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Episode: Season 1, Episode 1: Pilot
Duration: 128 sec. | Nudity: yes | Creator: Ruffah |
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File Format: AOMedia Video 1 (WebM/AV1) | Resolution: 1920x1080 | Added: 2018-Sep-18 |
Birth Name: Margarita Levieva
Birth Date: 1980-02-09
Birth Place: Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]
Alternate Names: مارگاریتا لویوا, マルガリータ・レヴィエヴァ
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Margarita Levieva, born February 9, 1980 in Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia), immigrated to the U.S. at age 11 with her mother and twin brother. She has starred in various films and TV shows, including 'Spread' (2009), 'Revenge' (2011-2015), 'The Deuce' (2016-2019), and recently 'In From the Cold' (2022) on Netflix. She is set to appear in 'The Acolyte' and 'Daredevil: Born Again'. Levieva graduated from NYU with double majors in economics and psychology, and minors in philosophy, sociology, and Russian history.
Release Year: 2017
Nation: United States of America
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Director: Alex Hall, David Simon, Ernest R. Dickerson, George Pelecanos, James Franco, Michelle MacLaren, Minkie Spiro, Roxann Dawson, Steph Green, Susanna White, Tanya Hamilton, Tricia Brock, Uta Briesewitz, Zetna Fuentes
Writer: Anya Epstein, Carl Capotorto, Chris Yakaitis, David Simon, George Pelecanos, Iturri Sosa, Lisa Lutz, Marc Henry Johnson, Megan Abbott, Richard Price, Stephani DeLuca, Will Ralston
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Companies: Blown Deadline Productions
Genre: Drama, Mystery
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Keywords: 1970s, new york city, porn industry, pornography, prostitution
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