Yuliya Snigir

Yuliya Snigir was born in Donskoy, Tula Oblast, Russian SFSR. She graduated from high school number 20 in Donskoy. Hoping to get a good education, she went to Moscow and entered the Faculty of Foreign Languages of the Moscow State Pedagogical University (English department, specialty "English Philology").

Snigir had to study and work at the same time to support herself financially. She was teaching English in the nursery school, when a friend showed photos of Yuliya to a representative from a Moscow modelling agency. While continuing her study program in University, Snigir became a successful model. She was offered a contract with a leading French jewellery brand and was planning to move to France when a casting-director saw her at the modeling agency and invited her to an audition. Her acting career started when she was accepted to the Vakhtangov Theatre Academy. Her cinematic debut was in the film The Last Slaughter, which was followed by Vaccine and Gloss.

Her big break through came when she was offered one of the leading roles in the Russian sci-fi blockbuster The Inhabited Island (2008) and the sequel The Inhabited Island: Skirmish. Yulia became the face of L'Oréal in Russia, as well as Mexx clothing and Mexx perfume.

She hosted the show Theory of Relativity on STS in 2009. In 2010 she became a TV presenter on the channel Petersburg – Channel 5.

She appeared in film A Good Day to Die Hard (2013) alongside Bruce Willis. In the film, she played a Russian antagonist named Irina.{{cite web |last=Anderton |first=Ethan |title=A Good Day to Die Hard' Finds a Couple of Male and Female Villains |url=http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/a-good-day-to-die-hard-finds-a-couple-of-male-and-female-villains/ |date=4 April 2012 |publisher=firstshowing.net |access-date=6 October 2012}}

In 2015, Channel One released a 12-episode historical television series Catherine the Great, in which the actress played the title role.

In 2019, Snigir married actor Yevgeny Tsyganov.{{cite web |url=https://www.glamour.ru/news-of-the-stars/redkij-vyhod-yuliya-snigir-i-evgenij-cyganov-na-kinofestivale-kinotavr-v-sochi |title=Редкий выход: Юлия Снигирь и Евгений Цыганов на кинофестивале "Кинотавр" в Сочи |trans-title=Rare Exit: Yulia Snigir and Evgeny Tsyganov at the Kinotavr Film Festival in Sochi |date=22 September 2021 |work=Glamour Russia}}{{cite web |url=https://graziamagazine.ru/lifestyle/kogda-scenariy-pishet-zhizn-kak-evgeniy-cyganov-ushel-iz-semi-radi-yulii-snigir/ |title=КОГДА СЦЕНАРИЙ ПИШЕТ ЖИЗНЬ: КАК ЕВГЕНИЙ ЦЫГАНОВ УШЕЛ ИЗ СЕМЬИ РАДИ ЮЛИИ СНИГИРЬ |trans-title=When the script is written by life: How Yevgeny Tsyganov left the family for the sake of Yuliya Snigir |date=15 March 2021 |work=Grazia}} They have one child together, a son.

Jan 25, 2024, the film The Master and Margarita came out where Yulia Snigir plays the title role of Margarita.

In 2024, Yulia Snigir was recognized as the best actress of the Nika Award in the category "Best Actress".{{cite web |title=Снигирь Юлия Викторовна |url=https://www.rbc.ru/person/664dbdf29a7947f3e0710539#p1 |accessdate=2024-07-17 |publisher=rbc.ru |lang=ru}}

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Category:1983 births

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