Kseniya Ryabinkina Explained
| Kseniya Ryabinkina |
| Birthname: | Kseniya Lvovna Ryabinkina |
| Birth Date: | 1945 9, df=yes[1] |
| Birth Place: | Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupation: | Actress, ballerina |
| Spouse: | Aleksei Stychkin[2] |
| Children: | Evgeniy Stychkin[3] |
Kseniya Lvovna Ryabinkina (ru|Ксения Львовна Рябинкина) is a Russian professional ballet dancer and character actor.[4] She has appeared in Soviet, Russian and Hindi cinema since the 1960s.[5]
Early life
Kseniya Ryabinkina was born in Moscow to a ballerina mother and a geo-physics doctor. She has an elder sister by four years by name of Elena, also an accomplished ballerina.[6]
Career
She started her career as a ballerina in Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre.[7]
She is best remembered in India as Marina, the Russian circus trapeze artiste cum love interest from Raj Kapoor's classic 1970 film Mera Naam Joker.[8]
Later years
In 2009, the Russian actress made her return to Bollywood. Ryabinkina acted in Chintuji, a film that was loosely based on incidents from Raj Kapoor's son – Rishi Kapoor's life.[9] She still mentors ballerinas and actors in Russia.[10]
Filmography
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Notes and References
- https://www.rbth.com/arts/culture/2016/12/03/russian-heroine-from-mera-naam-joker-set-to-return-to-mumbai_653009
- News: Raj Kapoor's Russian co-star from Mera Naam Joker to mark his birth anniversary in Mumbai . . Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. . Khalid Mohamed . 14 December 2016 . 26 June 2019.
- Web site: Eugene Stychkin: ""In our family, don't say unnecessary compliments" . 15 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220184851/http://direct-beauty.ru/stars/interview/4835-eugene-stychkin-in-our-family-don-t-say-unnecessary-compliments . 20 December 2016 . dead .
- Web site: 17 December 2016 . Simi Grewal has a reunion with the Russian trapeze artist from Mera Naam Joker . 26 February 2022 . Hindustan Times . en.
- News: Russian heroine from 'Mera Naam Joker' set to return to Mumbai . Russia Beyond The Headlines a global media project . Russia Beyond . 3 December 2016 . 15 December 2016.
- News: Mera Naam Joker's 'Marina' Kseniya Ryabinkina talks about Raj Kapoor . . Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. . 29 January 2017 . 26 June 2019.
- Web site: Russian heroine from 'Mera Naam Joker' set to return to Mumbai.
- Web site: 14 December 2016 . Raj Kapoor's Russian co-star from Mera Naam Joker to mark his birth anniversary in Mumbai . 26 February 2022 . Mumbai Mirror . en.
- News: Honorary Chintuji!.
- Web site: Kseniya Ryabinkina.
