Yanina Sokolova
Yanina Mykhailivna Sokolova is a Ukrainian journalist, television presenter and actress. She works as the host of the "Rendezvous" and "Cinema" programs on Channel 5, "Shame!" program on :uk:4 канал |Channel 4 and YouTube, as well as on the ":uk:Вечер с Яниной Соколовой|Evening with Yanina Sokolova" channel on YouTube. She is the author of the multimedia project "Ya, Nina", based on real events from her life. She is the founder of the "Varto Zhyty" foundation.
Biography
Yanina Sokolova was born in Zaporizhia, Ukraine.She graduated from Zaporizhia National University in psychology, and Kyiv National University in theater and film acting.
Early career
Yanina started her career in the press, she worked in the Zaporozhian publishing house "Telecity", where she wrote the column "Alone with...".In 2000, she worked as a correspondent for the newspaper "Zaporizhian Sich". At the age of 18, she trained on the Zaporozhian channel ":uk:TV5|TV5", and in 2001 she worked as a weather forecast presenter there.
In 2003, Sokolova was the host of the program "All the money in the world" on the Luhansk regional TV channel "Lot TV".
In 2004, she was an actress at the "Free Theatre" and ":uk:Дах |Dakh Theatre", at the same time she worked as a model and starred in films.
2006–2017
In 2006, Sokolova returned to television industry, she starting working as a presenter and journalist in the morning show "Morning on Inter". In the same year, she began acting in films. In 2007–2008, Yanina Sokolova was the host and journalist of the program "Breakfast with 1+1".In 2009, she hosted the program "Morning on the Fifth" on Channel 5.
Since 2011, she has worked as a host of the program "Cinema with Yanina Sokolova", "Time of News", and, since 2015, the program "Rendezvous" on Channel 5. This is a project of personal interviews with top politicians, businessmen, artists, etc.
Yanina Sokolova is the founder of the school of screen arts "Screen School" and curator of the course "TV Presenter", within the "Screen School".
2018–present
In April 2018, the premiere screening of the documentary "We are soldiers" was held in Kyiv, one of the producers of which was Yanina Sokolova.In September 2018, the international book festival in Dnipro hosted the presentation of an interactive book "Shevchenko for every day", in which 53 videos were shot, in which Yanina Sokolova recites the poet's poems.
In October 2018, she became the host of the author's YouTube project "Evening with Yanina Sokolova".
In May 2019, Sokolova announced the multimedia project "Ya, Nina", based on real events from her life. The goal of the project is to help cancer patients realize the value of life and start fighting for it. The project will consist of a book, a song and a full-length feature film, which will play :uk:Ходос Валерія Ігорівна|Valeriya Khodos and :uk:Харчишин Валерій Володимирович|Valery Kharchishin, and the main role will be played by Sokolova.
In 2020, Yanina Sokolova launched the author's project "Shame on you!" on the TV channel ":uk:Україна 24|Ukraine 24", which premiered on 19 March 2020.
After three issues of the program, the TV channel temporarily stopped its production, citing the quarantine in Ukraine. However, a week later, Sokolova relaunched the project on her YouTube channel, but under the new name "Shame!". Since 21 April, the project is also released on :uk:4 канал |Channel 4.
Yanina Sokolova is the host of the Odesa International Film Festival.
Recognition
In 2019, Yanina Sokolova took the first place in the rating of the most popular bloggers in Ukraine, according to the readers of the ICTV website. In the same year, she was included in the rating of the 100 most influential women in Ukraine by Focus magazine.Yanina Sokolova is one of the top three people most influential on Ukrainian youth in social media, according to the International Research & Exchanges Board.
Public activity
Yanina overcame cancer by undergoing a long course of radiation and chemotherapy. As a result, she created the project "Ya, Nina" to help people suffering from cancer, change the attitude of society to cancer patients, make their lives easier and be happy.She is a media-ambassador for the women's rights movement "HeForShe" in Ukraine.
Also, she is a volunteer of the "United Forces Operation" in Donbas.
In 2018, Yanina Sokolova supported the appeal of the European Film Academy in defense of Ukrainian Director Oleg Sentsov, who was imprisoned in Russia.
In March 2020, Yanina Sokolova founded the "Varto Zhyty" foundation, which aims to find and accumulate charitable funds raised from businesses and individuals through transparent distribution between social initiatives and projects that are just starting their activities or are already active and implementing their projects in the field of oncology.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 2009 | "Obiymy mene" | Lera | Lubomyr Levytskyi | Main role, short film |
| 2017 | "The Woman" | woman | Diana Rudychenko | Main role, short film |
| 2018 | "Ya ye ilyuziya" | Stanyslav Kapralov | Short film | |
| 2018 | "We are soldiers" | Svitlana Smirnova | Yanina Sokolova is the producer of the French-Ukrainian film about the ATO soldiers | |
| "Ya, Nina" | Nina Sokyl | Marysya Nikityuk | Main role |
Theatrical work
| Performance | Role | Theatre | Notes |
| "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" | Sally | Free Theatre | |
| "Pirandello" | Maryna | Dakh Theatre | |
| "Coffee and cigarettes" | actress Jane | Dakh Theatre | |
| "Ukrainian Decameron" | death | Dakh Theatre | |
| "Idiot" | Nastasya Pilipivna | Dakh Theatre | |
| "Love stories for adults" | woman | Maria Zankovetska Theatre | She plays with Valery Kharchishin |
Books
- Yanina Sokolova. "Ya, Nina". Kyiv: #knigolav. 2019. 208 pages.
Personal life
Yanina is fond of running. She trains in the Kyiv athletics team "TopRunners".