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Am I daft? - [wcip]Angel - 09-03-2003
I've checked the Internet Movie Database, and I can't seem to find the name of the actress I'm looking for.
Because I don't know her name, I can't provide any more information other than that she played Anthony Soprano's russian mistress (don't ask me to spell the Italian name for it) in the first seasons of HBO's hit television series "The Sopranos."
Here is the first part of the credits from the show and
here are the full credits.
Am I blind? Is she really not credited? She was in several episodes; she had numerous lines (mostly bitching, but lines nonetheless :) ) so I find it hard to believe that the vastest film-database on the web has failed to include the actress playing Tony's russian girlfriend.
For those of you who have no idea what or who I'm talking about, I uploaded an image I took from the episode "Employee of the month" from season 3. The image can be found here
Am I daft? - Tal - 09-03-2003
I dunno if this helps but here is the full cast on that episode according to the series makers HBO.
Am I daft? - TriggerHappy - 09-04-2003
Oksana Babiy
http://www.celebrity8x10s.com/Merchant2/me...gory_Code=babiy
Haven't watches The Sopranos in a long while. Was her name in the show Irina?
I remember noting when i wached the show that her accent was genuine (being a russian i'd know :) ). I assumed the actress was russian since nobody can really "fake" russian speech or accent believably. Her name confirms she's the real deal.
Am I daft? - [wcip]Angel - 09-04-2003
Ahh Thank you very much, Triggerhappy! I've been looking forever for her.
edit: In my perusal for a nice picture of her, I discovered that she's not Russian, but Ukrainian, just like the character "Irina."
Interviewed on HBO prior to the third-season premiere of "The Sopranos" on March 5, Ms. Babiy was asked if she was Russian. "No, I am Ukrainian," she told the reporter, an answer which reached 11.3 million viewers, the largest audience that has ever seen any HBO show. The show is reported to have surpassed most series on the broadcast networks despite being available in only a third as many homes.
http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/2001/120128.shtml