Actors and models - Land Of Ancestors - Belarus

Maryna Linchuk is dating with scandalous hockey goalkeeper

Newsmaker — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 00:10:07 +0400

Joint photos of Maryna Linchuk and Semyon Varlamov appeared on the Internet.

These photos were posted in Instagram by the goalkeeper of "Colorado Avalanche" and the Russian national team. And Varlamov’s signature of the photo was very unambiguous...

Marina Linchuk starred for China Vogue

Newsmaker — Sat, 24 Aug 2013 02:39:20 +0400

Famous Belarusian supermodel Maryna Linchuk starred in a new image for the August issue of China Vogue.

According to Vogue Marina Linchuk is one of the main models of Slavic origin. She was born in 1987 in Minsk. She says she never wanted to be a model – when she was a child she dreamed to be a doctor or a lawyer. She entered model business when her friend persuaded her to go to casting in modeling school. Marina was accepted and her friend - no.

The title "Miss Laos - 2012" got the girl with Belarusian roots

Newsmaker — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 07:27:34 +0400

The honorary title "Miss Laos" tells us that thousands of miles that separate two countries are not a hindrance to recognize the beauty of the girl with Belarusian roots. Mother of the first beauty was born in Belarus, her father lived for several years in Belarus and was educated there. The fact that the girl with Belarusian roots won the beauty contest was referred to sensation. Before that only natives of Laos got the crown.

Vitaly Beckman

Newsmaker — Sat, 11 May 2013 01:56:34 +0400

Canadian Illusionist Vitaly Beckman was born in Belarus. When he was a child, he moved with his parents to Israel and then to Canada. Now he is 31 years old, and the guy shows real miracles from the scene: he can give a picture a life or replace one's photo in the driving license to another.

Belarusian Katsia Zingarevich presented the collection of well-known brand

Newsmaker — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 08:07:51 +0400

Belarusian model Katsia Zingarevich (Domankova) presented the lingerie of brand Intimissimi. Katsia has already appeared in the spring-summer advertising campaign of this brand.

Catherine was born in 1991 in Minsk. She began modeling career at age of 15, soon she won the competition "Supermodel of the World". She was also the �angel� of Victoria Secret. In 2009, she married a Russian millionaire Anton Zingarevich, whom she met in a social network.

Gwyneth Paltrow

Lida — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:01:23 +0400

Gwyneth Paltrow is an American actress and singer. She was born on September 27, 1972.

Gwyneth Paltrow was born in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of actress Blythe Danner and film producer Bruce Paltrow. Her father was Jewish of Belarusian Ashkenazi origin whose ancestors lived in Minsk, Belarus. Paltrow's paternal great-great-grandfather, whose surname was "Paltrowicz," was a rabbi.

Belarusian Uladzimir Svirski Announced for Best Actor at the International Film Festival in Germany

Newsmaker — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 06:50:30 +0400

According to the National Film Studio �Belarusfilm�, Belarusian Uladzimir Svirski who played one of the roles in the film �In the fog� was recognized the winner of the Best Actor Award at the XXII International East European Film Festival (Cottbus, Germany).

Kirk and Michael Douglas

Lida — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 05:08:55 +0400

Kirk Douglas and his son Michael Douglas have Belarusian ancestry.

The parents of Kirk Douglas Bryna (Bertha) and Herschel (Harry) Danielovitch were Jewish immigrants from Chavusy, Belarus.

Kirk Douglas was born on December 9, 1916. His first name was Issur Danielovitch. The Douglas's family took surname Demsky when they came to the United States, the same surname as his father�s brother used there. In addition to their surname, his parents also changed ...

Lisa Kudrow

Lida — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 08:07:36 +0400

Lisa Kudrow (born July 30, 1963) is an American actress, comedian and producer. She gained worldwide recognition for her ten season run as Phoebe Buffay in the television sitcom Friends, for which she received many accolades including an Emmy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Lisa Kudrow was born in Encino, Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Nedra S., a travel agent, and Dr. Lee N. Kudrow (born 1933), a headache specialist and physician. She is the niece of composer/conductor Harold Farberman. Kudrow was raised in a middle-class Jewish family. Her ancestors emigrated from Belarus and lived in the village of Ilya, in the Minsk area, and her great-grandmother was murdered in the Holocaust.

Miss Belarus, which Belarusians do not know

Lida — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 10:37:43 +0400

Daria Patkova, 20-year-old Miss Belarus, was crowned Miss All Nations 2012 in Najing, China.

Daria Patkova is not a Belarusian, she has lived all her life in Russia in Ulyanovsk. Two years ago people started talking about her in the first time, when a student of economic faculty Dasha Patkova won "Miss Ulyanovsk" title.