Marina Aleksandrova

• Name — Marina Aleksandrova • Birth Name — Marina Andreevna Pupenina • Born — 29 August 1982 • Citizenship — Russian • Birthplace — Kiskunmajsa, Hungary • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1992–present • Spouse — * Andrey Boltenko • Children — 2

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).

In 2008, Aleksandrova married actor Ivan Stebunov, 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 — 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 — You Are My Happiness — Polina Gayvoronskaya — TV series • Star of the era — Valentina Sedova — Miniseries • Love for You is Like a Disaster — Herself • 2006 — The Last Armoured Train — Toma • Transit — Woman • 2008 — Street Racers — Doker's Girl (Katya) • 2009 — The Weather Station — Irina • Clouds Over the Hill — Ariadna Kovalskaya — TV series • 2011 — All Inclusive — Anna • The Rules of the Masquerade — Anya — Miniseries • 2012 — Sniper 2: Tungus — Lubov Azarina — Television film • 2014 — Executioner — Sonya Timofeeva — Miniseries • 2014-23 — Ekaterina — Catherine the Great — TV series (4 seasons) • 2015 — Spider — Sonya Timofeeva — TV series • 2018 — Operation Satan — Sonya Timofeeva — Miniseries • 2018 — House Arrest — Marina Bylinkina — TV series • 2020 — Psycho — Sasha — TV series • 2022 — Desperate for Marriage — Inga Raevskaya • 2024 — Macron — Vika — TV series