Kseniya Lvovna Ryabinkina (russian: Ксения Львовна Рябинкина) is a Russian professional ballet dancer and character actor. She has appeared in

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and Hindi cinema since the 1960s.

Early life

Kseniya Ryabinkina was born in

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to a ballerina mother and a geo-physics doctor. She has an elder sister by four years by name of Elena, also an accomplished ballerina.

Career

She started her career as a ballerina in Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre. She is best remembered in

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as Marina, the Russian

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artiste cum love interest from

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's classic 1970 film ''

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''.

Later years

In 2009, the Russian actress made her return to

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. Ryabinkina acted in '' Chintuji'', a film that was loosely based on incidents from Raj Kapoor's son –

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's life. She still mentors ballerinas and actors in Russia.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ryabinkina, Kseniya Living people Actresses from Moscow Soviet film actresses Soviet stage actresses Russian film actresses Russian stage actresses Soviet ballerinas Russian ballerinas Bolshoi Theatre Soviet expatriates in India Russian expatriates in India Actresses in Hindi cinema European actresses in India European actresses in Bollywood Actresses of European descent in Indian films Actresses of European descent in Bollywood films 20th-century Russian ballet dancers 20th-century Russian actresses 21st-century Russian actresses Year of birth missing (living people)