Igor Jijikine is a Russian and American actor and producer. He is best known for the role of Colonel Dovchenko in Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
The boy was born on October 8, 1965 in Moscow. He served in the Soviet Special Forces from 1982 to 1984. In the army he made friends with the guys who were circus performers and decided to enter the Moscow Regional Institute of Physical Education. After graduation Igor became a performer at the Moscow Circus. In 1989 as a member of the trope he went to the USA and stayed there. The young man settled in Las Vegas. The first year there was very hard for him. He spent nights on a bench in the park, moonlighting as a janitor, a lawn mower, a bouncer.
In 1990, he was invited to the musical Turn On The Night, where the boy silently walk on the stage. But the next year Igor played a key character – Samson – in the musical Jubilee. In 1995, when the Jubilee was removed from the repertoire, the artist joined the famous Circus du Soleil.
To improve his professional skills, the actor entered the theater school in Nevada, where he studied for two years.
Early in his career Igor often starred for free in the films by young directors – the students of the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Irina Metlitskaya was one of the most enigmatic and talented Soviet and Russian theater and film actresses. In her short life, she had played more than thirty roles, found true love, gave birth to two wonderful sons.
Pretty girl was born on October 5, 1961 in Severodvinsk. She studied mathematics and physics at the special school. In 1978, film director Igor Dobrolyubov came to this school in search of a girl for the lead role. So he noticed awesome girl and invited Irina to star in the film Schedule For The Day After Tomorrow. This role had changed Irina’s life.
After school she entered the Physics Department of the Belarussian State University, but in a year the girl moved to Moscow. There she entered the Shchukin Theater School. After graduation in 1984, young actress joined the Contemporary theater, where she had been working for 9 years.
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Ksenia Buravskaya is a Russian actress.
Pretty girl was born on September 29, 1977 in Moscow but then the family moved to France. At the age of 16, Ksenia and her father (director and playwright Alexander Buravsky) left France for the USA.
In New York Buravskaya graduated from the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and the William Esper Studio.
The girl began to play in the United States, but then she returned to Russia. Awesome girl debuted in American films Soon and Russian In The City of Angels. Then she was invited to the Russian TV series Dear Masha Berezina. In the TV series Bachelors, she played along with famous actors Marat Basharov and Dmitry Pevtsov.
The role of Katya in the television crime drama series Palmist (Hiromant, 2005) made Ksenia famous.
You know, she was invited to play the role of Maya in the Russian film Moscow Chill as an English speaking actress. The partner of the young actress was the Hollywood actor Norman Reedus, the star of the film The Boondock Saints.
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Anna Ardova is a Russian film and theater actress with a bright comedic talent. She is best known for her leading role in the sitcom One for All. By the way, she is Honored Artist of Russia (2018).
Pretty girl was born on September 27, 1969 in Moscow into the family of actors.
It was hard for 16-year-old girl to enter the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS), only the fifth try was successful.
Now she plays in the Mayakovsky Theater. Anna has played about 50 roles in the TV series and movies.
She is best known for her roles in the sketch shows Women’s League and One For All.
The show One For All became one of the biggest hits of the Domashni channel and Ardova was awarded a prize for Best Actress.
On February 16, 2013 Ardova became a presenter of the game show Fort Boyard.
The actress starred in many films and TV series, including Simple Truth, Always Say Always, Children of the Arbat, Mystery of the Blue Valley, Happy Together, Vysotsky Thank You For Living.
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Angelina Karelina is a charming Russian actress.
Pretty girl was born on September 29, 1982 in Leningrad.
By the way, she is a very active girl. Angelina plays in films and TV series, sings and composes songs. Besides, she is a champion of Moscow in Thai boxing, the owner of a brown belt in karate. Also Angelina was engaged in ballet and danced in the belly Dance show Lotus Dance Company.
Karelina graduated from the St. Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy. And then she moved to Los Angeles where she studied at the New York Film Academy. While studying in America, Angelina starred in several films of young Hollywood directors: Pilot For Reality Show, Sweet Charity and others.
Talented actress first appeared on the screen in the famous TV series Line Of Fate (2003). The role of Anastasia in the film I Have the Honor (2004) was the first major work of Angelina. In 2006 she starred in the adventure comedy Formula Zero.
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Unbroken faith. Paralyzed girl stood up on her feet to win at Cannes (Vera means faith).

This story is like a fairy tale.
When 11 years ago Vera was born, it became clear that there was something wrong with the baby. Later it was found out that little girl suffered from cerebral palsy. Both parents love Vera very much. They treated her, tried to help, in general, lived like all families who have a child with a disability.
But then everything changed.
Marisol Galysh, author of the idea, script writer and producer, looked for the heroes of the film for the Child of the Universe competition. This is the film and documentary competition dedicated to children with disabilities. Anastasia Kuzminich advised Marisol to contact the public organization Children – Angels (community of special children’s parents), where little Vera was recommended.
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Svetlana Ivanova is a Russian theater and film actress.
Pretty girl was born on September 26, 1985 in Moscow into the family of engineers. When she was 14 years old she joined the studio theater.
In 2006 Ivanova graduated from the State Institute of Cinematography. While studying at the Institute Svetlana debuted in the movie Godson, then she played in the TV series Farewell Echo.
Since 2011 the actress has been working in the Contemporary theater. On March 22, 2012 she made her debut in the role of Patricia Holman in the play Three Comrades.
Svetlana played the main female role in the film Franz + Polina directed by Mikhail Segal. The film and the actress received numerous awards at various film festivals. Ivanova was awarded Special Jury Prize at the Third International Film Festival Baltic Debuts, the Prize Golden Sword for Best Actress at the IV International Festival of Military movie.
Also she received awards for Best Actress at the 15th Open Film Festival of CIS and Baltic countries Kinoshock and at the XIV International Festival of Film Actors Constellation.
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