Actresses () is a Russian drama television series directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk. The series premiered in 2023.
Plot The series is set in a fictional Moscow Main Drama Theatre and behind its scenes between 2014 and 2020. The story centers on three actresses—Polina, Elena, and Oksana. Over the course of three acts, into which the series is conditionally divided, each of them experiences highs and lows, overwhelming success and hopeless casting calls, fierce competition, envy, as well as betrayal by colleagues and loved ones.
Cast Svetlana Khodchenkova as Polina, actress Elena Nikolayeva as Alena, actress Polina Pushkaruk as Oksana, actress Aleksey Makarov as Gera, actor Sergey Gilyov as Stepan, actor Pavel Popov as Kolya, actor Aleksey Guskov as Polina’s father Yevgeniya Dobrovolskaya as Kolya’s mother Andrey Fedortsov as Kolya’s father Lolita Milyavskaya as Olga Vladimirovna, theatre director Igor Zolotovitsky as Gennady Sergeyevich Aleksey Shevchenkov as Vyacheslav Yuryevich, artistic director Natalya Surkova as Lyuba, assistant director Anna Nevskaya as Larisa, agent Anna Snatkina as Lera Strelova, actress Roman Evdokimov as Ilya Anastasia Krasovskaya as Masha Andrey Nazimov as Kurabin, director Anton Rival as Michel, French director Olga Makeeva as Zhanna Pyotr Skvortsov as Vasya
Production Filming took place from July to October 2022 in Moscow and the Moscow Oblast. Theatre scenes were shot at the Moscow Art Theatre, which also served as the prototype for the “main drama theatre of the country” depicted in the series.
Specifically for the production, director Oleg Glushkov staged two plays—The Chorus of Beggars and Duck Hunting.
References
External links IMDB Actresses on Wink