Mariya Kozhevnikova

Mariya Aleksandrovna Kozhevnikova (Мари́я Алекса́ндровна Коже́вникова; born November 14, 1984) is a Russian actress and a politician.

Kozhevnikova was voted the hottest woman in Russia in November 2011. She was a Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation (2011–2016).

Early life and career
Kozhevnikova was born in 1984, in the family of a Soviet hockey player, two-time Olympic champion, Merited Master of Sports Alexander Kozhevnikov and English teacher Margarita Kozhevnikova.

Kozhevnikova's grandfather, Major General, participant of the Great Patriotic War Valentin Nikolaevich Trofimov (1923-2013).

Kozhevnikova has a brother and a sister.

Kozhevnikova is the "Master of Sports" in rhythmic gymnastics, champion of Moscow. Graduated from the RATI-GITIS in 2006.

In 2001, when Kozhevnikova was only a teenager, she starred in the video for the song "You Will Become An Adult" by the Lyceum group. In 2002, Kozhevnikova chose RATI-GITIS to participate in the Love Stories music group. In 2005, while studying at the institute, she began her career as an actress, participating in extras and playing secondary roles.

Kozhevnikova is known for her role in the Russian TV series "Univer".

In September 2009, The Playboy magazine published eight photographs of Kozhevnikova, in five of which she is completely naked.

Personal life
At the end of August 2013, Kozhevnikova and her boyfriend at the time, businessman Yevgeny Vasilyev, got married in St. Nicholas Cathedral in Nice, France. The official registration of the marriage did not take place, which means that they are not officially married at the moment.

Kozhevnikova has three children, all of them are boys.

Her first son Ivan was born in January 2014.

Since May 2018, Ukraine imposed sanctions on Kozhevnikova.

On August 30, 2023, Kozhevnikova announced her fourth pregnancy.