| Marina Aleksandrova | |
| Birth Name: | Marina Andreevna Pupenina |
| Birth Date: | 1982 8, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Kiskunmajsa, Hungary |
| Nationality: | Russian |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Yearsactive: | 1992–present |
| Children: | 2 |
Marina Andreevna Pupenina, known by her pseudonym Marina Aleksandrova (Russian: Мари́на Андре́евна Пупе́нина; born 29 August 1982[1]), is a Russian actress. She is known for her portrayal of Catherine the Great in the television series Ekaterina.
Aleksandrova was born Marina Andreevna Pupenina on 29 August 1982 in the Hungarian town of Kiskunmajsa. Her father, Andrei Pupenin, served in the Soviet Army, stationed in Hungary. In 1986, the family moved to Lake Baikal and then Tula. In 1987, they settled in what was then Leningrad, where Aleksandrova's mother worked as a professor at Herzen University. Aleksandrova graduated from high school with specialisations in mathematics and music (harp) in 1996. The same year, she joined the Imagine Drama School and the Shukin Theatre School under Valentina Nikolaenko.
Aleksandrova worked for the Sovremennik Theatre in Moscow from 2006 to 2011. She is an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2016).[2]
In 2008, Aleksandrova married actor Ivan Stebunov,[3] [4] whom she divorced in 2010. Aleksandrova later married director Andrey Boltenko, whom she met in 2011. The couple have two children, a son (b. 2012) and a daughter (b. 2015).
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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[5] | Doker's Girl (Katya) | |
| 2009 | The Weather Station[6] | Irina | |
| Saka no Ue no Kumo | Ariadna Kovalskaya | 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 |
| 2018 | House Arrest | Marina Bylinkina | TV series |
| 2019 | Ekaterina 3 | Catherine the Great | TV series |
| 2020 | Psycho | Sasha | TV series |
| 2022 | Desperate for Marriage | Inga Raevskaya | |