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Margarita Levieva

ActorBorn February 9, 1980 (45 years)
Margarita Vladimirovna Levieva (born February 9, 1980) is an American actress.

Levieva was born in Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia), into a family of Russian Jewish descent. Both of her grandmothers, as children, survived the siege of Leningrad during World War II. From the age of three, she began to engage in rhythmic gymnastics.

Levieva immigrated to the United States at age 11 with her mother and twin brother, Michael, and settled in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Though she was accepted into Laguardia High School to study dance, she instead attended public high school in Secaucus, New Jersey. In addition to working full-time as a fashion buyer, Levieva graduated a year early from New York University with a double major in economics and psychology and minors in philosophy, sociology, and Russian history. Levieva went on to complete the Meisner Acting Program at the William Esper Studio in New York.

In 2005, Levieva made a guest appearance on Law & Order: Trial by Jury, and in the following two years starred in the Fox series Vanished and feature films The Invisible, Billy's Choice, and Noise.

Levieva starred in the 2019 independent film Inherit the Viper. Her other film credits include It Happened in L.A. (2017), The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015), Sleeping with Other People (2015), James White (2015), For Ellen (2012), The Lincoln Lawyer (2011), Adventureland (2009), and Spread (2009).

In 2009, Levieva made an appearance in the NBC drama Kings (in the episode "First Night"), starred in the play The Retributionists, and made her Broadway debut in Impressionism. She also starred in the HBO comedy-drama series How to Make It in America.

Levieva's television appearances include her series regular roles in the ABC drama series Revenge (2011–2015) and in the HBO series The Deuce (2016–2019). In The Deuce, Levieva played Abby Parker, an adventurous college student.

Levieva stars as Jenny Franklin in the 2022 Netflix series In From the Cold. Jenny is a single mother from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, who, during a European vacation with her daughter, finds her life turned upside down when the CIA forces her to confront her long-buried past as a Russian spy, the product of a secret KGB experiment that endowed her with "special abilities."

She was cast in the Star Wars spinoff series The Acolyte and is also set to star in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Daredevil: Born Again as Heather Glenn, the love interest of Matt Murdock/Daredevil.

Levieva announced that she was expecting a baby on Mother's Day in 2022. She revealed her baby is a boy on the next Mother's Day in 2023.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Sleeping with Other People
  • Spread
  • Knights of Badassdom
  • Future World
  • Noise
  • For Ellen
  • Inherit the Viper

Known For

  • Adventureland
  • The Invisible
  • Spread
  • In From the Cold
  • The Deuce
  • Sleeping with Other People
  • Knights of Badassdom
  • Future World
  • Allegiance
  • Noise
  • Inherit the Viper
  • Daredevil: Born Again
  • The Prince
  • For Ellen
  • Express 'Moscow - Russia'
  • Vanished
  • Litvinenko

Filmography

2025
Daredevil: Born Again (TV Series) · as Heather Glenn
2024
The Acolyte (TV Series) · as Mother Koril
2022
Litvinenko (TV Series) · as Marina Litvinenko
2022
In From the Cold (TV Series) · as Jenny Franklin
2019
Inherit the Viper · as Josie Conley
2018
2017
It Happened In L.A. · as Ingrid
2017
The Deuce (TV Series) · as Abigail 'abby' Parker
2015
James White · as Secretary
2015
2015
2015
Allegiance (TV Series) · as Natalie O'connor
2015
The Prince · as Isabelle
2014
We Bare Bears (TV Series) · as Yana / Additional Voices (voice)
2014
The Loft · as Vicky Fry
2014
2013
The Blacklist (TV Series) · as Gina Zanetakos
2013
Knights of Badassdom · as Beth / Succubus
2012
Revenge: The First Chapter · as Amanda Clarke
2012
For Ellen · as Claire Taylor
2011
The Stand Up · as Veronica
2011
Revenge (TV Series) · as Amanda Clarke
2011
The Lincoln Lawyer · as Regina 'reggie' Campo
2010
How to Make It in America (TV Series) · as Julie
2009
Spread · as Heather
2009
Adventureland · as Lisa P.
2009
Kings (TV Series) · as Claudia
2007
Noise · as Ekaterina Filippovna
2007
The Invisible · as Annie Newton
2006
Vanished (TV Series) · as Marcy Collins
2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury (TV Series) · as Stephanie Davis

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