This Lithuanian actress and model simply mesmerizes the viewer with her cold beauty and charisma. Severia gained fame in Russia after the release of the film "Zvezda", directed by Anna Melikyan. For her participation in this film, the actress was awarded the Kinotavr Festival Prize for Best Actress.
Biography
Severia Janushauskaite was born on October 22, 1981 in the north of Lithuania in the city of Siauliai. The girl's parents were not creative people. Severia's father worked as a power engineer, his mother was a teacher, and her older sister, having matured, chose the profession of a lawyer. As a child, Severia sang well and loved to draw, so her parents sent her to a music school and art studio. In addition, the girl also had a talent for writing, her parents hoped that their daughter would go to study at the Faculty of Philology.
After graduating from high school, the girl realized that she wanted to become an actress. In 2005, Severia graduated from the prestigious Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater.
Creation
The graduated young actress began to serve in the main staff of the Lithuanian Youth Theater. In parallel, Severia played in productions of the Oskar Korshunovas Theater and other theaters in Lithuania.
The most significant theatrical roles of Severija Janushauskaite: Romy - in the production “Woman First”, directors S. Uždavinis, A. Jankevičius (Arts Printing House Theater); Malgorzata - in the play Ivona, Princess of Burgundy, directed by Jonas Vaitkus (State Youth Theater of Lithuania); Beatrice Korshunovasa - in the production of The Ferryman, directed by Paul Eugen Budraitis (Oscaras Theater).
In addition to acting in performances, Severia Janushauskaite wrote music for the performances of the puppet theater "Lele" and became a fashion designer and costume designer.
Severia made her film debut with the 2006 Lithuanian short film Out of Focus. In 2007, the actress played the role of a young gypsy woman in the miniseries War and Peace, directed by Robert Dornhelm. The next significant works of the actress were: detective melodrama "Anarchy in irmunai", the French film "The Fall of the Wall", the Norwegian crime thriller "Honey Trap", the Swedish film "Royal Jewels" and the biographical film "Letters of Sofia".
Russian viewers first saw Severia Janushauskaite in the film Star, directed by Anna Melikyan, in which the actress played the role of Margarita. An interesting fact is that before filming the film, Severia did not speak Russian. To get this role, the artist learned Russian in three months. The film "Zvezda" brought the actress a prize for Best Actress at the "Kinotavr" festival.
After the release of "Zvezda", the artist began to receive offers from Russian directors. In 2015, Severia starred in the comedy "Norway" directed by Alena Zvantseva. The actress's partner in this film was the magnificent actor Yevgeny Mironov. Then the TV series "Optimists" was released, in which Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Evgenia Brik, Anatoly Bely and Yuri Kuznetsov played together with Severia. The next significant Russian projects were: "Dream Fish", "Selfie", "Bloody Lady", "Draft", "Sleeping-2".
Personal life
Severija Janushauskaite is married to the director of the Vilnius Puppet Theater. She has a son from her first marriage. The boy has a good relationship with his stepfather. Severia's husband is sympathetic to the artist's busy schedule and to the fact that she does not refuse to act naked. The actress is a vegetarian.
