Zhanna Friske (full name Zhanna Vladimirovna Kopylova) was born on July 8, 1974, in Moscow, Russia. The world of entertainment has always attracted her. Because of that, she changed her last name from Kopylova to Friske and entered the Moscow girls band Bletsyaschie.

In 1996, her band released their first album "Tam, Tolko Tam" which received good responses from the audiences. The band released a total of 7 chart-topping albums. Zhanna was actively involved in the publicity of her band and was the most noted for her performance on-screen and on-stage.

After 7 years with Bletsyaschie, Zhanna Friske left the band and embarked on a solo career. In the meantime, she also started acting and appeared in the movie "Night Wa tch" in 2004 and even sung in the movie's soundtrack. The movie received phenomenal success and spread the name of Zhanna far and wide.
Zhanna had not moved away from the ambitions of her solo career and released her self-titled debut solo album "Zhanna" in 2005. The album received nice success and the track "Ya byla" topped the charts.

Friske appeared in magazine printouts which included February 2005 issue of FHM and January 2006 issue of Maxim, both in Russia. In 2006, she participated in the reality show "Fabrika zvezd" where she was seen for two seasons. Zhanna reached the finals both the time.
Next, Friske acted in the sequel of "Night Watch", named as "Day Watch". Zhanna even did some stunts in the film on her own. Her performance in the movie gave her the MTV Russia Movie award for Best Actress. This movie also burned the charts like its predecessor.

Zhanna is also scheduled to act in last part of "Night Watch", called "Final Watch". She also participated in a get-together concert of Blestsyachie.

Why is she famous?

Zhanna Friske is famous as a singer and actress in Russia for her performance with the band Bletsyaschie and also in her solo career. She is also noted for her role in the movie series "Night Watch".

Here is one of her famous quotes:

"I believe we must try to bring the romance [into] life, otherwise we stick in the mud."
- Zhanna Friske

Zhanna Friske Lists

	1974 births
	Living people
	Russian female models
	Russian female singers
	Russian film actors
	Russian pop singers
	Russian socialites

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Tags: actress, singer, 1974, moscow

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Category: Actresses  - ( Actresses Archive)

Date Added: 20 February '09

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