Dolya Gavanski

An actress, director and producer, Dolya Gavanski studied drama in Moscow and London and went on to Cambridge University and Goldsmiths, earning a PhD on Russian theater and culture. She acted in student plays at the Cambridge Arts Theatre, and her stage and screen work has ranged from Shakespeare to contemporary classics. Tom Stoppard's Rock N Roll, staged by Trevor Nunn, gave her a West End debut, and her first television part was Mona Lisa in the BBC's Leonardo. She came to critics' notice as Elena, a pianist, in David Greig's Damascus, a role she took on again for its London and New York runs and a world tour. She appeared in Michael Winterbottom's The Trip (2011). Her voice work includes Company of Heroes 2, Zarya in Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm, and radio drama she wrote for BBC Radio 4. She also directed the documentary Golos: Ukrainian Voices, which won a prize at the London Independent Film Festival.