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Liza Arzamasova, Russian actress

Liza Arzamasova, Russian actress

Liza Arzamasova, Russian actress


Liza Arzamasova is a Russian theater and film actress, TV presenter, singer.
Pretty girl was born on March 17, 1995 in Moscow. She began to play in films when she was only 4.
You know, Liza played the main role in the musical Annie directed by Nina Chusova. In 2004, at the 9th theater festival Moscow Debuts the young actress was awarded the audience award for this role.
A year later, Arzamasova debuted at the Moscow Academic Music Theatre, New Opera as little Anastasia Romanova in the opera Anastasia. And in 2007 she played the role of a Girl-Jesus in the performance of the Moscow Art Theatre The Pillowman directed by Kirill Serebrennikov.
The debut of the young actress was in the television series Line of Defense, where Elizaveta played a small daughter of the chief of police. And already in 2002 Arzamasova played in the film The Ark. During the following 5 years the actress played in more than 10 different projects.
Elizaveta became popular after the TV series Father’s Daughters, where she played Galina Vasnetsova, one of the main roles.
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Elizaveta Oliferova

Elizaveta Oliferova - Russian actress

Elizaveta Oliferova – Russian actress


Elizaveta Oliferova is a Russian theater and film actress, singer, TV presenter, composer, poet, director, screenwriter. Liza was a TV presenter of Tam-Tam News, The Tower and I Know Everything.
Pretty girl was born on May 22, 1984 in Moscow. At the age of 5 she was engaged in dancing. During one of the dance classes in the choreographic group, little girl was noticed by the director of the children’s TV program Good Night, Kids! So, he invited her to take part in his program. After the release of the program Lisa was invited to other children’s TV programs.
At the age of 11 Lisa became the presenter of the children’s information and entertainment program Tam-Tam News. Then she became a presenter of the popular youth program Tower. Boris Korchevnikov and Kirill Kozenyashev were her co-hosts. Cute girl interviewed many prominent figures of Russian show business, including Ilya Lagutenko, Kristina Orbakaite, Sergey Zhukov, Yuri Hoy, Yuri Aizenshpis, Marina Khlebnikova and others. To tell the truth, her knowledge of English allowed to interview Western artists, including members of the group Deep Purple.
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Yanina Studilina, actress, model, presenter

Yanina Studilina, actress, model, presenter

Yanina Studilina, actress, model, presenter


Yanina Studilina is a Russian theater and film actress, fashion model, and TV presenter.
Pretty girl was born on August 6, 1985 in Omsk. Her mother is a doctor, and her father is engaged in business. The actress has younger brother Gleb.
In 2000 she graduated from the Theater and Music School. Later, in 2007, she graduated from the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation. And in 2011 beautiful girl graduated from the Boris Shchukin Theater Institute.
After graduating from the institute, the girl went to New York and did internship at the legendary Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute.
You know, Yanina became popular after the role of Polina Zelenova in the television series Ranetki.
Then she starred in the film The City of Temptations. This role had considerable influence on the future career of the actress. In the same 2009, the actress appeared in the thriller Clairvoyant.
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Ekaterina Melnik

Ekaterina Melnik

Ekaterina Melnik


Ekaterina Melnik is a Russian film and theater actress. She is better known for her roles in the television series Yasmin, Fizruk (where she played together with Dmitry Nagiev) and many others.
Pretty girl was born on February 18, 1982 in Moscow. In high school, Ekaterina decided to become a lawyer. But over time, the bright girl, who has a model appearance and acting talent, decided to enter the theater high school.
In 2000 Ekaterina received the prize in the nomination The Best Cover of the Year – the magazine OM, the image of the Madonna and Child.
You know, in 2002, Katya and Alexander Abdulov were the presenters of the extreme TV show Natural Selection.
In 2007 she graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK). And in 2012, Melnik graduated from the International Theatre School.
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Ksenia Lavrova-Glinka

Ksenia Lavrova-Glinka - Russian actress

Ksenia Lavrova-Glinka – Russian actress


Ksenia (or Xenia) Lavrova-Glinka is a Russian film and theater actress.
Pretty girl was born on October 14, 1977 in Kimry, Tver region. The talented actress is the heir of a true theatrical dynasty. Her grandfather was a theater actor. And his son, the father of the actress, continued the family tradition, having achieved the title of People’s Artist of the Russian Federation. Even when Lavrova married, she decided to keep her surname.
Over time, the girl began to play on stage with her father. At first, she had wordless roles, and then she had the opportunity to play her first serious role. One of the leading actresses of a small theater fell ill and Lavrov gave the role to his own daughter. At that time, the young actress was only fifteen years old.
Despite involvement in the theater world, initially Xenia did not plan to become an actress. In her childhood, she dreamed of becoming a policewoman. Only in the eleventh grade the girl realized that she did not see her life without the theater.
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Nina Agapova, Soviet and Russian actress

Nina Agapova, Soviet and Russian actress

Nina Agapova, Soviet and Russian actress


Nina Agapova is a Soviet and Russian actress, Honored Artist of Russia (1987).
Pretty girl was born on May 30, 1926 in Moscow. Her parents were from the village in Kolomna, they came to Moscow to find work. You know, her father died from tuberculosis in August 1945. At the age of 15 the future actress joined the Russian Folk Choir under the direction of P.G. Yarkov. Cute girl was a participant of the front concert brigades. She performed in the Far East, in Asia, in the Crimea and even on the Karelian front.
She graduated from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography in 1951.
In 1994 Nina became an actress of the Moscow Drama Company Wandering Stars, under the direction of the actor and director Pavel Tikhomirov. Nina Fedorovna began singing again. And Boris Andreyev advised her to perform in the operetta.
In the movie Agapova debuted in 1950 in the film Donetsk Miners. Since her youth she played either foreign women, or “ladies with charm”. Agapova’s main roles were only in musicals and vaudevillians of the Theater-Studio, but not in the films. Nevertheless, the audience remembered and fell in love with her. You know, the actress played over 100 roles in films.
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Veronica Agapova, singer and actress

Veronica Agapova, singer and actress

Veronica Agapova, singer and actress

Veronika Agapova was born on July 1, 1987 in Moscow.
In 2008 she

graduated from the Boris Schukin Theatre Institute.
As a singer, she took part in international music projects: Toto Cutugno’s Benefit Concert in the Kremlin with the song Goodbye; Retro FM visiting San Remo – duet song with Toto Cutugno and Gianni Forellino.
In 2010 Veronika participated in the TV sketch show The Soldiers and Officers on Ren-TV channel.
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