Kseniya Ryabinkina
Russian professional ballet dancer and character actor
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Kseniya Lvovna Ryabinkina (Russian: Ксения Львовна Рябинкина) is a Russian professional ballet dancer and character actor.[4] She has appeared in Soviet, Russian and Hindi cinema since the 1960s.[5]
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4 September 1945[1]
Kseniya Ryabinkina | |
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| Ксения Рябинкина | |
Kseniya Ryabinkina in Johar Mehmood in Goa (1965) | |
| Born | Kseniya Lvovna Ryabinkina 4 September 1945[1] |
| Occupations | Actress, ballerina |
| Spouse | Aleksei Stychkin[2] |
| Children | Evgeniy Stychkin[3] |
Early life
Career
She started her career as a ballerina in Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre.[7]
She is best remembered in India as Marina, the Russian circus trapeze artiste cum love interest from Raj Kapoor's classic 1970 film Mera Naam Joker.[8]
Later years
In 2009, the Russian actress made her return to Bollywood. Ryabinkina acted in Chintuji, a film that was loosely based on incidents from Raj Kapoor's son – Rishi Kapoor's life.[9] She still mentors ballerinas and actors in Russia.[10]
Filmography
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Film | Role(s) | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | The Tale of Tsar Saltan | |||
| 1970 | Carmen Syuta | |||
| 1970 | Mera Naam Joker | Marina | Hindi | |
| 2009 | Chintu Ji | |||
| 2018 | White Crow | Kseniya |