Natasha Stefanenko
{{short description|Russian-Italian actor-model}}
{{use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Natasha Stefanenko
| native_name = {{nobold|Наталья Стефаненко}}
| native_name_lang = ru
| image = Natasha Stefanenko@Cosmoprof 2016.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Stefanenko in 2016
| birth_name = Natalya Dmitrievna Stefanenko
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|4|18}}
| birth_place = Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
| citizenship = {{hlist|Russian|Italian}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Television personality|actress|model}}
| height_cm = 185
| children = 1
| spouse = Luca Sabbioni|
}}
Natalya Dmitrievna "Natasha" Stefanenko ({{langx|ru|Наталья Дмитриевна "Наташа" Стефаненко}}; born 18 April 1969) is a Russian and Italian{{cite web|url=http://www.ansa.it/umbria/notizie/2014/11/06/ortopedia-perugiaelogi-dalla-stefanenko_e53c0b5c-77d3-4748-9ee7-69d06c0ca6c2.html|title=Ortopedia Perugia, elogi dalla Stefanenko|language=it|date=6 November 2014|work=ansa.it}} actress, model, and television presenter who lives and works in both Italy and Russia.
Early years
Stefanenko was born in Yekaterinburg (then Sverdlovsk), the daughter of a Belarusian-Ukrainian nuclear engineer{{cite news|url=https://video.corriere.it/spettacoli/natasha-stefanenko-guerra-ucraina-mia-madre-russa-mio-cognome-ucraino-mi-sento-spezzata-mio-cuore-sanguina/62484400-d525-11ec-b16f-571b4e744238|title=Natasha Stefanenko: "Guerra in Ucraina? Mia madre russa, il mio cognome ucraino. Mi sento spezzata, il mio cuore sanguina"|language=it|work=Corriere della Sera|date=16 May 2022}} who worked in a secret unnamed underground city, close to the Ural Mountains. She lived with her family in a closed city. They also owned a dacha beside a lake.{{cite news|first=Claudio|last=Sabelli Fioretti|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2002/aprile/14/Stefanenko_ingegnere_metallurgico_fischiata_dagli_co_0_0204144311.shtml|title=La Stefanenko: io, ingegnere metallurgico, fischiata dagli operai|language=it|work=Corriere della Sera|page=20|date=21 April 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015070354/http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2002/aprile/14/Stefanenko_ingegnere_metallurgico_fischiata_dagli_co_0_0204144311.shtml|archive-date=2008-10-15}}
Stefanenko was a swimming champion in her youth, and swam with Alexander Popov. When she was a young girl she swam {{convert|10|km}} a day. In 1984, she almost joined the Soviet Olympic swim team, but instead chose to continue with her education.
The Soviet Union eventually decided to boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics which were held in Los Angeles.
At the age of 16, Stefanenko went to study in Moscow where she earned a degree in Metal Engineering.
Career
After winning the Look of the Year contest in Moscow in 1991, Stefanenko moved to Milan, where she obtained work as a model. After being scouted in a restaurant by director Beppe Recchia, she made her first television appearance on the variety show La grande sfida, alongside host Gerry Scotti. At the time, Stefanenko was unable to speak the Italian language.
She commenced her acting career with the cinematographic film La grande prugna in 1999.
She played the character Angela Cornelio, one of the protagonists in the television series Nebbie e delitti (Fog and Crimes), which aired on Rai Due from 2005 to 2009. She has also hosted many programmes, including the 2001 edition of Festivalbar, which is an annual series of televised summer concerts performed by both Italian and international pop groups in town squares throughout Italy; and Italia's Next Top Model in 2009. In the same year 2009, she had a role in Mediaset Canale 5's police drama series Distretto di Polizia 9 (Police District 9).
Since 2007, she is also a host of Russia's TV show Snimite eto nemedlenno, based on the British programme What Not to Wear.{{cite web |url=http://www.ctc-tv.ru/rus/projects/tvproject/8382/index.phtml |title=Телеканал СТС |website=www.ctc-tv.ru|language=ru|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302151727/http://www.ctc-tv.ru/rus/projects/tvproject/8382/index.phtml |archive-date=2010-03-02}}
She also co-starred in a 2001 advert Natasha Stefanenko : La gigantessa. She played a giantess, who unknowingly grew to a gigantic size.
Personal life
In December 1995, Stefanenko married Italian entrepreneur and ex-model Luca Sabbioni, and they have one daughter, Sasha, who was born in 2000.
Filmography
=Films=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
!Title !Role |
|---|
| 1999
|La grande prugna |Natasha |
| 2003
|Lena |
| 2011
|rowspan="2"|Olga |
| 2020 |
=Television=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
!Title !Role !Notes |
|---|
| 1992
|La grande sfida |Herself/ Co-host |Game show (season 1) |
| 1994
|Claudia |Episode: "Mi ritorni in mente" |
| 1997, 2012
|Per tutta la vita…? |Herself/ Co-host |Variety show (seasons 1 and 6) |
| 1998–1999
|Target |Herself/ Host |Talk show |
| 1999–2002
|Convenscion |Herself/ Co-host |Comedy show |
| 2000
|Gioco di specchi |Anya |Television film |
| 2001
|Herself/ Co-host |Annual music festival |
| 2004
|Herself/ Guest host |Variety show (March 30, 2004) |
| 2005–2009
|Angela Cornelio |Main role |
| 2006
|La festa della mamma |Herself/ Host |Annual event |
| 2007
|{{ill|Camera Café (Italian TV series)|lt=Camera Café|it|Camera Café}} |Herself |Episode: "La grande occasione" |
| 2007–2011
|Herself/ Host |Talent show |
| rowspan="2"|2009
|7 vite |Akina |Recurring role (season 2) |
| Distretto di Polizia
|Nadja Rostova |Recurring role (season 9) |
| 2012
|Herself/ Judge |Annual beauty contest |
| 2014
|Herself/ Host |Fashion show (season 5) |
| 2022
|Наивка |Voice |
Television
(A partial list)
- La grande sfida (1992), variety show
- Per tutta la vita (1997), matrimonial show
- Gioco di specchio (2000), television film
- Nebbie e delitti (2005–2009), television series
- Festivalbar (2001), televised summer concerts; co-presenter
- Italia's Next Top Model (2007–2011), reality show; presenter, judge
- Снимите Это Немедленно (Russia, 2007–present), presenter
- Camera Cafe (2007), sit-com
- Quelli che....il calcio (2007)
- Distretto di Polizia 9 (2009), television series
- 7 vite 2 (2009), sit-com
- Съешьте это немедленно (Russia, 2011–present), presenter
- Топ-модель по-русски: Международный сезон (2014), reality show; presenter, judge
- Волшебной девочке кунг-фу (Russia, 2022–present) Наивка (voice)
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|nm0824943}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stefanenko, Natasha}}
Category:Actors from Yekaterinburg
Category:Russian female models
Category:Russian women television presenters
Category:Italian female models
Category:Italian television presenters
Category:Italian women television presenters
Category:Expatriate actresses in Italy
Category:Mass media people from Yekaterinburg
Category:Participants in Italian reality television series