Lera Kudryavtseva
Kudryavtseva in 2010
Born
Valeria Lvovna Kudryavtseva

(1971-05-19) May 19, 1971
Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR, USSR
NationalityRussian
EducationKultprosvetuchilische
Russian Academy of Theatre Arts
Occupation(s)Television presenter, singer
Years active1995–present
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Spouses
  • Sergei Linyuk
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    (m. 1990; div. 1992)​
  • Matvei Morozov
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    (m. 2004; div. 2007)​
  • ​
    (m. 2013)​
Websitelera-kudryavtseva.ru

Valeria Lvovna Kudryavtseva (Russian: Валерия Львовна Кудрявцева, Лера Кудрявцева; born May 19, 1971),[1] best known as Lera Kudryavtseva, is a Kazakhstani-born Russian television presenter and singer.

Biography

Kudryavtseva was born in Ust-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 local House of Culture, organising concerts. One of the concerts happens to be with the then popular boy band Laskovyi 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, including Evgeny Osin.[2]

Moving to Moscow, Kudryavtseva starts studying at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts. In 1995, Kudryavtseva passed a screen test to become the co-presenter of the programme Partiynaya zona on the small television station TV-6, alongside Igor Vernik.[3]

In 2002, she had her big breakthrough as a presenter, hosting the inaugrial edition of New Wave with Maksim 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 station NTV with programmes as Zvyozdy soslish'. Next to that, she started presenting the programme Secret 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 President Vladimir Putin.[7]

Personal life

From 2004 until 2007 she was married to Matvei Morozov (born 1972).[8]

She was in a relationship with musician Sergey 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]

References

  1. ↑ "Lera Kudryavceva: biography, filmography, photo, personal life" Лера Кудрявцева: биография, фильмография, фото, личная жизнь (in Russian). Archived from the original on December 15, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Лера Кудрявцева". 24smi.org. 24smi. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  3. ↑ Moiseeva, Olga (May 19, 2019). "Личная жизнь Леры Кудрявцевой: измены, криминал и большой спорт". Teleprogramma.pro. Teleprogramma. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  4. ↑ "История конкурса исполнителей "Новая волна". Справка". Ria.ru. RIA Novosti. July 30, 2009. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  5. ↑ Fedotova, Inna. "«Любовь моя!»: Сергей Лазарев и Лера Кудрявцева в Крыму вспомнили молодость". KP.ru. Komsomolskaya Pravda. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Лера Кудрявцева". Vokrug.tv. Vokrug. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  7. ↑ Sutormina, Anastasiya (April 30, 2021). ""Не сбудется никогда»: Кудрявцева назвала человека, с которым мечтает сделать «Секрет на миллион"". RadioKP.ru. Radio KP. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Who knows who is Matvey Morozov?" Кто знает кто такой Матвей Морозов?. Love and Romance. Archived from the original on January 4, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  9. ↑ Лера Кудрявцева рассказала о выкидыше
  10. ↑ У Леры Кудрявцевой случился выкидыш.
  11. ↑ "Лера Кудрявцева рассказала о своем горе". Archived from the original on December 27, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Лазарев нашёл замену Лере Кудрявцевой". Экспресс газета (in Russian). August 22, 2012. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Лера Кудрявцева вышла замуж за Игоря Макарова" (in Russian). starhit.ru. June 8, 2013. Archived from the original on June 11, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
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