Maryana Timofeevna Spivak (; born 23 March 1985) is a Russian film and television actress known for the 2017 film Loveless.
Life and career She is the granddaughter of actress Zhanna Prokhorenko and daughter of Timofey Spivak. She studied at the Moscow Art Theatre School.
For director Andrey Zvyagintsev's Loveless, the crew spent four months on casting the character Zhenya, though Spivak was an early candidate, eventually successful. Spivak said she took the opportunity for a starring role in a film and the chance to work with Zvyagintsev. For Loveless, Spivak was nominated for Best Actress at the Russian Guild of Film Critics awards.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1991 Until the thunder breaks out Tanya, Voronin's daughter 2001 Woe misfortune Vasilisa 2014 Space Dogs: Adventure to the Moon Strelka voice-over (ru) 2017 Loveless Evgenia Sleptsova "Zhenya" 2019 Yesterday Alexa (Russian Stage Manager) 2019 Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest Yuliya 2022 Who's There? mother 2024 We A-2248 Post-production
Television Year Title Role Notes 2004 Twins Valya Nikitina, granddaughter of Darya TV series 2008 Glukhar Vera 19 series: "Accident" (ru) 2010 Bullet-fool 4 Tanya Mini-series 2010–2011 Qumi-Qumi Yusi Voice acting, animated series 2013 Syn ottsa narodov Kapitolina Georgievna Vasil'yeva, 3rd (common law) wife and Champion swimmer TV series 2014 Wiseacre Ekaterina Favorova TV series 2016 Partner Larisa Voytovich, captain TV series 2018 Vongozero Irina TV series 2018 Code Irina TV series 2018 The Bureau Samara TV series 2020 To the Lake Irina TV series 2021 Mediator Zoya TV series
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