Yanina Sokolova
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Yanina Sokolova | |
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Яніна Соколова | |
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Born | Yanina Mykhailivna Sokolova 6 March 1984 |
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Citizenship | Ukraine |
Occupation(s) | journalist, television presenter, actress, videoblogger |
Notable work | "Ya, Nina" (2019) |
Yanina Mykhailivna Sokolova (Ukrainian: Яніна Михайлівна Соколова; born 6 March 1984) is a Ukrainian journalist, activist, television presenter and actress. She works as the host of the "Rendezvous" and "Cinema" programs on Channel 5, "Shame!" program on Channel 4 and YouTube, as well as on the "Evening with Yanina Sokolova" channel on YouTube. She is the author of the multimedia project "Ya, Nina", based on real events from her life.[1] She is the founder of the "Varto Zhyty" foundation.
Biography
[edit]Yanina Sokolova was born in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.
She graduated from Zaporizhzhia National University in psychology, and Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in theater and film acting.[2]
Early career
[edit]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 "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 "Dakh Theatre", at the same time she worked as a model and starred in films.
2006–2017
[edit]In 2006, Sokolova returned to television industry. She started 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.[3][4][5]
Yanina Sokolova is the founder of the school of screen arts "Screen School" and curator of the course "TV Presenter", within the "Screen School".[6]
2018–present
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In April 2018, the premiere screening of the documentary "We are soldiers" (Ukrainian: "Ми – солдати") was held in Kyiv, one of the producers of which was Yanina Sokolova.[7]
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.[8][9]
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" (Ukrainian: «Я, Ніна», transl. I’m 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 Valeriya Khodos and Valery Kharchishin, and the main role will be played by Sokolova.[10][11]
In 2020, Yanina Sokolova launched the author's project "Shame on you!" (Ukrainian: "Як вам не соромно") on the TV channel "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!" (Ukrainian: "Соромно!").[12] Since 21 April, the project is also released on Channel 4.[13]
Yanina Sokolova is the host of the Odesa International Film Festival.
Recognition
[edit]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.[14] In the same year, she was included in the rating of the 100 most influential women in Ukraine by Focus magazine.[15]
Yanina Sokolova is one of the top three people most influential on Ukrainian youth in social media, according to the International Research & Exchanges Board.[16][17]
Public activity
[edit]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.[18]
She is a media-ambassador for the women's rights movement "HeForShe" in Ukraine.[19]
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 Oleh Sentsov, who was imprisoned in Russia.[20]
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
[edit]Cinema
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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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 | |
"We are soldiers" | — | Svitlana Smirnova | Yanina Sokolova is the producer of the French-Ukrainian film about the ATO soldiers | |
TBA | "Ya, Nina" | Nina Sokyl | Marysia Nikitiuk | Main role |
Television
[edit]Year | Name | Role | Direction |
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2006 | "Seventh Heaven" | chambermaid | Viacheslav Kryshtofovych |
"It's better not to know about it" | journalist | Dmytro Tomashpolskyi | |
"Queen's First Rule" | Tamara | Viacheslav Kryshtofovych | |
2011 | "Seven versts to heaven" | nurse | Yury Pavlov |
"Urgently looking for a husband" | Faith | Alina Chebotaryova | |
"Bonesetter" | Margarita Vitkovska, Savchuk's assistant | Volodymyr Melnychenko, Vira Yakovenko | |
2012 | "My mommy" | episode | Alina Chebotaryova |
"Teaching to play the guitar" | Margarita Sokolova, Oleg's fiancee | Volodymyr Yanoshchuk | |
2013 | "Happy Family Tariff" | episode | Alina Chebotaryova |
2014 | "A case for two" | Lena | Anton Azarov, Karim Shikhar |
2015 | "Let's talk when you come back" | employee of the airport | Alina Chebotaryova |
2016 | "Singer" | Olesya | Oleksandr Salnikov, Mila Pogrebynska, Anton Tsivaty |
"Paradise place" | Angela | Dmytro Goldman | |
2018 | "Live for love" | Berta Arnaut, owner of the club | Sergey Tolkushkin |
Theatrical work
[edit]Performance | Role | Theatre | Notes |
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"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
[edit]- Yanina Sokolova. "Ya, Nina". Kyiv: #knigolav. 2019. 208 pages. ISBN 978-617-7820-22-1
Personal life
[edit]In May 2010, she married Volodymyr Lytvyn, a banker. The couple has two sons: Mykola and Myron.[21]
References
[edit]- ^ Dmytro Zhuravel (22 May 2019). "Who is Yanina Sokolova?". Opinion UA. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ "Ведуча Яніна Соколова". 5 канал (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Inna Dolzhenkova (25 April 2018). "Яніна Соколова: Частина гостей "Рандеву" нас шантажують". Detector Media.
- ^ "Профіль – Яніна Соколова". Channel 5.
- ^ ""Рандеву" з Яніною Соколовою". Channel 5.
- ^ "Курс Телеведучий". Screen School. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ Yaroslav Pidgora-Gviazdovskyi (21 April 2018). "Ми – люди". Detector Media. 21 April 2018.
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: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "Телеведущая Янина Соколова, которая поборола онкологию, собирает средства на фильм. За двое суток ей пожертвовали более миллиона гривен". thebabel.com.ua (in Russian). 24 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ "Когда пережил рак, тебе настолько по барабану... Откровенное интервью с Яниной Соколовой". Политика (in Russian). 3 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ "Яніна Соколова перезапустила проєкт "Як вам не соромно"" (in Ukrainian). Detector Media. 8 April 2020. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ "Авторський проект Яніни Соколової "Соромно". Прем'єра на 4 каналі (21.04)" (in Ukrainian). Channel 4. 21 April 2020. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ "Янина Соколова – на первом месте в рейтинге "ТОП-100 блогеров"". Ukrinform. 8 October 2019.
- ^ "Безпрецедентне оновлення. Журнал Фокус визначив сотню найвпливовіших жінок України". ICTV.
- ^ "Who influences Ukrainian youth on social media?" (PDF). International Research & Exchanges Board.
- ^ "Супрун, Притула и Соколова больше всех влияют на молодежь в Facebook – IREX". Ukrayinska Pravda. 8 May 2020.
- ^ Штогрін, Ірина (25 May 2019). ""Зробіть життя таким, щоб хотілось жити": досвід подолання раку телеведучої Яніни Соколової". Радіо Свобода. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
- ^ Angelina Karyakina (15 June 2019). ""Сначала был шок, потом я пыталась об этом не думать, а потом – второй круг шока", — Янина Соколова". Hromadske TV.
- ^ "Українські митці просять Сенцова припинити голодування". Liga.net. 25 July 2018. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ "Журналистка Янина Соколова призналась, что поборола рак". Channel 24. 22 May 2019.