Vera Brezhneva


Vira Viktorivna Halushka, better known by her stage name Vera Brezhneva, is a Ukrainian-Russian pop-singer, television presenter and actress.

Biography

Family

Vera was born on 3 February 1982 in Dniprodzerzhynsk, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union. Her parents were not involved in the music or entertainment business. Her father, Viktor, worked in a chemical factory. Vera's mother, Tamara, who had graduated from medical school, worked in the same factory as Vera's father. Vera has three sisters: one older and two younger. She bought a flat for her parents in Boryspil, a town close to Kiev. The father of Vera's daughter is Vitaliy Voychenko, to whom Vera was married for a few years. She earned a degree by correspondence from the faculty of economics of the Dnepropetrovsk Institute of Railway Engineering.

Nu Virgos (also known as "VIA Gra")

In 2002, Brezhneva was invited to a casting organized to find a girl to replace Alena Vinnitskaya and she won. In January 2003 Nu Virgos started performing in the new configuration that, due to its amazing popularity, gained the name of "the golden line up".
In July 2007, Brezhneva decided to have a break from the band, which ended in December 2007 with the official announcement of her leaving Nu Virgos. Vera was replaced in the group by Tatiana Kotova.

Game-show presenter on Russian TV

Brezhneva was the presenter of the Russian version of the Power of 10 game-show called Магия 10-ти, which ran on Channel One Russia for two seasons from 7 January 2008 to 31 August 2008.

Return to music

In May 2008, Vera premiered her first single called Ya ne igrayu. The song was written by her former producer Konstantin Meladze. The second single Nirvana came out on 27 October 2008. Third single Ljubov v bolshom gorode was released in 2009. Then she appeared in the video Leto vsegda of the group Diskoteka Avariya with actresses Anastasia Zadorozhnaya & Svetlana Khodchenkova. The fourth single was released in April – Ljubov spasyot mir and reached No. 1 in Russian Airplay Weekly. The next single Pronto, a duet with Potap was released in September. Her sixth single was a duet with Dan Balan Lepestkami slyoz. Early in 2011, Vera premiered her new single Realnaya zhizn, and at the end of 2011 the single Sexy Bambina and early in 2012 the single Ishu tebya were released.

Films

Vera has appeared in a number of Russian-language films. She played Katya in the film Love in the Big City in 2009 and its two sequels in 2010 and 2013. In 2016 she played in 8 Best Dates. She also had a major part as herself in Yolki and Yolki 2, and appeared in Jungle. Most of her film work has been in romantic comedies.

Discography

Singles

Albums

Studio albums
Vera Brezhneva has been the recipient of numerous awards including the celebrated title of the "Woman of the Year" in Russia. She is considered one of the most beautiful women in Russia. In 2007, 2012, 2015, and 2016 she was named the sexiest woman in Russia by the men's magazine Maxim.