Gulnara Nizhinskaya

• Name — Gulnara Nizhinskaya • Native Name — Гульнара Нижинская • Birth Name — Gulnara Gasanovna Nizhinskaya • Born — 19 July 1976 • Birthplace — Pyatigorsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union • Occupation — * Actress • producer • Years Active — 1997 — present

Nizhinskaya was born in Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Krai, into a Mountain Jewish family. Her father, Hasan Borisovich Mirzoev, is a lawyer. In 1990, her family emigrated to the United States, where she completed high school in New York. In 1993, she returned to Russia to pursue acting studies and was admitted to the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), where she studied under Anatoli Romashin. In 1994, she enrolled at the American Theatre Academy — the Serguei Melkonian Drama Academy — located at the Harlequin Theater in the United States. In 1996, together with her husband, she founded the Nijinsky Theatre. In 1998, she continued her training at the Michael Chekhov International Workshop in Strasbourg, France. She later graduated in 2001 from the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, where she studied under Aleksandr Shirvindt. Between 2001 and 2003, Nizhinskaya worked at the La Chauve-Souris, followed by a tenure at the Moscow Satire Theatre from 2003 to 2004. Since 2002, she has served as the Artistic Director of the Central House of Lawyers (CDH) in Moscow. Nizhinskaya rose to fame with the television series My Fair Nanny, which premiered in 2004, where she played Vera, the friend of the nanny Vika. In 2008, she completed the High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors of acclaimed director Vladimir Menshov. Since 2009, Nizhinskaya has been affiliated with the National Film Actors' Theatre and the Independent Theatre Enterprise of L. Zhivitchenko. In 2010, she assumed several roles, including Deputy Artistic Director of the Arlequin Theater, Creative Producer at TO S'kit Media, and Public Relations Advisor to the President of the Guild of Russian Lawyers. Since 2011, she has held the position of General Producer at Luxema Production and Artistic Director of Luxema Film Studio. In 2019, she launched the Guild of Beauty Experts, a project aimed at connecting professionals in the beauty industry. Since 2024, Nizhinskaya has been working in Phuket, Thailand, as a media producer for international projects, representing Maikhao Dream Co. In 2025, she became PR Executive Producer for the BRICS Investment Forum and also produced media campaigns for Maikhao Dream Villas & Spa and Phuket Fashion Week. In March 2025, she recorded the final interview with Russian comedian Pasha Technique, who died a month later.

Nizhinskaya was previously in a relationship with actor Boris Tenin. She is currently divorced and has a son named Leonard.

• Year — Title — Role • 1997 — Snake Spring • 2004 — Balzac's Age, or All Men Are Bastards... — Sonya's friend • 2005 — My Fair Nanny — Vera Romanyuk • 2005 — Kulagin and partners — Daria Pirogova • 2005 — Hunting on asphalt — Polyakova • 2005 — Challenge — Nina • 2005 — Soldiers — Bagheera • 2005 — Nobody Knows About Sex — girl on the balcony • 2009 — Trace — Margo • 2018 — Unforgiven • 2022 — Dyldy — conductor