Kseniya Ryabinkina
Kseniya Ryabinkina | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kseniya Lvovna Ryabinkina 4 September 1945 |
| Occupation | Actress, ballerina |
| Spouse(s) | Aleksei Stychkin[1] |
| Children | Evgeniy Stychkin[2] |
Kseniya Lvovna Ryabinkina (Russian: Ксения Львовна Рябинкина, born 4 September 1945) is a Russian professional ballet dancer and character actor. She has appeared in Soviet, Russian and Hindi cinema since the 1960s.[3]
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.[4]
Career[]
She started her career as a ballerina in Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre.[5]
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. She starred in a total of eleven films.[citation needed]
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.[6] She still mentors ballerinas and actors in Russia.[7]
Filmography[]
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| Year | Film | Role(s) | Language | Notes |
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| 1967 | The Tale of Tsar Saltan | |||
| 1970 | Carmen Syuta | |||
| 1970 | Mera Naam Joker | Marina | Hindi | |
| 2009 | Chintu Ji | |||
| 2018 | White Crow | Kseniya |
References[]
- ^ Khalid Mohamed (14 December 2016). "Raj Kapoor's Russian co-star from Mera Naam Joker to mark his birth anniversary in Mumbai". Mumbai Mirror. Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ "Eugene Stychkin: ""In our family, don't say unnecessary compliments"". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ "Russian heroine from 'Mera Naam Joker' set to return to Mumbai". Russia Beyond. Russia Beyond The Headlines a global media project. 3 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ "Mera Naam Joker's 'Marina' Kseniya Ryabinkina talks about Raj Kapoor". Mumbai Mirror/The Times of India. Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ "Russian heroine from 'Mera Naam Joker' set to return to Mumbai".
- ^ "Honorary Chintuji!".
- ^ "Kseniya Ryabinkina".
External links[]
- 1945 births
- Living people
- Soviet film actresses
- Soviet stage actresses
- Russian film actresses
- Russian stage actresses
- Actresses from Moscow
- Actresses in Hindi cinema
- 21st-century Russian actresses
- Soviet ballerinas
- Russian ballerinas
- 20th-century ballet dancers