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Milana Vayntrub is an Uzbekistan-born American actress, writer and director. She began her career making YouTube videos that got her signed, and gave her an MTV pilot deal. She was recognized by Adweek on the cover of their Creative 100 issue for her activism, documentary work, and her role as Lily Adams in AT&T commercials. Her award-winning short film "Pickled Herring" can now be seen on Omeleto.

Best known for her role as Yvetta on the hit HBO series, "True Blood," iconic role of Anica a transgender character on "Entourage" series, and Tatyana on "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" series, Natasha has found success on both the big and small screen since arriving in Hollywood all the way from Tashkent, Uzbekistan. After moving to Moscow, Natasha began a globe-trotting career as a print and runway model for Gucci, Versace, John Galliano, Christian Dior and many other top designers. Natasha then transitioned into acting, moving to London to train at "The Method Center" and learn the "Lee Strasberg Acting Technique. After moving to LA and studying under well known teachers Ivana Chubbuck, Howard Fine, Lesly Kahn and Bob Corff, Natasha booked her first acting job on the Fox Television show "Fastlane" (2002). She has since appeared on a wide variety of television shows, including "NYPD Blue," "CSI," "NCIS LA," "Just Shoot Me," "The Bold and the Beautiful," "Nip/Tuck," and "Body of Pain" among others. Natasha has also appeared in over a dozen films, including "The Women" (2008), opposite Meg Ryan, Eva Mendes, and Bette Midler.

Natasha has shared the screen with dozens of icons, including Annette Benning, Debra Messing, Cloris Leachman, Candace Bergen, Danny DeVito, Jada Pinkett Smith, Charlie Day and many more.

Despite having a busy work schedule, Natasha loves spending time with her daughter Valentina.

Nearly unrecognizable in his portrayals, Michael Aronov is a Tony Award winning actor that has made a name for himself by pushing the boundaries on stage and screen. In film he is known for his role as Chovka, the Chechen warlord and head gangster opposite Tom Hardy and James Gandolfini in the Twentieth Century Fox feature The Drop (2014). In complete contrast, the actor also spent three seasons on the award winning FX series The Americans (2013), playing a physicist that is torn from his family and exiled as a political prisoner. Another indelible TV role was the fast-talking, lovable hustler, Smokey Putnum on NBC's The Blacklist (2013). Subsequently Aronov played lead undercover cop, Jackie Dillon in the HBO-Cinemax series Jett (2019). The actor also went head-to-head with Sir Ben Kingsley, portraying a real life Nazi hunter in "Operation Finale" (MGM). He played Rahm Emanuel in the Showtime mini-series "The First Lady", opposite Viola Davis as Michelle Obama, and was last seen starring as Dr. Nima Rousseau, the chemist responsible for the freeze in the final season of "Snowpiercer".

For his Theatre work, Aronov has won the Tony Award, the Lucille Lortel Award, the Obie Award, and the Elliot Norton Award. The actor has also been nominated for the Drama Desk Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, and the IRNE Award. He originated the roles of Uri Savir in the Tony Award winning production of "Oslo" on Broadway; Paul in Lyle Kessler's "First Born" at The Actors Studio; and Dennis in Theresa Rebeck's "Mauritius". Other Theatre highlights include: the Tony-nominated revival of "Golden Boy" on Broadway; the American premiere of "Blood and Gifts" at Lincoln Center; New York productions of his solo-shows "Seaguts" and "Manigma"; Stanley Kowalski in the classic "A Streetcar Named Desire" (Europe); Jean in "Miss Julie" at the Cherry Lane Theatre; Dionysus in "The Bacchae 2.1"; and Edgar in an award winning production of "King Lear".

Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Rita Volk moved to San Francisco with her family when she 6 years old. Approached by a modeling scout, Volk was given the opportunity to audition for commercials and instantly fell in love with acting.

Through high school, Volk acted in school plays and further explored her burgeoning love for film which she claims, also, helped her and her family acclimatise to the American language and culture. After high school, Volk attended Duke University, where she graduated with a degree in psychology/premed. But she never lost sight of her passion for acting as she acted in student films and was a member of Inside Joke, Duke's sketch comedy troupe.

Alik Sakharov was born on 17 May 1959 in Tashkent, USSR. Alik is a director and producer, known for Ozark (2017), House of Cards (2013) and Game of Thrones (2011).

Anna Jimskaia was born on 22 January 1979 in Tashkent, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. She is an actress, known for Monamour (2005), Villa Bella (2015) and Loro (2018).

Ravshana Bakhramovna Kurkova is a distinguished Russian cinema and theatre actress. She has appeared in more than thirty films since 2003. Ravshana was born in Tashkent in an Uzbek acting family. Her parents are Uzbek actor Bakhram Matchanov and Uzbek actress, producer, and director Rano Kubaeva. One of her first major acting experiences was playing, at the age of 12, the daughter, Nigora, in Tayna paporotnikov (1992) ("The Mystery of Ferns"), a philosophical art house drama by Uzbek director Rashid Malikov, filmed at the "Uzbekfilm" studio in 1992. Ravshana graduated from one of the most prestigious music schools in Central Asia. In the eighth grade her parents transferred her to another Tashkent lyceum, a branch of the University of London. In the late 1990s, Ravshana moved to Moscow, where she entered the philological faculty of the Moscow State Pedagogical University. After receiving a diploma of higher education she worked in television as an editor of a talk show. Ravshana studied acting under the guidance of Tatyana Pyshnova, a professor of the Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School. Ravshana Kurkova is also known as a theatre actress. She has played leading roles in plays of Ivan Vyrypaev, including "Nevynosimo dolgi obyatiya" ("Unbearably Long Embraces") and "Ilyuzii" ("Illusions"), both at the Moscow theatre "Praktika" ("Practice").

Marisha Triantafyllidou was born on 4 May 1975 in Tashkent, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. She is an actress and writer, known for Her Job (2018), Dodo (2022) and The Last Taxi Driver (2023).

Ariadna Shengelaia was born on 13 January 1937 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. She is an actress, known for Evgeniya Grande (1960), Yevgeni Onegin (1959) and Volshebnyy portret (1997). She was previously married to Eldar Shengelaia.

Larissa Bond was born on 8 April 1973 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. She is an actress, known for Lord of War (2005), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and How to Make It in America (2010).

Elena Kats-Chernin was born on 4 November 1957 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. She is a composer, known for Mary and Max (2009), Michelle's Story (2015) and The Divorce (2015).

Tatyana Konyukhova was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress.

She was born in Tashkent (Uzbek SSR). She had a brother, Igor, who died at an early age. In 1946, her father was sent to work in Latvia, and the Konyukhov family moved to Riga. She finished school in Liepaja. In 1949, she came to Moscow, where she entered VGIK. In 1955, she graduated from the All-Union State Institute of Theater Arts. After graduating from VGIK she worked at the Malyy Theater.

After the success in the film May Night (1952), the actress began to be regularly invited to act in films. In the 1950s, she played leading roles in the films Good Morning (1955) (driver foreman Katya Golovan), Raznye sudby (1956) (Sonya Orlova), Gori, moya zvezda! (1958) (Nelya Bulatova), Vremya letnikh otpuskov (1961) (Anna Gorelova).

She performed notably in Radunitsa (1984) (as Olga), Portret zheny khudozhnika (1982) (as Varya Nikitenko), Sitting on the Golden Porch (1986) (as Tsarina), Ssuda na brak (1988) (as Valentina), and Vsyo vperedi (1990) (as Zinaida Vitalyevna).

After leaving the theater, she worked with children at the Theater Studio at the Moscow Children's Academy of Folk Arts in Perovo. She also taught acting at the Moscow State Institute of Culture.

Aleksandr Samoylenko was born on 28 March 1964 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Toshkent, Uzbekistan]. He is an actor and producer, known for Night Watch (2004), Day Watch (2006) and Salyut-7 (2017).

Alina Kabaeva was born on 12 May 1983 in Tashkent, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. She is an actress, known for Red Shadow: Akakage (2001), Chetyre Lyubovi (2004) and Sydney 2000: Games of the XXVII Olympiad (2000).

Viktor Verzhbitskiy was born on 21 September 1958 in Tashkent, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. He is an actor, known for Day Watch (2006), Night Watch (2004) and 12 (2007).

Nazim Tulyahodzhayev was born on 4 January 1951 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR. He is an actor and director, known for Veld (1987), Maktub (2009) and Visol (2011).

Dmitriy Kharatyan was born on 21 January 1960 in Almalyk, Tashkent Oblast, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. He is an actor and producer, known for Na Deribasovskoy khoroshaya pogoda, ili Na Brayton-Bich opyat idut dozhdi (1993), Koroleva Margo (1996) and The Secret of Queen Anne or Musketeers Thirty Years After (1994). He has been married to Marina Mayko since 1996. They have one child. He was previously married to Marina.

Larisa Luppian was born on 26 January 1953 in Tashkent, USSR. She is an actress, known for Plachu vperyod! (1999), Streets of Broken Lights (1998) and Buket mimozy i drugie tsvety (1985). She has been married to Mikhail Boyarskiy since September 2009. They have one child. She was previously married to Mikhail Boyarskiy.

Ali Khamraev was born on 19 May 1937 in Tashkent, Uzbekskaya SSR, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. He is a director and writer, known for I Remember You (1985), Bo Ba Bu (1998) and The Bodyguard (1979).

Rustam Sagdullaev was born on 25 July 1950 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. He is an actor, known for Bez strakha (1971), Polunochnyi blyuz (1992) and Vlyublyonnye (1970).

Aleksey Grishin was born on 24 July 1974 in Tashkent, USSR. He is an actor, known for Mafia: Game of Survival (2016), Brat 2 (2000) and Operatsiya «Karpaty» (2024).

Akhtem Seitablaev was born on 11 December 1972 in Yangiyul, Tashkent Oblast, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Yangiyo'l, Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan]. He is an actor and director, known for Cyborgs: Heroes Never Die (2017), Homeward (2019) and Numbers (2020).

Talgat Nigmatulin was born on 5 March 1949 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. He was an actor and writer, known for Pirates of the 20th Century (1980), Odin i bez oruzhiya (1984) and Vstrechi i rasstavaniya (1973). He was married to Larissa Kandalova, Halima Hasanova and Venera Nigmatulina. He died on 11 February 1985 in Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, USSR [now Lithuania].

Sasha Golberg was born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. He is an actor and producer, known for The Face (2017), Fatale (2020) and Fifty (2019).

Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich was born on 22 October 1934 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. He was a director and writer, known for Afyory, muzyka, lyubov... (1997), The Return of the Musketeers, or The Treasures of Cardinal Mazarin (2009) and Formula radugi (1966). He was married to Svetlana Valerianovna Markov, Nadir Mirzayev Sultanovna and Tatyana Chernova. He died on 11 November 2015 in Moscow, Russia.