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Margarita Levieva
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| Маргарита Левиева | |
Levieva in 2009
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Margarita Vladimirovna Levieva
February 9, 1980 |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | NYU (BA) William Esper Studio |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Children | 1 |
Margarita Levieva is an American actress born on February 9, 1980. She is known for her roles in TV shows like Revenge and The Deuce. More recently, she starred in the Netflix series In From the Cold. She is also set to appear in the Star Wars and Marvel Cinematic Universe shows.
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Early Life of Margarita Levieva
Margarita Levieva was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, when it was called Leningrad in the Soviet Union. Her family has a Russian-Jewish background. Both of her grandmothers survived the very difficult siege of Leningrad when they were children. From the age of three, Margarita started practicing rhythmic gymnastics.
When she was 11, Margarita moved to the United States with her mother and twin brother, Michael. They settled in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. She was accepted into a special high school for dance, but she chose to go to a public high school in Secaucus, New Jersey instead.
Margarita worked full-time as a fashion buyer while studying. She graduated early from New York University. She studied economics and psychology, and also learned about philosophy, sociology, and Russian history. After college, she continued her acting training at the William Esper Studio in New York.
Margarita Levieva's Acting Career
Margarita Levieva started her acting career in 2005. She appeared in a TV show called Law & Order: Trial by Jury. In the next two years, she starred in the TV series Vanished. She also acted in movies like The Invisible and Noise.
In 2009, Margarita appeared in the NBC drama Kings. She also performed in a play called The Retributionists. Later that year, she made her first appearance on Broadway in the play Impressionism. She also joined the cast of the HBO comedy-drama series How to Make it in America.
Margarita had important roles in several TV series. From 2011 to 2015, she was a regular on the ABC drama Revenge. She also starred in the HBO series The Deuce from 2016 to 2019. In The Deuce, she played a college student named Abby Parker.
In 2019, Margarita starred in the movie Inherit the Viper. She has also been in other films like The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015) and The Lincoln Lawyer (2011).
In 2022, Margarita Levieva took on the main role of Jenny Franklin in the Netflix series In From the Cold. In this show, Jenny is a single mom on vacation in Europe. Her life changes when the CIA makes her face her past as a Russian spy. She was part of a secret experiment that gave her "special abilities."
Margarita is also joining some very popular franchises! She was cast in The Acolyte, which is a Star Wars spinoff series. She will also star in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Daredevil: Born Again. In Daredevil, she will play Heather Glenn, who is a love interest of the main character, Matt Murdock/Daredevil.
Margarita Levieva's Personal Life
Margarita Levieva shared exciting news on Mother's Day in 2022. She announced that she was going to have a baby. On the next Mother's Day in 2023, she revealed that her baby is a boy.
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Levieva in 2009
See also
In Spanish: Margarita Levieva para niños
