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Kristina Orbakaite

1971 - Today

By: Alla Akerzhnerman | Date Added:

Kristina Orbakaitе, better known as Kristina, is a Russian-Lithuanian singer and actress. Born 25 May 1971, is a Russian-Lithuanian singer and actress. Her parents are Russian pop star Alla Pugacheva and Lithuanian circus performer Mykolas Orbakas. Kristina Orbakaite was born in Moscow and spent much of her childhood between Šventoji, Lithuania, the home of her paternal grandparents, and Moscow, the home of her maternal grandparents. After her parents divorced in 1973, she was brought to Moscow by her mother, Alla Pugacheva, and lived with her maternal grandparents. At the age of 7, she debuted in the Soviet children's television program. In 1982, she was cast in the leading role of in Production began in 1982 and the film premiered in 1984. It became a critical success, not only in Russia but also overseas, and turned Kristina a child star. In side her acting, she continued with her budding singing career. In 1983, she sang a duet with her mother. In 1985, she san in the popular TV program. Having met with success in film and music, she tried her hand at theater, appearing in 1995 as Helen Keller in an adaptation of William Gibson's The Miracle Worker on the stage of the Moscow Art Theatre. She subsequently received an award from the Russian Ministry of Culture for best female theatrical performance. In 1996, she joined her mother, Alla Pugacheva, her mother's husband, singer Philipp Kirkorov, and her partner, singer Vladimir Presnyakov on a family performance tour through the United States. During this tour, she performed for the first time at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Later the same year, Orbakaite released her second album, titled Zero Hours. In 1998 Orbakaite released her third solo album. It included 12 new songs. She also appeared won World Music Awards in Monte Carlo as the best-selling Russian singer. Later that year, she released her fourth album.. In 2001, she appeared in the film Zhenskoye schastye. In 2002, she released her fifth album, and appeared in the television series Moscow Saga. She again became Russia's best-selling singer and won the World Music Awards for the second time. In 2003, she released her sixth album, and in 2005, she released her seventh album. The same year, she won the Muz-TV award in the category "Best female singer". On 17 January 2004 Kristina met her husband, American businessman Mikhail Zemtsov in Miami. They married in a private ceremony on 9 March 2005 in Miami Beach city In 2006, Orbakaite appeared in the comedy Lyubov-morkov. The film was a hit in Russia. with the second film coming out in 2008 and the third in 2011. Amid filming the series, Orbakaite released her eight album. In 2011, Orbakaite celebrated her 40th birthday and, as part of celebrating the year, unveiled a new performance program and a new album. Two years later, in April 2013, she released a new music video for her song, and began a tour of the Baltic countries. She also received the title Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation from Russian president Vladimir Putin. In December 2016, her "Insomnia" world tour was presented with two sold out shows in State Kremlin Palace. The tour received excellent reviews in the press and with critics. In 2017, the tour was presented in Russia, Israel, France, Kazakhstan, the United Kingdom, Germany and all Baltic states with over 100 sold out shows. In July 2018 Kristina debuted on stage of Sovremennik Theater in a William Gibson play Two for the Seesaw.In September 2018, she released her scandalous music video to her hit "Pyanaya Vishnya" which was watched over 40 million times on YouTube in less than one year. She is currently married to a Russian-American businessman named Mikhail Zemtsov.

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