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Tatiana Gevorkian – Russian TV presenter, actress

Tatiana Gevorkian - Russian TV presenter, actress

Tatiana Gevorkian – Russian TV presenter, actress


Tatiana Gevorkian is a Russian TV presenter, journalist and actress.
Cute girl was born on April 20, 1974 in Moscow. Tanya studied English literature, philosophy and logic at Jesus & Mary College in Delhi (India). In her school years she was fond of drawing, dancing, got a brown belt in karate, collected car models and learned to play the guitar.
In 1995 she worked as a press attaché on the Radio Maximum station. Later, in 1998, she was a presenter on BIZ-TV channel.
Since September 1998 Tanya is a VJ on MTV (Russia), host of the program Stilissimo.
Together with Anton Komolov, she was a presenter of the program Playstation on the MTV channel.
In 2002 she graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK).
Since 2003 Gevorkian was a presenter of the program 12 Angry Viewers.
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Julia Vysotskaya – actress, TV presenter

Julia Vysotskaya - actress, TV presenter

Julia Vysotskaya – actress, TV presenter


Julia Vysotskaya is a Russian film and theater actress, television presenter.
Cute girl was born on August 16, 1973 in Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast. Her parents divorced when the girl was very small. Then the mother got married for the second time, so Julia had a younger sister Inna. The girl’s stepfather was a military man and was forced to change his place of residence. The childhood of the future actress was in constant moving, she managed to live in Yerevan, Tbilisi and Baku. During her studies, Julia changed seven schools.
She graduated from the Belorussian State Academy of Arts in 1995 and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 1998.
After graduating from the university, Julia was invited to play at the Belorussian National Academic Theater. However, she must have had Belarusian citizenship. To solve this bureaucratic problem, Vysotskaya married her classmate Anatoly Kot.
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Elvira Bolgova

Elvira Bolgova - Russian actress

Elvira Bolgova – Russian actress


Elvira Bolgova is a Russian film and theater actress. The actress is known for her roles in the films Island of Unwanted People, My Big Armenian Wedding and Dad for Rent. Also she has played in a number of melodramatic and dramatic series and mini-series.
Pretty girl was born on December 28, 1975 in Moscow.
In 1996 she graduated from the Shchepkin Drama School. Her classmates were Marat Basharov and Yegor Barinov.
Then, in 1997, Bolgova worked in the Mossovet Theater.
In the movie the actress debuted in 1995 in the film The Abyss. And the first leading role she played in the psychological detective Tests for Real Men (1998), directed by Andrei Razenkov.
In 2003 she played a leading role in the TV series Desirable. You know, in 2004, in TV series Twins Elvira played three main roles – twin sisters Luba, Vera and Fatima. Despite the external similarity, her characters are very different and the actress had to play faithful wife Vera, romantic and naive Luba and cruel Fatima.
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Alisa Freindlih, Soviet-Russian actress

Alisa Freindlih, Soviet-Russian actress

Alisa Freindlih, Soviet-Russian actress


Alisa Freindlih is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actress, singer, People’s Artist of the USSR (1981). She is one of the greatest Russian actresses of the XX century. The films where she played are included in the “golden fund” of the national cinema.
The actress is best known for her roles in such films as Straw Hat (1974), Agony (1974), Office Romance (1977), D’Artagnan and Three Musketeers (1978), Stalker (1979), A Cruel Romance (1984) and Fifteen Rooms, or a Sentimental Journey to the Motherland (2009). She is a winner of numerous awards.
You know, Alisa became a film star after the movie Office Romance. Film remake Office Romance Our time was released in 2011, where the role of Ludmila Kalugina was played by young actress Svetlana Hodchenkova.
Cute girl was born on December 8, 1934 in Leningrad (now St Petersburg). The mother of the future actress Ksenia Fedorova lived in Pskov. Later she moved to Leningrad, where she met German-born actor Bruno Freindlih. Shortly before the war Alisa’s parents broke up. Her father went on tour and the girl stayed with her mother.
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Alina Sandratskaya, film and theater actress

Alina Sandratskaya, film and theater actress

Alina Sandratskaya, film and theater actress


Alina Sandratskaya is a Russian theater and film actress.
Cute girl was born on May 22, 1984 in Moscow. Parents thought for a long time how to name the long-awaited child, and eventually decided to combine their names – Alexander and Natalia. As a result, the girl was named Al-i-na. The girl’s dad worked as a film director, and her mother was a teacher at a music school.
In her childhood she sang in the Moscow Academic Chamber Music Theater. For the first time Alina appeared on the stage in the play The Old Fable.
She graduated from the Moscow State University of Culture and Arts. From 2001 to 2005 Alina performed at the Moscow Theater Vernisazh. The actress performed the roles of Victoria (Provincial Anecdote), Jen (Maria Tudor), Sophia (Woe from Wit) and others. The theater was musical, so, all the performances included dances and vocals.
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Alisa Grebenschikova

Alisa Grebenschikova - Russian actress

Alisa Grebenschikova – Russian actress


Alisa Grebenschikova is a Russian theater and film actress, the daughter of famous musician Boris Grebenshchikov.
Cute girl was born on June 12, 1978 in Leningrad, USSR. When she was born her father recorded the song Daughter.
In 1999 the girl graduated from the Academy of Theatre Arts in St. Petersburg. After graduation Alisa performed at Moscow Art Theater.
Her debut as an actress was the role in the movie American, directed by Dmitry Meshiev. Then Alisa starred in the film Driver for Vera, directed by Pavel Chukhrai.
Grebenschikova also starred in many different Russian TV series.
In 2007, she took part in the TV project Ice Age, where her partner was the famous Russian figure skater Alexei Tikhonov. They took the third place.
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Alla Mikheeva – actress, TV presenter

Charming TV presenter Alla

Charming TV presenter Alla


Alla Mikheeva is a Russian theater and film actress, TV presenter.
Cute girl was born on February 7, 1989. She spent her childhood in Siberia, in the city of Mezhdurechensk, Kemerovo Oblast. Then her family moved to St. Petersburg. She was a very active child. Alla was engaged in ballroom dancing, skiing and went to the music school.
From 2005 to 2007 she worked as a TV presenter on Channel Five.
In 2008, she entered the Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy.
By the way, she is an actress of Music and Drama Theatre BUFF (St. Petersburg). She plays the roles of Eynsford Hill and Clara Hill in the play Eliza and the role of Clara in the play Doctor of Philosophy.
Also she takes part in Mirrored living room’s program Ship Hope.
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