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Marina (given Name)
Marina is a female given name, the feminine of Latin Marinus (given name), Marinus, from ''marinus'' "of the sea", occurring in many European languages as well as Japanese. Religion * Saint Marina (other), name of several Christian saints Arts * Marina (Japanese singer) (born 1987) * Marina (Polish singer) (born 1989) * Marina Kaye (born 1998), French singer * Marina Abramović (born 1946), Serbian performance artist * Marina Berti (1924–2002), Italian film actress * Marina de Tavira (born 1974), Mexican actress * Marina Diamandis (born 1985), known as "Marina" and formerly "Marina and the Diamonds", Welsh-Greek singer-songwriter * Marina Giordana (born 1955), Italian actress * Marina Golbahari (born 1989), Tajik-Afghan actress * Marina Inoue (born 1985), Japanese singer and voice actress * Marina Karella (born 1940), Greek artist * Marina Keegan (1989-2012), American author and playwright * Marina Khan (born 1962), Pakistani TV actress * Marina Kuroki (born 1988), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marinus (given Name)
Marinus is a male given name, derived from Latin ''marinus'' meaning "marine; of or pertaining to the sea". It is used in the Netherlands as a given name, though most people use a short form in daily life, like '' Marijn'', ''Mario'', ''René'', ''Rien'', '' Rini'', ''Riny'', or ''Rinus''. It may refer to: ;Ancient *Marinus of Tyre (70–130), Hellenized geographer, cartographer and mathematician * Julius Marinus (fl. 3rd century), father of Phillip the Arab *Marinus of Caesarea (died 262), Roman soldier and Christian martyr and saint *Saint Marinus (died 366), founder of San Marino *Marinus of Thrace (died c.420), Arian Archbishop of Constantinople *Marinus of Neapolis (born c.440), Neoplatonist philosopher *Marinus (praetorian prefect) ( fl. 498-519), Byzantine official and admiral *Pope Marinus **Pope Marinus I (died 884) **Pope Marinus II (died 946) *Marinus, Duke of Gaeta **Marinus I of Gaeta (died 866), Italian duke **Marinus II of Gaeta (died 984), Italian duke *Marinus, Duk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina Lima
Marina Correia Lima (, born September 17, 1955) is a Brazilian singer and songwriter. She is a prominent female pioneer of Brazilian rock music. Career Marina Lima began composing songs at age 17, and first achieved major success with the 1984 album '' Fullgás'', which included the hit singles "Fullgás", "Me Chama" (written by Lobão), "Veneno" and "Mesmo que Seja Eu" (an Erasmo Carlos cover). In 1986 she released the first home video concert by a Brazilian artist, "Todas Ao Vivo", which chronicled the tour in support of her 1985 album "Todas" and included several of her previous hits as well as backstage interviews. In the 90s she continued recording highly praised albums such as “O Chamado” and Abrigo”. After a long break from the stage, Lima finally returned to prominence with the release of concert and live album “Sissi na Sua”. In 2003 she recorded her Acústico MTV (the Brazilian equivalent of the MTV Unplugged series), which spawned two top 10 hit singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina Tsintikidou
Marina Tsintikidou ( el, Μαρίνα Τσιντικίδου; born 28 November 1971) is a Greek fashion model and presenter who has appeared on the covers of numerous Greek fashion magazines such as MAX. She won the title of "Star Hellas" (Σταρ Ελλάς) in the Miss Star Hellas pageant in 1992. She also carries the honor of being the third Greek contestant to win the title of Miss Europe (1992). She also represented Greece at the Miss Universe 1992 pageant in Bangkok, Thailand. Aside from a modeling career, Tsindikidou also tried her skills in acting, appearing in various TV shows and movies as well as in the Greek version of the theatrical play "Look Who's Here" by British playwright Ray Cooney. She has also been a TV host and presenter on numerous programs featured on Mega Channel, ANT1 Antenna, better known as ANT1, is a television network airing in Greece. The alternate spelling is wordplay in Greek; ''ena'' (ένα) is the Greek number ''1'' (one), thus ''ANT1'' is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina Suma
Marina Suma (born 14 November 1959) is an Italian actress. Life and career Born in Naples, Suma started her career as a glamour model, and made her film debut in Salvatore Piscicelli's '' Le occasioni di Rosa''. For her performance in this film she won a David di Donatello for best new actress. Later she starred in Carlo Vanzina's ''Sapore di mare'' and in a number of successful comedy films. From the 1990s she focused her activities on television. Selected filmography * ''The Opportunities of Rosa'' (1981) * ''Time for Loving '' (1982) * ''Sing Sing'' (1983) * '' A Boy and a Girl'' (1983) * ''Cuori nella tormenta'' (1984) * '' Blues metropolitano'' (1985) * '' Sweets from a Stranger'' (1987) * '' Dark Bar'' (1989) * ''Disperatamente Giulia'' (1989) * '' Infelici e contenti'' (1992) * ''Pater Familias'' (2003) * ''Mozzarella Stories ''Mozzarella Stories'' is a 2011 Italian neo noir-comedy film written and directed by Edoardo De Angelis. It was entered into the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina Sirtis
Marina Sirtis (; born 29 March 1955) is a British actress. She is best known for her role as Counselor Deanna Troi on the television series '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and four ''Star Trek'' feature films, as well as other appearances in the ''Star Trek'' franchise. Early life Marina Sirtis was born in Hackney, London, the daughter of Greek parents, Despina, a tailor's assistant, and John Sirtis. She was brought up in Harringay, North London. When she was three years old, Sirtis says, the teenage sons of her babysitter sexually molested her. Sirtis suffered from an eating disorder, which emerged due to the trauma of the assault. After suffering from the disorder for 20 years, she went into therapy in the 1990s and was able to manage the trauma and learn to eat healthily again. While still in secondary school, Sirtis secretly auditioned for drama school against her parents' wishes, ultimately being accepted to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In 1976, at the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina Semyonova
Marina Timofeyevna Semyonova (russian: Марина Тимофеевна Семёнова, – 9 June 2010) was the first Soviet-trained prima ballerina. She was born in Saint-Petersburg. She was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1975. Early life The first great dancer formed by Agrippina Vaganova, she graduated from the Vaganova School in 1925, which "is registered in the annals of Soviet ballet as the year of the unprecedented triumph of Marina Semyonova". She worked in the Kirov Ballet until 1930 when Joseph Stalin had her and her husband Viktor Semyonov (they were namesakes) transferred to the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. There she married Lev Karakhan (the civil marriage), an Old Bolshevik and Deputy Foreign Minister, best known as an advisor to Sun Yat-sen. He was purged in 1937. Career The Soviet choreographer Maya Plisetskaya wrote of her that "what she demonstrated in her time was unusual, brand new, breathtaking. Now it is widely believed it has always been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina Salandy-Brown
Marina Salandy-Brown FRSA, Hon. FRSL, is a Trinidadian journalist, broadcaster and cultural activist. She was formerly an editor and Senior Manager in Radio and News and Current Affairs programmes with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in London, one of the BBC's few top executives from an ethnic minority background. She is the founder and inaugural director of the NGC Bocas Lit Fest, held annually in Trinidad and Tobago since 2011, "the biggest literary festival in the Anglophone Caribbean", and of the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. She was also co-founder of the Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize. In 2020, Salandy-Brown received the Ferdinand Magellan Award from Chile, and was elected an Honorary Fellow of the United Kingdom's Royal Society of Literature. In 2022, she received the Hummingbird Silver Medal at the National Awards ceremony in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Biography She was born Marina Salandy in Diego Martin, Trinidad, and has said: " l Saland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina Ruy Barbosa
Marina Souza Ruy Barbosa (born 30 June 1995) is a Brazilian actress. She started off her career as a child actress; her first major role was in the telenovela ''Começar de Novo''. In 2006, she portrayed a prominent character in Silvio de Abreus ''Belíssima''. She later appeared in ''Sete Pecados'' (2007), ''Escrito nas Estrelas'' (2010), '' Morde & Assopra'' (2011), and '' Amor à Vida'', interpreting Nicole, a young orphan and millionaire who gets cancer, Hodgkin's lymphoma type 4. In her adult career, she gained great prominence in the telenovela ''Império'', playing the nymphet Maria Isis, thus winning the Contigo Television Awards for Best Supporting Actress. In 2015, she starred in ''Totalmente Demais'' — a show that earned an International Emmy nomination for best telenovela. Barbosa has become a style reference, being a constant presence in the lists of the most elegant women in Brazil. Her red hair is considered her trademark. She is in big demand to make advert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina Prior
Marina Prior (born 18 October 1963) is an Australian soprano and actress with a career mainly in musical theatre. From 1990 to 1993, she starred as the original Christine Daaé in the Australian premiere of ''The Phantom of the Opera'', opposite Anthony Warlow and later Rob Guest. Early life Prior was born in Port Moresby in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, Australia, where her father was working in the shipping industry. Her parents were members of the local Gilbert and Sullivan Society. The family returned to Australia when she was a young child and she grew up in Melbourne, where she attended Syndal South Primary School and Korowa Anglican Girls' School. She began to take singing lessons at the age of twelve and also learnt piano, flute and guitar. In 1982 Prior started studying for a Bachelor of Music degree at the Melbourne State College (which later became a faculty of the University of Melbourne). To raise money, she worked in coffee shops and tried busking. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina Poplavskaya
Marina Poplavskaya (russian: Марина Поплавская, links=no; born September 1977) is a Russian operatic soprano. Her repertoire includes leading roles in operas of the Romantic era; she is particularly known for her performances in the operas of Verdi. Early life and training Born in Moscow and educated at the Ippolitov-Ivanov State Music Institute there with professor Peter Tarasov, she sang in the children's chorus of the Bolshoi Theatre from the age of 10. She became a soloist at Moscow's Novaya Opera Theatre, where she performed during 1996–98, and where she was mentored by its founder Yevgeny Kolobov. Career Poplavskaya performed as a soloist during 2001–2004 at the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre, and debuted at the Bolshoi Theatre in 2003 as Ann Truelove in Stravinsky's ''The Rake's Progress''; the next year at the Bolshoi she sang Maria in Tchaikovsky's '' Mazeppa''. In 2005 her association with the Royal Opera, Lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina Pierro
Marina Pierro (born 9 October 1956, or 1960) is an Italian actress, model, writer, and film director, who is best known for her artistic relationship with Polish filmmaker Walerian Borowczyk (1923-2006). Pierro and Borowczyk's collaboration lasted approximately ten years and comprised five completed films and one foray into episodic television. Pierro has been described as an "erotic icon of auteur cinema" and she has referred to herself as Walerian Borowczyk's muse. Michael Brooke, a writer specializing in European cinema and an enthusiast of Borowczyk's films, has suggested the importance of Pierro in evaluating the director's work: For '' Redeemer'' magazine in 1993, Peter Tombs wrote, Of her relationship with Borowczyk, Pierro herself stated, Early life, meeting Borowczyk, and ''Behind Convent Walls'' Marina Pierro was born in Boscotrecase in the Campanese region of Italy. Various sources give 1956 and 1960 as the year of her birth. Pierro spent her childhood and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
