Marina Mikhailovna Dyuzheva (Russian: Мари́на Миха́йловна Дю́жева, IPA: [mɐˈrʲinə ˈdʲuʐɨvə]; née Kukushkina; born October 9, 1955) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress.

Biography

Marina Dyuzheva graduated in 1976 from the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts. She was an actress in both theater and film from 1978 to 1997.

She has had roles in more than fifty films. Early in her career she acted under her maiden name, Kukushkina. She met her first husband, Nicholas Dyuzhev, the son of an influential official at the Ministry of Culture, while studying at the Academy; however, this marriage quickly disintegrated.

In 1994, Marina Dyuzheva was invited to dub the French series Helen and the Boys, and she continued this kind of work in other foreign films. In the 1996 and 1997 seasons of the game show The Keys to Fort Boryard, she voiced the female host, Sandrine Dominguez.

Personal life

• Married her first husband, Nicholay Dyuzhev, in 1975 and divorced in 1978
• Married her second husband, writer, journalist, radio host and driving instructor Yuri Geiko on February 4, 1983.
  • Son Mikhail, born October 9, 1981
  • Son Gregory, born August 28, 1986

Works

References

• Marina Dyuzeva at IMDb
• Марина Дюжева на сайте «Автоликбез»
• Д/ф Марина Дюжева: «Я вся такая внезапная, противоречивая» (Первый, 2015, к 55-летию актрисы)