Marina Aleksandrova

Marina Andreevna Pupenina, known by her pseudonym Marina Aleksandrova (Мари́на Андре́евна Пупе́нина; born 29 August 1982 ), 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 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).

Personal life
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).