Mark Bogatyrev, Russian film and theater actor, was born on December 22, 1984 in Moscow. He is most famous for the role of young and ambitious chef Maxim Lavrov, who came to conquer Moscow, in the television series Kitchen. By the way, Kitchen is one of the most expensive Russian sitcoms.
Mark lived and studied in Obninsk, Kaluga region. The life of the young actor is a story of a big dreamer.
The boy didn’t know his father. His mother, creative person, had no time for the boy’s upbringing. Mark was raised by grandmother. In his childhood the future actor dreamed of becoming a clown, or a trucker. In the dashing nineties, his mother, the artist, was traveling in search of inspiration. It was difficult for grandmother to feed the boy alone. And at the age of 14 Mark had to work. He was a security guard, driver, builder and even an administrator in a computer club.
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Sergei Astakhov is a talented Russian actor, best known for his roles in numerous television series.
The future famous actor was born on May 28, 1969 in a small village Krasny Liman, Voronezh region. His father was a military man, and therefore the life of little Sergei was linked with the move. So, in early childhood, he and his family moved to Sakhalin. Sergei decided to become a soldier and was preparing to enter the Suvorov military school. At the last moment, he changed his mind and entered the local Polytechnic Institute, but left it a year later.
In 1987, Astakhov (then Kozlov, his real surname) went into the army. There he performed together with the military brass band. Two years later, in 1989, the young man returned to Voronezh and entered drama school, where he met his future wife, Victoria Adelfina.
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Daria Melnikova is a Russian actress, better known for her role of Zhenya Vasnetsova in the popular TV series Daddy’s Daughters.
Pretty girl was born on February 9, 1992 in Omsk. It is worth noting that, Daria is a granddaughter of the famous Soviet actor Mikhail Kokshenov.
At the age of 3 the girl was engaged in dancing and performed together with folk ensemble Pearl. Also Daria learned to play the piano at a music school and was involved in ballet.
In 2006 Melnikova debuted in the movie. She played the main role in the film Cinderella 4×4: Everything Starts With Desire. However, the film was released only in 2008. Aspiring actress played 14-year-old Cinderella – an ordinary teen girl, who is a little bit strange, dreamy and always gets into strange and unusual situations. For this role Melnikova was awarded the prize for the Best Female child role at the XVII Open Film Festival of CIS countries Kinoshock -2008 and Best Actress in a children’s movie at XII All-Russian Festival of Visual Arts.
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Darya Poverennova is a Russian theater and film actress.
Pretty girl was born on June 15, 1972 in Moscow. Her father worked as a translator in the publishing house Progress and her mother Tatiana Lukyanova was a theater actress. And the beloved grandmother of the future actress Nadezhda Tyshkevich was a ballerina in the troupe of the Kiev Opera and Ballet Theater. It’s interesting that the grandfather of Dasha was the legendary Soviet actor Sergei Vladimirovich Lukyanov, who played in the films Kuban Cossacks, Big Family, Rumyantsev Case and others.
When her parents divorced Dasha stayed with her mother. The girl spent her childhood in the theater. She watched her mother’s performances and was proud of her.
The future actress studied at a school where the English language was intensively studied. Parents wanted Daria to become an interpreter like her father. But in 1989, when the girl finished school, she decided to enter the Shchukin Theater School. The attempt failed. Thanks to the good knowledge of English, she worked as an interpreter for the famous director Alexander Mitta. At that time, he was working on an international project Lost in Siberia.
In 1990, Poverennova became a student of the Shchukin Theater School.
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Beautiful blonde Elena Korikova is a Russian actress.
She was born on April 12, 1972 in Siberian city Tobolsk. But then her family moved to Rostov, where the young girl joined the Drama theater. You know, the mother of the girl, Tatyana Korikova, was a ballerina.
At the age of 17 Lena went to conquer Moscow, where she successfully passed the entrance exam and entered the Moscow Institute of Cinematography. Her debut role was in a fairy tale Ha-bi-aces directed by Anatoly Mateshko, where she starred together with Vladimir Mashkov. Later Valeria Akhadova invited the actress to her melodramatic film I Promised I Would Leave.
Her role in the film Mistress into Maid by Alexei Sakharov was one of the brightest. For this role, Elena was awarded a prize at the film festival Kinoshock and the Nika Award for Best Actress.
Elena played the role of Tanya in the drama Mu-Mu by Yuri Grymov.
Korikova can be seen in music videos for songs of many Russian stars, including Alla Pugacheva, Philip Kirkorov, Dmitry Malikov, Valery Leontiev, Leonid Agutin and Igor Krutoi.
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On May 4, 2014, the day of her 80th birthday, star of Soviet cinema Tatiana Samoilova died of heart disease.
Pretty girl was born on May 4, 1934 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). She was the only daughter of remarkable Soviet film and theater actor Yevgeny Samoilov. But, in 1937, the family moved to Moscow. Tatiana graduated from the ballet studio and even was invited to study at the ballet school of the Bolshoi Theater by outstanding ballerina Maya Plisetskaya. However, Tatiana always wanted to be an actress. And in 1953, Samoilova entered the Shchukin Drama School, where she met her future husband Vasily Lanovoi.
Tatiana played her debut role in 1955 in Vladimir Kaplunovsky’s movie The Mexican based on the story by Jack London. The success of the film was huge, but the girl had problems at school. The students of drama schools were strictly forbidden to act in films. In 1956, Tatiana had to leave the school. And in the same year she received an invitation to play the title role in film The Cranes Are Flying based on Victor Rozov’s play Forever Alive. The role of Veronica was one of her most important roles.
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Sergey Bezrukov is a Russian film and theater actor, People’s Artist of Russia (2008).
He was born on October 18, 1973 in Moscow into the family of actor Vitaly Bezrukov. The boy was named after his father’s favorite poet Sergey Yesenin. Vitaly didn’t want his son to become an actor. However, when Sergey participated in school plays, Bezrukov Sr. taught his son did not play a role, but live life on the stage.
At the age of 14 Sergey acted in the play My Poor Marat.
After school Bezrukov entered the Moscow Art Theatre School, where Oleg Tabakov became his teacher. Sergey was a good student and graduated with honors.
After graduation in 1994 he joined the Tabakov Theater, where he played a lot of roles and was awarded various prizes.
In 1997, Bezrukov played the role of Yesenin in the play My Life for which he received the State Prize.
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