Elena Chernyavskaya

A petite, strikingly attractive green-eyed natural blonde, Elena Chernyavskaya (Lena Cher) was born on June 1, 1986 in Moscow, Russia, to Maria Cherniavskaia, a housewife, and Petr Cherniavski, a car repairman. Self-described as "independent, naive and tough kid". Lena started working at the age of 16 and for the next few years, she tried many different professions. Apart from the fact that her first job was as a ballroom dance teacher (for kids under 8 years old) at the age of 14, at 16 she went to work at McDonald's and take care of herself. Then she tried herself as a waitress and sales consultant in clothing stores until she got into the modeling business at the age of 21. From the very first year, her modeling career grew rapidly, and Lena began acting in a large number of videos and photo advertisements, as well as in cameo roles in films and TV shows. To her amazement and despite the fact that she had no previous acting training, she was cast as one of the leads in the big TV Show Kitchen opposite with big stars. Over the next 2 years, she honed her acting skills on the set, as well as at the drama school, which she entered thanks to her colleagues, they advised her to enroll in a course with master German Sidakov, who later had a strong influence on her choice of profession and Lena decided to devote herself to acting and directing craft. Lena is also a theater actress, she played in two sensational projects as the immersive performance The Revenants based on and the modern performance Motherland, staged by Andrei Stadnikov at the Meyerhold Center. Her performance was highly acclaimed by critics, both projects have won several prestigious awards in the world of theater.