Irina Pantaeva

Irina Pantaeva
Born
Irina Vladlenovna Pantaeva

(1967-10-31) 31 October 1967 (age 57)
Ulan-Ude, Buryat ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Spouse
Roland Levin
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(m. 1994; div. 2008)​
Children2
Modeling information
Hair colorBlack
Eye colorBrown
AgencySelect: London
The Marilyn Agency: Paris
Ford: New York
Visage Management: Zürich

Irina Vladlenovna Pantaeva (Russian: Ирина Владленовна Пантаева; born 31 October 1967)[1] is a Russian model and actress. Pantaeva was born in Ulan-Ude, Buryat ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.

Biography

Irina Pantaeva started working as a model with designer Larisa Dagdanova in 1988 in Ulan-Ude. She participated in several fashion shows with ″Larissa″ collection in China. In 1989 she won the first-ever beauty contest in Buryatia, ″Miss Ulan-Ude″. Later that same year she went to Moscow to the audition for Vozvrashchenie Khodzhi Nasreddina (Russian: Возвращение Ходжи Насреддина)[2] movie, and filming afterwards.

In 1992, she moved to Paris to pursue her modeling career. She succeeded in getting an appointment with Karl Lagerfeld, that allowed her to join in his fashion show and the world of haute couture. Pantaeva signed a contract with "The Marilyn Agency″. In 1994, Pantaeva moved to New York City to further her career, and later appeared in Mortal Kombat Annihilation, as Jade, As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me and bit parts in Celebrity, Zoolander and People I Know, in addition to filming a guest appearance on 3rd Rock from the Sun. She also featured in the off-Broadway play Jewtopia. While in New York City, she graduated from the theatre department at New York University.

Pantaeva walked runways for designers and fashion houses, such as: Christian Dior, Versace, Alexander McQueen, Thierry Mugler, Issey Miyake, John Galliano, Yves Saint Laurent, Anna Sui, Chloé, Kenzo, appeared in fashion campaigns for Calvin Klein, GAP, Kenzo, Missoni, Levi's Jeans, and was presented on covers of the fashion magazines: Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, etc. In the second half of the 1990s, she was one of the favourite models of English fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. In 1998, she was a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model and wrote her autobiography Siberian Dream: A Memoir, which was published by Avon/Bard.[3][4]

Personal life

In 1989, Pantaeva had a son, Ruslan. In 1994, she married the Latvian photographer Roland Levin, from whom in 2003 she gave birth to a son, Solongo.[1] In 2008, Pantaeva and Levin divorced.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1990 Vozvrashchenie Khodzhi Nasreddina Kutlug-Turkan aga
1997 An Eyewitness Account
1997 Mortal Kombat Annihilation Jade
1998 Celebrity Friend of Supermodel
2001 Zoolander Irina
2001 As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me Irina
2002 People I Know Summerwear Showroom Receptionist

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1998 New York Undercover Isabel Episode: "Drop Dead Gorgeous"
1998 3rd Rock from the Sun Gabriella 2 episodes
2000 Normal, Ohio The Other Lisa Episode: "Don't Ask (Un-aired Pilot)"

References

  1. ^ a b "Ирина Пантаева: "Я не мечтала о карьере топ-модели"". newbur.ru (in Russian). 26 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Vozvrashchenie Khodzhi Nasreddina (film)". IMDb. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  3. ^ "Irina Pantaeva". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  4. ^ "Irina Pantaeva". www.irinapantaeva.net. Archived from the original on December 2, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
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