Mariya Aleksandrovna Lugovaya (russian: Мария Александровна Луговая; born July 23, 1987) is a Russian actress and theater star, best known for playing Tasya Lapina in 2008 television series ''Ginger'', and her lead role as Marusya Klimova in the 2017 television series ''Murka'' ( ru).

Early life

Mariya Lugovaya was born in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

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(now

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

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). Her parents worked as teachers of philosophy. From early childhood, Mariya was engaged in ballroom dancing and music, studied at music school. In 2008 she graduated from the

Russian State Institute of Performing Arts The Russian State Institute of Performing Arts (russian: Российский государственный институт сценических искусств), formerly known as St Petersburg Theatre Arts Academy, formerly Leningrad State ...

, then moved to

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

. and from 2008, she played at the Alexandrin Theatre.

Acting career

Mariya began to star in the television ''Favorsky'' in 2005, but became famous in 2008 as a blind pianist Tasya Lapina from the television series ''Ginger''. Lugovaya played her lead role as Marusya Klimova in the 2017 television series ''Murka'', which is about the corrupt world of Odessa in the 1920s. In the same year Mariya appeared on the front cover of the Caravan Of Stories Collection Magazine Cover ussia(April 2017) In 2019, Lugovaya played the character 'Lara' (Larisa Kuras) in the

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TV series ''

Better than Us ''Better Than Us'' (russian: Лучше, чем люди, Luchshe, chem lyudi, literally ''Better than People'') is a 2018 Russian science fiction television series created by Andrey Junkovsky, about an advanced empathic android named Arisa. I ...

'', who was attempting to sell the robot Arisa in order to pay for a surgical operation on her life threatening brain tumour.

Personal

Since January 2018 she has been in a relationship with the actor Sergey Lavygin.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lugovaya, Mariya 1987 births Living people Actresses from Saint Petersburg 21st-century Russian actresses Russian film actresses Russian television actresses Russian stage actresses