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- Born in Russia, Svetlana Efremova is trained by two of the most world-renowned theatre schools: the Yale School of Drama, where she earned an MFA degree in Acting and the St. Petersburg Academy of Theatre, where she received her BFA in Acting. Her Theatre credits range from Broadway to some of the finest regional companies in the US such as Yale Repertory Theatre, South Coast Repertory Theatre. Her creative accomplishments as an actress were over 48 feature films with major Hollywood studios, television appearances and theatrical productions. Her performance was reviewed in several regional newspapers and national theatrical trade publications, including the LA Times, OC Register, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Back Stage, New York Times, the premiere stage periodical "American Theatre". Svetlana Efremova has served as a Head of Acting for both the Undergraduate and Graduate Acting programs, as well as Master Acting Teacher within California State University, Fullerton, Theatre Department.
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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 Goryachie novosti (2009). She has been married to Sacha Seberg since 11 May 2012. They have two children. She was previously married to Artyom Semakin.- Director
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Director and screenwriter Andrey Zvyagintsev is the winner of the Venice Film Festival (2003) and the Cannes Film Festival (2011, 2014, 2017). Two-time the Academy Awards and the BAFTA Awards nominee. Winner or the Golden Globe Awards (2015) for his film "Leviathan". In 2018, his latest work "Loveless" was awarded Best Foreign Film by the César Academy, France.
Born on the 6th of February in 1964 in Novosibirsk, Andrey Zvyagintsev attended the Novosibirsk Theatrical School, class of Lev Belov, before pursuing his studies in Moscow. In 1990, he graduated from the acting faculty of the Russian Institute of Theater Arts (GITIS), class of Evgeny Lazarev. In the following years Andrey gave several theatre, film and TV appearances as an actor.
In 2000, he debuted as a director. He made three short films for REN TV Channel's "The Black Room" series - "Bushido", "Obscure", "The Choice" - that was followed by his first full-length feature.
In 2003, "The Return", a debut not only for the director but also for the majority of the crew, played the main competition at the 60th Venice Film Festival and won its highest prize, the Golden Lion. Besides, Zvyagintsev was awarded the Lion of the Future for best debut, "a very delicate film about love, loss and growing". It captured the attention all over the world becoming one of the cinema sensations of the year.
His second film, "The Banishment", competed for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007 and won Best Actor (Konstantin Lavronenko) - the first-ever for a Russian artist.
In 2011, Zvyagintsev's third film, "Elena", premiered at the 64th Cannes Film Festival and won the Special Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section.
His fourth film, "Leviathan", screened in competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014 and won Best Screenplay (Andrey Zvyagintsev and Oleg Negin). In 2015, the film won the Golden Globe becoming the first Russian feature to win this award since 1969. The film got an Oscar nomination in the same category at the 87th Academy Awards.
Zvyagintsev's next film, "Loveless", won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017 and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards in 2018. "Loveless" was released in all major territories earning nominations for all acclaimed cinema awards worldwide including The Golden Globe Awards and BAFTA. It was awarded Best Foreign Film at France's César Awards, for the first time in history of both Soviet and Russian cinema.
In 2018, Andrey Zvyagintsev served on the Cannes Film Festival jury.- Elena Lenina was born on 25 October 1979 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Il était une fois Jean-Sébastien Bach (2003), A mama luchshe! (2010) and La Basse-cour des célébrités (2004). She has been married to Pascal Florent-Édouard since October 2012.
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- Producer
Nikita Kologrivyy was born on 16 October 1994 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, Russia. He is an actor and producer, known for Libido, Koresha (2024) and The Balkan Line (2019). He is married to Aleksandrina Pitirimova. They have one child.- Elena Shevchenko was born on 23 October 1964 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Why Don't You Just Die! (2018), Sympathy Seeker (1997) and Noktyurn dlya barabana i mototsikla (1994). She is married to Igor Lebedev. They have two children. She was previously married to Vladimir Mashkov.
- Mariya Shumakova was born on 24 December 1988 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Vtoroe zrenie (2017), Vyzhyt Lyuboy Tsenoy (2017) and Konets filma (2020).
- Irina Alferova was born on March 13, 1951, in Novosibirsk (USSR). She made her cinematic debut as a student of the State Institute of Theater Arts (GITIS). In 1972, after graduation, she was invited to play Dasha into the television series "The Road to Calvary" (1973-1977), where she had enormous success. In 1976, she was accepted into the "Lenin's Young Communist League" theater company in Moscow. She continued to actively work in the cinema, and followed with a role in the military drama "The Black Aspen" (1977), the fairy tale "Autumn Bells" (1978), and a musical "D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers" (1979, TV).
In many films she played together with her husband, Alexandre Abdulov. Their collaboration can be seen in the following films: "Do Not Part with the Loved Ones" (1979), "Saturday and Sunday" (1982, TV), "The Love Forefeeling" (1982), "A Kiss" (1983, TV).
She also had leading roles in the following films: "Vasiliy Buslayev" (1982), "Seven Elements" (1984) "The Right to Choose" (1984), "TASS is Authorized to Inform" (1984), "Rough Landing" (1985), "Only Two Knew the Password" (1985), "And All Will Repeat" (1989), "The Nocturnal Foolishness" (1991), "Yermak" (1996), "The Lost Paradise" (2000), "The Trap" (2007) and many other films and theater productions. In "Top Notch" (1991), she starred together with her daughter, Ksenia Alferova, who also chose the acting path. She played leading roles in the Hungarian film "Tündér Lala" (1981) and Yugoslavian film "Love Letters with Subtext" ("Ljubavna pisma s predumisljajem")(1987). - Yuriy Nazarov was born on 5 May 1937 in Novosibirsk, Zapadno-Sibirskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Novosibirskaya oblast, Russia]. He is an actor, known for Mirror (1975), Andrei Rublev (1966) and Little Vera (1988). He is married to Tatyana Nazarova. They have five children.
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Panin was rocketed to fame by the hit television detective show "Kamenskaya." In 2000, he had lead roles in both Valery Akhadov's "Don't Offend the Women" and Pavel Lugin's "Wedding," as well as Alexander Atanesyan's action thriller "24 Hours." He won the best actor prize at the Golden Ram film festival for his part in "Wedding." Panin made his first screen appearance in the movie "Straightway," but it was his performances in Maxim Pezhemsky's "Mama, Don't Cry" and Denis Yevstigneev's "Mama" that brought the actor renown.
Before becoming a screen regular, he was a stage actor at the Minusinsky theater, where he worked after graduating from the Culture Institute in Kemerovo. Although he had initially planned to attend the Culinary Institute, Panin went on to further his education as an actor, graduating from Moscow's legendary MKhAT in 1991 and taking up residence at the MKhAT Chekhov theater with his wife, Natalya Rogozhina. His stage work includes "Three Sisters" (Soleny), "The Miserly Knight," "Marriage," "Deadly Number," and a private production of "Winter." Panin often acts in Oleg Tabakov's productions.- Producer
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Aleksandr Andryushchenko is a Russian film producer, director, script-writer, and editor. He is the co-founder of Vodorod Pictures, a major film production company, and of The Industry Film and Television School. Among the titles he has produced are such well-known projects as Fedor Bondarchuk's sci-fi blockbusters Attraction (2017) ("Attraction") and Invasion (2020) ("Invasion"), the musical love-stories Ice (2018) ("Ice"), Ice 2 (2020) ("Ice 2"), and Lyod 3 (2024) ("Ice 3"), and Egor Abramenko's sci-fi thriller Sputnik (2020), along with its American remake Untitled Sputnik Remake. Other notable films he produced are the based-on-real-events adventure Povelitel vetra (2023) ("Lord of the Wind"), which tells the story of Fyodor Konyukhov's record-breaking, round-the-world 2016 balloon flight, and the poignant comedy Vasiliy (2024) ("Vasily"), an international project with production in both Russia and Mexico.
But he does more than just produce. He directed, co-wrote, and produced the sci-fi, action-adventure film Guest from the Future (2024) ("Guest from the Future"), inspired by Kir Bulychyovs novel "Sto let tomu vperyod" ("One Hundred Years Ahead").- Milana Khametova was born on 5 March 2010 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, Russia. She is an actress, known for Ne odna doma (2024) and Duety (2021).
- Agniya Kuznetsova was born on 15 July 1985 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Vsyo prosto (2012), Yes&Yes (2014) and Cargo 200 (2007). She has been married to Maksim Petrov since 11 September 2015. They have one child.
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Eduard Artemyev is a Soviet and Russian composer. He is widely known as the author of music for films by Andrei Tarkovsky, Andrey Konchalovskiy and Nikita Mikhalkov.
Artemyev was born in Novosibirsk. He received his primary musical education at the Moscow Choir School. Later in 1960 he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory. Artemyev became widely known for his work in the cinema. He has composed music for over 150 feature films, documentaries and animated films.- Sofya Zayka was born on 24 January 1994 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, Russia. She is an actress, known for Iskrenne Vasha (2021), Kak druzya Zakhara zhenili (2022) and 8 sposobov lyubit (2021).
- Nikolay Yeryomenko is a Soviet and Belarusian theater and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR.
Nikolay was born in Novosibirsk. Father was a military man. Mother worked in the prosecutor's office. Since childhood, Nikolai really liked performing, first in kindergarten, then at evenings at school. He graduated from a seven-year school, then a vocational school, and worked at a factory as a turner.
In 1942, he went to the Kalinin Front and was a fighter in the 11th Cavalry Corps. In July 1942 he was captured near Vyazma, and spent three years in a concentration camp in the quarries. For the rest of his life, deep scars remained on his body after this camp.
Returning from the front, he began studying in the theater studio of one of the clubs in Vitebsk. Yeryomenko entered the theater studio at the Yakub Kolas Theater. After graduating from the studio in 1948, he became an actor at the Yakub Kolas Theater in Vitebsk. Since 1959 - in the troupe of the Belarusian Drama Theater named after Janka Kupala. He served in the famous Belarusian theater for 40 years.
Nikolay Yeryomenko made his film debut in 1960 in the film Vperedi - krutoy povorot (1960), playing the role of investigator of the Regional Police Department Nikolay Radevich. He gained wide fame in 1962. His talent in cinema was discovered by Sergey Gerasimov, who directed Yeryomenko in the title role in the film Men and Beasts (1962), where he played Lieutenant Aleksey Pavlov. It is worth noting that the actor himself considered the image of Aleksey Pavlov to be his best role.
In subsequent years, he played notable roles in the films Pogonya (1965) (hunter Anatoliy Ivanovich), Vzryvniki (1970) (Dmitriy Butrov), [error] (Josip Broz-Tito), More v ogne (1972) (Evgeniy Zhidilov), Chelovek v prokhodnom dvore (1972) (police captain Sibul). His last film work was the role of Skvortsov in the film Zal ozhidaniya (1998) released in 1998. - Darya Perova was born on 12 June 1987 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Yolki 10 (2023), Morozov (2020) and Morskie dyavoly. Smerch (2013).
- Aleksey Vertkov was born on 31 March 1982 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor, known for Ward No. 6 (2009), Sunday (2019) and White Tiger (2012). He is married to Aleksandra Rebenok. They have two children.
- Larisa Gordeychik was born on 2 August 1939 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Mechte navstrechu (1963), V nashem gorode (1959) and Imenem revolyutsii (1964).
- Aleksandr Karelin is a Soviet and Russian athlete, classical (Greco-Roman) wrestler, three-time Olympic champion (1988, 1992, 1996), statesman and political figure.
Aleksandr Karelin was born in Novosibirsk. At birth he weighed 5.5 kg. Father - Aleksandr Ivanovich Karelin, driver. Mother - Zinaida Ivanovna Karelina, civil servant. As a child, he dreamed of following in his father's footsteps and becoming a big truck driver. He learned to drive a car early from his father, he was well versed in technology, and already as a teenager he could assemble and disassemble a car with his own hands. Later he received the profession of a mechanical technician, and even received the right to drive road trains.
Since childhood, Karelin was fond of sports, starting with hockey and swimming. Once on the street of Novosibirsk, a young man who introduced himself as Viktor Kuznetsov approached the boys playing. This man, who later became Karelin's only coach, noticed a strong, tall guy - at the age of 13, Karelin was 178 cm tall and weighed 78 kg. Kuznetsov invited him to the gym. And in 1981, he enrolled in the classical wrestling section at the Electrotechnical Institute. The first success came in 1985 - Aleksandr Karelin became the world champion among youth.
In 1988, despite a concussion and high temperature, Karelin became the USSR champion for the first time, winning by pinfall against the leader of the USSR national team, two-time world champion Igor Rostorotskiy. In 1988, Karelin participated in his first Olympics, at that time he weighed 112 kg. In the finals of the Seoul 1988: Games of the XXIV Olympiad (1988), Karelin met with Bulgarian Rangel Gerovski. Aleksandr lost the first period 2:3, but in the end he won 15 seconds before the end of the fight with his favorite technique - the "reverse belt" throw - 4:3.
In the finals of the Barcelona 1992: Games of the XXV Olympiad (1992) Karelin clearly won against the world champion and twenty-time champion of Sweden, Thomas Johansson. The Swedish wrestler did not last than two minutes.
At the Atlanta 1996: Games of the XXVI Olympiad (1996), in the final, Karelin defeated Matt Ghaffari with a score of 1:0. After the end of the fight, Ghaffari began to cry.
In the final of Sydney 2000: Games of the XXVII Olympiad (2000) he met with American wrestler Rulon Gardner. After the first period the score was 0:0, according to the rules in force at that time, after the break the athletes were placed in a cross hold. Karelin was the first to unclench his hands, which was a violation of the rules; Gardner was awarded the winning point. As a result, the American wrestler won with a score of 1:0, and Karelin received a silver award for the first time in 13 years.
After the Games in Sydney, Aleksandr Karelin ended his sports career. - Actress
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Alina Nasibullina was born on 21 March 1990 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress and director, known for Vyzhivshie. Dopros (2024), Nado snimat filmy o lyubvi (2024) and Crystal Swan (2018). She has been married to Husky since July 2017. They have one child.- Tamara Loginova was born on 2 May 1929 in Novosibirsk, RSFSR, USSR. She was an actress, known for Doroga (1955), Dikaya sobaka Dingo (1962) and Bezumnyy den (1956). She died on 17 August 1988 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Ivan Zlobin was born on 28 September 1998 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, Russia. He is an actor, known for Chelovek niotkuda (2023), Mittelmarsch (2022) and Prorok. Istoriya Aleksandra Pushkina (2025).
- David Manukyan was born on 16 March 1993 in Novosibirsk, Russia. He is an actor, known for Bar MoskvaChiki (2024), CONTRABAN (2022) and Zdravstvuyte, vam pora (2022).
- Evgeniya Turkova was born on 6 May 1989 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Shagaya po kanatu (2012), Ulitsa (2017) and Styuardessa.
- Stanislav Borodokin was born on 23 October 1944 in village Kochki, Novosibirsk Oblast, RSFSR, USSR. He is an actor, known for Den angela (1968), The Commander of the Lucky Pike (1973) and Osenniye svadby (1968).
- Sergey Dreyden was born on 14 September 1941 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Russian Ark (2002), Sumasshedshaya pomoshch (2009) and A Siege Diary (2020). He was married to ???, Tatyana Ponomarenko and Alla Sokolova. He died on 8 May 2023 in St Petersburg, Russia.
- Efim Petrunin was born on 1 June 1990 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor, known for The Balkan Line (2019), Mermaid: The Lake of the Dead (2018) and Union of Salvation (2019). He has been married to Elena Kotova since 27 October 2013. They have one child.
- Evgeniya Lapova was born on 22 November 1985 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Crimea (2017), A mama luchshe! (2010) and Geymery (2012).
- Sophia Zayka was born on 24 January 1994 in Novosibirsk, Russia.
- Kristina Aleksandrova was born on 27 May 1994 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, Russia. She is an actress, known for Igra na vyzhivanie (2020), Seks. Do i posle (2023) and Better Than Us (2018).
- Nikolay Stotskiy was born on 10 January 1964 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor, known for The Castle (1994), Bratya Karamazovy (2009) and Terra Nova (2008).
- Valeriy Devyatilov was born on 6 January 1976 in Novosibirsk, RSFSR, USSR. He is a director and actor, known for Varenka: For Better or Worse (2009), Queen of Bandits (2013) and The Baloon Will Come Back (2015).
- Nikolay Machulskiy was born on 29 December 1978 in Novosibirsk, RSFSR, USSR. He is an actor, known for Fonogramma strasti (2009), Severnyy polyus and Shtrafbat (2004).
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Alexander Abaturov was born in 1984 in Novosibirsk, RSFSR, USSR. Alexander is a director and writer, known for Paradise (2022), Sleeping Souls (2013) and Syn (2018).- Natalya Shevchenko was born on 23 January 1981 in Novosibirsk, RSFSR, USSR. She is an actress, known for Ulitsa (2017), Patriot (2020) and SashaTanya (2013).
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- Executive
Vyacheslav Murugov was born on 26 January 1969 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is a producer and writer, known for The Kitchen (2012), Sputnik (2020) and The Ship (2014).- Evgeniy Miller was born on 17 February 1978 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor, known for Na veki vechnye, Spi so mnoy and Pokhishchenie.
- Vladlen Biryukov was born on 7 March 1942 in Nikonovo, Novosibirsk Oblast, RSFSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Prikaz: ogon ne otkryvat (1982), Molodaya zhena (1979) and Prikaz: pereyti granitsu (1983). He died on 2 September 2005 in Berdsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia.
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- Actor
Sergey Tarasov was born on 11 December 1933 in Novosibirsk, RSFSR, USSR. He is a director and writer, known for The Black Arrow (1985), Knyaz Yuriy Dolgorukiy (1998) and The Arrows of Robin Hood (1975).- Stepan Belozyorov was born on 23 April 1998 in Novosibirsk, Russia. He is an actor, known for Wings Over Berlin (2022), Moya bolshaya tayna (2021) and Lyod 3 (2024).
- Yuriy Yakovlev-Sukhanov was born on 9 July 1964 in Novosibirsk, RSFSR, USSR. He is an actor, known for Sniffer (2013), Londongrad (2015) and The Dragon Syndrome (2012).
- Dalvin Shcherbakov was born on 26 August 1938 in Tayga, Novosibirsk Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Kemerovo Oblast, Russia]. He is an actor, known for We'll Live Till Monday (1968), Utro obrechyonnogo priiska (1985) and Pervyy trolleybus (1963).
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Avruzki Lika was born on 5 April 1985 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. Avruzki is a writer and producer, known for Parallelnye pryamye peresekayutsya v beskonechnosti (2015), Am I Beautiful (2022) and Happy Birthday (2022).- Nadya Vall was born in 1995 in Novosibirsk, Russia.
- Dmitriy Mazurov was born on 13 April 1981 in Novosibirsk, RSFSR, USSR. He is an actor, known for Obshchie interesy (2018), Chisto moskovskie ubiystva - 2 (2018) and Sluga Gosudarev (2007).
- Composer
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- Music Department
Aleksandr Zatsepin was born on 10 March 1926 in Novosibirsk, Sibirskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Novosibirskaya oblast, Russia]. He is a composer and actor, known for Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession (1973), Chastnyy detektiv, ili operatsiya 'Kooperatsiya' (1990) and Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967).- Actor
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Yuriy Vasilev was born on 30 November 1954 in Novosibirsk, RSFSR, USSR. He is an actor and director, known for The Heritage of Love (2016), Prodavets igrushek (2013) and Teve-molochnik (1985).- Dmitriy Dobrov was born on 25 April 1980 in Novosibirsk, RSFSR, USSR. He is an actor, known for Etim vecherom angely plakali (2008), The Method (2015) and When We Were Happy (2009).
- Aleksandr Baranovskiy was born on 17 January 1983 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor, known for Mayakovskiy. Dva dnya (2013), Shugaley 2 (2020) and Granit (2021). He is married to Ekaterina Krupenina.