---
name: "Marina de Tavira"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/marina-de-tavira"
fi1m_id: "marina-de-tavira"
imdb_id: "nm0211920"
tmdb_id: 78883
wikidata_id: "Q15833967"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 November 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:59:33.244042+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Marina de Tavira

## Identity

Marina de Tavira

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marina-de-tavira
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marina-de-tavira
- **IMDb ID:** nm0211920
- **TMDB ID:** 78883
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15833967
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_de_Tavira, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15833967, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0211920/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78883

Actor. Born 30 November 1974 in Mexico City, Mexico.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 November 1974, Mexico City, Mexico
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_de_Tavira, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15833967, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0211920/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78883

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Roma*](https://film.one/film/roma.md) (86)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Marina de Tavira

> Marina de Tavira makes emotional strain readable without insisting on our sympathy. We value the restraint of her Sofía in *Roma*, and the willingness of an experienced stage actor to work quietly within an ensemble.

In *Roma* (2018), Marina de Tavira plays Sofía as someone whose feelings are not all immediately available to us. The emotional strain is there, but she does not make a display of explaining it. We were moved by that restraint, because it lets Sofía remain a complicated person rather than reducing her to her distress. De Tavira is good at this kind of work, making a supporting character matter without demanding that the film stop to admire the performance.

Her substantial theatre work includes leading parts in plays by Harold Pinter and David Mamet, and she founded Incidente Teatro with theatre director Enrique Singer. An early screen role was Andrea in Rodrigo Plá's *The Zone* (2007), before *Roma* brought international attention. The useful connection between those careers is her ability to adjust: Cuarón's ensemble includes non-professional actors, and she can work alongside them without making the difference in experience distracting. Theatre has remained part of her work as a performer and producer.

Cuarón's patient approach suits her, though our recommendation of *Roma* rests chiefly on Yalitza Aparicio. The careful compositions sometimes keep us at a distance, and we would not pretend that de Tavira's performance removes that reservation. She makes Sofía's difficulties register within a film that keeps the housekeeper at its centre, without competing for equal attention. We would happily see more directors give her that sort of space, provided quietness is not all they ask of her.

The work after *Roma* includes Carolina in *This Is Not Berlin* (2019) and Tamara Sylvan in *Reminiscence* (2021), her first major English-language Hollywood film role. Our interest is in seeing her given more characters whose feelings need not be announced at once, with directors prepared to let her take her time. Start with *Roma*, with patience for its pace and some attention to Sofía.

## Biography

Marina de Tavira is a Mexican actress whose career has developed primarily on the stage, where she has performed in more than twenty plays with leading directors, alongside work in film and television.

She is known internationally for portraying Sofía in Alfonso Cuarón's *Roma* (2018). For this role she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress and won the Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress. Other film credits include *This Is Not Berlin* (2019) as Carolina and *Reminiscence* (2021) as Tamara Sylvan.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, marinadetavira.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Roma* (2018), Fi1m 86, as Sofía — [page](https://film.one/film/roma.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Forever Your Maternal Animal* (2026), as Isabel
- *The Freshly Cut Grass* (2024), as Natalia
- *Heartbeat* (2023), as Leonor
- *Carmen* (2023), as Opening Voice Over (voice)
- *Now and Then* (2022), series, as Ana
- *Reminiscence* (2021), as Tamara Sylvan
- *Heaven of Invention* (2020), as Mother
- *This Is Not Berlin* (2019), as Carolina
- *Roma* (2018), as Sofía — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/roma.md)
- *Falco* (2018), series, as Carolina
- *Mist of Guilt* (2018), as Amanda
- *Cómplices* (2018), as Teresa D'Ors
- *How to Break Up with Your Douchebag* (2017), as Mamá Amanda
- *Ana and Bruno* (2017), as Carmen
- *Illusions S.A.* (2015), as Helena
- *Richness of Internal Space* (2013), as Josefa
- *Against the Wind* (2011), as Lizeta
- *Speed of Glory* (2010), as Julieta
- *Nora's Will* (2008), as Young Nora Kurtz
- *Casi divas* (2008), as Model
- *Capadocia* (2008), series, Actor
- *Love, Pain and Vice Versa* (2008), as Marcela
- *The Zone* (2007), as Andrea
- *S.O.S.: Sexo y otros Secretos* (2007), series, as Pamela
- *Personal Effects* (2006), as Marina
- *A Good Death Beats a Dull Life* (2006), as Tere
- *A Wonderful World* (2006), as Enfermera Guapa
- *El Color de la Luz*, as Verónica

## Gallery

- ![Marina de Tavira](https://film.one/media/person/126338/gallery-0fec1cf1d983.jpg) Marina de Tavira — John Sears, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Marina_de_Tavira_at_2026_Cannes_Film_Festival_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Marina_de_Tavira_at_2026_Cannes_Film_Festival_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Daniela Marín Navarro, Mariangel Villegas, Marina de Tavira at 2026 Cannes Film Festival, at the world premiere of Forever Your Maternal Animal](https://film.one/media/person/126338/gallery-89b1941691ac.jpg) Daniela Marín Navarro, Mariangel Villegas, Marina de Tavira at 2026 Cannes Film Festival, at the world premiere of Forever Your Maternal Animal — John Sears, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Daniela_Mar%C3%ADn_Navarro%2C_Mariangel_Villegas%2C_Marina_de_Tavira_at_2026_Cannes_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Daniela_Mar%C3%ADn_Navarro%2C_Mariangel_Villegas%2C_Marina_de_Tavira_at_2026_Cannes_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jueves 13 de diciembre de 2018. En el Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris, se proyectó la película Roma, del director Alfonso Cuarón, que contó con la presencia ](https://film.one/media/person/126338/gallery-9f07b4e675ed.jpg) Jueves 13 de diciembre de 2018. En el Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris, se proyectó la película Roma, del director Alfonso Cuarón, que contó con la presencia  — Milton Martínez / Secretaría de Cultura de la Ciudad de México, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Elenco_de_la_pel%C3%ADcula_Roma.jpg/1280px-Elenco_de_la_pel%C3%ADcula_Roma.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Daniela Marín Navarro, Mariangel Villegas, Marina de Tavira at 2026 Cannes Film Festival, at the world premiere of Forever Your Maternal Animal](https://film.one/media/person/126338/gallery-410ae26b807c.jpg) Daniela Marín Navarro, Mariangel Villegas, Marina de Tavira at 2026 Cannes Film Festival, at the world premiere of Forever Your Maternal Animal — John Sears, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Kim_Picado_Guti%C3%A9rrez%2C_Daniela_Mar%C3%ADn_Navarro%2C_Mariangel_Villegas%2C_Marina_de_Tavira_at_2026_Cannes_Film_Festival_01.jpg/1280px-Kim_Picado_Guti%C3%A9rrez%2C_Daniela_Mar%C3%ADn_Navarro%2C_Mariangel_Villegas%2C_Marina_de_Tavira_at_2026_Cannes_Film_Festival_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Marina de Tavira](https://film.one/media/person/126338/gallery-2bc69ebb3732.jpg) Marina de Tavira — Image via TMDB
- ![Marina de Tavira](https://film.one/media/person/126338/gallery-e29c6eacedd2.jpg) Marina de Tavira — Image via TMDB
- ![Marina de Tavira](https://film.one/media/person/126338/gallery-07406a7654fe.jpg) Marina de Tavira — Image via TMDB
- ![Jueves 13 de diciembre de 2018 En el Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris, se proyectó la película Roma, del director Alfonso Cuarón, que contó con la presencia J](https://film.one/media/person/126338/gallery-c1a547f6d998.jpg) Jueves 13 de diciembre de 2018 En el Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris, se proyectó la película Roma, del director Alfonso Cuarón, que contó con la presencia J — Secretaría de Cultura Ciudad de México from México, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/MX_MM_PROYECCI%C3%93N_DE_ROMA_%2831374009897%29.jpg/1280px-MX_MM_PROYECCI%C3%93N_DE_ROMA_%2831374009897%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Miércoles 7 de noviembre de 2018. Previo a la entrega de los Premios Fénix 2018, actores, actrices, elencos de las películas y series nominadas, pasaron por la ](https://film.one/media/person/126338/gallery-b49f70994b05.jpg) Miércoles 7 de noviembre de 2018. Previo a la entrega de los Premios Fénix 2018, actores, actrices, elencos de las películas y series nominadas, pasaron por la  — Milton Martínez / Secretaría de Cultura CDMX, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Marina_de_Tavira.jpg/1280px-Marina_de_Tavira.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Marina de Tavira](https://film.one/media/person/126338/gallery-7e22756939a6.jpg) Marina de Tavira — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2019: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *Roma*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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