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

Maryana Spivak
Марьяна Спивак
Maryana Spivak at the opening ceremony of the 28th Kinotavr Open Russian Film Festival in Sochi, 2017.
Born
Maryana Timofeevna Spivak

(1985-03-23) 23 March 1985 (age 39)[1]
Alma materMoscow Art Theatre School
Occupation(s)Actress, Voice-Over Dubbing
Years active1991–present
FamilyZhanna Prokhorenko

She is the granddaughter of actress Zhanna Prokhorenko and daughter of Timofey Spivak [ru]. 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]

Maryana Spivak husband and son, Kinotavr-2017.

Filmography

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Film

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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 Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest Yuliya
2022 Who's There? mother
2024 We A-2248 Post-production

Television

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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

References

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  1. ^ "Марьяна Спивак". vokrug.tv (in Russian). Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Марьяна Спивак о "Нелюбви" в кино и любви в жизни". Hello! (in Russian). 6 December 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  3. ^ Zvyagintsev, Andrey (May 2017). "Interview with Some of the Team of Nelyubov ('Loveless') by Andrey Zvyagintsev" (Interview). Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  4. ^ Spivak, Maryana (May 2017). "Interview with Some of the Team of Nelyubov ('Loveless') by Andrey Zvyagintsev" (Interview). Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  5. ^ "2017" (in Russian). Russian Guild of Film Critics. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
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