva | Miniseries |
2019 | Ekaterina 3 | Catherine the Great | TV series |
2020 | Psycho | Sasha | TV series |
2022 | Desperate for Marriage | Inga Raevskaya | |
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