Ingeborg Dapkunait

In the first days of the special operation Ingeborga Dapkunaite left Russia and moved to Brussels, but she does not exclude the possibility of returning. The actress spoke about this in an interview with the Lithuanian portal Delfi. When asked about the possibility of returning and appearing in Russian-made projects, Dapkunaite replied:

Earlier, the actress admitted that in her opinion, she should have left Russia earlier. Ingeborga described her decision to stay in the country after the annexation of Crimea in 2014 as a mistake with no excuse.

In May, Dapkunaite gave an interview to Anton Dolin in which he said that although he “always felt like a guest” in Russia, leaving was not easy:

Dapkunaite is from Vilnius, where she started her career as an actress. She became famous by acting in Soviet and Russian cinema thanks to the films “Intergirl”, “Burnt by the Sun”, “Moscow Nights” and others. Ingeborga also acted in the London theater and appeared in small roles in Hollywood, including the films Mission: Impossible and Seven Years in Tibet. In recent years, the actress, living in Moscow, acted in films, acted in the Theater of Nations, engaged in charity work, including being co-chairman of the Vera Foundation. The star was married to a restaurateur and lawyer Dmitry Yampolsky for several years, but they divorced in 2017. Their son Alex is now five years old.

Due to the special military operation of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, many representatives of the creative intelligentsia, including actors and directors, left Russia: for example, Chulpan Khamatova left Sovremennik, moved to Riga, and is already a performer in the local theater Anatoly Bely. found a job. He left the Moscow Art Theater. Chekhov left the country after 20 years of work, Kirill Serebrennikov emigrated.