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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. - 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." - 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).
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Alik Sakharov was born on 17 May 1959 in Tashkent, USSR. He is a director and producer, known for Ozark (2017), House of Cards (2013) and Game of Thrones (2011).- 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).
- 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").
- 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.
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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).- 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.
- 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).- 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).- Director
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Victor Stoloff was born on 17 March 1913 in Tashkent, Russia. He was a director and writer, known for Sinfonia fatale (1947), Little Isles of Freedom (1943) and The 300 Year Weekend (1971). He died on 6 December 2009 in New York, New York, USA.- Actor
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Dmitriy Kharatyan was born on 21 January 1960 in Almalyk, Tashkent Oblast, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. He is an actor and producer, known for Na Deribasovskoy khoroshaya pogoda, ili Na Brayton-Bich opyat idut dozhdi (1993), Koroleva Margo (1996) and The Secret of Queen Anne or Musketeers Thirty Years After (1994). He has been married to Marina Mayko since 1996. They have one child. He was previously married to Marina.- 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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Rustam Khamdamov was born on 24 May 1944 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. He is a director and writer, known for Meshok bez dna (2017), Anna Karamazoff (1991) and Vocal Parallels (2005).- 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. - Director
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Elyor Ishmukhamedov was born on 1 May 1942 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. He is a director and writer, known for Naslednitsy (2001), Ptitsy nashikh nadezhd (1976) and Shok (1989). He is married to Tamara Akulova. They have one child.- Viktor Verzhbitskiy was born on 21 September 1958 in Tashkent, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. He is an actor, known for Day Watch (2006), Night Watch (2004) and 12 (2007).
- Ulug'bek Qodirov was born on 3 August 1983 in Tashkent. He is an actor, known for Er Bermoq - Jon Bermoq (2011), Baron (2016) and Fotima va Zuxra (2005).
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Latif Faiziyev was born on 2 January 1929 in Tashkent, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. He was a director and writer, known for Sohni Mahiwal (1984), Svyashchennaya krov (1956) and Probuzhdenie (1983). He died on 21 October 1994 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan(undisclosed).- Larisa Luppian was born on 26 January 1953 in Tashkent, USSR. She is an actress, known for Plachu vperyod! (1999), Streets of Broken Lights (1998) and Buket mimozy i drugie tsvety (1985). She has been married to Mikhail Boyarskiy since September 2009. They have one child. She was previously married to Mikhail Boyarskiy.
- Zakir Mukhamedzhanov was born on 1 January 1921 in Tashkent, Turkestan [now Uzbekistan]. He was an actor, known for Sohni Mahiwal (1984), The Mischievous Boy (1978) and Dalyokie blizkie gody (1976). He died on 23 August 2012 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
- Rustam Sagdullaev was born on 25 July 1950 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. He is an actor, known for Bez strakha (1971), Polunochnyi blyuz (1992) and Vot vernulsya etot paren... (1978).
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Michael Arkof was born on 26 April 1981 in Tashkent, USSR. He is a writer and producer, known for A Violent Separation (2019), Paradise Galore and Into the Creek (2006).- Actor
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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].- Alina Kabaeva was born on 12 May 1983 in Tashkent, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. She is an actress, known for Red Shadow: Akakage (2001), Chetyre Lyubovi (2004) and Sydney 2000: Games of the XXVII Olympiad (2000).
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Sogdiana Fedorinskaya was born on 17 February 1984 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR. She is an actress, known for Sug'diyona (2006), Nu-ka, vse vmeste! Bitva sezonov (2023) and Fabrika zvezd (2002). She was previously married to Bashir Kustov and Ram Govindon.- Director
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Eldor Urazbaev was born on 11 October 1940 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. He was a director and actor, known for Dolphin Jump (2009), Smotri v oba! (1981) and Khozyain Imperii (2002). He died on 21 February 2012 in the USA.- Director
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Mukhlisa Azizova is a multifaceted filmmaker, director, and art director. A recipient of the national E'tirof Award, she graduated from the Uzbekistan State Institute of Arts and Culture. Starting her career as a photographer, Mukhlisa Azizova evolved into a director and producer, contributing significantly to Uzbekistan's cinema. Notable works include the acclaimed Geologist. Stronger Than Death (2014), the award-winning The Shore of the World (2015), and the blockbuster Scorpion (2018). Instrumental in establishing the Uzbekistan National Film Commission, Mukhlisa continues to champion the development of Uzbek cinema.
In September 2021, she co-founded Uzbekistan's Club, led the team to produce O'zbekistonlik, a high-quality series of impactful video content, and developed Uzbekistan's Club, an online platform for global Uzbek talents. She organized O'zbekistonlik forums in Berlin, Paris, and London, and initiated the Uzbekistan's Club magazine, catering to decision-makers in Uzbekistan and beyond.
Her diverse filmography, commitment to cultural promotion, and advocacy for the Uzbek film industry showcase Mukhlisa Azizova's profound impact on the cinematic landscape.- Director
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Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich was born on 22 October 1934 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. He was a director and writer, known for Afyory, muzyka, lyubov... (1997), The Return of the Musketeers, or The Treasures of Cardinal Mazarin (2009) and Formula radugi (1966). He was married to Svetlana Valerianovna Markov, Nadir Mirzayev Sultanovna and Tatyana Chernova. He died on 11 November 2015 in Moscow, Russia.- Aleksey Grishin was born on 24 July 1974 in Tashkent, USSR. He is an actor, known for Mafia: Game of Survival (2016), Brat 2 (2000) and Landysh serebristyy (2000).
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Julia Kalantarova was born on 26 December 1970 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She was a production designer, known for The Simpsons Movie (2007), Frozen (2013) and The Simpsons Game (2007). She was married to Robert Morris. She died on 27 September 2016 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Nazim Tulyahodzhayev was born on 4 January 1951 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR. He is an actor and director, known for Veld (1987), Maktub (2009) and Visol (2011).- Actor
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Sasha Golberg was born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. He is an actor and producer, known for The Face (2017), Fatale (2020) and Fifty (2019).- Sergey Epishev was born on 2 July 1979 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. He is an actor, known for Ikariya.
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Lefteris Pantazis was born on 27 March 1955 in Tashkent, USSR. He is an actor and composer, known for 24 ores m' enan star (1989), Mitsos, the Laughing Stock (1984) and To retire (1990).- Actress
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Rano Kubaeva was born on 25 November 1961 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, USSR. She is an actress and producer, known for Figa.ro (2009), Belyy tanets (1999) and Oblava na odichavshikh sobak (1990).- Svetlana Norbayeva was born on 5 March 1944 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. She is an actress, known for The Gordin Cell (2012), Vesennyaya melodiya (1978) and Rustam and Suhrab (1972).
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Zulfikar Musakov was born on 19 January 1958 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. He is a director and writer, known for Xazonrezgi (2016), Churgoschin (2011) and Berlin - Akkurgan (2018).- Actor
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Igor Zolotovitskiy was born on 18 June 1961 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Toshkent, Uzbekistan]. He is an actor, known for Medvezhiy ugol, Antisex (2008) and Composition for Victory Day (1998). He has been married to Vera Kharybina since 1988. They have two children.- Composer
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Yuriy Antonov was born on 19 February 1945 in Tashkent, Uzbekskaya SSR, USSR. He is a composer and actor, known for Mermaid (2007), Duraki umirayut po pyatnitsam (1990) and Salon krasoty (1986).- Seydulla Moldakhanov was born on 24 May 1958 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He is an actor, known for Zolotoy zapas (2012), Kinoplyonka No.8 and Savoy (1990).
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Shavkat Abdusalamov was born on 28 April 1936 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. He is a production designer and actor, known for Kostroma (2002), Rustam and Suhrab (1972) and The Life and Ascension of Yuras Bratchik (1967).- Viktor Bryukhanov was born on 1 December 1935 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. He died on 13 October 2021 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Nikita Vasilchenko was born on 3 August 1994 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He is an actor and director, known for Nowhere Road (2021), Der Seelensammler (2022) and High Life (2018).- Otabek Ganiyev was born on 22 September 1952 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Zhdyom tebya, paren... (1972), Vesennyaya melodiya (1978) and Uznay menya (1980). He died on 1 August 1985.
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Hussein Erkenov was born on 3 March 1960 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. He is a director and writer, known for Ya tebya obozhayu... (2005), Cold (1992) and Chernyy myach (2004).