Biography

Marina Soloyan (born in 2002, Moscow) before becoming a theater director dreamed of becoming an actress, and studied for 6 years and played in the "Shahnazar" theater group and puppet theater. At the age of 15, her collection of poems Sunrise was published. Her stories and essays were published in Ardi.am, 17.am, Yerevanian Sketchner, Andin magazines and literary newspapers. When the Public Television Company started a historical TV film about Armenian queens, she played the character of Queen Katranide. She has been working as an actress and photo model since 17 years old. Soloyan is an actress of the Yerevan State Puppet Theater. In 2024, she graduated from the Yerevan State Theater and Film Institute (as a film director). She is the author of a number of films. Her short film The River Flows and the Girl Lives took part in the “Sunrise”, “Kin”, Yerevan film festivals and “Rolan” children's and youth FF, and won 3 awards. She is the screenwriter of the "Kino 21" TV project․ Together with the Visual Innovation Studio she shot a short documentary on the post-war theme Flight from the Hospital.