Lyanka Gryu

Lyanka Georgievna Gryu (russian: Ля́нка Гео́ргиевна Гры́у, ro, Leanca Gheorghievna Grâu; born 22 November 1987) is a Russian theater and film actress.

Biography

Lyanka Gryu was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. Her father was Moldovan actor Gheorghe Grâu (Gryu). Her mother was Russian actress Stella Ilnitskaya. Her parents separated when Lyanka was a child, and the father no longer maintains ties with the family.

Gryu first appeared in film at four years old. At that time, her mother was finishing the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) and together with the four-year old Lyanka lived in a dormitory. In the corridors of the institute, Lyanka was noticed by chance was offered a role in the short film ''One'', based on a story by Ray Bradbury. The film received a large number of prizes in Europe as well as smaller festivals.

At the insistence of producers, Gryu worked under the stage name Lyana Ilnitskaya, a name the executives felt was more palatable to Russian audiences.

At the age of six, Gryu hosted a children's TV show called ''Tic-Tac''.

Her first major role was Becky in the movie ''A Little Princess'' (1997) by director Vladimir Grammatikov. For her role in the film, Ilnitskaya won the prize for Best Actress at the Rolan Bykov Moscow International Children's Film Festival, and the prize for Best Actress at the Film Festival ''Orlyonok''.

In 2000, Ilnitskaya was filmed by director Oleg Pogodin in ''Triumph: Diary of the Red'', a story revolving around the main characters, children, playing adult games. The actress was 13 years old at the time. The film was never released.

At 18 years, before entering the acting department Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (course of Vladimir Grammatikov) Gryu stopped using her stage name and began working as Lyanka Gryu.

Gryu's career bloomed in 2009, when she performed in two title roles: ''The Return of the Musketeers, or The Treasures of Cardinal Mazarin'' Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich, where she played the daughter of D'Artagnan Jacqueline; and the series ''Barvikha'', where she played Evgeniya Kolesnichenko - a student from the "City" elite school. For the role of the daughter of D'Artagnan, Lyanka spent over 2 months in preparation, learning both horseback riding and fencing.

In summer 2011, Gryu was chosen for the role of Irene Adler in the new Russian series about the adventures of Sherlock Holmes with Igor Petrenko in the title role.

In 2016, Gryu performed in the US independent film ''Impossible Monsters'' by Nathan Catucci and FX's television series ''The Americans''.

Gryu is married and has a son.

Filmography

*1992: ''One'' as Katya Лянка Грыу: Зиму продержусь. Даже если лето (in Russian, trans-title: Lyanka Gryu: I will survive the winter. Even if summer)
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*1996: ''The Third Son'' as episode
*1997: ''A Little Princess'' as Becky
*1998: ''Who If Not Us'' as Irochka
*2000: ''Triumph'' as Katya
*2001: ''Detectives 4'' as Lena
*2001: '' Naked Nature'' as Ksyusha
*2005: ''Popsa'' as Alisa
*2005 / 2007: ''Doomed to Become A Star'' as Violetta
*2006: ''Rogues'' as Nastya
*2007: ''Experts'' as Inna
*2009: ''The Return of the Musketeers, or The Treasures of Cardinal Mazarin'' as Jacqueline, the daughter of D Artagnan
*2009: ''Barvikha'' as Zhenya Kolesnichenko
*2010: ''Skipped Parts'' as Darya
*2010: ''Heart to Heart'' as Zhenya
*2013: ''In a Sport Only Girl'' as Jane
*2013: ''Sherlock Holmes'' as Irene Adler
*2014: ''The Pregnancy Test'' as Olga Olshanskaya
*2017 / 2018: ''The Americans'' as Elina Sachko
*2019: ''Impossible Monsters'' as Shayna

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1987 births
Living people
Russian film actresses
Russian television actresses
Russian stage actresses
Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni
Actresses from Moscow
21st-century Russian actresses
20th-century Russian actresses
Russian people of Moldovan descent
Russian child actresses
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