Biography
Lidiya Olegovna Arefieva is a Russian actress, television presenter, astrologer and model. Since 2003, he has acted in TV series and films, gaining recognition after starring in the comedy series “Interns.”
Actress, model and astrologer Lidiya Arefieva
In 2014, the actress became an expert astrologer in the TV show “Let's Get Married.” Now she is recognized by both movie fans and viewers of the popular television show. Arefieva has several higher educations in the fields of psychology, acting and astrology.
First roles
After graduating from a theater university, Lydia Arefieva’s biography was enriched with roles in various films and television series. At first (in 2003) she was involved in the television play “The Happiness Bureau”. This project received praise from viewers. And playwright and film director Eldar Ryazanov said that he applauds the creators and participants of this wonderful performance. In the same year, the girl managed to get a small role in the television series “Poor Nastya.” The authors of the serial film invited little-known, but beautiful and talented actors to the project. After this, Lydia Arefieva became quite famous. The actress starred in the top-rated sitcoms “Who’s the Boss?”, “Daddy’s Daughters,” “Lawyer” and many others. Currently, the girl has about three dozen works in the field of cinema.
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Childhood and youth
Lydia Arefieva was born in the Ukrainian city of Kharkov on August 13, 1979 into an intelligent family. Her father is a doctor of the highest category, and her mother is an engineer and writer. Until now, the actress has a warm attitude towards her homeland, but prefers to work in Russia.
Lydia Arefieva in childhood and youth with her father
Lydia, simultaneously with secondary education, also graduated from a ballet and choreographic school, and then continued her education in Kharkov, enrolling in the Faculty of Psychology at the KhNUVD.
Modeling career
In parallel with her studies, Lydia was a model and starred in popular commercials. Her charm and flexibility have always aroused admiration, as evidenced by her victories in beauty contests. Arefieva became the top model of Eastern Ukraine and vice-miss of Ukraine in 1998.
Model Lidiya Arefieva
Later she was invited to shoot for IIL and Maxim magazines. The actress also advertised products from global brands Samsung and Faberlic.
Her work in the advertising business did not go unnoticed, and the model received the title “Face of Advertising – 2003.” Lydia strives not just to work, but to understand 100% in those industries that interest her.
Participation in the “Let's Get Married” program
Lydia Arefieva got involved in this project quite unexpectedly. The actress's age is 35 years. She managed to maintain her extraordinary attractiveness and at the same time gain the life experience necessary to become one of the co-hosts of the Let's Get Married program. The girl got this job completely by accident. She came to the casting with a friend. The creators of the program were looking for a replacement for the astrologer Vasilisa Volodina, who had gone on maternity leave. The actress had experience as a TV presenter and the knowledge necessary to work in the project.
Lydia Arefieva decided to take up astrology in 2009, when a protracted crisis set in in the economy and film industry, and film studios began to close. The actress did not have a job. Then she entered the Academy of Astrology. This science has always been very interesting to her. At the academy, the girl learned to recognize signs of a higher power and predict future events.
Lydia had to complete the first task in the “Let's Get Married” project as quickly as possible. She managed to create horoscopes for fifty people in three days. The actress did not sleep for three nights, but she coped with the task. Now she is very pleased that the guests of the program confirm the correctness of her conclusions. Even the formidable Larisa Guzeeva admitted that Lidiya Arefieva is very smart and often makes the right verdicts.
Movies
Having received the acting profession, the actress plays in the play “Bureau of Happiness.” Filming begins for Lydia with the series “Poor Nastya.” Young, bright, but so far unknown artists were involved in this project.
Lydia Arefieva in the film “Ten Arrows for One”
Lydia does not suffer from a lack of roles in films. She constantly acts in films, while simultaneously participating in television shows. In 2007, viewers saw her in the projects “Daddy’s Daughters” and “Club”. In the same year, the actress starred in the roles of Lisa in the film project “Who’s the Boss” and journalist Larisa in the film “The Hour of Volkov”. Arefieva in the images of Veronica from “The Lawyer” and Olga from “Blueberry Pie” was remembered by the audience for a long time.
Among her roles, fans highlight Marina from the film “Bullet the Fool,” Martha from “St. John’s Wort-3,” Anya from the film “Balzac’s Age, or All Men Are Theirs...” and Natasha from “A Corner of Paradise.” The actress’s filmography includes dozens of works in films and TV series.
Lydia Arefieva in the TV series “Corner of Paradise”
The comedy series “Interns”, released in 2010, made the actress popular. For filming in the project, Vyacheslav Dusmukhametov carefully selected performers. After much testing, Lydia was offered to star in the role of Irina Shemyakina, head of the psychiatric department.
Arefieva liked the heroine, she played a calm, balanced, caring woman, although in life the actress is the complete opposite. Lida often cannot fight excessive emotionality and temperament.
Lydia Arefieva in the TV series “Interns”
On the set of “Interns,” Arefieva worked with Ivan Okhlobystin and Svetlana Kamynina. The celebrity does not seek to rest on his laurels of fame; he wants to do something tangible for his contemporaries.
Despite the bright image recreated by Arefieva in the top-rated sitcom, she never became a leading actress. But with her presence, Lydia adorned many bright projects.
Lidiya Arefieva on the set of the film “The Main One”
Over time, her repertoire was replenished with the melodrama “Keys to the Past,” the mystical detective story “The Fifth Watch,” the biographical drama “The Main One,” and the melodrama “The Last Cop.” Memorable works include the comedy films “Classmates” and “The Debt”.
Lydia Arefieva in the TV series “Interns”
Starring in the Russian comedy sitcom “Interns”, created by Vyacheslav Dusmukhametov in 2010, in the role of the head of the psychiatric department
Irina Shemyakova, Lydia Arefieva could not leave the audience (especially the male audience) indifferent to her acting talent and beauty and immediately became popular.
Lydia Arefieva is now an astrologer in the Let's Get Married program. Before being approved for the role, she went through a multi-stage selection process, during which the director, a representative of the TNT channel and the producer assessed her acting skills, work experience, appearance and other professional qualities. Lydia really fell in love with her heroine from the series. She likes the prudence, restraint and caring nature of Irina, who in the film became the object of affection for one of the main characters, intern Semyon Lobanov. Arefieva slightly regrets that in life she herself, unlike the psychiatrist heroine, is often impatient, overly temperamental and emotional. But on the set she managed to work with such actors as Ivan Okhlobystin, Svetlana Kamynina, Vadim Demchog and others.
The actress does not strive to become famous, requiring special treatment from others. He wants to remain a simple person without inflated self-importance. But he admits that he dreams of creating something universally significant, valuable and important for people.
A television
The creative biography of the actress is not only about filming films and performing on the theater stage. Even while receiving her education, Arefieva began to try her hand at television. She appeared as the TV presenter of the program “Kich” on the REN-TV channel.
Lidiya Arefieva in the Good Morning program
After graduating from the School of Television and Radio Broadcasting, Lydia began collaborating with the TNT channel in the program “Moscow: Instructions for Use.” In 2006, the actress moved to Channel One in the Good Morning program.
Arefieva appeared on the “Let’s Get Married” show in 2014, although this was not her dream. The actress went to the casting with a friend. The television channel was looking for a replacement for Vasilisa Volodina, who gave birth to a child and could not devote much time to television. Lydia Arefieva became an ideal candidate for the vacant expert position.
Lydia Arefieva on the program “Let's Get Married”
Since 2009, the actress began studying astrology. After 4 years, she received an astrological education at the Mikhail Levin Academy. Arefieva is sure that planets influence human life, and these signs need to be paid close attention.
In 2020, the NTV channel aired the “DNA” program with the participation of Arefieva as an expert. Lydia's on-air company was Mikhail Polizeimako and Vladimir Steklov.
Lidiya Arefieva on the set of the “DNA” program
In the same year, the actress delighted fans with the theatrical production “We Are Egosapiens,” which was shown on the stage of the Event Theater. Seven actresses are involved in the play. Arefieva got the role of Margot, the presenter of the psychological training at which the heroines gathered.
Lydia Arefieva in theater and cinema
After graduating from the Moscow Art Theater School, Lydia took part in the television play “The Bureau of Happiness,” which received laudatory responses from the progressive public, in particular, film director and playwright Eldar Ryazanov noted that he applauded the participants and creators of this magnificent performance. In the same year (2003), for the first time, she received a small role in the serial film “Poor Nastya”, in which, as planned by the authors, little-known but talented and outwardly attractive actors were involved.
Lydia Arefieva starred for Maxim magazine. While still studying at the School of Television, she tried herself as a presenter on the REN-TV channel (since 2004, in the program “Kich”). Having qualified as a TV presenter, he has been working on TNT (since 2005, in the program “Moscow: Instructions for Use”), on Channel One (since 2006, “Good Morning”). She appeared in a new role, which fully corresponded to the nature of her talent, appearing in Yuri Titov’s video clip for the song “Make-Believe”.
He actively acts in films - in the sitcoms “Daddy’s Daughters”, “Who’s the Boss?”, “Lawyer”, “Blueberry Pie”, “St. John’s Wort 3”, “Astra” and many others.
At the moment, the actress has about three dozen works in the field of cinema.
Personal life
Lydia's personal life is closed from prying eyes. But it is known that she has been married since 2005. Husband Andrei had nothing to do with show business. Despite the warm relationship between the spouses and the compatibility of their horoscopes, they never had children.
Lydia Arefieva with her husband
In 2020, the actress surprised fans by participating in the second season of the love show “Marriageable Millionaire,” which started in September on the “U” channel.
The point of the program is that 15 unmarried girls enter into a fight with each other for the right to become the companion of a wealthy businessman. The creators of the project introduced intrigue: for several episodes, the contenders were in the dark about the identity of the groom.
Lydia Arefieva in the show “Millionaire of Marriageable Age”
Later it turned out that it was entrepreneur and investor Andrei Yudin. Fans of the show predicted Lydia would win the competition for the bachelor’s heart. However, the artist dropped out of the game.
Biography[ | ]
Lydia Olegovna Arefieva was born on August 13, 1983 in Kharkov. In 1996, she graduated from the ballet and choreographic school there, then took courses at a modeling school[1].
In March 1998, she received the title of vice-miss of the Miss Ukraine 1998 competition, held at the Donetsk Opera and Ballet Theater[3].
In 2003 she graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School (workshop of S. Zemtsov and I. Zolotovitsky). In 2005 she graduated from the Faculty of Broadcasting at the Ostankino Television School. In 2013 she graduated from the Moscow Academy of Astrology under the guidance of Mikhail Levin. (Astrologer)
She acted as a fashion model for Maxim and XXL magazines; participated in photo advertising for the brands “Gillette”, “Bon Aqua”, “Coffee Ambassador”, “Faberlic”, “Samsung”; starred in commercials for Oriflame, M&M's, Tinkoff beer, Ehrmann and others.
She hosted or co-hosted the following programs: “KICH” (REN TV, 2004-2005), “Moscow: Instructions for Use” (TNT, 2005-2006), “Good Morning” (Channel One, 2006-2007)
She starred in Yuri Titov's video for the song “Make-Believe” and the TV series “Interns”.
Since October 30, 2014, she has been the new co-host of the “Let’s Get Married” program on Channel One. Participates in the second season of the show “Millionaire of Marriageable Age” on the Yu TV channel.
Lydia Arefieva now
Lydia never ceases to amaze fans with the versatility of her personality. In the fall of 2020, a fashion show of branded clothing took place at Moscow Fashion Week.
Lidiya Arefieva at Moscow Fashion Week
The actress, together with fashion models, demonstrated outfits from the collections of young fashion designer George Black and designer Olga Grinyuk. In addition, Arefieva became a participant in the “Russian Silhouette” fashion show, organized by Tatyana Mikhalkova as part of the Moscow International Film Festival. Together with Lydia, Natalia Antonova, Anastasia Stotskaya, Anna Kazyuchits, Natalya Gudkova appeared on stage.
In the summer, the artist supervised the beauty contest “Princess of Russia – 2018”. Lydia herself is in great shape. She shows off her ideal figure in photos in a swimsuit, which she posts on Instagram after her summer vacation. Arefieva also attends classes at the school of applied socionics, where she masters a new predictive psychological method.
Lidiya Arefieva in a swimsuit
The actress did not forget about her main profession. She starred in 4 projects, which were shown on television within a year.
In the detective story “Ten Arrows for One,” Lydia played the role of the heroine Angela, in the melodrama “Who We Will Not Be” she played Vladimir’s lover, and in the love story “The Heart of a Woman” she appeared as a businesswoman. Also with the participation of the artist, the film “The Price of the Past” was released.
Lydia Arefieva in 2019
Arefieva is currently working on the role of Marina in the comedy “Dawn on Mount Adam,” which also stars Stanislav Bondarenko, Ekaterina Kopanova, and Anna Ardova. The film will premiere in 2020.
