Lera Kudryavtseva | |
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| Born | Valeria Lvovna Kudryavtseva (1971-05-19)May 19, 1971 (age 53) Ust-Kamenogorsk,Kazakh SSR, USSR |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Education | Kultprosvetuchilische Russian Academy of Theatre Arts |
| Occupation(s) | Television presenter, singer |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) |
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| Website | lera-kudryavtseva |
Valeria Lvovna Kudryavtseva (Russian:Валерия Львовна Кудрявцева; born May 19, 1971),[1] best known asLera Kudryavtseva (Лера Кудрявцева), is a Kazakhstani-born Russian television presenter and singer.
Kudryavtseva was born inUst-Kamenogorsk in 1971 in an ethnic Russian family. Although initially dreaming of a career as a doctor, Kudryavtseva enters the local cultural institute. While her sister moves to Moscow, Kurdyavtseva stays in her hometown and starts working at the localHouse of Culture, organising concerts. One of the concerts happens to be with the then popular boy bandLaskovyi Mai. After marrying the band's drummer Sergei Lenyuk in 1990, Kudryavtseva starts working as a backing vocalist and dancer for several bands and artists, includingEvgeny Osin.[2]
Moving to Moscow, Kudryavtseva starts studying at theRussian Academy of Theatre Arts. In 1995, Kudryavtseva passed a screen test to become the co-presenter of the programmePartiynaya zona on the small television stationTV-6, alongsideIgor Vernik.[3]
In 2002, she had her big breakthrough as a presenter, hosting the inaugrial edition ofNew Wave withMaksim Galkin. The broadcast became one the most watched television programme of the year 2002 in Russia.[4] Kudryavtseva has hosted the competition every year since.[5]
Kudryavtseva also became one of the most well-known presenters on the Russian commercial television stationNTV with programmes asZvyozdy soslish'. Next to that, she started presenting the programmeSecret for a million in 2016, in which famous celebrities answer controversial questions about their own life to earn money for charity.[6]
Kudryavtseva has stated that her dream guest would be Russian PresidentVladimir Putin.[7]
From 2004 until 2007 she was married to Matvei Morozov (born 1972).[8]
She was in a relationship with musicianSergey Lazarev from 2008 to 2012.[9][10][11][12]
She is currently married to Igor Makarov (since June 2013), the couple had a daughter (born 2018).[13]