Eugenia Hirivskaya

Evgeniya Brik (, Khirivskaya (Хиривская), 3 September 1981 – 10 February 2022) was a Russian actress, best known for playing Kalinka in the Belgian television series Matroesjka's. Life and career Evgenia Vladimirovna Khirivskaya was born on 3 September 1981 in Moscow. She was named after her paternal grandfather Yevgeny Abramovich Krein, who was a famous journalist. The actress took the surname Brik in honor of her paternal great-grandmother Sofia Brik, as a stage name. However, despite marriage and adopting a stage name, she never changed her legal documentation, thus keeping her maiden last name. She has Polish and Jewish ancestry. At the age of 5, she successfully completed tryouts and was invited to work as a child model at the All-Union House of Fashion Design. In elementary and middle school, she focused on learning English, before applying for and graduating from a theater prep school. She also graduated from a music school as a classically trained pianist. She studied at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts and obtained her diploma in 2004.