Margarita Levieva

Margarita Vladimirovna Levieva is a Russian-American actress. She is best known for portraying Annie Newton in The Invisible, Abby Parker in The Deuce, Mother Koril in Star Wars: The Acolyte, and Heather Glenn / Muse in Daredevil: Born Again.

Early life Levieva was born in Russia, into a Russian Jewish family. Both of her grandmothers, as children, survived the siege of Leningrad during World War II.

Career In 2005, Levieva made a guest appearance on Law & Order: Trial by Jury and in the following two years starred in the Fox series Vanished and feature films The Invisible, Billy's Choice, and Noise.

Levieva starred in the 2019 independent film Inherit the Viper. Her other film credits include It Happened in L.A. (2017), The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015), Sleeping with Other People (2015), James White (2015), For Ellen (2012), The Lincoln Lawyer (2011), Adventureland (2009), and Spread (2009).

In 2009, Levieva made an appearance in the HBO comedy-drama series How to Make it in America, and in the NBC drama Kings, in the episode "First Night". That same year, she starred in the play The Retributionists, and made her Broadway debut in Impressionism.

In the 2010s Levieva had regular series roles in ABC drama series Revenge (2011–2015) and in HBO series The Deuce (2016–2019), playing adventurous college student Abby Parker in the latter.

In 2022, Levieva starred as Jenny Franklin in the Netflix series In From the Cold, which aired for one season.

In 2024, she appeared in the Star Wars series The Acolyte as Mother Koril. In 2025, she starred in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Daredevil: Born Again as Heather Glenn, the love interest of Matt Murdock/Daredevil.

Personal life Levieva and Sebastian Stan were romantically linked in July 2014.

The actress announced that she had given birth on May 14, 2022. She revealed her baby was a boy on May 14, 2023.

Filmography Film

Television Year Title Role Notes2005 N.Y.-70 Cindy Unsold TV pilot Law & Order: Trial by Jury Stephanie Davis Episode: "Skeleton"2006 Isabelle Unsold TV pilot What's Not to Love? Blake Unsold TV pilot Vanished Marcy Collins Main role; 13 episodes 2009 Kings Claudia Episode: "First Night" 2010–2011 How to Make It in America Julie Recurring role; 6 episodes 2011–2013 Revenge Amanda Clarke / Emily Thorne Recurring role; 24 episodes 2013–2016 The Blacklist Gina Zanetakos Recurring role; 5 episodes 2015 Allegiance Natalie O'Connor Main role; 13 episodes 2016–2019 We Bare Bears Yana 2 episodes: "Icy Nights" and "Icy Nights II" 2017–2019 The Deuce Abby Parker Main role; 25 episodes 2022 In From the Cold Jenny Franklin Main role; 8 episodes Litvinenko Marina Litvinenko Main role; 4 episodes 2024 Star Wars: The Acolyte Mother Koril 3 episodes 2025–present Daredevil: Born Again Heather Glenn / Muse Main role; 14 episodes 2025 Task Eryn 5 episodes 2026 Cape Fear Lexi Miniseries

Music videos Year Title Artist Role Notes 2016 "Fire Away" Chris Stapleton Sheriff's wife Music Video of the Year at the 2016 Country Music Association Awards