Marina Sylvie Fois (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 Fois 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 Comedie+ show La Grosse Emission for two years. During that period, Fois co-wrote sketches with Pierre-Francois Martin-Laval, playing a number of various characters, like the dim-witted Sophie Petoncule and the pedantic director Marie-Mure. The show continued the next year on Canal+ and had a bigger audience. In June 2001, Fois and the troupe parted ways to focus on their individual film careers. Marina Fois 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 Cesar Awards.

Marina Fois has two sisters. Giulia Fois is a journalist at Liberation and a former columnist in the program Arret sur images presented by Daniel Schneidermann on France 5, and a current news anchor on I-Tele. 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 Barthelemy. She also dated Maxime Lefrancois, Mister Univers 2010.

She started dating the director Eric Lartigau in 1999. On December 3, 2004, she gave birth to a boy, Lazare at the Hopital Saint-Antoine in Paris. They had a second son, Georges, born on 25 September 2008.

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