Alla Korot
{{Short description|American actress}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2017}}
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| name = Alla Korot
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| native_name = Алла Корот
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| birth_place = Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
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| nationality = Ukrainian-American
| occupation = Actress, dancer
| years_active = 1990–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Yuval Selik|2010}}
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Alla Korot{{efn|{{langx|uk|Алла Корот|{{transliteration|uk|ukrainian|Alla Korot}}}}}} is a Ukrainian-American actress and dancer best known for her soap opera roles of Allie Doyle Martin on All My Children and Stacey Sloan on General Hospital: Night Shift.
Early life
One of Korst's first acting appearances was opposite actor-musician, Scott Grimes in his music video, "I Don't Even Mind" in 1989.
Career
= Film =
Korot portrayed Angelique in Night of the Cyclone (1990),{{cite web|title=Night of the Cyclone/Perfume of the Cyclone|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/515842/perfume-of-the-cyclone#credits|access-date=August 16, 2017|work=Turner Classic Movies|publisher=Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner)|location=Atlanta}} Sophia Petrenko in Domestic Import (2006),{{cite web|title=Domestic Import|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/659226/domestic-import#credits|access-date=August 20, 2017|work=Turner Classic Movies|publisher=Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner)|location=Atlanta}} and a Russian translator in Fracture (2007).{{cite web|title=Fracture|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/641854/fracture#credits|access-date=August 20, 2017|work=Turner Classic Movies|publisher=Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner)|location=Atlanta}}
= Television =
In 1991, Korot moved to New York City and won the role of Jenna Norris on the soap opera Another World. She departed the series in December 1992. Korot guest starred in Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Diagnosis: Murder, ER, Charmed, 24, NCIS, and Castle. She had recurring roles on The District as Erin Vratalov, on the SOAPnet series General Hospital: Night Shift as Stacey Sloan and on Grimm as Dasha Karpushin.
Korot portrayed Allie Doyle Martin on All My Children (1997–1998). In December 2015, she announced she had joined the NBC soap, Days of Our Lives, in the role of Janet Bernard, and would begin filming in January 2016.{{cite news|author1=SOD|title=ALLA KOROT JOINS DAYS|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/alla-korot-joins-days|access-date=December 21, 2015|work=Soap Opera Digest|agency=Odyssey Magazine Publishing Group Inc.|publisher=American Media, Inc.|date=December 21, 2015|location=United States}} That role lasted two episodes, June 29–30, 2016. On August 15, 2017, she landed Nurse Darya on General Hospital and appeared on September 20, 2017.{{cite news|author1=SOD|author-link1=Soap Opera Digest|title= Exclusive! Alla Korot To GH|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/exclusive-alla-korot-gh2/|access-date=August 15, 2017|work=Soap Opera Digest|agency=Odyssey Magazine Publishing Group Inc.|publisher=American Media, Inc.|date=August 15, 2017|location=United States}}
Korot was in the made-for-TV Movies The Colony as Jessica James, Gone But Not Forgotten as Lisa Darius, based on the novel of the same name by Phillip M. Margolin, and Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well as Ursula Voss.
= Cinematography =
In 1996, Korot was a cinematographer–(Video Reference Cast) for The Hunchback of Notre Dame. based on the 1831 novel of the same name by Victor Hugo.
Personal life
Korot is Jewish. She is married to a Russian-born Israeli, Yuval Selik,{{cite web|url=https://www.truthinaging.com/review/founders-series-yuval-selik-of-luvalla|title=Founders Series – Yuval Selik of L'uvalla|work=Truth In Aging|publisher=Accord Media|location=United States|date=September 24, 2010|access-date=August 21, 2017}} and the two co-launched L'uvalla, an Internet-based skin care business.{{cite news|last=Pine|first=Dan|title='Domestic' bliss for Ukrainian-born S.F. actress|publisher=the Jewish News weekly of Northern California|date=April 20, 2007|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/32249/format/html/displaystory.html|access-date=April 27, 2007}}
Filmography
= Acting =
== Film ==
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"|Notes |
| 1990
| Night of the Cyclone | Angelique | |
| rowspan="2" | 2001
| Shoo Fly | |
| Free
| Intimidating Girl #1 | |
| 2004
| The Arsonist | Janine | |
| 2006
| Sophia Petrenko | |
| 2007
| Fracture | Russian translator | |
| 2009
| The Intruders | Annie Foster | |
| 2015
|I Spit on Your Grave III: Vengeance Is Mine |Cassie’s mom | |
== Television ==
= Cinematography =
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0466604}}
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Category:American film actresses
Category:American soap opera actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:Jewish American actresses
Category:Soviet emigrants to the United States
Category:American people of Ukrainian descent
Category:21st-century American Jews