Maria Golubkina is a famous Russian film and theater actress, TV presenter. She became popular after her role in the movie Adam’s Rib (1990) directed by Vyacheslav Krishtofovich.
Her mother is talented and popular actress Larisa Golubkina and her stepfather – brilliant actor Andrey Mironov. To tell the truth, Mironov had daughter Maria Mironova from his first marriage with Ekaterina Gradova.
Pretty girl was born on September 22, 1973 in Moscow, USSR. At the age of 10 she was engaged in equestrian sports. It began quite unexpectedly – “I saw a horse and was stunned”, childish admiration turned into love. Maria calls herself an amateur athlete. The actress has several medals and assures that the horses helped her to overcome a difficult period, which happened in her life after her divorce with Nikolai Fomenko.
16-year-old girl debuted in the film Adam’s Rib in 1990.
In 1995 Maria graduated from the Shchukin Theatre School. A year later, in 1996, Maria began working at the Moscow Satire Theater. Then, from 2007 to 2010, Maria worked at the Moscow Pushkin Drama Theater.
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Pavel Volya, also known as resident Comedy Club Pavel “Snowball” Volya, is a Russian entertainer, TV presenter, actor, singer, DJ.
Denis Dobrovolskiy (his real name) was born on March 14, 1979 in Penza. In 2001, he graduated from the Penza Pedagogical Institute (specialty – teacher of Russian language and literature). Immediately after graduation he went to Moscow.
Pavel took part in KVN in the team Valeon Dasson (Penza), together with Timur Rodriguez and Leonid Shkolnik. However, he became famous as a member of the Russian TV project Comedy Club.
Volya is a former presenter of TV projects on TNT channel – Killing League and Laughter Without Rules, Comedy Battle. Also he is a young rapper, who released albums Respect and Uvazhuha and Miracles Happen.
Pavel makes fun of personal life and work of actors, singers and athletes who came to the show Comedy Club, where he has the unofficial nickname “glamorous scum”. It’s worth noting that Pavel doesn’t criticize politicians.
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Andrey Mironov was a cult Soviet film and theater actor. He played title roles in some of the most popular Soviet films, including Diamond Arm (1969), Beware of the Car (1966), Twelve Chairs (1977) and many others.
In 1980 he was awarded the title of People’s Artist of the RSFSR, Honored Artist of Russia. Also he received the Medal For Labour Valour.
By the way, Mironov is the only actor who was born and died on the stage.
The boy was born on March 8, 1941 in Moscow into the family of actors. His mother was eccentric and colorful actress Maria Mironova and his father was wonderful actor Alexander Menaker. Comedy duo Mironova – Menaker was very successful.
They say, Mironov was born on stage. Maria Mironova started to give birth during the performance and was moved to the hospital.
Soon the Great Patriotic War began. The family was evacuated to Tashkent. After the war years, the family returned to Moscow.
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Maria Poroshina is a Russian theater and film actress. By the way, she is famous for the role of Svetlana in the vampire franchise Night Watch and Day Watch.
Pretty girl was born on November 1, 1973 in Moscow. Her mother Natalia is a director of the Bolshoi Theater, and her father Mikhail is a soloist in the ensemble Berezka.
When Masha was very small, her parents divorced, and the mother married Dmitry Nazarov.
At the age of 9, the girl wrote a cantata to the death of Leonid Brezhnev. When the guests came, Masha performed the work for 10 minutes.
Maria studied at first at the Moscow Art Theater School, then at the Shchukin Drama School.
Her career started with small roles in the TV series. You know, the girl starred in the popular TV series Brigada (2002) and played the main role in the film The Fourth Wish (2003).
In parallel, the actress played in theatrical productions Gedda Gabler, Poverty Is Not a Vice, Shadow, Man For a Woman.
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Anton Shagin is a Russian theater and film actor. Actually, he became famous after the main role in the musical Hipsters. The actor has played in more than two dozen films.
Also, the actor received recognition of his talent at the state level: Shagin is a laureate of the Presidential Award of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation.
The boy was born on April 2, 1984 in Kimry, Tver Oblast. He spent his childhood in Karachev, Bryansk Oblast. Anton had surname Gorshkov (Shagin is the surname of his stepfather). When the boy was 14 years old, his mother died.
Anton graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School in 2006, where he studied together with Ekaterina Vilkova, Maxim Matveev, Miroslava Karpovich.
In the same year Shagin was the winner of the Golden Leaf Theatre Award as the best actor for his role in the play Do Not Part With Your Beloved.
You know, Shagin played many roles in different plays: The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov, Peer Gynt by Ibsen, Red and Black by Stendhal, Valentine’s Day directed by Victor Ryzhakov and others.
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Andrey Merzlikin is a Russian film and theater actor. His acting career began in the late 90s and since then he has starred in more than one hundred films. The actor is invited by prominent masters of Russian cinema: Nikita Mikhalkov, Peter Buslov, Valery Todorovsky, Fyodor Bondarchuk and Nikolai Dostal.
The boy was born on March 24, 1973 in Kaliningrad. His father was a professional driver, and his mother worked as an accountant. A few years after the birth of the future star of Russian cinema, his sister Lena was born.
In his teens, Andrey dreamed of being in space. Therefore, after school the boy entered the local technical school of space engineering. In 1996, he graduated from the Moscow Academy. And then Andrey graduated from the Acting Department of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK).
While studying at the institute, he starred in the short film How I Spent My Summer (directed by N. Pogonichev) and won the Best Actor award at the Festival of Cinematography.
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Andrei and Alexei Chadov are Russian film and theater actors. The brothers look alike. Many people think they are twins. However, Andrei was born on May 22, 1980 and Alexei was born on September 2, 1981 in Solntsevo, a suburb of Moscow. When Andrei was 6 years old, and his brother was 5, their father, who worked as a builder, died as a result of an accident. It was a very difficult time for the family. Their mother had to work a lot.
Andrei and Alexei began acting at school, and then continued as amateur actors at the municipal theatre-studio in Peredelkino.

While studying at school, Andrei attended a choreographic studio. So he was able to teach dances and earn a living before entering a theater college. You know, Andrei entered the Shchukin Acting School, and then decided to join his brother at the Shchukin Theatre Institute in Moscow.
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