Ex-Wife (TV series)

Ex-Wife (Бывшая жена; Byvshaya zhena) is a 2013 Russian television series whose lead character, Natasha, played by Nelli Uvarova, works in a government department that seeks to collect unpaid alimony. The bailiffs of the office pursue deadbeat fathers (there's no example of a woman owing alimony) in a Russian city. In the first episode, Natasha quits a singing gig in order to join the department as an intern, and hopes to collect from her own ex-husband. Real-life tough guy (a mixed martial artist) Oleg Taktarov plays as Natasha's protective boss.

In a review of Russian television shows, The Verge called it "most inventive twist on a cop show".

It has twelve episodes in its single season.

Cast
Characters include:
 * Natalia (Natasha) Sergeyevna Melnik, played by Nelli Uvarova
 * Victor Mikhailovich Lukin, Natasha's boss, played by Oleg Taktarov
 * Kirill Valentinovich Popov, Natasha's ex-husband, played by Yuriy Baturin
 * Galina Borisovna, Natasha's friend who hired her into the department, played by Viktoriya Fisher
 * co-worker Anzhela Kislevskaia, played by Kristina Babushkina
 * internet-savvy student co-worker Piotr (Petya) Smyslov, played by Grigoriy Kalinin
 * Danila, Natasha's son, played by Sasha Drobitko

It is a Russian World Series / Russian Golden Series production.