It is impossible to imagine Ukrainian television without Masha Efrosinina, who has such a colossal experience as a TV presenter that it is very difficult to overestimate her media influence. Social, entertainment, charitable, and even political TV projects – Masha’s professionalism allows her to cope with all genres of TV journalism.
Birth name: Masha Efrosinina
Date of birth: May 25, 1979 (age 38)
Place of birth: Kerch, Crimean region
Citizenship: Ukraine
Profession: TV presenter, producer, actress, singer, translator.
Biography
Masha Efrosinina was born on May 25, 1979, in Kerch on the Crimean peninsula. From childhood, the girl was distinguished by her abilities and diligence, but she paid special attention to the study of foreign languages.
Masha graduated from high school with a gold medal and entered the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv at the Faculty of Foreign Languages (specialty – translator from English and Spanish).
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Even while studying at the university, at the age of 19, Efrosinina made her debut on the Ukrainian First National TV Channel (UT-1) in the Happy Call program.
Soon after the first success, Maria received an invitation from Novy Kanal, which was just launching the morning program Rise, which became one of the most popular on Ukrainian television in its segment.
Career success
In 2002, the Rise program received the country’s main television award, Teletriumph, in the Best Television Show nomination.
In 2005, Masha Efrosinina was honored to be the host of the 50th anniversary Eurovision Song Contest, which was held in Ukraine for the first time after Ruslana’s victory. She was one of the few famous TV presenters who spoke English well.
In October 2005, Masha switched to the ICTV channel and worked as a host in the Conflict Line program, and since September 2006 she has hosted the Odin in the Field TV show on the Interchannel.
Efrosinina was also invited to work with the Russian channels Muz-TV, NTV ( Fear Factor ), DTV ( My Fat Ugly Fiance ).
Thanks to natural curiosity and charm, experience in television, and knowledge of several languages, Masha received first-hand answers to her questions from world stars in exclusive interviews: Cesaria Evora, Paolo Coelho, Enrique Iglesias, Ani Girardot, Gerard Depardieu, Kelly Joyce, Roberto Loretti, as well as from politicians and many stars of show business, theater, and cinema who live in the CIS.
In 2006, the TV presenter was included in the Top 100 of Focus magazine – The most influential women in Ukraine. As noted by the publication, influence is due to “a successful career and popularity. “
On March 2, 2008, on the Ukrainian TV channel Inter, the shooting of the talk show Fashionable Sentence began, in which Masha Efrosinina acted as a lawyer. The following year, Masha Efrosinina was named TV presenter of the year according to EGO magazine.
After success as a TV presenter, Masha decided to try to combine her activities with production on the News Channel, where she first worked in the show ” Star Factory 3″ with Andrey Domansky, then “Ukraine Does Not Believe in Tears” together with Sergey Prytula and Oleksandr Pedan. Masha also became a regular participant in the humorous show “Make Me Funny” along with Sergei Kuzin, Sergei Pritula, Alexander Pedan, and Dmitry Kolyadenko.
On March 3, 2011, Masha launched her project and became the leader and host of the show Dreams Come True.
In 2011, Masha Efrosinina appeared on the social network Facebook. She has over 485,000 followers on Instagram. Masha also has an official fan club VKontakte.
In 2012, Masha Efrosinina presented two programs to viewers. On October 7, the show “ShowStowon” started on the News Channel, the host, and producer of which was Masha herself. On November 11, Novy Kanal launched a cycle of films “Wake Up Famous”, filmed under the direction of Masha Efrosinina: each of the six films tells the story of people who have become real idols for modern Ukrainians.
In the spring of 2014, the romantic reality show “Hearts of Three with Masha Efrosinina” aired on Novy Channel, a television story of three girls looking for love.
At the end of May 2014, Efrosinina left Novy Kanal, taking a break to devote time to her family, as she was in the last months of pregnancy with her second child.
After returning to television, Efrosinina worked on several more TV channels. Now she leads the project “Surprise! Surprise!”, created to embody the dreams of Ukrainians, on the STB channel.
Personal life
Masha Efrosinina’s husband is financier Timur Khromaev. He is one of the managing partners of the Kiev company ARTA, which controls activities related to securities trading and asset management. The couple has a daughter, Nana, who was born in 2004, and a son, Alexander, who was born in 2014.
Masha always speaks heartfeltly about her feelings for her husband, which over the years do not subside one iota:
“Yes, our children are outrageously similar only to you! Yes, you enchant people with silence faster than I do with humorous! Yes, you are focused on your work exactly at those moments when you really need you to hold me in your arms and whisper some nonsense to me! However, all this does not prevent you from being the best man in the world!”
Masha also considers her husband a great father that one can only dream of:
“I am ready to give my life in those moments when he is with children. Always, from the moment Nanochka appeared until today with Sashenka, I can always absolutely confidently and calmly leave him with the children. I know that this will be the happiest time for children, they will be allowed everything, but at the same time they will be fed, washed and put to bed on time. Timur is a great father. I know that Sanya and Nana are absolutely protected when he is with them.”
Filmography
- 2003 – Tomorrow Will Be Tomorrow – episode
- 2006 – Five minutes to the metro – Vika
- 2007 – Necklace for a snow woman – Andrey’s wife
- 2009 – Like Cossacks … – news presenter at the court of Catherine II
- 2009 – Miracle – Christina, Anya’s friend
- 2016 – Triple Defense – Tamara
- 2007, 2013 – “Where do children come from” – Oksana, surrogate mother .