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- Karina Razumovskaya was born in St.Petersburg, Russia (ex Leningrad, USSR). Karina had her first taste of filming at age 5 when she joined the 'Tormozhenie v nebesakh' movie for an episode. Later, she began her professional training as a student at St.Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy. Graduating in 2004, Karina became a member of the troupe at the Russian State Academic Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater.
- Karina Andolenko is known for Ryabinovyy vals (2010), Russian Beauty (2015) and Rozy dlya Elzy (2009).
- Anna Banshchikova was born on 24 January 1975 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. She is an actress, known for Forsaken (2018), Piranha (2006) and Ty u menya odna (1993). She has been married to Vsevolod Shakhanov since March 2007. They have three children. She was previously married to Maksim Leonidov.
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Elena Korikova was born on 12 April 1972 in Tobolsk, Tyumenskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Lady Into Lassie (1995), Mu-Mu (1998) and Alice Underground (1999).- Emiliya Spivak was born on 18 November 1981 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. She is an actress, known for Zhest (2006), Streets of Broken Lights (1998) and Pridel angela (2008).
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Kseniya Rappoport was born on 25 March 1974 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. She is an actress and director, known for The Double Hour (2009), The Unknown Woman (2006) and Yurev den (2008). She is married to Dmitriy Borisov.- Oksana Fandera was born on 7 November 1967 in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for Statskiy sovetnik (2005), Brothel Lights (2011) and Pro lyuboff (2010). She has been married to Filipp Yankovskiy since 1990. They have two children.
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Masha Mashkova was born on 19 April 1985 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress and producer, known for Mafia: Game of Survival (2016), Masha from Russia (2018) and Goryachie novosti (2009). She has been married to Sacha Seberg since 11 May 2012. They have two children. She was previously married to Artyom Semakin.- Chulpan Khamatova is an internationally acclaimed film and stage actress and well-known philanthropist who left Moscow following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and took permanent residency in Latvia.
She was born Chulpan Nailyevna Khamatova on October 1, 1975, in Kazan, Tatarstan Republic, Russia. She is an ethnic Tatar. Her name means "morning star" in Tatar language. Her mother, Marina Galimullovna Khamatova, was an engineer. Her father Nail Khamatov, was also an engineer and a managing director of a firm in Tatarstan, Russia.
Young Khamatova was a professionally trained figure skater. She suffered from a back trauma after a fall on ice; after that she quit figure skating, but continued roller-skating. She also had a gift for mathematics and studied at the prestigious School of Mathematics in Kazan. Then she studied for one semester at business school of Kazan University, but became bored and decided to change her career and entered the Kazan School of Theatre. From 1995-1998 Khamatova studied acting at the State Institute of Theatrical Arts (GITIS) in Moscow, and graduated from the class of Aleksei Borodin in 1998 as an actress.
Khamatova was a third year student at GITIS when she made her film debut in the role of Katya in Vadim Abdrashitov's film Vremya tantsora (1998). She won critical acclaim in Russia after playing a female lead in Country of the Deaf (1998). Soon she gained international attention after starring as Mamlakat opposite Moritz Bleibtreu in Luna Papa (1999) by director Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov, which became a "quiet masterpiece" in Germany as well as in Russia. Khamatova's effortless style shines in a variety of her film characters ranging from farcical Lara in Good Bye Lenin! (2003), to charming seductress Nelly in 72 metra (2004), to passionate and sophisticated Lara in Doctor Zhivago, a Russian TV-series based on the eponymous book by Boris Pasternak.
Chulpan Khamatova became one of the most celebrated young actresses of Russian theatre and cinema. She was designated Honorable artist of Russia. In 2004 Khamatova was awarded State Prize by Russian president Vladimir Putin for her achievements in acting. From 1998 to 2022, she was a permanent member of Sovremennik Theatre in Moscow under directorship of Galina Volchek and other directors. Her stage and film partners has been such actors as Sergey Shakurov, Dina Korzun, Valentin Gaft, Inna Churikova, Sergey Garmash, Marina Neyolova, Elena Yakovleva and other notable Russian actors. From 2008 to 2022, Khamatova collaborated with the Theatre of Nations in Moscow. From 1995 to 2002 Khamatova was married to her class-mate, a fellow actor Ivan Volkov, their daughter, named Arina, was born in 2002. She was in relationship with a Russian émigré, actor-dancer Aleksei Dubinin with whom she has daughter Alina, born in 2003. Her third daughter, Iya Shein, was born in 2010. Besides her native Russian and Tatar, Chulpan Khamatova is fluent in German and English.
In 2006, Khamatova was a member of the six-person jury at the 63rd Venice Film Festival headed by French actress Catherine Deneuve. Chulpan Khamatova has been one of the leading figures for charitable causes in Russia. Since 2005 Khamatova and her fellow Russian actors started a charitable initiative "Podari Zhizn" for the benefit of children suffering from leukemia.
In March 2022, Chulpan Khamatova with her three daughters left Russia and gave an interview saying that she has gone into exile in Latvia, because of Russian war in Ukraine. Khamatova bought a house and settled in a suburb of Riga, the capital city of Latvia. In March 2022, Chulpan Khamatova became a permanent member of the troupe at the New Riga Theatre upon invitation from Alvis Hermanis, artistic director of the company. She also made appearances on Latvian TV and made public speeches at anti-war protests in Riga, Latvia. Khamatova is learning Latvian, her three daughters are also adjusting to the new life in Europe. - Ekaterina Nikitina was born on 18 July 1977 in the USSR. She is an actress, known for Tayny dvortsovykh perevorotov (2000), Zhenshchiny v igre bez pravil (2004) and Saga drevnikh bulgar. Skazanie Olgi Svyatoy (2005).
- Olga Budina was born on 22 February 1975 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Romanovy: Ventsenosnaya semya (2000), The Idiot (2003) and Bayazet (2003). She was previously married to Aleksandr Naumov.
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Evgeniy Pronin was born on 8 November 1980 in Klimovsk, Moskovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Podolsk, Russia]. He is an actor and producer, known for Other plans, Nebo v ogne (2010) and Kontora (2006). He was previously married to Ekaterina Kuznetsova.- Actor
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Alexander Petrov was born in a small town Pereslavl-Zalesskiy, Russia. During school years he played for the national football team. After leaving school he entered the University of Pereslavl the Faculty of Economics. During his studies he took part in cultural events of the city: KVN (Game show - Club of Funny and Inventive People), Student Council, a theatre studio «Anterpise» under Veronika Ivanenko's direction. At the Theatre Festival in the town Pohvistnevo (Samarskiy region) he met the teachers from Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS) at workshops.
After the Festival he left the University of Pereslavl and moved to Moscow to become a student of GITIS (Theatre Academy), the class of Leonid Heifetz in 2008. Since the second year he has begun acting in films. His first role was in TV-show «Voices» directed by Nana Jorjadze, an Oscar nominee in 1997. His first leading role that brought him first success was in TV-series Poka tsvetet paporotnik (directed by Evgeniy Bedarev) in 2012. While studying in GITIS he starred in 10 films.
Right after graduating from GITIS he was accepted to the Moscow Theater «Et Cetera» under Alexander Kalyagin's direction. He played Graziano in Shylock («The Merchant of Venice») on the touring stage of Riga Russian Drama Theater. Five months after, he was invited to Ermolova's Moscow Theater run by Oleg Menshikov to rehearse Hamlet directed by Valeriy Sarkisov, premiered in December, 2013. «Hamlet» has been the most sold-out performance in the theater ever since.
In the end of 2014, the head of Moscow Pushkin Theater - Evgeniy Pisarev and director Vladimir Mirzoyev offered him a role of Lopakhin in «Cherry Orchard» by Chekhov.
In 2015 he played the lead in Fartsa TV-series - one of the first Russian TV-series ever streamed on Netflix. Also he played a charming police officer Grisha Izmailov in TV-series Politseyskiy s Rublyovki v Beskudnikovo (2017) (directed by Ilya Kulikov) viewed by millions and got him famous nationally.
In November 2016 he created his first one-man dramatic show TOBEBORNAGAIN that was always a sold out show until its closure.
In 2017 he starred in Prityazhenie by Fedor Bondarchuk which had an outstanding success in Russia (box office - more than 18 million USD). The film was released worldwide. Gogol' (2017), where he also played the lead - russian famous writer Nikolay Gogol, became the first TV-series in the world screened in cinemas. It won an award at the festival of the Indie Gathering International Film Festival and was awarded at the Accolade Global Film Competition in the «Award of Excellence» category.
In 2017 he starred in his first international movie - «Anna» - a film by Luc Besson, released in 2019.
During the next few years he starred in a number of movies that topped the box office in Russia and were released worldwide.
In summer 2020 during the world pandemic he starred in his second international project «Man of god» filmed in Greece.
Prizes and Awards:- Event of the Year of The Hollywood Reporter Magazine 2015 - Audience Award for Achievements in Film and Television Industry
- GQ Magazine Man of the Year Awards 2018 - Actor of the Year
- Golden Eagle Awards 2019 (winner) - Best TV Actor - Drama Series («Sparta»)
- Event of the Year of The Hollywood Reporter Magazine - Best Actor («Text»)
- Golden Eagle Awards 2020 (winner) - Best Actor - Motion Picture («Text»)
- Pavel Priluchnyy was born on 5 November 1987 in Chimkent, Chimkentskaya oblast, Kazakh SSR, USSR [now Shymkent, Ongtustik Qazaqstan oblysy, Kazakhstan]. He is an actor, known for Silver Spoon (2014), Zakrytaya shkola (2011) and Hooked (2009). He has been married to Zepyur Brutyan since 2022. They have one child. He was previously married to Agata Mutsenietse.
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Pavel Derevyanko was born on 2 July 1976 in Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor, known for Podelniki (2021), Fortress of War (2010) and Catherine the Great (2015).- Evgeniy Tsyganov was born on 15 March 1979 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor and director, known for The Man Who Surprised Everyone (2018), Rayskie kushchi (2015) and Battle for Sevastopol (2015).
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Darya Moroz was born on 1 September 1983 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. She is an actress and producer, known for The Fool (2014), Live and Remember (2008) and Tochka (2006).- Anna Snatkina was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR to Aleksei Snatkin and Elena Snatkina. She is the oldest child in her family and has a younger sister.
At age 4, Anna did gymnastics.
In 2004, Anna graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography.
Anna is married and has a daughter. She lives and works in Moscow, Russia. - Yuliya Zimina is known for Krasnyy 5 (2022), Nu, zdravstvuy, Oksana Sokolova! (2018) and Blakitna Suknya (2016).
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As a teenager, she graduated from the modeling school. In secondary school her studies were mediocre, but for the last few years learning everything caught up due to coaching. Because of this, Elizaveta acquired two foreign languages - English and German. The graduating class decided to enter the branch of "Public relations" of the Faculty of Journalism at Saint Petersburg State University. Visiting the opening of the academic theater "On Mokhovoy" and several productions Theatre Lensoveta, Elizaveta decided to enter the Theatre Institute. As she later recalled Boyarskaya, parents did not dissuade her from such a choice, but warned "About all the undercurrents".
Since 2006 - the actress of the Maly Drama Theatre (Theatre of Europe) in St. Petersburg.
Elizaveta a few months to prepare for entry into the Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy under Lev Dodin's mastery. He received the Presidential Scholarship. Graduated SPbGATI in 2007.- Actress
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Svetlana Khodchenkova is a Russian actress, known for her roles in Bless the Woman (2003) and in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011).
She was born Svetlana Viktorovna Khodchenkova on January 21, 1983, in Moscow and spent her childhood in Zheleznodorozhny, a small city about 6 miles east of Moscow, Russia. She was raised by a single mother, attended a public school, and once dreamed of becoming a medical doctor.
In 1998, at the age of 15, she started a career as a fashion model in Moscow, and also made a few international gigs. In 2000 she began her studies at the Moscow Institute of World Economics, but quit in favor of acting. From 2001 to 2005 she studied acting at the Shchukin Theatrical School of the Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow. There she attended the class of Nina Doroshina and Alekandr Lyubimtsev, graduating in 2005 as actress.
While a student, she starred in films of directors Stanislav Govorukhin, and Viktor Merezhko, and also appeared in popular Russian TV series. In 2008, she earned the best actress award at Gdynya Polish Film Festival, for the leading role in Mala Moskwa (2008). In 2012, she won COFCA Award for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011).
On December 13, 2005, she married her classmate, actor Vladimir Yaglych, and also took her husband's name, changing her name from Svetlana Khodchenkova to Svetlana Yaglych.The couple married on the 13th on purpose; because all their filming contracts were signed on the 13th, they believed that 13 would keep working as a good number for them. However, their marriage did not last, ending in divorce.
Svetlana has been involved in several stage productions of Independent stage project in Moscow. She made stellar appearances in such plays, as "Moulin Rouge Hospital" and "Theatre with and without rules" earning herself much critical acclaim.
Outside of her acting profession, Svetlana is skilled in horse-back riding. She is also fond of winter sports, such as alpine skiing: she practiced her downhill at the ski resort of Courchevel, France.- Ekaterina Vilkova was born on 11 July 1984 in Gorkiy, Gorkovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhniy Novgorod, Nizhegorodskaya oblast, Russia]. She is an actress, known for Hipsters (2008), Black Lightning (2009) and The Three Musketeers (2013). She has been married to Ilya Lyubimov since 1 May 2011. They have two children.
- Glafira Tarkhanova was born on 9 November 1983 in Elektrostal, Moskovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Izmeny (2015), Gibel imperii (2005) and Khronika Ada (2006). She has been married to Aleksey Faddeev since 2005. They have four children.
- Mariya Gorban was born on 26 December 1986 in Izhevsk, Udmurtskaya ASSR, RSFSR, USSR [now Udmurtia, Russia]. She is an actress, known for The Kitchen (2012), Belyakovy v otpuske and Zhenshchiny protiv muzhchin: Krymskie kanikuly (2018). She has been married to Kirill Zotkin since July 2016. She was previously married to Oleg Filatov.
- Yulia Kokryatskaya is known for Sledstvennyy komitet (SK) (2011), Selskiy uchitel (2015) and Selfi na pamyat' (2019).
- Lyubov Tolkalina was born on 16 February 1978 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Once Upon a Time in the Provinces (2008), Antikiller (2002) and Antikiller 2: Antiterror (2003).
- Svetlana Zelenkovskaya is known for Stealing Belmondo (2012), Zvyozdniy vors (2012) and PiraMMMida (2011).
- Anna Gorshkova was born on 28 November 1983. She is an actress, known for Dneprovskiy rubezh (2009), Dorogaya Masha Berezina (2005) and Poor Anastasia (2003). She was previously married to Mikhail Borschyov.
- Ekaterina Molokhovskaya was born in the city of Polotsk in Belarus. Graduated from the Shchepkin Theater Institute in Moscow (2009) . Ekaterina quickly became popular thanks to her main roles in the theater (the Gogol Theater, now the Gogol Center). Playing on the stage of the Independent Theater Project (Atelier Theater). She starred in several feature films and hyper-popular TV series, including the series Univer.
- Natalya Gromushkina was born on 29 September 1975 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Ya kukla (2002), Ryadom s nami (2016) and Chto nuzhno zhenshchine... (2000). She has been married to Ilya Obolonkov since 6 July 2012. They have one child. She was previously married to Aleksandr Domogarov.
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Marina Alexandrova is known for Nomadenkinder (2008) and Verstohlene Blicke (2008).- Olga Arntgolts was born on 18 March 1982 in Kaliningrad, Kaliningradskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for In the Forests and the Mountains (2010), Sluga Gosudarev (2007) and Gloss (2007). She was previously married to Vakhtang Beridze.
- Tatyana Arntgolts was born on 18 March 1982 in Kaliningrad, Kaliningradskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Monakh (2017), Brak po zaveshchaniyu (2010) and The Photographer (2014). She has been married to Mark Bogatyryov since 2020. She was previously married to Ivan Zhidkov.
- Olga Yevtushenko is known for Pionerka Meri Pikford (1996) and Syshchik s plokhim kharakterom (2001).
- Elena Panova was born on 9 June 1977 in Arkhangelsk, Arkhangelskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Dark World (2010), Plagiator and The Fool (2014). She has been married to Anton Megerdichev since 2011. They have two children.
- Kseniya Kutepova was born on 1 August 1971 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Puteshestvie s domashnimi zhivotnymi (2007), Beanpole (2019) and The Blackout (2019). She is married to Sergey Osipyan. They have two children.
- Polina Kutepova was born on 1 August 1971 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Umirat legko (1999), Pelagiya i belyy buldog (2009) and Chudo (2009). She is married to Yevgeni Kamenkovich. They have one child.
- Ekaterina Klimova was born on 24 January 1978 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for My iz budushchego 2 (2010), Farewell in June (2003) and We Are from the Future (2008). She was previously married to Gela Meskhi, Igor Petrenko and Ilya Khoroshilov.
- Anna Bolshova was born on 21 January 1976 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Space Dogs (2010), Svakha (2007) and Eger (2004). She has been married to Aleksandr Makarenko since January 2007. They have one child. She was previously married to Anton Kanayev.
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Polina Eugenyevna Sidikhina was born on October 26, 1988 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR to actors Evgeniy Sidikhin and Tatyana Borkovskaya. She has two younger sister.
Polina graduated from Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy in 2010.
Sidikhina play in theaters and films since 2001.
She was never married, has no children and lives and works in Saint Petersburg, Russia.- Katerina Shpitsa was born on 29 October 1985 in Perm, Permskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Permskiy kray, Russia]. She is an actress, known for Metro (2013), Moya Mama Robot (2021) and Flight Crew (2016). She was previously married to Konstantin Adaev.
- Darya Kalmykova was born on 4 March 1983. She is an actress, known for O lyubvi v lyubuyu pogodu (2004), Pereputannye (2019) and And I Was There (2016). She has been married to Aleksandr Mokhov since 2003. They have one child.
- Vera Sotnikova was born on 19 July 1960 in Stalingrad, Stalingradskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Volgograd, Volgogradskaya oblast, Russia]. She is an actress, known for Byron: Ballad for a Daemon (1992), Koroleva Margo (1996) and Teve-molochnik (1985).
- Olga Khokhlova was born on 15 February 1988 in Former USSR. She is an actress, known for Tsvetok dyavola (2010), Vina (2022) and ZAGS (2013).
- Svetlana Antonova was born on 10 December 1979 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Piranha (2006), Morskoy patrul 2 (2009) and Na kryuchke! (2011). She is married to Aleksandr Zhigalkin. They have two children. She was previously married to Oleg Dolin.
- Natalya Shvets was born on 28 March 1979 in Sevastopol, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Sputnik (2020), Rasputin (2011) and Slide (2013).
- Polina Maksimova was born on 12 July 1989 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for 257 Reasons to Live (2020), Priklyucheniya v tridesyatom tsarstve (2010) and Adam i Eva (2024).
- Mariya Lugovaya was born on 23 July 1987 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. She is an actress, known for Better Than Us (2018), Dead Mountain (2020) and Ne zhenskoe delo (2014). She has been married to Sergey Lavygin since 25 January 2020. They have one child.
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Marina Petrenko was born on 19 January 1987 in Simferopol, Ukraine. She is an actress and producer, known for Hooked (2009), Chelovek niotkuda (2023) and Detoks.- Actress
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Elvira Bolgova was born on 28 December 1975 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR. She is an actress and director, known for Geroy nashego vremeni (2006), Street Racer (2008) and Chuzhaya doch (2018). She is married to Anton Ananyin. They have one child. She was previously married to Kirill.- Olga Lomonosova was born on 18 May 1978 in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for Kobra. Antiterror (2003), Better Than Us (2018) and Pro zhenu, mechtu i eshche odnu... (2013).
- Ekaterina Vulichenko was born on 8 June 1980 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for The State Counsellor (2005), The Source of Snakes (1997) and The Star (2002). She has been married to Marat since April 2017. They have one child. She was previously married to Denis Trifonov.
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Anna Starshenbaum was born on 26 April 1989 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress and producer, known for The Three Musketeers (2013), Detyam do 16... (2010) and Sansara (2023). She has been married to Aleksey Bardukov since 2009. They have one child.- Oksana Akinshina was born on 19 April 1987 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. She is an actress, known for Lilya 4-Ever (2002), The Bourne Supremacy (2004) and Hipsters (2008). She was previously married to Archil Gelovani and Dmitriy Litvinov.
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Ingeborga Dapkunaite was born on 20 January 1963 in Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, USSR. She is an actress, known for Seven Years in Tibet (1997), Mission: Impossible (1996) and Hannibal Rising (2007).- Actress
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Elena Lyadova was born on 25th on December 1980 in Morshansk, Tambov region, USSR. She is a Russian actress of screen and stage. Elena made her film debut in 2002. She is known for working with top Russian directors, such as Aleksey Uchitel "Dreaming of space" (2005) and Andrey Zvyagintsev "Elena" (2011), "Leviathan" (2014). Elena won National Awards: Golden Eagle (2012 - for supporting role, 2014 - Best Actress), Nika (2012 - for supporting role, 2014 - Best Actress) Other works: Elena is also known for dubbing Maria Bonnevie in "The Banishment" (2007). She also performed in "New York, I love you" (2008), in a part by Andrey Zvyagintsev ("Apocrypha")- Viktoriya Stivina is known for Otets ponevole (2014), Zvezdnyy sud (2023) and Selskiy detektiv. Konus Geograficheskiy (2022).
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Yuliya Melnikova was born on 22 May 1981 in Omsk, Siberia, Russia. She is an actress and director, known for Delo chesti (2013), Grach (2012) and Lyuba (2017).- Aleksandra Ursulyak was born on 4 February 1983 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR. She is an actress, known for My Mother's Penguins (2021), Better Than Us (2018) and Den D (2008). She was previously married to Aleksandr Golubev.
- Lyubov Aksyonova was born on 15 March 1990 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Coma (2019), Moscow Never Sleeps (2017) and Byvshie (2018). She has been married to Pavel Aksyonov since February 2013.
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Anya Chipovskaya was born on 16 June 1987 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for The Road to Calvary (2017), Blokbaster (2017) and The Calculator (2014).- Actress
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Ekaterina Volkova was born on 16 March 1974 in Tomsk, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Pickwick, Olen and Guardians of the Night (2016).- Valeriya Skorokhodova is known for Kontakty (2023), Soguk (2013) and Adrenalin: Odin protiv vsekh (2008).
- Agata Mutsenietse was born on 1 March 1989 in Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR. She is an actress, known for Zakrytaya shkola (2011), Plaksa (2023) and Podval Gospodina Grinberga (2023). She was previously married to Pavel Priluchnyy.
- Anna Vasileva was born on 26 September 1991 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Father Mathew (2014), Geymery (2012) and Dinozavr (2018).
- Alyona Bondarchuk was born on 31 July 1962 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She was an actress, known for Poor Anastasia (2003), I'm Staying (2007) and Parizhskaya drama (1984). She was married to Vitaliy Kryukov. She died on 8 November 2009 in Moscow, Russia.
- Yuliya Svezhakova was born on 10 July 1971 in Kirovo-Chepetsk, Russia, USSR. She is an actress, known for Zvezdochyot (2004), Daleko ot Sanset Bulvara (2006) and Barak (1999).
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Anastasiya Zadorozhnaya was born on 30 August 1985 in Vytegra, Vytegorskiy rayon, Vologodskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (2014), Klub (2006) and Esli nebo molchit (2013).- Olga Medynich was born on 16 December 1981 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. She is an actress, known for Volshebnyy uchastok (2023), Domrabotnitsa (2011) and Uspeshnyy (2024).
- Kseniia Alferova is known for Ya mechtayu podruzhitsya (2020).
- Olga Krasko was born on 30 November 1981 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for The Turkish Gambit (2005), Valeriy Kharlamov. Dopolnitelnoe vremya (2008) and The Signpost to Destiny (2007).
- Yevgeniya Serebrennikova is known for Nas ne dogonish (2007), Rasplata (2014) and Brachnye igry (2017).
- Natalya Gudkova was born on 23 October 1977 in Gorky, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia]. She is an actress, known for Dikiy (2009), Bullet: Ek Dhamaka (2005) and Voditel dlya Very (2004).
- Anastasiya Sivaeva was born on 10 November 1991 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Papiny dochki (2007), Slova i muzyka (2004) and Yeralash (1974).
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Russian-born actress, Svetlana Metkina, embodies the essence of grace and talent. Her credits to date include films such as Bobby (2006) and Mini's First Time (2006). The international tale of Svetlana's success story began at age 11 in the Moscow theater world, growing from there to a string of European films and then stretching inter-continentally, eventually lander her at the center of today's film making circles.
Irrefutably talented, natural, and with stunning looks, Svetlana followed a charmed path to her first US feature film Slingshot (2005), starring opposite David Arquette, Thora Birch and Balthazar Getty. Though she always spoke English fluently, Metkina worked especially hard to bring her skillful acting into English for the first time. Thriving in the collaborative environment of this film, Metkina enjoyed the enthusiasm of the film's first-time director Jay Alaimo. Metkina's character had originally been scripted as a man, but they turned the character into a tough independent woman, a jewel fence going by the moniker "Fast Bobby." The film premiered at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival.
Next in the cards for Metkina, "Mini's First Time" featured her in a superb cast alongside Luke Wilson, Alec Baldwin, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jeff Goldblum and Nikki Reed, whom Metkina found "hilariously funny." Metkina plays the delicious part of Russian trophy wife "Jelena." The sexy darkly comic thriller premiered at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival.
Svetlana's creativity in developing her characters is illuminated by a painstaking thoroughness. She contemplates every aspect of a character step by step. Stories based on classical literature or important historical events are Svetlana's absolute favorite type of films of which to be a part.
Thus, her next film, Bobby (2006), was a dream part for the international beauty. A fictional account of the events surrounding the assassination of Bobby Kennedy, the film also stars William H. Macy, Sharon Stone, Elijah Wood, Lindsay Lohan, Helen Hunt, Freddy Rodriguez, Heather Graham, Christian Slater, Demi Moore and Sir Anthony Hopkins. The experience of filming "Bobby" was summed up by Metkina in one word, "paradise."
Achieving so much in only a few years, Svetlana reminisces fondly of her first acting experiences on stage. Her very first role as an actress, at age 11, was in a children's theater's production of a play similar to CATS, only it was about dogs. Recalling how she played a "shaggy white dog," Svetlana's youthful heart reveals an innocence and openness-to the world, to her acting-in a way that is incredibly endearing to her fans, her co-stars and anyone she meets, in any language.
Svetlana cherishes theater as much as film. At Moscow State University, she studied Theatre, History, Literature, Music, Art and Philosophy. She also attended Shchukin Acting School of Maly Theatre in Moscow, Russia. Following these studies early in her career she graced the screen of several Russian and European films. Shestarred in the thriller, 300 Years Ago; delivered a touching portrayal as Ailia in the film Family; and starred in The Second Front (2005) a Russian-made thriller set during WWII, also starring Ron Perlman, Craig Sheffer and Todd Field.
Embracing travel and culture, Svetlana speaks a number of languages and splits her time between Europe, Russia and America, where she especially revels in the differences between America's east and west coasts. Dynamic and multi-faceted, Svetlana paints and writes short stories as a hobby. The single greatest inspiration in her life has always been her family.
Svetlana Metkina, also known as Lana Litwak, married Bold Films producer Michel Litvak, and the couple at one point resided in Los Angeles.- Evgenia Brik was born on 3 September 1981 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She was an actress, known for Hipsters (2008), Odessa (2019) and The Geographer Drank His Globe Away (2013). She was married to Valeriy Todorovskiy. She died on 10 February 2022 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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- Marina Mayko was born on 22 July 1970 in Kishinyov, Moldavian SSR, USSR. She is an actress, known for Depressiya (1991), Papashka i mem (1990) and Zhenshchina v more (1992). She has been married to Dmitriy Kharatyan since 1993. They have one child.
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Darya Tregubova was born on 26 March 1980 in Kiev, Ukraine, USSR. She is an actress and producer, known for Stranger (2019), Who is Martha? and Apocalypse.- Viktoriya Maslova was born on 9 September 1985 in the USSR. She is an actress, known for Mafia: Game of Survival (2016), Hipsters (2008) and Vice (2007).
- Elena Safonova was born on 14 June 1956 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. She is an actress, known for Oci ciornie (1987), President i ego zhenshchina (1996) and Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Approaches (1987). She was previously married to Samuel Labarthe.
- Darya Mikhaylova was born on 22 February 1965 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Vremya otdykha s subboty do ponedelnika (1984), Eskiz na monitore (2002) and Prodelki v starinnom dukhe (1986). She was previously married to Vladislav Galkin and Maksim Sukhanov.
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Actress Severija Janusauskaite was born in Lithuania. In 2005, she graduated from Theatre and Cinema Academy in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Worked with theatre director J. Vaitkus in Youth Theatre of State in Vilnius, then started work in cinema. There were movies in Lithuania such as Anarchy in Zirmunai (2010) by Saulius Drunga which won the best debut award in the international Moscow film festival, Honningfellen (2008) by Per-Olav Sørensen, "Two Hours" by R. Cekuolyte, "Expermen" by R. Marcinkus, "Comma" by J. Pavloff, "Violence" by V. Tinteris, "The Fortress of Sleeping Butterflies" by A. Puipa , "Chasing Solace" by E. Fulcher and many other Lithuanian and international projects.
In 2012, the actress started her work with Russian directors. She played the lead role in Anna Melikyan's movie "The Star" and won the best actress award in the open Russian film festival Kinotavr, the National Academy of Russia Golden Eagle Award for the best supporting role, was nominated as best actress and the discovery of the year by NIKA Awards and Russian Guild of Critics Awards for best acting. From 2012-2016, the actress performed the lead roles in Russian movies such as "Norwegian" by A. Zvantsova, "Godfather" by T. Alpatov, "Exact Address" by O. Aleynikova, "Poka net" by M. Dovzhenko , "DreamFish" by A. Bilzho and many others. She also appeared in "Polina" directed by Olias Barco and "Optimists" by Aleksey Popogrebskiy.
Severija Janusauskaite also works as a voice over artist and the music composer for theatre performances. She speaks in Lithuanian, English and Russian. She lives in Vilnius.- Nataliya Vdovina was born on 12 January 1969 in Belogorsk, Belogorskiy rayon, Krymskaya oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Crimea, Russia]. She is an actress, known for The Return (2003), Probuzhdenie (2021) and Zakaz (2005).
- Irina Loseva was born on 19 February 1970 in Rybinsk, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Niotkuda s lyubovyu, ili Vesyolye pokhorony (2006), Nizhnyaya Kaledoniya (2008) and Memento mori (1992). She is married to Sergei ?.
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- The 55th Anniversary Playmate of Playboy, the vocalist of "NikitA", actress, model.
Slim, lovely, and sexy brunette knockout Dasha Astafieva was born on August 4, 1985 in Ordzhonikidze, Ukraine. Dasha grew up after the fall of the Soviet Union. After school graduation Astafieva moved to Dnepropetrovsk, where she graduated Dnepropetrovsk theatrical college and tried herself in model business.
Music. «NikitA» the girls armed to the teeth with sexual beauty, and are very dangerous! The group exists since 2006. The first music video of "NikitA" called "Mashina" shook with its erotic and aggressive sexuality. The next music videos only made their scandalous reputation worse and raised their ratings. The next music video for the song "Veriovki" provoked a real agitation in Ukrainian and Russian media. In the video the girls walk around a shopping mall absolutely naked. It provoked an ambiguous reaction, some experts called it a sensation but some TV channels played it only after 11 p.m. justifying their decision by saying that it was too overtly erotic. In 2008 the band "NikitA" was called by the media "Discovery of the year." In March 2009 the first album called "Mashina" was released. It sold more than 50 000 copies. In the late 2009 "Cosmopolitan" magazine called the girls from band "NikitA" the most stylish and awarded them a prestigious prize. In 2011 they received a statuette from the Russian channel "Ru TV" in the category "Fantastisch of the Year" for the most sexual music video "Verevki."
Playboy. Dasha Astafieva is a "playmate" of "Playboy". The title "Playboy girl" she won twice: first in Ukraine and second in the USA when she became the "playmate" of the month for the 55th anniversary of "Playboy". There are only 11 anniversary playmates, in-line with Marilyn Monroe, who was the first. In July 2008 Dasha Astafieva set off to the USA to the famous mansion of the owner of "Playboy" empire - Hugh Hefner. The singer spent three weeks in the Playboy Mansion where she took part in photo sessions, participated in the contest for "playmate" of the month devoted to the 55th anniversary of "Playboy" and the popular TV show "Girls Next Door." Dasha startled Hugh Hefner with her natural beauty. The famous dandy called Dasha "his favorite Ukrainian girl" and he couldn't help admiring unique similarity between Dasha and his first love, legendary model Betty Page. Astafieva became the first Slavic girl to win the title of "playmate" of the month among 500 participants from all over the world. By the way, the photo session that made Dasha internationally famous, was such a success that other publishers of "Playboy" tried to imitate it later. Playboy with Dasha's cover was published in more than 50 countries worldwide. In 2009 Dasha opened the Lithuanian "Playboy" as an honored guest and also escorted Mr. Hefner at the popular festival in San Remo. The media gossiped many times about a romantic relationship between Dasha and Hefner. In June 2010 "NikitA" went to Las Vegas where they performed at the closed "Playboy" party of Hugh Hefner and spent a week in his villa called the "Playboy Mansion" upon his kind invitation. - Diana Pozharskaya is a Russian actress. She played back-to-back leading roles in the films Mystic Game (2016) ("Eclipse") and "Zlaya shutka (2016)" ("Bad Joke"), as well as playing 'Vera' in The Unknown Soldier (2017) ("The Unknown Soldier"), directed by Aku Louhimies, the biggest box office hit in the history of Finnish cinema, as well as in its extended television mini-series Tuntematon sotilas (2018), released the following year. Diana is a graduate of Moscow's famous VGIK university and is also a trained dancer. Diana was a regular in the Russian television series Fors-mazhor (2017) ("Force Majeure"). She played 'Lena' in On the Edge (2019) ("On The Edge"), a dramatic television series filmed in Egypt, and appeared in the television series Tayna (2022) ("Our Children"), where she played the leading character 'Mariya'. She also starred in the film Zhara (2019) ("The Heat"). Diana became the first Russian actress ever to complete a campaign for Chanel in Paris. Diana also played the leading role of 'Luisa' in the UK co-production Firebird (2021).
- Anna Mikhaylovskaya was born on 3 July 1988 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Karpov (2012), Barvikha (2009) and Na Ruble bez rublya (2023). She was previously married to Timofey Karataev.
- Kristina Asmus was born Kristina Igorevna Myasnikova on April 14, 1988, in Kaliningrad, Moscow region, RSFSR, USSR (now Korolev, Russia). As a child, she was involved in gymnastics, becoming a Candidate for Master of Sports.
In her mid-teens, while still in high school, she played the role of Zhenya Komelkova in a theatrical adaptation, directed by Elena Makhona, of Boris Vasilev's novel "A zori zdes tikhie..." ("The Dawns Here Are Quiet...") at the director's theater "Makhona ELena" ("MEL") in Moscow. After graduating from high school, she played the role of Fantine in Ivan Elagin's play "Portret madmuazel Tarzhi" ("The Portrait of Mademoiselle Tarsi") and the title role of the dog Silviya in the play "Silviya", a Russian adaptation of American playwright A.R. Gurney's play "Sylvia", both directed by Nataliya Ermakova of the "Korolevskiy Teatr Yunogo Eritelya" ("The Royal Theater for a Young Audience") at the "Teatr Dobroy Skazki" ("The Theater of the Kind Fairy Tale") in Moscow.
In her late teens, before deciding to become an actress, she worked in the modeling business.
In 2008, she entered the Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theater School in a course taught by the famous Soviet-era actor Boris Klyuev, graduating in 2012.
The debut of the actress on the screen was in early 2010 in the role of Varvara Chernous in director Maksim Pezhemskiy's popular comedy series Interny (2010) ("Interns").
Following this, in late 2010, she was named the Sexiest Woman of the Year in the Russian edition of Maxim magazine, appearing on the cover that October, with a full pictorial and interview inside.
In 2011, the budding actress starred in the role of Sasha in the detective story 'Alibi' na dvoikh (2011) ("An 'Alibi' for Two"), directed by Nikolay Gusev.
She lives in Moscow with her husband, actor and comedian Garik Kharlamov, and their daughter Anistasiya. - Natalya Rudova was born on 2 July 1983 in Pakhtakor, Pakhtakorskiy rayon, Dzhizakskaya oblast, Uzbekskaya SSR, USSR [now Paxtakor, Paxtakor tumani, Jizzax viloyati, Uzbekistan]. She is an actress, known for Mafia: Game of Survival (2016), Gyulchatay (2012) and Tsvetok dyavola (2010).
- Svetlana Smekhnova was born on 3 October 1950. She is an actress, known for Komitet 19-ti (1972), Tayozhnaya povest (1979) and Sestra muzykanta (1972).
- Yelena Metyolkina was born on 23 October 1953 in Moscow, USSR. She is an actress, known for To the Stars by Hard Ways (1981), Prikosnoveniye (1992) and Ochen vazhnaya persona (1984).
- Mariya Mironova was born on 28 May 1974 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Night Watch (2004), Day Watch (2006) and The Courier (2020). She has been married to Andrey since 2018. They have one child. She was previously married to Aleksey Makarov, Igor Udalov and Dmitriy Klokov.
- Nikita Efremov was born on 30 May 1988 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor, known for Tetris (2023), Ballada o bombere (2011) and Ballada o bombere (2011).
- Valentina Voilkova was born on 12 April 1958 in Kuybyshev, RSFSR, USSR [now Samara, Russia]. She is an actress, known for The Prisoner of Castle If (1988), Budte moim muzhem (1981) and Koltso iz Amsterdama (1982).
- Lyubava Greshnova was born on 5 July 1988 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for The Nurse (2018), Mamo, ya lotchyka lyublyu (2012) and Ya podaryu tebe pobedu (2019).