Svetlana Efremova

ABOUT SVETLANA EFREMOVA

Actress who played Zinaida in season three of The Americans . She also appeared in series such as The West Wing , Curb Your Enthusiasm , House of Cards , Without a Trace , NCIS: Los Angeles , The Practice , Shameless , and Monk . She was in films such as White Oleander , Phone Booth , and The Island .

She attended the St. Petersburg Academy of Theatre, where she received her BFA in Acting. She attended the Yale School of Drama, where she earned an MFA degree in Acting.

Her theatre credits range from Broadway to regional companies such as Yale Repertory Theatre and South Coast Repertory Theatre. She served as a professor of theatre and head of the acting program at California State University, Fullerton.

She married Patrick Reed.

She shared scenes with Noah Emmerich and Costa Ronin in The Americans.