Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė is а Lithuanian actress who appears predominantly in Russian films. She achieved popularity in 1994, when she won the Nika Award for Best Actress. Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė is аlso a recipient of the State Prize of the Russian Federation.
Popular Russian host and actor Ivan Urgant is best known to audiences as Boris from the Yolki comedy film series. Dubbed the Russian Jimmy Kimmel, he is believed to have fled to Israel, as his show Evening Urgant was taken off the air soon after he criticized Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Recipient of the honorary title of People's Artist of the RSFSR, Soviet and Russian film actor Leonid Kuravlyov got his real breakthrough playing lead role in the Vasily Shukshin directed comedy-film There Is Such a Lad. In the ensuing years, Kuravlyov bolstered his career in showbiz starring in several top-grossing comedy movies like The Most Charming and Attractive and Afonya.
Leonid Yakubovich is a Russian television host and actor best known for hosting a game show called Pole Chudes. He is often counted among the most famous internet and television personalities in Russia. In 2002, Leonid Yakubovich was honored with the People's Artist of Russia title.
Maksim Averin is a Russian actor who became a household name in Russia after playing Oleg Bragin in the long running medical drama series, Sklifosovsky. In 2014, Maksim Averin's contributions were recognized with the Honored Artist of the Russian Federation title.