Marina Aleksandrova 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. Marina was born on 29 August 1982 in the Hungarian town of Kiskunmajsa. Her father served in the Soviet Army, stationed in Hungary, and her mother worked as a professor at Herzen University. She entered the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute in 1999 and graduated in 2003. Already in her first year as a student, she received her first role - in the movie "Northern Lights".
In 2002, she took part in the show "The Last Hero" - the Russian adaptation of the reality TV show "Survivor". From 2006 to 2011, was an actress for the Sovremennik Theater Company in Moscow.
Nominations and awards:
Award for "Best Debut" at the Festival of feature television films (2003, Saint-Tropez, movie "The Melting of the Snows"). Winner of the Triumph Youth Award (2007). Nomination for MTV Russia Movie Awards (2009): Best Actress ("Streetracers"). Nomination for the Golden Eagle Award (2015): Best TV Actress ("Ekaterina"). Winner of the Russian National Acting Award "Figaro" (2016).
