Margarita Levieva is a talented actress who has proved that there are no closed doors for a purposeful person. The girl did not just realize her own dream and began to appear in films, but also achieved the status of one of the most popular film stars. Levieva is an American actress from the USSR. She starred in the films The Invisible, Adventureland, Spread, and TV series Revenge.
Pretty girl was born on February 9, 1980 in Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). She has twin brother Mikhail. At the age of three Margarita was engaged in rhythmic gymnastics. Moreover, she was a member of the Russian Olympic team.
When the girl was 10 years old her parents divorced. The following year Margarita with her twin brother and mother emigrated to the United States. They settled in Brooklyn, New York, near Sheepshead Bay, home to many emigrants from the former USSR. To tell the truth, Levieva had to quit her professional sports career.
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Yekaterina Golubeva was a European actress of Russian origin, Sarunas Bartas and Leos Carax’s muse. She starred in Russia, Lithuania, and France.
Pretty girl was born on October 9, 1966 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). She studied at the Institute of Cinematography.
For the first time the actress appeared on the screens in 1985. The blue-eyed beauty got the role of Larissa Derkach in the movie Learn To Dance. The second film with her participation was released in 1987. She starred together with Nikolai Stotsky, Nina Urgant and Olga Volkova.
In the late 1980s Yekaterina married Lithuanian film director Sarunas Bartas. After his movie Three Days (1992) the actress was invited to France. There she appeared in the film I Cannot Sleep (1994). Golubeva starred in her husband’s films – Corridor (1995) and We Are The Few (1996), and then they divorced.
You know, in 1991, the actress starred in the music video for Andrei Makarevich’s song.
In France Katya became Leo Carax’s close friend and muse. Actually, she starred in his film Pola X (1999).
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Tatiana Golovin is an inactive French professional tennis player. Now she lives in the USA.
Pretty girl was born on January 25, 1988 in Moscow. Her parents moved to France when she was only 8 months.
She is best known for her explosive forehand, which was said to be one of the best at the time. Together with Richard Gasquet 16-year-old Tatiana won the 2004 French Open mixed doubles event. Also Tatiana reached the singles quarterfinal at the 2006 U.S. Open, losing to the champion Maria Sharapova.
However, in 2008, she was diagnosed with lower back inflammation and was forced to stop playing competitive tennis.
Golovin spent six years at Nick Bollettieri’s tennis camp in Bradenton, Florida. She is currently coached by former World No. 1 Mats Wilander. Previously she was coached by Brad Gilbert and Dean Goldfine.
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Mylene Demongeot is a French actress, who has appeared in 72 films since 1953, including such classics as The Three Musketeers and the Fantomas trilogy.
She was one of the blond sex symbols of French cinema during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.
The actress was born on September 29, 1935 in Nice, Southern France. Her father, an economist, Alfred Demongeot, was from Italy and her mother Klaudia Trubnikova, was a Russian-Ukrainian emigre from Kharkov. The parents met in Shanghai, China, and then moved to Nice.
Little Mylene was able to speak Russian and French, but eventually switched to French.
“I do not know Russian. But after all, this is my real mother tongue, the language of my family…”
The girl began her career at the age of 15. She worked as a model in the studio of famous fashion designer Pierre Cardin.
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Xenia Tchoumitcheva is a Swiss model, actress and TV host, popular blogger and entrepreneur.
Beautiful girl was born on August 5, 1987 in Magnitogorsk, Russia. When she was 6 years old her family moved to Switzerland.
Actually, Tchoumitcheva entered the national Miss Switzerland pageant in 2006. She became the 1st runner-up and Miss Photogenic. After the contest, Xenia was considered the “most eligible single woman in Switzerland”. And in May 2009 she was elected as the Best Bikini Body, according to a survey by the magazine Schweizer Illustrierte.
By the way, Xenia starred in the short movie Les Enfants de la Honte by the French filmmaker Alain Margot. The film appeared at the NIFF film festival. In May 2010 the girl starred in a music video by Italian-Swiss singer Paolo Meneguzzi.
You know, she played a role in the film Without Men in 2011.
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Milla Jovovich is an American model, actress, musician, and fashion designer. Over her career, she has appeared in a number of science fiction and action-themed films. Music channel VH1 has referred to her as the Reigning Queen of Kick Butt.
Pretty girl was born on December 17, 1975 in Kiev, Soviet Union. Her mother Galina Loginova is a Russian stage actress. The girl was raised in the Russian Orthodox religion. Jovovich speaks Russian and English fluently, and a little French.
By the way, Milla began modeling when Gene Lemuel convinced Herb Ritts to shoot her for the cover of Lei magazine. Richard Avedon featured her in Revlon’s Most Unforgettable Women in the World advertisements.
In 1988, she debuted in the film The Night Train to Kathmandu, and later that year, she appeared in the feature film Two Moon Junction.
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Lila Kedrova was a French actress of Russian origin, winner of an Academy’s Oscar statuette.
Yelizaveta Nikolayevna Kedrova (her real name) was born on October 9, 1918 in Soviet Petrograd into the family of opera singers. Her mother, Sofia Gladkaya (1875—1965), was a singer at the Mariinsky Theatre. And her father Nikolai Kedrov was a singer and composer, Petersburg Conservatory Professor, creator of the first Russian male quartet to perform liturgical chants.
In 1922, the girl, her parents and older brother Nikolai emigrated to Germany. Then in 1928 they moved to France. There, Kedrova’s mother taught at the Conservatoire de Paris, and her father once again recreated the quartet Quatuor Kedroff.
Quite early, at the age of 12, she realized that theater was the only interesting thing for her. By the way, in 1932, Lila joined the Moscow Art Theatre touring company. Pierre Valde, an actor and director, was her mentor. After graduating from school Lisa married him.
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