Yuliya Viktorovna Snigir (russian: link=no, Юлия Викторовна Снигирь; born 2 June 1983) is a Russian actress and model.

Life and career

Yuliya Snigir was born in Donskoy,

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. She graduated from high school number 20 in Donskoy. Hoping to get a good education, she went to Moscow and entered the Faculty of Foreign Languages of the

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(English department, specialty "English Philology"). Snigir had to study and work at the same time to support herself financially. She was teaching English in the nursery school, when a friend showed photos of Yuliya to a representative from a Moscow modelling agency. While continuing her study program in University, Snigir became a successful model. She was offered a contract with a leading French jewellery brand and was planning to move to France when a casting-director saw her at the modeling agency and invited her to an audition. Her acting career started when she was accepted to the Vakhtangov Theatre Academy. Her cinematic debut was in the film ''The Last Slaughter'', which was followed by ''Vaccine'' and '' Gloss''. Her big break through came when she was offered one of the leading roles in the Russian

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blockbuster ''

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'' (2008) and the sequel '' The Inhabited Island: Skirmish''. Yulia became the face of

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in Russia, as well as Mexx clothing and Mexx perfume. She hosted the show ''Theory of Relativity'' on

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in 2009. In 2010 she became a TV presenter on the channel

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. She appeared in film ''

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'' (2013) alongside

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. In the film, she played a Russian antagonist named Irina. In 2015, Channel One released a 12-episode historical television series ''

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'', in which the actress played the main role. In 2019, Snigir married actor

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. They have one child together, a son.

Filmography

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Snigir, Yuliya 1983 births Living people People from Donskoy, Tula Oblast Russian activists against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Russian female models Russian film actresses Russian television actresses Russian stage actresses 21st-century Russian actresses