Marina Benedict | |
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Occupation | Actress, Choreographer, Dancer, Singer |
Years active | 1998–present |
Marina Benedict is a multi-award winning actress. She is best known for her starring role on the Golden Globe Award Nominated Flesh and Bone as the edgy and charismatic force of nature Toni Cannava, her starring role on "Prison Break (miniseries)" as the terrifying, crazed & fearless villainess A&W, her award nominated lead on ER as the undaunted Lois Landry, where she gave voice to the dignity and integrity of a young women with the courage to live her truth in the face of great adversity, her recurring lead role as the duplicitous and dangerous CIA mole on Torchwood: Miracle Day as Charlotte Wills and for her magnetic role as the ruthless and seductive Head of Russian Counter-Intelligence on Burn Notice as Colonel Oksana Zhirkov.
Marina was the lead singer in BMG's cutting edge pop group 5 NY that toured throughout Europe and received a Billboard Top 40 hit in Germany.
Marina Benedict attended but never graduated from the Cornish College of the Arts. Marina became an instructor at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in 2003. She is currently the Associate Chair of the Dance Department.