List of Russian actors and actresses (must view)

Karina Razumovskaya was born in St.Petersburg, Russia (ex Leningrad, USSR). Karina had her first taste of filming at age 5 when she joined the 'Tormozhenie v nebesakh' movie for an episode. Later, she began her professional training as a student at St.Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy. Graduating in 2004, Karina became a member of the troupe at the Russian State Academic Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater.

Karina Andolenko was born on 20 September 1987 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. She is an actress, known for Ryabinovyy vals (2010), Russian Beauty (2015) and Rozy dlya Elzy (2009).

Anna Banshchikova is a Russian theater and film actress. Since childhood, the girl was drawn to the stage - from an early age she often attended the theater, rehearsals and performances of her grandmother. She didn't do well at school; she found exact sciences especially difficult. But her stage talents were revealed. And after graduating from high school, in 1991 she went to the theater institute to take a course at the musical comedy theater. She took a course with Dmitriy Astrakhan. Since 1997 he has been working at the St. Petersburg State Academic Theater named after Vera Komissarzhevskaya.

Thanks to her university mentor Dmitriy Astrakhan, she made her film debut - he cast her in small roles in his films Ty u menya odna (1993) and Vsyo budet khorosho (1995). A break in her artistic career occurred after marriage. Anna abandoned both the stage and filming, completely immersing herself in family relationships, in particular, with her first husband Maksim Leonidov, they traveled around the world for two whole years. Since the early 2000s, Anna has resumed active filming. She played dozens of roles that were remembered by the audience. She repeatedly starred in risky scenes without stunts. For example, on the set of the film Piranha (2006) she had to jump from a helicopter into the water, with her hands tied. And she did it. In 2016, was released the detective film Ishcheyka (2015) directed by Dmitriy Brusnikin, in which the actress plays the main role.

Elena Korikova was born on 12 April 1972 in Tobolsk, Tyumenskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Lady Into Lassie (1995), Mu-Mu (1998) and Alice Underground (1999).

Emiliya Spivak was born on 18 November 1981 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. She is an actress, known for Streets of Broken Lights (1998), The State Counsellor (2005) and Zhest (2006).

Ksenia Rappoport was born on 25 March 1974 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. She is an actress and director, known for The Double Hour (2009), The Unknown Woman (2006) and Yurev den (2008). She is married to Dmitriy Borisov.

Oksana Fandera was born on 7 November 1967 in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for Statskiy sovetnik (2005), Brothel Lights (2011) and Pro lyuboff (2010). She has been married to Filipp Yankovskiy since 1990. They have two children.

Masha Mashkova was born on 19 April 1985 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress and producer, known for Mafia: Game of Survival (2016), Masha from Russia (2018) and I.S.S. (2023). She has been married to Sacha Seberg since 11 May 2012. They have two children. She was previously married to Artyom Semakin.

Chulpan Khamatova is an internationally acclaimed film and stage actress and well-known philanthropist who left Moscow following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and took permanent residency in Latvia.

She was born Chulpan Nailyevna Khamatova on October 1, 1975, in Kazan, Tatarstan Republic, Russia. She is an ethnic Tatar. Her name means "morning star" in Tatar language. Her mother, Marina Galimullovna Khamatova, was an engineer. Her father Nail Khamatov, was also an engineer and a managing director of a firm in Tatarstan, Russia.

Young Khamatova was a professionally trained figure skater. She suffered from a back trauma after a fall on ice; after that she quit figure skating, but continued roller-skating. She also had a gift for mathematics and studied at the prestigious School of Mathematics in Kazan. Then she studied for one semester at business school of Kazan University, but became bored and decided to change her career and entered the Kazan School of Theatre. From 1995-1998 Khamatova studied acting at the State Institute of Theatrical Arts (GITIS) in Moscow, and graduated from the class of Aleksei Borodin in 1998 as an actress.

Khamatova was a third year student at GITIS when she made her film debut in the role of Katya in Vadim Abdrashitov's film Vremya tantsora (1998). She won critical acclaim in Russia after playing a female lead in Country of the Deaf (1998). Soon she gained international attention after starring as Mamlakat opposite Moritz Bleibtreu in Luna Papa (1999) by director Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov, which became a "quiet masterpiece" in Germany as well as in Russia. Khamatova's effortless style shines in a variety of her film characters ranging from farcical Lara in Good Bye Lenin! (2003), to charming seductress Nelly in 72 metra (2004), to passionate and sophisticated Lara in Doctor Zhivago, a Russian TV-series based on the eponymous book by Boris Pasternak.

Chulpan Khamatova became one of the most celebrated young actresses of Russian theatre and cinema. She was designated Honorable artist of Russia. In 2004 Khamatova was awarded State Prize by Russian president Vladimir Putin for her achievements in acting. From 1998 to 2022, she was a permanent member of Sovremennik Theatre in Moscow under directorship of Galina Volchek and other directors. Her stage and film partners has been such actors as Sergey Shakurov, Dina Korzun, Valentin Gaft, Inna Churikova, Sergey Garmash, Marina Neyolova, Elena Yakovleva and other notable Russian actors. From 2008 to 2022, Khamatova collaborated with the Theatre of Nations in Moscow. From 1995 to 2002 Khamatova was married to her class-mate, a fellow actor Ivan Volkov, their daughter, named Arina, was born in 2002. She was in relationship with a Russian émigré, actor-dancer Aleksei Dubinin with whom she has daughter Alina, born in 2003. Her third daughter, Iya Shein, was born in 2010. Besides her native Russian and Tatar, Chulpan Khamatova is fluent in German and English.

In 2006, Khamatova was a member of the six-person jury at the 63rd Venice Film Festival headed by French actress Catherine Deneuve. Chulpan Khamatova has been one of the leading figures for charitable causes in Russia. Since 2005 Khamatova and her fellow Russian actors started a charitable initiative "Podari Zhizn" for the benefit of children suffering from leukemia.

In March 2022, Chulpan Khamatova with her three daughters left Russia and gave an interview saying that she has gone into exile in Latvia, because of Russian war in Ukraine. Khamatova bought a house and settled in a suburb of Riga, the capital city of Latvia. In March 2022, Chulpan Khamatova became a permanent member of the troupe at the New Riga Theatre upon invitation from Alvis Hermanis, artistic director of the company. She also made appearances on Latvian TV and made public speeches at anti-war protests in Riga, Latvia. Khamatova is learning Latvian, her three daughters are also adjusting to the new life in Europe.

Ekaterina Nikitina was born on 18 July 1977 in the USSR. She is an actress, known for Tayny dvortsovykh perevorotov (2000), Saga drevnikh bulgar. Skazanie Olgi Svyatoy (2005) and Obnimaya nebo (2014).

Olga Budina was born on 22 February 1975 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Romanovy: Ventsenosnaya semya (2000), The Idiot (2003) and Bayazet (2003). She was previously married to Aleksandr Naumov.

Evgeniy Pronin was born on 8 November 1980 in Klimovsk, Moskovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Podolsk, Russia]. He is an actor and producer, known for Other plans, Nebo v ogne (2010) and Klassnye muzhiki (2010). He was previously married to Ekaterina Kuznetsova.

Alexander Petrov was born in a small town Pereslavl-Zalesskiy, Russia. During school years he played for the national football team. After leaving school he entered the University of Pereslavl the Faculty of Economics. During his studies he took part in cultural events of the city: KVN (Game show - Club of Funny and Inventive People), Student Council, a theatre studio «Anterpise» under Veronika Ivanenko's direction. At the Theatre Festival in the town Pohvistnevo (Samarskiy region) he met the teachers from Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS) at workshops.

After the Festival he left the University of Pereslavl and moved to Moscow to become a student of GITIS (Theatre Academy), the class of Leonid Heifetz in 2008. Since the second year he has begun acting in films. His first role was in TV-show «Voices» directed by Nana Jorjadze, an Oscar nominee in 1997. His first leading role that brought him first success was in TV-series Poka tsvetet paporotnik (directed by Evgeniy Bedarev) in 2012. While studying in GITIS he starred in 10 films.

Right after graduating from GITIS he was accepted to the Moscow Theater «Et Cetera» under Alexander Kalyagin's direction. He played Graziano in Shylock («The Merchant of Venice») on the touring stage of Riga Russian Drama Theater. Five months after, he was invited to Ermolova's Moscow Theater run by Oleg Menshikov to rehearse Hamlet directed by Valeriy Sarkisov, premiered in December, 2013. «Hamlet» has been the most sold-out performance in the theater ever since.

In the end of 2014, the head of Moscow Pushkin Theater - Evgeniy Pisarev and director Vladimir Mirzoyev offered him a role of Lopakhin in «Cherry Orchard» by Chekhov.

In 2015 he played the lead in Fartsa TV-series - one of the first Russian TV-series ever streamed on Netflix. Also he played a charming police officer Grisha Izmailov in TV-series Politseyskiy s Rublyovki v Beskudnikovo (2017) (directed by Ilya Kulikov) viewed by millions and got him famous nationally.

In November 2016 he created his first one-man dramatic show TOBEBORNAGAIN that was always a sold out show until its closure.

In 2017 he starred in Prityazhenie by Fedor Bondarchuk which had an outstanding success in Russia (box office - more than 18 million USD). The film was released worldwide. Gogol' (2017), where he also played the lead - russian famous writer Nikolay Gogol, became the first TV-series in the world screened in cinemas. It won an award at the festival of the Indie Gathering International Film Festival and was awarded at the Accolade Global Film Competition in the «Award of Excellence» category.

In 2017 he starred in his first international movie - «Anna» - a film by Luc Besson, released in 2019.

During the next few years he starred in a number of movies that topped the box office in Russia and were released worldwide.

In summer 2020 during the world pandemic he starred in his second international project «Man of god» filmed in Greece.

Prizes and Awards:

• Event of the Year of The Hollywood Reporter Magazine 2015 - Audience Award for Achievements in Film and Television Industry
• GQ Magazine Man of the Year Awards 2018 - Actor of the Year
• Golden Eagle Awards 2019 (winner) - Best TV Actor - Drama Series («Sparta»)
• Event of the Year of The Hollywood Reporter Magazine - Best Actor («Text»)
• Golden Eagle Awards 2020 (winner) - Best Actor - Motion Picture («Text»)

Pavel Priluchnyy was born on 5 November 1987 in Chimkent, Chimkentskaya oblast, Kazakh SSR, USSR [now Shymkent, Ongtustik Qazaqstan oblysy, Kazakhstan]. He is an actor, known for Silver Spoon (2014), Zakrytaya shkola (2011) and Hooked (2009). He has been married to Zepyur Brutyan since 2022. They have one child. He was previously married to Agata Mutsenietse.

Pavel Derevyanko was born on 2 July 1976 in Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor, known for Fortress of War (2010), Podelniki (2021) and Catherine the Great (2015).

Evgeniy Tsyganov was born on 15 March 1979 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor and director, known for The Man Who Surprised Everyone (2018), Rayskie kushchi (2015) and The Master and Margarita (2023).

Darya Moroz was born on 1 September 1983 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. She is an actress and producer, known for The Fool (2014), Live and Remember (2008) and Tochka (2006).

Anna Snatkina was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR to Aleksei Snatkin and Elena Snatkina. She is the oldest child in her family and has a younger sister.

At age 4, Anna did gymnastics.

In 2004, Anna graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography.

Anna is married and has a daughter. She lives and works in Moscow, Russia.

Yuliya Zimina is known for Nu, zdravstvuy, Oksana Sokolova! (2018), Krasnyy 5 (2022) and Blakitna Suknya (2016).

As a teenager, she graduated from the modeling school. In secondary school her studies were mediocre, but for the last few years learning everything caught up due to coaching. Because of this, Elizaveta acquired two foreign languages - English and German. The graduating class decided to enter the branch of "Public relations" of the Faculty of Journalism at Saint Petersburg State University. Visiting the opening of the academic theater "On Mokhovoy" and several productions Theatre Lensoveta, Elizaveta decided to enter the Theatre Institute. As she later recalled Boyarskaya, parents did not dissuade her from such a choice, but warned "About all the undercurrents".

Since 2006 - the actress of the Maly Drama Theatre (Theatre of Europe) in St. Petersburg.

Elizaveta a few months to prepare for entry into the Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy under Lev Dodin's mastery. He received the Presidential Scholarship. Graduated SPbGATI in 2007.

Anastasiya Sapozhnikova is known for Elena (2011), Igra na vyzhivanie (2020) and Cherv (2006).

Svetlana Khodchenkova is a Russian actress, known for her roles in Bless the Woman (2003) and in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011).

She was born Svetlana Viktorovna Khodchenkova on January 21, 1983, in Moscow and spent her childhood in Zheleznodorozhny, a small city about 6 miles east of Moscow, Russia. She was raised by a single mother, attended a public school, and once dreamed of becoming a medical doctor.

In 1998, at the age of 15, she started a career as a fashion model in Moscow, and also made a few international gigs. In 2000 she began her studies at the Moscow Institute of World Economics, but quit in favor of acting. From 2001 to 2005 she studied acting at the Shchukin Theatrical School of the Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow. There she attended the class of Nina Doroshina and Alekandr Lyubimtsev, graduating in 2005 as actress.

While a student, she starred in films of directors Stanislav Govorukhin, and Viktor Merezhko, and also appeared in popular Russian TV series. In 2008, she earned the best actress award at Gdynya Polish Film Festival, for the leading role in Mala Moskwa (2008). In 2012, she won COFCA Award for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011).

On December 13, 2005, she married her classmate, actor Vladimir Yaglych, and also took her husband's name, changing her name from Svetlana Khodchenkova to Svetlana Yaglych.The couple married on the 13th on purpose; because all their filming contracts were signed on the 13th, they believed that 13 would keep working as a good number for them. However, their marriage did not last, ending in divorce.

Svetlana has been involved in several stage productions of Independent stage project in Moscow. She made stellar appearances in such plays, as "Moulin Rouge Hospital" and "Theatre with and without rules" earning herself much critical acclaim.

Outside of her acting profession, Svetlana is skilled in horse-back riding. She is also fond of winter sports, such as alpine skiing: she practiced her downhill at the ski resort of Courchevel, France.

Ekaterina Vilkova was born on 11 July 1984 in Gorkiy, Gorkovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhniy Novgorod, Nizhegorodskaya oblast, Russia]. She is an actress, known for Hipsters (2008), Black Lightning (2009) and The Three Musketeers (2013). She has been married to Ilya Lyubimov since 1 May 2011. They have two children.

Glafira Tarkhanova was born on 9 November 1983 in Elektrostal, Moskovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Izmeny (2015), Gibel imperii (2005) and Zakryt geshtalt (2022). She has been married to Aleksey Faddeev since 2005. They have four children.

Mariya Gorban was born on 26 December 1986 in Izhevsk, Udmurtskaya ASSR, RSFSR, USSR [now Udmurtia, Russia]. She is an actress, known for Poekhavshaya (2023), Sluga Gosudarev (2007) and Ulybka Boga, ili Chisto odesskaya istoriya (2008). She has been married to Kirill Zotkin since July 2016. They have one child. She was previously married to Oleg Filatov.