Biografia
Marina Palmier is a seasoned American actress and award-winning writer/director. She has performed in hundreds of stage and screen projects, collaborating with renowned directors such as Lasse Hallstrom, Shawn Levy, and Blake Edwards. As a protective mother, she portrayed characters shielding their children from threats, including the murderer Tim Daly in the controversial NBC film Witness to the Execution, advised John Spencer on foreign policy in The West Wing, and prosecuted Lea Thompson in the NBC film The Unspoken Truth, among others. Fluent in both English and Spanish, Marina seamlessly transitions between Anglo and Latina roles, notably playing an upscale Anglo mayor in ABC’s Threat Matrix and a recurring upscale Latina mayor on Disney Channel’s In A Heartbeat. Her impressive television credits include appearances on Harry's Law, Desperate Housewives, CSI Miami, Beverly Hills 90210, West Wing, and ER. Variety praised her performance in the CBS film The Absolute Truth, starring Bruce Greenwood and Jane Seymour, stating, "Marina Gonzalez Palmier turns in a solid performance as a strong woman haunted by her past."
Marina was selected for the prestigious American Film Institute Directing Workshop for Women. Her script, White Like the Moon, which explores prejudice and colorism within the Latin community, was chosen from thousands of submissions. Her directorial debut, White Like the Moon, earned numerous awards, including Best Short Film at the New York Latino Festival, honors from The Los Angeles Imagine Foundation, The Chicago International Children's Film Festival, the Eastman Kodak Prize, and was broadcast on HBO.
On stage, Marina has appeared in numerous new and classical productions across Los Angeles. Notable roles include You Can Call Me Eve at Write Act Theater, Bianca in Othello directed by Ted Lange at The Inner City Cultural Center, Epic Proportions at Avery Schreiber Theater, and Madre at Theater Theater. Her one-act plays have been produced at Los Angeles venues such as Towne Street Theater (African American Ensemble), Write Act Rep, Lonny Chapman’s Group Rep, Neo Ensemble, and Fierce Backbone. Her one-act comedy, Maria Conchita Alfonso Alfonso Alfonso, which she wrote and starred in, centers on a glamorous Latina star clinging to her youth by seducing a young aspiring Latino actor, and played to sold-out audiences at The Hollywood Fringe Festival.
