Veronika Kovtun

Veronika Kovtun

Birth : 1972-01-29, Tallinn, Estonia

History

Veronika Kovtun (29 January 1972 Tallinn), actress. Member of the Estonian Theater Association and the Actors' Union (1997). Graduated from Tallinn 5th High School in 1989 and GITIS in 1995. Worked at the Russian Theater from 1996 to 2006 (from 2004 with a role contract). Lived in Moscow since 2006, works as a freelancer. Played in the films ("Foreign fields", 2000, Denmark; "Lilja 4-ever", 2002, Sweden-Denmark) and TV series ("Airport", 2005, "Kõrgeim pilotaaž", 2009, both Russia).

Profile

Veronika Kovtun
Veronika Kovtun

Movies

Lilya 4-ever
Cashier #2
Lilja lives in poverty and dreams of a better life. Her mother moves to the United States and abandons her to her aunt, who neglects her. Lilja hangs out with her friends, Natasha and Volodya, who is suicidal. Desperate for money, she starts working as a prostitute, and later meets Andrei. He offers her a good job in Sweden, but when Lilja arrives her life quickly enters a downward spiral.
På fremmed mark
Waitress
Jacob, a farm boy from Denmark, joins U.N. Brigade's peacekeeping force in Bosnia, where he witnesses refugees trying to escape their war-torn villages. There, Jacob is befriended by Sergeant Holt, a cynical soldier.