Olga Nikolaevna Kuzmina (born 16 June 1987) is a Russian actress and dancer. She is best known for her role as Nastya Fomina in the sitcom Kitchen, as well as voicing Cheburashka in the Cheburashka film series (also known as Chebi in English), with the first and second film becoming the top two highest-grossing Russian films of all time. She is also the voice of Varya (Valery in the English localization) in the Fantasy Patrol series as well as Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon in the STS Love dub of Sailor Moon. She is also an accomplished ice skater, winning in the seventh season of the competition program Ice Age with Alexander Enbert.
Early life
Olga Nikolaevna Kuzmina was born on 16 June 1987 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. As a child, she studied choreography and acrobatics. At the age of eleven, she became a student at the Igor Moiseyev Ballet. Afterwards, she studied at the Faculty of Cultural Studies at the , and later transferred to the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS), where she graduated in 2008.
Career While attending school, she debuted on an episode of the children's television series, Yeralash, in the year 2000. She would continue appearing for seven more episodes until 2014, where she portrayed a teacher.
After playing secondary roles in television series, she gained wider recognition for her role as the waitress Nastya Fomina in the television sitcom Kitchen from 2012 to 2016. She also voiced the character of Valery in the Fantasy Patrol franchise since 2016. She also voiced the titular character in the 2018 Russian dub of Sailor Moon. In an interview with 7 Days (ru), Kuzmina said that she immediately accepted the role of Sailor Moon when she was offered it. Only the first season of Sailor Moon was dubbed in Russian by STS Love, and the network aired those episodes from 1 December 2018 to 1 January 2019.
In 2023, Kuzmina voiced the character Cheburashka (Chebi) in the film of the same name. She later reprised her role in the sequel Cheburashka 2 (2026) and will voice the character again in Cheburashka 3 (2027). The first two films later became the top two highest-grossing Russian films of all time, grossing $94.5m and $83.7m respectively.
Outside of her work as an actress, she took first place in the seventh season of the competition series, Ice Age, in 2020. During the competition, she pair skated with professional Alexander Enbert.
Personal life Kuzmina met her first husband, psychologist Alexey Tereshchenko, in 2004 while she was studying at the Faculty of Cultural Studies. They were married from 2010 to 2019. They had a son named Gordey, who was born in 2013. Kuzmina learned about her pregnancy while working on Kitchen, and so the creators of the series added a storyline where her character is pregnant.
In 2023, Kuzmina married her second husband, a tour guide named Evgeny Apanasevich. In the October of that same year, the couple had a daughter named Mira-Maria in Argentina. Kuzmina also obtained her citizenship there.
Selected filmography Films Year Title Role Notes Ref. 2011 Siberia, Monamour Vera 2013 Gagarin: First in Space Marina Popovich 2014 The Kitchen in Paris Anastasia "Nastya" Anisimova 2015 Ghost Olya 2017 Kitchen. The Last Battle Anastasia "Nastya" Anisimova 2021 Koschey: The Everlasting Story Varya (Valery) Voice 2023 Cheburashka Cheburashka (Chebi) Voice 2026 Cheburashka 2 Cheburashka (Chebi) Voice 2027 Cheburashka 3 Cheburashka (Chebi) In production; voice
Television Year Title Role Notes Ref. 2000–2014 Yeralash Various roles 8 episodes 2006 Happy Together Maya 1 episode 2009 Univer Katya 1 episode 2011 The Life and Adventures of Mishka YaponchikRoseMiniseries 2012–2016 Kitchen Anastasia "Nastya" Anisimova 30 episodes 2016–present Fantasy Patrol Varya (Valery) Voice; 19 episodes 2019 Anastasia "Nastya" Anisimova 1 episode 2019–2023 Fantasy Patrol: The Chronicles Varya (Valery) Voice 2023 Squared Zebra Cell (Checkery) Voice; 52 episodes The Ivanovs vs. The Ivanovs Anna Sergeevna 7 episodes
Dubbed roles Year Title Role Notes Ref. 2005 Brokeback Mountain Alma Beers Del Mar Russian dub 2011 Scream 4 Marnie Cooper 2014–present Paw Patrol Everest / Sweetie / Ace 2016 La La Land Alexis 2016–2022 The Powerpuff Girls Blossom 2017 The Zookeeper’s Wife Urszula 2018–2019 Sailor Moon Usagi Tsukino / Sailor Moon Russian STS Love dub (Season 1 only)
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