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Academy Award Nominee Yura Borisov Signs With UTA (EXCLUSIVE)
UTA has signed Academy Award-nominated actor Yura Borisov for representation in all areas.
One of Russia’s most celebrated actors, Borisov received international acclaim for his performance in Sean Baker’s 5-time Oscar-winning “Anora,” which also won the Palme d’Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. Borisov was the first actor Baker reached out to, before the “Anora” script was ready and Madison was involved, having seen his turn as a boorish, drunk Russian miner on a train in “Compartment No. Additional credits include “Captain Volkonogov Escaped,” which was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 2021 Venice Film Festival, and “Anna K,” Netflix’s only Russian original series, in which he played Levin.
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