Marina Anderson

Short Biography

Marina Anderson - dual citizen (American-Canadian). Noted actress, voice-over artist, writer, producer, designer makeup artist, acting teacher and coach, personal manager and career consultant. For over 35 years, Marina has ventured in practically every facet of the entertainment industry in front of and behind the camera.She was singly responsible via her efforts as personal manager and publicist, for resurrecting the career of actor David Carradine (her now, ex-husband), which culminated with his being cast in Quentin Tarrantino`s film Kill Bill. It was Marina who befriended and introduced Tarrantino to Carradine, which ultimately led to his being cast in the film. During their six years together, her life and career with Carradine has been highly publicized worldwide. It was publicly acknowledged that Marina was the sole motivating factor of his sobriety after many years of alcohol abuse (E! True Hollywood Stories and E! Hollywood Wives Tales). Marina combined her skills to rebuild his career as well as pursuing her own.During this time and throughout her career, Marina has been cast in unique and diverse starring, recurring, supporting roles in many independent feature films. Her talents as a skilled, versatile character actress were showcased in many comedic and dramatic films and television shows where she displayed chameleon like qualities in roles from murderers to moms, attorneys to bimbos. She has achieved notoriety and recognition in her own right within the indie movie circuit as well as prime-time mainstream distribution. Her talents have lent themselves to hosting, reporting and other journalistic ventures as well.Marina was cast as the co-lead in an episode of the new 2009 series Unsolved for NBC Universal. She also has appearances on Ghost Whisperer, Desperate Housewives, Side Order of Life, 12 Miles of Bad Road, Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip, Pure Pwnage, and co-lead in Sophie Chase, which was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Achievement In Video Content For Non-Traditional Delivery Platforms (New Media - iPod, Broadband)in addition to several press articles, which include Lulu, her Collie.Other credits include Licensed To Wed, Wild Hogs, Rendition Sex & Mrs."X" (for Lifetime opposite Linda Hamilton), Macon County Jail (Ally Sheedy and David Carradine), Kiss Of A Stranger (opposite Mariel Hemmingway), My Little Hollywood (Sylvester and Frank Stallone, Dennis Hopper), Naked Movie (Christian Slater, Tori Spelling), Shepherd and Natural Selection (supporting with David Carradine, Michael Bowen, Bob Balaban), The Donor (starring Marina), American Reel, Puzzle In The Air, Zoo, Dangerous Curves (Marina co-lead).Previous credits include starring and supporting roles in many television shows, feature films, commercials and voice-overs include three films directed by Walter Hill (Brewster`s Millions, Johnny Handsome, Crossroads) and 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould (which won Canada`s equivalent to the Oscars, directed by The Red Violin award winning French-Canadian Francois Gerard), Dynasty, Cagney & Lacey, Seinfeld, Amazing Stories, Forever Knight and more.In 1990, Marina returned to acting and moved to Toronto, Canada, where she received her dual citizenship , wrote and developed comedy projects as well as guest starred in many Canadian-American TV and film projects (as Marina Anderson). It was there in Toronto, where Marina had recurring guest star roles on the show Kung Fu, The Legend Continues, where she met Carradine (1992). They did not start their relationship until 1995.On February 20, 1998, Marina and David were married in a highly publicized ceremony on Laramie Street of the Warner Bros. Studio`s Western street back lot where they first met in the 70s. David was filming the original series Kung Fu and Marina was taking acting classes located on the lot. Marina divorced David December 12, 2001 and changed her name to Coco d`Este for a time.Marina enjoys working on the other side of the camera and for over 15 years at practically every studio in town in just about every capacity from production assistant to Executive Assistant of company`s CEO`s to producing. In the 70s, Marina co-owned American Biograph Production Company, where she held the position VP of Production and was the youngest producer at that time to join the Academy of TV Arts and Sciences. The company produced commercials and live-action promotions for record companies such as Motown and Warner Bros.Freelancing in other areas, Marina has held the positions of: Script Analyst for ShowTime-Viacom, makeup artist (specializing in glamour makeovers, personal makeup artist to celebrities such as Yoko Ono), Director of Publicity for various companies, freelance journalist and screenwriter. to owning her own basket decorating company (The Basket Lady) which sold hand-painted and porcelain one-of-a-kind creations across the country and Canada. She has worked as Director of Publici