Evgeniya Brik#Personal life and death
{{Short description|Russian actress (1981–2022)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| birth_name = Evgeniya Vladimirovna Khirivskaya
| name = Evgeniya Brik
| image = Evgeniya Brik.jpg
| caption = Khirivskaya at the 2013 Odesa International Film Festival
| birth_date = {{birth date|1981|09|03|df=yes}}[http://kinoafisha.ua/persons/evgeniya-hirivskaya-brik Евгения Хиривская]. kinoafisha.ua
| birth_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|02|10|1981|09|03|df=y}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| occupation = Actress, radio host, child model
| years_active = 2000–2022
| spouse = {{marriage|Valery Todorovsky|2006}}
| children = 1
}}
Evgeniya Brik ({{langx|ru|Евгения Брик}}, {{nee}} 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).
Life and career
Evgenia 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.{{Cite news|title=Евгения Брик (Хиривская) - биография, информация, личная жизнь, фото, видео|url=http://stuki-druki.com/authors/Brik-Hirivskaya.php}} The actress took the surname Brik in honor of her paternal great-grandmother Sofia Brik, as a stage name.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tele.ru/stars/interview/evgeniya-brik-dazhe-esli-spilberg-priglasit-menya-na-glavnuyu-rol-naydutsya-te-kto-skazhet-chto-eto-/|publisher=tele.ru|title=Евгения Брик: "Даже если Спилберг пригласит меня на главную роль, найдутся те, кто скажет, что это благодаря Валере"|author=Marina Kuznetsova}} However, despite marriage and adopting a stage name, she never changed her legal documentation, thus keeping her maiden last name.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm3e6mFOcmE|title = ИНТЕРВЬЮ НА УДАЛЁНКЕ |website = YouTube}} 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.[http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/w/ros/4619/bio/ Евгения Зиривская // Кіно Театр] (in Russian)
In Russia, her breakthrough role was Katya, a university Komsomol unit leader, in the 2008 musical comedy-drama Stilyagi.
Personal life and death
Brik was married to director Valery Todorovsky, with whom she had a daughter, Zoey Valeryevna Todorovskaya, born in 2009 in Los Angeles.{{Cite web|url=http://ru.hellomagazine.com/zvezdy/intervyu-i-video/884-evgeniya-brik-ob-ottepeli-docheri-i-zhizni-v-los-andzhelese.html|publisher=Hello!|title=Евгения Брик об "Оттепели", дочери и жизни в Лос-Анджелесе|date=2 January 2014}} 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.{{cite news |title=Скрывала страшную болезнь, увела Тодоровского из семьи: звезда «Оттепели» Евгения Брик умерла в 40 лет |url=https://www.kp.ru/putevoditel/serialy/interesno/evgeniya-brik-umerla-v-40-let |access-date=11 February 2022 |publisher=KP |date=11 February 2022}}
Filmography
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| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| align="center"| 2000 | Marsh Turetskogo | Anastasia Kitaeva |
| align="center"| 2003 | Kamenskaya | Oksana |
| align="center"| 2004 | Rates for love | |
| align="center"| 2004 | Men Do not Cry | Lydia Kholodova / Vera Kayurova / Lena Kusova |
| align="center"| 2005 | Matroesjka's | Kalinka |
| align="center"| 2006 | Call | Natasha |
| align="center"| 2008 | Hipsters | Katya |
| align="center"| 2012 | Revolve | Anael |
| align="center"| 2013 | The Geographer Drank His Globe Away | Kira |
| align="center"| 2014 | Yolki 1914 | Bella |
| align="center"| 2016 | Friday | Elena Antonova |
| align="center"| 2017 | Moscow Never Sleeps | Anna |
| align="center"| 2019 | Mistresses | Anna |
| align="center"| 2019 | Odesa | Mira |
| Year | Title | Role |
| align="center"| 2001 | Northern Lights | |
| align="center"| 2002 | Podmoskovnaya Elegy | Lala |
| align="center"| 2006 | The Count of Montenegro | Slavka |
| align="center"| 2006 | Filipp's Bay | Anastasia Gromova |
| align="center"| 2007 | Vices | Taya |
| align="center"| 2008 | Love as a motive | Dina |
| align="center"| 2008 | S. S. D. | Jana |
| align="center"| 2009 | Given Circumstances | Inga |
| align="center"| 2010 | White dress | Irina |
| align="center"| 2010 | Adult daughter, or test... | Marina |
| align="center"| 2011 | Deliver at any cost | Asya |
| align="center"| 2013 | The Thaw | Larissa |
| align="center"| 2018 | The Romanoffs | Katrina |
| align="center"| 2020 | Phantom | Vera Khabarova |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1523478}}
- [http://www.rusactors.ru/b/brik/index.shtml RusActors] (Russian)
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Category:21st-century Russian actresses
Category:Actresses from Moscow
Category:Russian Academy of Theatre Arts alumni
Category:Russian people of Polish descent
Category:Russian people of Jewish descent
Category:Russian film actresses
Category:Russian stage actresses