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Marina Aleksandrova

Russian actress (born 1982)

Ivan Stebunov

(m. 2008; div. 2010)

Andrey Boltenko

Children2

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.

Biography

Aleksandrova was born Marina Andreevna Pupenina on 29 August 1982^[1] in the town of Kiskunmajsa in what was then the Hungarian People's Republic. 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]

Personal life

On 7 June 2008, Aleksandrova married fellow actor Ivan Stebunov,^[3]^[4] whom she divorced in 2010. She later married director Andrey Boltenko, whom she met in 2011. The couple have two children, a son (b. 2012) and a daughter (b. 2015).^[1]

Filmography

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
2001	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
2003	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
2006	Transit	Woman
2008	Street Racer^[5]	Doker's Girl (Katya)
2009	The Weather Station^[6]	Irina
2009	Saka no Ue no Kumo	Ariadna Kovalskaya	TV series
2011	All Inclusive	Anna
2011	The Rules of the Masquerade	Anya	Miniseries
2014	Executioner	Sonya Timofeeva	Miniseries
2014	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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Чередниченко, Наталья (29 August 2022). Роман с Домогаровым и тайный брак: перипетии личной жизни Марины Александровой. 24СМИ (in Russian). Retrieved 11 July 2023.
^ Marina Aleksandrova: for the role of Catherine II I was ready for any sacrifice
^ Gasparov, Mikhail (9 June 2008). Марина Александрова вышла замуж (in Russian). Utro.ru. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
^ Марина Андреевна Александрова: Личная жизнь (in Russian). peoples.ru. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
^ "Streetracers (Stritreisery) (2008, Russia)" (PDF). The St. Petersburg Times. 14 March 2008. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
^ "Marina Aleksandrova filmography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2014. Archived from the original on 22 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.