Popular Russian Actors/Actresses?
Who are the most popular Russian Actors and Actresses at the moment?
Give Keira Knightley an Oscar nomination!
2006 - 2007 - 2008 - ...
Konstantin Khabensky
Sergei Bezrukov
Yevgeni Mironov
Oleg Menshikov
Dmitri Dyuzhev
Mikhail Yefremov
Nikita Mikhalkov
Vladimir Ilyin
Andrei Panin
Andrei Krasko (1957 - 2006)
Vladimir Mashkov
Mikhail Porechenkov
Vladimir Menshov
Viktor Sukhorukov
Sergei Makovetsky
Artur Smolyaninov
Renata Litvinova
Liza Boyarskaya
Daniil Strakhov
Anastasya Zavorotnyuk
Kseniya Rappoport
Anna Kovalchuk
Pyotr Krasilov
Chulpan Khamatova
Yegor Beroyev
Olga Krasko
Marat Basharov
Dmitri Pevtsov
Aleksandr Baluyev
Viktor Verzhbitsky
Yuri Kutsenko
Aleksandr Lykov
Ingeborga Dapkunaite
Sergei Garmash
Aleksei Gorbunov
Galina Tyunina
Mariya Poroshina
Aleksei Chadov
Mariya Mironova
Fyodor Bondarchuk
Nina Ruslanova
Emiliya Spivak
Vladislav Galkin
Yekaterina Guseva
Vladimir Vdovichenkov
Aleksandr Filippenko
Anton Makarsky
Marina Aleksandrova
Anna Snatkina
Pavel Derevyanko
Roman Madyanov
Aleksandr Robak
Daniil Spivakovsky
Denis Nikiforov
As a canadian who loves russian movies,
my favorite stars are:
Chulpan Khamatosov
Oksana Akinshina
Andreiy Panin
Sergey Bezrukov
Sergey Garmash
Oleg Menshikov
Aleksai Chadov
Viktoriya Tolstoganova
Andrej Krasko
just to name a few, and I find them just as good, if not better than Hollywood actors.
Chulpan's surname is Khamatova...
shareTo be honest, I don't even know some of the names you posted although I'm Russian myself. Some other names are familiar, but I don't know the way those people look.
I'd add old guard here (omitting those who passed out long ago) - I think you'll agree they are much more respected in Russia.
Valentin Gaft http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0300781/
Aleksandr Shirvindt http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0794415/
Liya Akhedzhakova http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0015253/
Oleg Basilashvili http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0059847/
Yelena Yakovleva (by all means!) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945094/
Oleg Yankovskiy http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0946160/
Nonna Mordyukova http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0603314/
Aleksandr Abdulov (1953 - 2008) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0008311/
Lyubov Polishchuk (1949 - 2006) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0689189/
Oleg Tabakov http://imdb.com/name/nm0845867/
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan (Armenian, of course, but a vast majority of films he's been taking part in are Russian, and he lives in Moscow, AFAIK) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0246150/
Aleksandr Kalyagin http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0436298/
Aleksey Petrenko http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0677840/
Out of younger actors, perhaps Aleksey Kravchenko (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0470385/), Aleksandr Domogarov (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0231677/) and Nikolay Fomenko (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0284439/), though the latter is better known for his work as a TV and radio anchorman.
Personally, my favourite Russian actors are Nikolay Chindyaykin (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0157831/) and Natalya Vdovina (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0891502/), though my choice may seem odd.