Rita Volk

Margarita Volkovinskaya ), known professionally as Rita Volk, is an Uzbek-American actress. She is known for her role as Amy Raudenfeld in the MTV romantic comedy series Faking It.

Early life Volk was born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union. Through high school, she acted in school plays and further explored her burgeoning love for film which she claims helped her and her family acclimatize to American English and culture. In 2005, she won the SFUSD High School Poet Laureate award. After high school, Volk attended Duke University, where she graduated with a degree in psychology on a pre-medical track.

Career In 2013 Volk was cast in the pilot for the MTV comedy series Faking It, playing Amy, one of the series' lead roles; MTV ordered Faking It to series in October 2013. For Faking It, Volk originally tried out for the role of co-lead Karma, not Amy. In 2015 she joined the cast of the dramedy film Almost Friends. She also appears in the John Carpenter-directed 2017 music video for the theme to his earlier film, Christine.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos YearTitleArtistNotes2016"Utopian Facade"John CarpenterSingle release to Carpenter's Lost Themes II2017"Christine"John CarpenterThe theme for film Christine as a part of Carpenter's Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998