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Milana Vayntrub is an Uzbekistan-born American actress, writer and stand-up comedian. She began her career making YouTube videos amounting over 11 million views, then turned her web content into an MTV pilot. In 2016 she was recognized by Adweek on the cover of their Creative 100 issue for her activism, documentary work, and her role as Lily Adams in AT&T commercials. She is most recognized as an actress for her role as Sloane on the NBC dramatic series This Is Us and as a writer for Adult Swim's Robot Chicken Robot Chicken (2001) .- Actress
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Best known for her role as Yvetta on the hit HBO series, "True Blood," iconic role of Anica a transgender character on "Entourage" series, and Tatyana on "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" series, Natasha has found success on both the big and small screen since arriving in Hollywood all the way from Tashkent, Uzbekistan. After moving to Moscow, Natasha began a globe-trotting career as a print and runway model for Gucci, Versace, John Galliano, Christian Dior and many other top designers. Natasha then transitioned into acting, moving to London to train at "The Method Center" and learn the "Lee Strasberg Acting Technique. After moving to LA and studying under well known teachers Ivana Chubbuck, Howard Fine, Lesly Kahn and Bob Corff, Natasha booked her first acting job on the Fox Television show "Fastlane" (2002). She has since appeared on a wide variety of television shows, including "NYPD Blue," "CSI," "NCIS LA," "Just Shoot Me," "The Bold and the Beautiful," "Nip/Tuck," and "Body of Pain" among others. Natasha has also appeared in over a dozen films, including "The Women" (2008), opposite Meg Ryan, Eva Mendes, and Bette Midler.
Natasha has shared the screen with dozens of icons, including Annette Benning, Debra Messing, Cloris Leachman, Candace Bergen, Danny DeVito, Jada Pinkett Smith, Charlie Day and many more.
Despite having a busy work schedule, Natasha loves spending time with her daughter Valentina.- Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Rita Volk moved to San Francisco with her family when she 6 years old. Approached by a modeling scout, Volk was given the opportunity to audition for commercials and instantly fell in love with acting.
Through high school, Volk acted in school plays and further explored her burgeoning love for film which she claims, also, helped her and her family acclimatise to the American language and culture. After high school, Volk attended Duke University, where she graduated with a degree in psychology/premed. But she never lost sight of her passion for acting as she acted in student films and was a member of Inside Joke, Duke's sketch comedy troupe. - Park Solomon was born on 11 November 1999 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He is an actor, known for All of Us Are Dead (2022), Lookout (2017) and Revenge of Others (2022).
- Nearly unrecognizable in his portrayals, Michael Aronov is a Tony Award winning actor that has made a name for himself by pushing the boundaries on stage and screen. In film he is most known for his role as Chovka, the Chechen warlord and head gangster opposite Tom Hardy and James Gandolfini in the Twentieth Century Fox feature The Drop (2014). In complete contrast, the actor also spent three seasons on the award winning FX series The Americans (2013), playing a physicist that is torn from his family and exiled as a political prisoner. Another indelible TV role was the fast-talking lovable hustler, Smokey Putnum on NBC's The Blacklist (2013). Subsequently Aronov played lead undercover cop, Jackie Dillon in the HBO-Cinemax series Jett (2019). The actor also went head-to-head with Sir Ben Kingsley, portraying a real life Nazi hunter in "Operation Finale" (MGM). He will soon be seen as Isaac, a nightclub owner with a sordid past in the Netflix series "Hit and Run," and in the upcoming Showtime mini-series "The First Lady" - playing Rahm Emanuel opposite Viola Davis as Michelle Obama.
Earlier in his career Aronov earned respect for his unique level of immersion into a role as he lost nearly fifty pounds to reflect the authentic downfall of Sacco Valenzia, a charismatic and boundless addict in the Sundance Film Festival and Independent Spirit Award nominated film - Lbs. (2004) Just prior to that, the actor's film debut was in another Sundance Film Festival favorite, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" - playing the long-haired, diesel glam-rock drummer, Schlatko.
For his Theatre work, Aronov has won the Tony Award, the Lucille Lortel Award, the Obie Award, and the Elliot Norton Award. The actor has also been nominated for the Drama Desk Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, and the IRNE Award. He originated the roles of Uri Savir in the Tony Award winning production of "Oslo" on Broadway; Paul in Lyle Kessler's "First Born" at The Actors Studio, and Dennis in Theresa Rebeck's "Mauritius." Other Theatre highlights include: Siggie, in the Tony-nominated revival of "Golden Boy" on Broadway, the American premiere of "Blood and Gifts" by J.T. Rogers at Lincoln Center; his solo-show "Manigma" (NYC); Stanley Kowalski in the classic "A Streetcar Named Desire" (Europe); Jean in "Miss Julie" at the Cherry Lane Theatre, Dionysus in "The Bacchae 2.1," and Edgar in an award winning production of "King Lear." - Anna Jimskaia was born on 22 January 1979 in Tashkent, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. She is an actress, known for Monamour (2005), Villa Bella (2015) and Loro (2018).
- Natasha Zlobina was born on 6 July 1984 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She is an actress, known for Red Lips II (1996) and Verbnoe voskresene (2009). She was previously married to Kenneth Mitchell.
- Ravshana Bakhramovna Kurkova is a distinguished Russian cinema and theatre actress. She has appeared in more than thirty films since 2003. Ravshana was born in Tashkent in an Uzbek acting family. Her parents are Uzbek actor Bakhram Matchanov and Uzbek actress, producer, and director Rano Kubaeva. One of her first major acting experiences was playing, at the age of 12, the daughter, Nigora, in Tayna paporotnikov (1992) ("The Mystery of Ferns"), a philosophical art house drama by Uzbek director Rashid Malikov, filmed at the "Uzbekfilm" studio in 1992. Ravshana graduated from one of the most prestigious music schools in Central Asia. In the eighth grade her parents transferred her to another Tashkent lyceum, a branch of the University of London. In the late 1990s, Ravshana moved to Moscow, where she entered the philological faculty of the Moscow State Pedagogical University. After receiving a diploma of higher education she worked in television as an editor of a talk show. Ravshana studied acting under the guidance of Tatyana Pyshnova, a professor of the Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School. Ravshana Kurkova is also known as a theatre actress. She has played leading roles in plays of Ivan Vyrypaev, including "Nevynosimo dolgi obyatiya" ("Unbearably Long Embraces") and "Ilyuzii" ("Illusions"), both at the Moscow theatre "Praktika" ("Practice").
- Violetta Schurawlow was born on 1 March 1986 in Angren, Uzbekistan, USSR. She is an actress, known for Cold Hell (2017), Tatort (1970) and Cannibal Diner (2012).
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Olga Kurkulina was born on 18 May 1971 in Uzbekistan. She is an actress and producer, known for Kick-Ass 2 (2013), Silent Times (2018) and Killer Bees Society.- Tatyana Konyukhova was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress.
She was born in Tashkent (Uzbek SSR). She had a brother, Igor, who died at an early age. In 1946, her father was sent to work in Latvia, and the Konyukhov family moved to Riga. She finished school in Liepaja. In 1949, she came to Moscow, where she entered VGIK. In 1955, she graduated from the All-Union State Institute of Theater Arts. After graduating from VGIK she worked at the Malyy Theater.
After the success in the film May Night (1952), the actress began to be regularly invited to act in films. In the 1950s, she played leading roles in the films Good Morning (1955) (driver foreman Katya Golovan), Raznye sudby (1956) (Sonya Orlova), Gori, moya zvezda! (1958) (Nelya Bulatova), Vremya letnikh otpuskov (1961) (Anna Gorelova).
She performed notably in Radunitsa (1984) (as Olga), Portret zheny khudozhnika (1982) (as Varya Nikitenko), Sitting on the Golden Porch (1986) (as Tsarina), Ssuda na brak (1988) (as Valentina), and Vsyo vperedi (1990) (as Zinaida Vitalyevna).
After leaving the theater, she worked with children at the Theater Studio at the Moscow Children's Academy of Folk Arts in Perovo. She also taught acting at the Moscow State Institute of Culture. - Natalya Rudova was born on 2 July 1983 in Pakhtakor, Pakhtakorskiy rayon, Dzhizakskaya oblast, Uzbekskaya SSR, USSR [now Paxtakor, Paxtakor tumani, Jizzax viloyati, Uzbekistan]. She is an actress, known for Mafia: Game of Survival (2016), Gyulchatay (2012) and Tsvetok dyavola (2010).
- Larissa Bond was born on 8 April 1973 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. She is an actress, known for Lord of War (2005), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and How to Make It in America (2010).
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Ali Khamraev was born on 19 May 1937 in Tashkent, Uzbekskaya SSR, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. He is a director and writer, known for I Remember You (1985), Bo Ba Bu (1998) and Chrezvychainyy komissar (1970).- Ariadna Shengelaia was born on 13 January 1937 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. She is an actress, known for Evgeniya Grande (1960), Yevgeni Onegin (1959) and Volshebnyy portret (1997). She was previously married to Eldar Shengelaia.
- Rina Zelyonaya is a Soviet pop, theater and film actress, master of imitation of children's speech, People's Artist of the RSFSR.
She was born in Tashkent in a family of Vasiliy Zelyonyy. After her father was transferred to work in Moscow, Rina began to study at the von Derviz gymnasium in Gorokhovskiy Lane. She became an actress quite by accident: she was walking around Moscow and saw an ad: "Recruitment to a theater school." Of the 80 applicants, only 22 people were admitted to the school, including Ekaterina. In 1919 she graduated from the Moscow Theater School at the Free Theatre. She started on the stage as a professional singer, but natural comedy, her desire for parody prevailed. Her teachers were Illarion Pevtsov, Nikolai Radin, Mariya Blyumental-Tamarina.
With the outbreak of the Civil War, the Zelenyy family moved to Odessa, where the young actress got a job at the local theater - the Confreria of the Knights of the Sharp Theatre. It was then that Ekaterina became Rina - her name did not fit on the theater poster.
And some time later, Rina Zelenaya returned to Moscow. She worked in the Moscow theater "Do not cry", then - in the Petrograd "Balaganchik". In 1924-1928 - actress of the Moscow Theater of Satire. Since 1928 she was an actress of the Review Theater at the Press House (later - the Theater of Variety and Miniatures).
In the cinema - since 1931, the first role - a girl from Zhigan's gang in the film by Nikolai Ekk Road to Life (1931). Eight years later, she, along with Agniya Barto, wrote the script for the film The Foundling (1940). She took part in the dubbing of cartoons.
The last role that the actress played in the movie was Mrs. Hudson, the owner of the apartment on Baker Street, where the legendary Sherlock Holmes lived. The work on the image lasted for seven whole years, five films about the detective's adventures were shot, the last one in 1986. - Director
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Askold Kurov was born on 22 March 1974 in Kokand, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. He is a director and cinematographer, known for Children 404 (2014), Welcome to Chechnya (2020) and Zima, ukhodi! (2012).- Producer
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Nadira Murray, BAFTA Scotland-winning; BFI & Chanel Filmmaker Award-winning; and a winner of BIFA Breakthrough Producer, based in Ednburgh. Her company, Sylph Productions, focuses on the voices of first-generation immigrants and refugees/asylum seekers with the goal of connecting the East and West through cinematic experiences.
Nadira comes from an artistic background, with both parents working as theatre actors. She trained at the Drama Studio in London and worked as an actress in London theaters before finding her passion behind the camera. In 2014, she changed her career and pursued film production at the Media Business School in Spain, supported by Creative Europe Media. Her mission is to develop both scripted and unscripted narratives that elevate ethnically diverse voices and bring cultures together through artistic expression.
Nadira participated in the Rotterdam Producer's Lab in 2021 and 2023, as well as the BIFA Springboard program in 2023.- Actor
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Akhtem Seitablaev was born on 11 December 1972 in Yangiyul, Tashkent Oblast, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Yangiyo'l, Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan]. He is an actor and director, known for Cyborgs: Heroes Never Die (2017), Homeward (2019) and Numbers (2020).- Actor
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Aleksey Chumakov was born on 12 March 1981 in Samarkand, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. He is an actor and director, known for V poiskakh prizrakov (2024), Russkie detki 2 (2000) and Bogatyrsha (2016).- Actor
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Aleksandr Samoylenko was born on 28 March 1964 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Toshkent, Uzbekistan]. He is an actor and producer, known for Night Watch (2004), Day Watch (2006) and Salyut-7 (2017).- Bekzod Abdumalikov - actor and singer. He began his career as a child actor in 2011 in the project "G'aroib orzular" (Strange Dreams). The role of "Aalim" in the film "Raangi" brought him worldwide popularity. Until today he has released several songs and intends to continue his musical career with acting career.
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Talgat Nigmatulin was born on 5 March 1949 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. He was an actor and writer, known for Pirates of the 20th Century (1980), Odin i bez oruzhiya (1984) and Vstrechi i rasstavaniya (1973). He was married to Larissa Kandalova, Halima Hasanova and Venera Nigmatulina. He died on 11 February 1985 in Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, USSR [now Lithuania].- Dilorom Kambarova was born on 27 April 1957 in Margilan, Fergana Oblast, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Fergana Province, Uzbekistan]. She is an actress, known for Pirates of the 20th Century (1980), Shans (1984) and Odin i bez oruzhiya (1984).
- Matlyuba Alimova was born on 12 August 1954 in Andizhan, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Andijan, Uzbekistan]. She is an actress, known for Segodnya i vsegda (1982), Shakaly (1990) and Zharkoye leto v Kabule (1983).