Zoya Berber

Zoya Rudolfovna Berber (; born September 1, 1987) is a Russian stage, film, television, and voice actress, as well as a television presenter. She rose to prominence for her role as Lera Oborina in the Russian comedy television series Realnye patsany.

Biography Berber was born on September 1, 1987, in Perm, Russia. She studied at Perm School No. 91 in a theatre-focused class. She also studied music and completed five years of piano training at a music school. After finishing school, she enrolled in a choreography college and later studied fashion design.

She was admitted to the Perm State Institute of Culture (course of Boris Milgram), but was forced to take academic leave due to her work on the television series Realnye patsany.

Career Since 2009, Berber has performed in the play The Bullet Collector at the Perm theatre Scena-Molot, playing the role of Vika (directed by Ruslan Malikov).

In October 2009, she participated in the international festival Space of Directing as part of the official Russia–France program.

From 2010 to 2023, she played Lera in the comedy television series Realnye patsany on TNT. In 2015, she was nominated for the TEFI Award in the category “Best Actress in a Television Film/Series” for this role.

In 2011, she ranked 5th in the list of “100 Sexiest Women in the Country” according to the Russian edition of Maxim.

Since 2011, she has performed in the play Woe from Wit at the Perm Theatre-Theatre, playing Sofya Pavlovna (directed by Eduard Boyakov and Philipp Grigoryan).

On 28 September 2016, the music video for rapper Nigativ’s song Weightlessness was released, featuring Berber in the lead role. On 12 October 2016, the group 25/17 released the music video New Virus featuring Berber.

Since 2016, she has appeared in the play Caligula at the Moscow Provincial Theatre (directed by Sergey Zemlyansky).

In 2017, she worked as a host on the program Sports Moment on the Moscow 24 TV channel. Since 2018, she has hosted the program One Day in the City on the My Planet TV channel. She also stars as police android Anna Korolkevich in the television series Project Anna Nikolaevna.

Personal life On 29 June 2015, Berber gave birth to a daughter named Nadezhda. The child’s father is screenwriter Alexander Sineguzov, whom Berber met in 2010 on the set of Realnye patsany.

In autumn 2020, it became known that Berber and Sineguzov had separated.

In November 2023, Berber announced her engagement to actor Maksim Belborodov. They married on 7 February 2024. On 16 June 2024, the couple welcomed a son named Maksim.

Theatre roles Years Production Role Theatre Director 2009–present The Bullet Collector Vika Scena-Molot Ruslan Malikov 2011–present Woe from Wit Sofya Pavlovna Theatre-Theatre Eduard Boyakov, Philipp Grigoryan 2013 Riverside Drive Barbara Scena-Molot Alexander Sozonov 2014 The Demon Tamara Yermolova Theatre Sergey Zemlyansky 2016 Caligula Mucius’ wife / ballet participant Moscow Provincial Theatre Sergey Zemlyansky 2017 The Adventures of Fandorin Renata Kleber Moscow Provincial Theatre Tatyana Vdovichenko 2022–present Arbenin. Masquerade Without Words Baroness Strahl Satire Theatre Sergey Zemlyansky

Filmography Fartsa (2015) Trigger (2020-present) Murderous Fervour (2021–2025) Aunt Martha (2022–2024) 7 Days, 7 Nights (2024) The Crazy Empress (2025)

Voice acting Attack the Block (2011) – Sam (voice of Jodie Whittaker)