Maryana Spivak Explained

Maryana Spivak
Birth Name:Maryana Timofeevna Spivak
Birth Date:23 March 1985[1]
Birth Place:Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Occupation:Actress, Voice-Over Dubbing
Alma Mater:Moscow Art Theatre School
Years Active:1991–present
Family:Zhanna Prokhorenko

Maryana Timofeevna Spivak (Russian: Марьяна Тимофеевна Спивак; born 23 March 1985) is a Russian film and television actress known for the 2017 film Loveless.

She is the granddaughter of actress Zhanna Prokhorenko and daughter of . and studied at the Moscow Art Theatre School.[2]

For director Andrey Zvyagintsev's Loveless, the crew spent four months on casting the character Zhenya, though Spivak was an early candidate, eventually successful.[3] Spivak said she took the opportunity for a starring role in a film and the chance to work with Zvyagintsev.[4] For Loveless, Spivak was nominated for Best Actress at the Russian Guild of Film Critics awards.[5]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1991 Until the thunder breaks out Tanya, Voronin's daughter
2001 Woe misfortune Vasilisa
2014 Space Dogs: Adventure to the Moon Strelka voice-over (ru)
2017 Loveless Evgenia Sleptsova "Zhenya"
2019 Yesterday Alexa (Russian Stage Manager)
2019 Yuliya
2022 Who's There? mother
2024 We A-2248 Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Twins Valya Nikitina, granddaughter of Darya TV series
2008 Glukhar Vera 19 series: "Accident" (ru)
2010 Bullet-fool 4 Tanya Mini-series
2010-2015 Kumi-Kumi Yusia voice acting, Animated series
2013 Syn ottsa narodov Kapitolina Georgievna Vasil'yeva, 3rd (common law) wife and Champion swimmer TV series
2014 Wiseacre Ekaterina Favorova TV series
2016 Partner Larisa Voytovich, captain TV series
2018 Vongozero Irina TV series
2018 Code Irina TV series
2018 The Bureau Samara TV series
2020 To the Lake Irina TV series
2021 Mediator Zoya TV series

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Марьяна Спивак . 1 July 2018 . vokrug.tv . Russian.
  2. Web site: Марьяна Спивак о "Нелюбви" в кино и любви в жизни . . 6 December 2017 . 1 July 2018 . Russian.
  3. Interview with Some of the Team of Nelyubov ('Loveless') by Andrey Zvyagintsev . Zvyagintsev . Andrey . . May 2017 . 28 June 2018.
  4. Interview with Some of the Team of Nelyubov ('Loveless') by Andrey Zvyagintsev . Spivak . Maryana . . May 2017 . 28 June 2018.
  5. Web site: 2017 . . 1 July 2018 . Russian.