Eugenia Kuzmina (Russian: Евге́ния Кузьминá; Yevgeniya Kuzmina; born 25 December 1981) is a Russian-American actress, comedian and model. Her modeling career took off when she appeared on the cover of Glamour, and walked the runway for multiple designers including Yves Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen, Thierry Mugler. She appeared in advertisements for Hermes, Armani jeans, Dior sunglasses, GAP, and L'Oreal.[3] Her first video appearance outside of Russia was in a music video "Ange étrange" by David Hallyday.[4] In 2011, Kuzmina transitioned into acting.
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Kuzmina's modeling career took off when she started working with Nathalie Models, Ford Models Europe[5] and then with IMG and LA Models.
She was the cover girl for the August 2004 edition of Glamour by Alexei Hey and has been featured in advertisements for Armani Jeans, Dior sunglasses, GAP, Arden B, Express, Kenzi, Replay Jeans, Sephora, and L'Oreal.[3] She has also been featured in magazines, such as Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, Japanese and Russian Vogue, GQ, Self, Shape, As well as catalogs for Hermès and Cartier.
She was featured in a music video for David Hallyday,[4] then Passion Pit, and Demi Lovato and transitioned into film work with a short film, Likeness, directed by Rodrigo Prieto, starring Elle Fanning. Her first TV appearance was in the hit show True Blood. She portrayed a fairy. Right after she was cast in a FOX show New Girl as a model, ABC show Castle as an FBI agent opposite Stana Katic, Netflix show "The Comeback" as a Russian prostitute opposite Lisa Kudrow, Lady Dynamite show with Maria Bamford, etc. Her first starring movie role was in the independent horror film Quarantine L.A. After that, she played opposite John Turturro in a feature film Fading Gigolo, opposite Bill Murray in the film "Rock the Kasbah", was featured in the film Dirty Grandpa opposite Zac Efron, in 2018 film "Justice For All" with Hector Jimenez directed by Hector Echavarria, Bad Moms opposite Mila Kunis and appeared in TV Movie "Tour de Pharmacy" opposite Andy Samberg and Orlando Bloom. In 2019, Kuzmina appeared in Todd Strauss-Schulson's film Isn't It Romantic, alongside Rebel Wilson, and The Gentlemen opposite Michelle Dockery. In 2020, she was seen in TV miniseries Spy City alongside Dominic Cooper[6] She appeared in the 2023 film Assassin, the last Bruce Willis movie, and the new Guy Ritchie film Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre.
Kuzmina is passionate about comedy and can frequently be seen doing stand-up at The Comedy Store,Laugh Factory,Improv, Flappers and performing improv at UCB , Groundlings and LA Connection Comedy Theatre. She is currently[when?] on tour around the US and the world with her stand up group, The Nobodies. in 2022, Kuzmina created a Stand Up Show," Models of Comedy," which stars a cast of top models doing Comedy