Evgeniya Brik (Russian: Евгения Брик, née Khirivskaya (Хиривская), 3 September 1981 – 10 February 2022) was a Russian film and theater actress. She gained popularity with such films and television series as Stilyagi (2008), The Geographer Drank His Globe Away (2013), Thaw (2013), Yolki 1914 (2014), Adaptation (2017), and Odessa (2019). She is also known for playing Kalinka character in the Belgian television series Matroesjka's. Brik was a winner of the Golden Eagle Award (2020) and a nominee for the Nika Award (2009).
Evgeniya Brik | |
|---|---|
 Khirivskaya at the 2013 Odesa International Film Festival | |
| Born | Evgeniya Vladimirovna Khirivskaya 3 September 1981[1] |
| Died | 10 February 2022 (aged 40) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, radio host, child model |
| Years active | 2000–2022 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
Life and career
editEvgenia Vladimirovna Khirivskaya was born on 3 September 1981 in Moscow. She was named after her paternal grandfather Yevgeny Abramovich Krein, who was a famous journalist.[2] The actress took the surname Brik in honor of her paternal great-grandmother Sofia Brik, as a stage name.[3] However, despite marriage and adopting a stage name, she never changed her legal documentation, thus keeping her maiden last name.[4] She has Polish and Jewish ancestry.
At the age of 5, she successfully completed tryouts and was invited to work as a child model at the All-Union House of Fashion Design. In elementary and middle school, she focused on learning English, before applying for and graduating from a theater prep school. She also graduated from a music school as a classically trained pianist.
She studied at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts and obtained her diploma in 2004.[5]
In Russia, her breakthrough role was Katya, a university Komsomol unit leader, in the 2008 musical comedy-drama Stilyagi.
Personal life and death
editBrik was married to director Valery Todorovsky, with whom she had a daughter, Zoey Valeryevna Todorovskaya, born in 2009 in Los Angeles.[6] Zoey had her acting debut as young Prairie Johnson in The OA, a 2016 Netflix Original series. Brik died from cancer on 10 February 2022, at the age of 40.[7]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Marsh Turetskogo | Anastasia Kitaeva |
| 2003 | Kamenskaya | Oksana |
| 2004 | Rates for love | |
| 2004 | Men Do not Cry | Lydia Kholodova / Vera Kayurova / Lena Kusova |
| 2005 | Matroesjka's | Kalinka |
| 2006 | Call | Natasha |
| 2008 | Hipsters | Katya |
| 2012 | Revolve | Anael |
| 2013 | The Geographer Drank His Globe Away | Kira |
| 2014 | Yolki 1914 | Bella |
| 2016 | Friday | Elena Antonova |
| 2017 | Moscow Never Sleeps | Anna |
| 2019 | Mistresses | Anna |
| 2019 | Odesa | Mira |
| Year | Title | Role |
| 2001 | Northern Lights | |
| 2002 | Podmoskovnaya Elegy | Lala |
| 2006 | The Count of Montenegro | Slavka |
| 2006 | Filipp's Bay | Anastasia Gromova |
| 2007 | Vices | Taya |
| 2008 | Love as a motive | Dina |
| 2008 | S. S. D. | Jana |
| 2009 | Given Circumstances | Inga |
| 2010 | White dress | Irina |
| 2010 | Adult daughter, or test... | Marina |
| 2011 | Deliver at any cost | Asya |
| 2013 | The Thaw | Larissa |
| 2018 | The Romanoffs | Katrina |
| 2020 | Phantom | Vera Khabarova |
References
edit- ^ Евгения Хиривская. kinoafisha.ua
- ^ "Евгения Брик (Хиривская) - биография, информация, личная жизнь, фото, видео".
- ^ Marina Kuznetsova. "Евгения Брик: "Даже если Спилберг пригласит меня на главную роль, найдутся те, кто скажет, что это благодаря Валере"". tele.ru.
- ^ "ИНТЕРВЬЮ НА УДАЛЁНКЕ". YouTube.
- ^ Евгения Зиривская // Кіно Театр (in Russian)
- ^ "Евгения Брик об "Оттепели", дочери и жизни в Лос-Анджелесе". Hello!. 2 January 2014.
- ^ "Скрывала страшную болезнь, увела Тодоровского из семьи: звезда «Оттепели» Евгения Брик умерла в 40 лет". KP. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
External links
edit- Evgeniya Brik at IMDb
- RusActors (Russian)