Lolita Milyavskaya

Lolita Markovna Milyavskaya (, née Горелик (Gorelik); ; born 14 November 1963), known mononymously as Lolita, is a Russian singer, actress, TV and film director. She was born in Mukachevo, Zakarpattia Oblast, former Ukrainian SSR.

Biography Father - Mark L. Gorelik (1932-1978), an actor and stage director. Mother - Alla Dmitrievna Nikiforova (born 18 January 1943), graduated from Lviv Music College, was a jazz singer. After marrying, Lolita's parents moved to Kyiv. In 1981, Lolita applied to the Tambov branch of the Moscow State Institute of Culture. At the institute, Lolita met fellow student Alexander Belyaev, who later became her first husband. In 1985, she graduated from the institute. In 1984 she moved from Tambov to Odessa. She worked in the Odesa Philharmonic Theater, met Alexander Tsekalo there, and in 1987 left with him for Moscow. In order to register in Moscow, she entered into a fictitious marriage with Vitaly Milyavsky. They did not live together.

In 1985, Alexander Tsekalo and Lolita Milyavskaya created the pop group «Cabaret Duo Akademiya». In 1995, Milyavskaya and Tsekalo became presenters of the TV programme ‘Morning Mail’, and since 1997 they have hosted the programme ‘Good Morning, Country!’.

At the end of her marriage to Tsekalo in 1998, Lolita gave birth to a daughter Eva.

In the spring of 2000, Lolita began a solo career and released the song ‘Flowers’. In January 2001, the album of the same name was released.

In March 2003 she gave her first big solo concert - ‘Show divorced woman’.

In 2007, Lolita released the albums ‘Neformat’ and ‘Orientation North’.

In March 2016, Lolita released the song ‘On the Titanic’.

In 2017 Milyavskaya was forbidden to enter Ukraine for a term of three years because she performed in Crimea in 2015 (the Ukrainian territory Crimea was annexed by Russia in 2014). In January 2023, Ukraine imposed sanctions on Lolita for her support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

She attended the Almost Naked Party held in a Moscow nightclub in December 2023.

Discography as part of cabaret-duo "Akademiya" (with Aleksandr Tsekalo)

Year Title Note1992/1995"Маленький переворот" ("Maleńký perevorot"; "Little Coup") released in 1992 as vinyl and 1995 as CD 1994"Небальные танцы" ("Nebaĺnýe tancy"; "Non-ballroom dances") 1995"Хочешь, но молчишь" ("Hočeš', no molčiš'"; "You want, but don't say anything") 1997"Свадьба" ("Svad'ba"; "Wedding") 1998 "Отпечатки пальчиков" ("Otpečatki paĺčikov"; "Fingerprints") 1999 "Ту-Ту-Ту, На-На-На"

Studio albums Year Title Note2000"Цветочки" ("Cvetočki"; "Flowers") 2003"Шоу разведённой женщины " ("Šou razvedönnoj ženśiny"; "Show divorced woman") 2005"Формат" ("Format") 2007"Неформат" ("Neformat"; "Unformat")"Ориентация Север" ("Orientacija Sever"; "Orientation North") 2008"Фетиш" ("Fetish") 2014 "Анатомия" ("Anatomija"; "Anatomy") 2018 "Раневская" ("Ranevskaja")

EPs Year Title Note 2015"Неизданное" ("Neizdannoe"; "Unreleased")

DVD-Albums Year Title Note 2005"Шоу разведённой женщины" ("Šou razvedönnoj ženśiny"; "The show of the divorced woman") 2007"Мне 41… А кто даст?" ("Mne 41… A kto dast?"; "I'm 41 ... And who will give?")

Collections Year Title Note 2009"Запавшее" ("Zapavšeje"; "Stalled") 2010"Grand Collection"

Soundtracks Year Title Album Type 2004 dubbed 3 songs Home on the Range: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack animated movie 2005 "Приговорённая к любви" ("Prigovorönnaja k lübvi"; "Sentenced to love") Popsa drama film 2007 "Две любви (duet with Aleksandr Marshal)" ("Dve lübvi"; "Two love") Татьянин день ("Tatjanin deń"; "Tatyana's Day") telenovela 2009 "Остановите Землю" ("Ostanovite Zemlü"; "Stop the Earth") Jolly Fellows comedy-drama film

Charted singles Title YearPeak chart positionsAlbum "" 2021 50 79 — 63 "" 2022 44 68 182 — 15 "" 2023 — — — 59 13 — ""2024 — — 157 — — — "" 88 161 — 63 — — "" 2026 — — — — — 63 "" — — — 27 — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory."*" denotes that the chart did not exist at that time. Videography Year Music Video Director Album as part of "Akademiya" 1992 "Тома" ("Toma"; "Tammy") Маленький переворот "Венеция" ("Venetsiya"; "Venice") М. Иванников (M. Ivannikov) 1994 "Баден-Баден" ("Baden Baden") Ю. Грымов (Yu. Grymov) Небальные танцы 1995 "Хочешь, но молчишь" ("Khochesh', no molchish'"; "If you want, but don't say anything") Хочешь, но молчишь "Догги" ("Doggi"; "Doggy") "За пивом" ("Za pivom"; "Out for a beer") 1997 "Я обиделась" ("YA obidelas'"; "I'm offended") Свадьба 1998 "Moscau" Ту-ту-ту на-на-на "Ту-ту-ту" 1999 "Маленький" ("Malen'kiy"; "Little") as lead artist 1995 "Гондурас (with Arkady Arkanov)" ("Gonduras"; "Honduras") 2000 "Песня о женской дружбе (with Alyona Apina)" ("Pesnya o zhenskoy druzhbe"; "The song about female friendship") Сергей Баженов (Sergey Bazhenov) Цветочки "Цветочки" ("Tsvetochki"; "Flowers") Александр Кальварский (Alexander Kalvarsky) 2001 Отвали ("Otvali"; "Fuck off") Шоу разведённой женщины "Пропащая" ("Propashchaya"; "Missing") 2002 "Музыка тела" ("Muzyka tela"; "Music of the body") Александр Кальварский (Alexander Kalvarsky) Шоу разведённой женщины 2003 "Помада" ("Pomada"; "Pomade") Олег Гусев (Oleg Gusev) Формат 2004 "Мачо" ("Macho") 2009 "Остановите Землю" ("Ostanovite Zemlyu"; "Stop the Earth") Феликс Михайлов (Felix Mikhailov) Неизданное / Soundtrack of "Весельчаки" ("Vesel'chaki"; "Merry Men") 2010 "Иди и смотри (with NucKids)" ("Idi i smotri"; "Go and See") Юлиана Донская (Yuliana Donskaya) 2011 "Часы" ("Chasy"; "Clock") Aslan Ahmadov Неизданное "Ты похудела (with Quest Pistols)" ("Ty pokhudela"; "You lost weight") Юрий Бардаш (Yuri Bardash) 2014 "Анатомия" ("Anatomiya"; "Anatomy") Aslan Ahmadov Анатомия "На скотч" ("Na skotch"; "On scotch tape") Елена Кипер (Yelena Kiper) 2015 "Шпилька-каблучок" ("Shpylʹka-kabluchok"; "Stiletto Heel") Коля Серга (Kolya Serga) "Территория сердца (with Денисом Майдановым)" ("Territoriya serdtsa"; "Territory of the Heart"; with Denisom Maydanovym) Елена Кипер, Вадим Шатров (Yelena Kiper, Vadim Shatrov) Неизданное 2016 "Анатомия (with N’Pans & L.A.V.Retro)" ("Anatomiya"; "Anatomy") Иван Колпаков (Ivan Kolpakov) "На Титанике" ("Na Titanike"; "On the Titanic") Леонид Колосовский (Leonid Kolosovskiy) Раневская 2017 "Ты моё море (Dj Antonio Remix)" ("Ty moyo more"; "You are my sea") Дмитрий Иванов (Dmitriy Ivanov) "Ты моё море" ("Ty moyo more"; "You are my sea") 2018 "Раневская" ("Ranevskaya") Тина Баркалая (Tina Barkalaya) "Судьба" ("Sud'ba"; "Fate")

Filmography Movies Year Title Role 1991 " Тень, или Может быть, всё обойдётся — курортница" ("Ten', ili Mozhet byt', vso oboydotsya"; "Shadow, or Maybe everything will do") health resort 1996 "Короли российского сыска" ("Koroli rossiyskogo syska"; "Kings of the Russian Investigation") "Умереть от счастья и любви" ("Umeret' ot schast'ya i lyubvi"; "Die from happiness and love") 2001 "Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки" ("Vechera na khutore bliz Dikan'ki"; Evenings on a farm near Dikanka) Солоха (Solokha) 2002 "Cinderella" Stepmother 2003 "The Crazy Day or The Marriage of Figaro" Countess Rosine 2005 "Popsa" ("Neformat"; "Unformat") Irina Pepelyaeva ("Pippi"), an eccentric singer "Это всё цветочки…" ("Eto vso tsvetochki…"; "It's all flowers ...") 2007 "Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors" Queen Anidag / participant from France "Кровавая Мэри" ("Krovavaya Meri"; "Blood Mary") "Татьянин день" ("Tat'yanin den'"; "Tatyana's Day") cameo on telenovela 2008 "Золотая рыбка" ("Zolotaya rybka"; "Goldfish") teacher of good manners 2010 "Морозко" ("ˈfrôstē"; "Frosty") cameo 2011 "Новые приключения Аладдина" ("Novyye priklyucheniya Aladdina"; "The New Adventures of Aladdin") atamans of robbers 2012 "Петрович" ("Petrovich") Виктория Ланская (Victoria Lanskaya) "Красная Шапочка" ("Krasnaya Shapochka"; "Little Red Riding Hood") mother of Little Red Riding Hood

Television Year Title Role 1995 "1995 — Кабаре «Маски-Шоу»" ("Kabare «Maski-Shou»"; "The Mask-Show Cabaret") as part of Akademiya 1996 "Шоу долгоносиков" ("Shou dolgonosikov"; "Show weevils") 1997 "Старые песни о главном-3" ("Vechera na khutore bliz Dikan'ki"; "Old songs about the main-3") the German ambassador (the song "Moskau" with Aleksandr Tsekalo) 2000 "Старые песни о главном. Постскриптум" ("Shou dolgonosikov"; "Old songs about the main thing. Postscript.") "Felicita" duet with Oleg Gazmanov)