Elena Satine
ელენა სატინი
Satine at the 2012 Miami International Film Festival premiere of the TV series Magic City
Born (1987-11-24) November 24, 1987 (age 36)
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR
Alma materMoscow Art Theatre School
OccupationActress
Years active2008–present
Spouse
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(m. 2013)​
Children1[1]

Elena Satine (Georgian: ელენა სატინი; born November 24, 1987)[2] is a Georgian-American[3] actress and singer.[4] On television, she has been featured as a series regular on the Starz period drama Magic City (2012–2013), the ABC drama Revenge (2014–2015), and the Netflix space Western Cowboy Bebop (2021). She has also made appearances on superhero-themed series, portraying Mera on Smallville (2010), Lorelei on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014), and Sonya Simonson / Dreamer on The Gifted (2017).

Early life

Satine was born in Tbilisi, capital of what was then the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (current Georgia). Her mother was an opera singer and her father worked in the textile industry.[5] At the age of five, Satine and her family moved to Sochi, and she became a part of the Georgian pop group Nergebi, a Mickey Mouse Club-like ensemble of child performers. She toured with Nergebi throughout Eastern Europe, including an appearance on children's variety show Utrennaya Zvezda (Morning Star) and later branched off into a solo career.[6][7] At age 9, Satine became the youngest performer to headline at the Kinotavr Festival.[8]

In 1998, while accompanying her mother on a business trip, Satine snuck away to audition for Professional Performing Arts School, and earned her admission on the spot. After convincing her parents to let her study in the United States, Satine moved to New York,[4] and graduated from PPAS at age 16. Afterwards she continued her dramatic studies at the Moscow Art Theatre School in Russia.[8][4]

Career

Satine's television debut happened in an episode of Cold Case, playing an immigrant Russian singer.[5] She has since appeared on TV shows including Gemini Division, CW's Melrose Place, and the season 10 Smallville episode "Patriot", in which she played Mera, the wife of Aquaman.[9] She also appeared on ITV's Poirot, in a 2010 episode that adapted Murder on the Orient Express.[10]

Satine was for two years part of the main cast of the Starz series Magic City. The producers tailored the role of Judi Silver for Satine following her audition to play another part.[11] Satine appeared on a 2014 episode of ABC's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. playing Lorelei, a villainous Asgardian.[7] She followed with another role in the same network, Louise Ellis in Revenge.[12] Initially a recurring guest, Satine wound up promoted to the main cast eleven episodes into the season.[13]

In 2017 she appeared in two episodes of Twin Peaks,[14] and played Sonya in the Fox television series The Gifted.

In August 2019, Satine was cast as Julia in a live-action version of the Cowboy Bebop series,[15] which was cancelled after the first season.[16]

Personal life

Satine and Tyson Ritter, lead singer and bassist of the band The All-American Rejects, became engaged in April 2013 and married on December 31, 2013.[17][18] They have a son, born in 2020.[19]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Don't Look Up Anca
2009 The Harsh Life of Veronica Lambert Penelope
2009 Adventures in Online Dating Christine Short film
2015 A Beautiful Now Jaki
2015 Zipper Ellie Green
2016 Outlaw Elena

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Gemini Division Nadia Episode: "Training Day"
2008 Cold Case Nadia Koslov (1989) Episode: "Triple Threat"
2009 Melrose Place Abby Douglas Episode: "Vine"
2010 Agatha Christie's Poirot Countess Andrenyi Episode: "Murder on the Orient Express"
2010 Smallville Mera Episode: "Patriot"
2011 NCIS Adriana Gorgova Episode: "Defiance"
2012–2013 Magic City Judi Silver Main role; 14 episodes
2014 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Lorelei Episodes: "T.A.H.I.T.I.", "Yes Men"
2014 Matador Margot 3 episodes
2014–2015 Revenge Louise Ellis Main role (season 4); 22 episodes
2016 Timeless Judith Campbell Episode: "Atomic City"
2017 Twin Peaks Rhonda Episodes: "Part 5", "Part 7"
2017 24: Legacy Juliana Mehmeti Episode: "Day 10: 8:00pm - 9:00pm"
2017 The Gifted Sonya Simonson / Dreamer Recurring role; 9 episodes
2018 Strange Angel Maggie Donovan Recurring role
2021 Cowboy Bebop Julia Main role

Web series

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Spartacus: Blood and Sand – Motion Comic Ilithyia Voice role; episode: "Upon the Sands of Vengeance"

Music video

Year Artist Song Role
2015 Chris Cornell "Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart" Enchantress

References

  1. ^ "Cowboy Bebop's Elena Satine Shot Her 'Biggest Episodes' While Pregnant: 'Incredibly Challenging'".
  2. ^ "Elena Satine Biography". Fandango. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  3. ^ "Russian Beauty Sizzles in New TV Series". Los Angeles Confidential.
  4. ^ a b c Huver, Scott (April 6, 2012). "Russian Beauty Sizzles in New TV Series". Los Angeles Confidential. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Елена Сатине: Миле Йовович и Ольге Куриленко придется подвинуться (Elena Satine: Mila Jovovich and Olga Kurylenko will have to move)". InStyle Russia. October 2011.
  6. ^ "Elena Satine profile". MySpace. Archived from the original on August 22, 2010.
  7. ^ a b Kobiashvili, Meri (August 7, 2013). "ელენე სატინი ყველაზე სექსუალურ ტელევარსკვლავად დაასახელეს" [Elena Satine Named One of Sexiest People on Television]. Reitingi (რეიტინგი) (in Georgian). Retrieved March 2, 2014.
  8. ^ a b Characters: Judi Silver, Starz's Magic City website
  9. ^ Tomashoff, Craig (April 5, 2012). "Elena Satine Vamps Up for 'Magic City'; Shares Favorite TV Shows". Xfinity TV blog by Comcast.
  10. ^ "Hercule Poirot: Series X". PBS.
  11. ^ Radloff, Jessica (June 14, 2013). "5 Things You Didn't Know About STARZ's Magic City". Glamour.
  12. ^ Stedman, Alex (July 29, 2014). "'Agents of SHIELD' Actress Elena Satine to Join 'Revenge' Season 4". Variety. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  13. ^ Nordyke, Kimberly (January 5, 2015). "'Revenge' Promotes Elena Satine to Series Regular (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  14. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (April 25, 2016). "'Twin Peaks': Here Is the Full Cast Of David Lynch's Showtime Reboot". Deadline. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
  15. ^ Petski, Denise (August 22, 2019). "'Cowboy Bebop': Elena Satine Cast In Netflix Space Western Series". Deadline.
  16. ^ Hibberd, James. "'Cowboy Bebop' Canceled by Netflix After One Season". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  17. ^ Silverman, Stephen M. (April 5, 2013). "Tyson Ritter Engaged to Elena Satine". People. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
  18. ^ Blumm, K.C.; Jordan, Julie (January 1, 2014). "Tyson Ritter and Elena Satine Are Married". People. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
  19. ^ "Cowboy Bebop's Elena Satine Shot Her 'Biggest Episodes' While Pregnant: 'Incrfedibly Challenging'".

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