Yekaterina Strizhenova
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Yekaterina Strizhenova is a Russia
Russia
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n film and stage actress, television presenter.

Yekaterina was born in Moscow
Moscow
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, graduated from Moscow Institute of Culture (now Moscow University of Culture and Arts). She made her film debut in 1984 film drama Leader, where she played the role of a high school student Tanya.

Strizhenova is one of the hosts of television program Dobroe Utro (Good Morning) on Channel One
Channel One (Russia)
Channel One is the first television channel to broadcast in the Soviet Union. The channel was renamed Ostankino Channel 1 in 1991, after the Soviet Union broke up and the Russian SFSR became the Russian Federation. According to a recent government publication, the Russian government controls 51%...

. In 2008 she participated in show Lednikoviy Period (Ice Age), where celebrities paired with professional figure skaters
Figure skating
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 each week compete by performing ice dancing
Ice dancing
Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976....

. She was paired with Alexei Tikhonov
Alexei Tikhonov
Alexei Vladimirovich Tikhonov is a Russian pair skater. With partner Maria Petrova, he is the 2000 World Champion and the 1999 & 2000 European Champion.- Career :Tikhonov began skating at the age of five and switched to pairs at 15 and a half....

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Yekaterina is married to actor and director Alexandr Strizhenov, formerly they hosted Dobroe Utro together. The couple have two daughters, Anastasiya (1988) and Alexandra (2000).

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