Kseniya Ryabinkina

Kseniya Ryabinkina
Ксения Рябинкина
Born
Kseniya Lvovna Ryabinkina

(1945-09-04) 4 September 1945 (age 79)[1]
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Occupation(s)Actress, ballerina
SpouseAleksei Stychkin[2]
ChildrenEvgeniy Stychkin[3]

Kseniya Lvovna Ryabinkina (Russian: 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

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Role(s) Language Notes
1967 The Tale of Tsar Saltan
1970 Carmen Syuta
1970 Mera Naam Joker Marina Hindi
2009 Chintu Ji
2018 White Crow Kseniya

References

  1. ^ https://www.rbth.com/arts/culture/2016/12/03/russian-heroine-from-mera-naam-joker-set-to-return-to-mumbai_653009
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Eugene Stychkin: ""In our family, don't say unnecessary compliments"". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Simi Grewal has a reunion with the Russian trapeze artist from Mera Naam Joker". Hindustan Times. 17 December 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Russian heroine from 'Mera Naam Joker' set to return to Mumbai".
  8. ^ "Raj Kapoor's Russian co-star from Mera Naam Joker to mark his birth anniversary in Mumbai". Mumbai Mirror. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Honorary Chintuji!".
  10. ^ "Kseniya Ryabinkina".