{{short description|Belarusian-born Russian actress|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{family name hatnote|Nikolaevna|Bortich|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox person | image = Саша Бортич (Вечерний утренник для взрослых, Невидимый театр).jpg | name = Aleksandra Bortich | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|9|24|df=yes}} | birth_place = Svietlahorsk, Gomel Region, Belarus | occupation = actress | years_active = 2014–present | spouse = {{marriage|Vyacheslav Vorontsov|2016|2018|end=div}} {{marriage|Evgeny Savelev|2021|2023|end=div}} | partner = | children = 1 | website = }}
'''Aleksandra Nikolaevna Bortich''' ({{Langx|be|Аляксандра Мікалаеўна Борціч}}, also ''tr.'' '''Aliaksandra Mikalaeuna Bortsich'''; {{langx|ru|Александра Николаевна Бортич}}; born 24 September 1994) is a Belarusian-born Russian actress known for her roles in ''Dukhless 2'' (2015), ''Viking'' (2016) and ''I Am Losing Weight'' (2018).<ref name="r1">{{Cite web|url=https://russia.tv/person/show/person_id/264960/|publisher=Russia-1|title=Александра Бортич|access-date=29 January 2018|archive-date=3 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103225759/https://russia.tv/person/show/person_id/264960/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="vtv">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vokrug.tv/person/show/aleksandra_bortich/|publisher=VokrugTV|title=Александра Бортич}}</ref>
==Early life== Bortich was born in Svietlahorsk, Svietlahorsk District, Gomel Region, Belarus. Her parents divorced when Bortich was still very young. She moved with her mother to the city of Grodno. She finished school in Moscow. In her childhood, she studied at the music school, played on different instruments, in particular, on the saxophone.<ref name="r1"/>
In the tenth grade, Bortich went to the theater studio at the Pioneers Palace. It was there that she realized that she wanted to become an actress. However, she failed to enter the theater institute. Then, she went to study in a pedagogical university, which she ended up leaving very soon.<ref name="r1"/><ref name="vtv"/>
She worked as a waitress in a bar for almost a year. In parallel with work, she auditioned for roles in various television series.<ref name="r1"/><ref name="vtv"/>
==Acting career== Bortich's rise began with a campaign for the casting of the series ''Babes & Chicks'' (2012), where she was noticed by director Nigina Sayfullaeva who invited her for the role of Sasha in the film ''Name Me'' (2014).<ref name="svpressa">{{cite web |title=Александра Бортич Актриса, модель |url=https://svpressa.ru/persons/aleksandra-bortich/ |website=svpressa.ru |publisher={{ill|Svobodnaya Pressa|ru|Свободная пресса}} |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250424154857/https://svpressa.ru/persons/aleksandra-bortich/ |archive-date=24 April 2025 |language=ru |trans-title=Aleksandra Bortich Actress, Model}}</ref>
In 2014, as a result of the competitive selection of young performers, she received a major role in the psychological drama ''Name Me'' (2014) by Nigina Sayfullaeva. The film received the main prize at the 11th International Film Festival "Baltic Debuts" in Svetlogorsk, Kaliningrad Oblast and a special prize "For Light Breath and Artistic Integrity" at the 25th Russian Open Film Festival Kinotavr in Sochi.<ref name="pskov"/> The film was shown at the 20th "Stalker" International Human Rights Film Festival in Moscow<ref>{{cite web |title=XX Кинофестиваль «Сталкер». Художественные фильмы «Кино про Алексеева», «Как меня зовут» |url=https://stalkerfest.timepad.ru/event/167741/ |website=stalkerfest.timepad.ru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250709214115/https://stalkerfest.timepad.ru/event/167741/ |archive-date=9 July 2025 |language=ru |date=12 December 2024}}</ref> and at the San Sebastian International Film Festival in San Sebastián, Spain.<ref name="pskov">{{cite web |title=В прокат выходит фильм «Как меня зовут» с участием молодой актрисы родом из Пскова |url=http://informpskov.ru/news/161826.html |website=informpskov.ru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220133626/http://informpskov.ru/news/161826.html |archive-date=20 December 2016 |language=ru |date=27 November 2014}}</ref>
She played in the 2015 film ''About Love'' by Anna Melikian, which gave her increased recognition among the public.<ref name="svpressa"/> The picture received the main prize of the 26th Kinotavr Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kinotavr.ru/en/2015/winners-26/|publisher=Kinotavr|title=26th Kinotavr Open Russian Film Festival|access-date=2017-04-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813130932/http://www.kinotavr.ru/en/2015/winners-26|archive-date=2017-08-13|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Bortich played in the film ''The Elusive'' (2015), in it she had to ride around Moscow naked on a horse.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://daily.afisha.ru/archive/vozduh/cinema/iron-maiden-eto-moe-vse-intervyu-s-aktrisoy-aleksandroy-bortich/|publisher=Afisha|title="Iron Maiden — это мое все": интервью с Александрой Бортич}}</ref> She also starred in the sequel, ''The Elusive: Jackpot'', which was released in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=Неуловимые: Джекпот (фильм, 2016) |url=https://www.film.ru/movies/neulovimye-dzhekpot |website=film.ru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250709215502/https://www.film.ru/movies/neulovimye-dzhekpot |archive-date=9 July 2025 |language=ru}}</ref>
In 2016, Bortich played Rogneda in the historical action film ''Viking''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Викинг |url=http://viking.1tv.ru/ |website=viking.1tv.ru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220034735/http://viking.1tv.ru/ |archive-date=20 December 2016 |language=ru |trans-title=Viking}}</ref> In the same year, she acted in the series ''Police from Rublyovka''.<ref name="svpressa"/> Also, the audience saw her in the series ''Jackal'' (2016) – the continuation of the popular trilogy of the series ''Mosgaz'' (2012), ''Executioner'' (2014),<ref>{{cite web |title=Aleksandra Bortich |url=https://www.kinoafisha.info/person/8322161/ |website=kinoafisha.info |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009150339/https://www.kinoafisha.info/person/8322161/ |archive-date=9 October 2021 |language=ru}}</ref>
She played the lead role in the 2018 comedy film ''I am Losing Weight'', for the role she had to gain and lose 20 kg over the making of the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cosmo.ru/stars/news/17-08-2017/22-letnyaya-aktrisa-aleksandra-bortich-popravilas-na-20-kilogrammov-radi-roli/|work=Cosmopolitan|title=22-летняя актриса Александра Бортич поправилась на 20 килограммов ради роли}}</ref>
She appears in Serj Tankian's 2021 music video "Elasticity".<ref>{{cite web |title=Саша Бортич снялась в клипе Сержа Танкяна из System of a Down |url=https://rtvi.com/news/sasha-serj-klip/ |publisher=RTVI |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240723173506/https://rtvi.com/news/sasha-serj-klip/ |archive-date=23 July 2024 |language=ru |date=5 February 2021}}</ref>
==Personal life== Bortich was in a relationship with Russian actor Ilya Malanin. They met on the set of the film ''The Elusive'' (2015). At the end of 2016, Bortich and Malanin parted ways.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ru.hellomagazine.com/zvezdy/zvezdnye-pary/18981-aleksandra-bortich-rasstalas-s-zhenikhom.html|publisher=Hello!|title=Александра Бортич рассталась с женихом}}</ref>
In 2016, she married rap singer Vyacheslav Vorontsov; in 2018, the marriage ended in divorce.<ref name="svpressa"/>
Starting from 2019, Bortich was in a relationship with Evgeny Savelev. They had a son, Alexander Savelev, born in summer 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite web |title=25-летняя Саша Бортич впервые показала, как выглядела во время беременности |url=https://www.vokrug.tv/article/show/16000686751/ |access-date=9 March 2021}}</ref> They married in 2021 and divorced in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=Александра Бортич рассталась с мужем после двух лет брака. У пары есть общий сын Саша |url=https://www.rbc.ru/life/news/646717d59a79475d1a0ceb47 |work=RBK Group |date=19 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731094237/https://www.rbc.ru/life/news/646717d59a79475d1a0ceb47 |archive-date=31 July 2023 |language=ru |trans-title=Alexandra Bortich broke up with her husband after two years of marriage. The couple has a son together, Sasha}}</ref>
On January 21, 2021, Bortich expressed her support for the opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who had been arrested and sent to a pre-trial detention center the day before. In a video posted on Navalny's YouTube channel, Bortich stated that the situation surrounding Navalny's arrest affected all Russian citizens, regardless of their personal opinions, as "we are being shown that our laws, such as the Constitution and the Criminal Code, are mere pieces of paper, and that anyone can be treated as they see fit".<ref>{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://theins.ru/news/238650|title=«Новые правила жизни в России — молчи или умри». Знаменитости в поддержку Навального|publisher=The Insider|access-date=2021-01-22|archive-date=2021-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129043212/https://theins.ru/news/238650|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="bbc_12_11.2021">[https://www.bbc.com/russian/features-59255248 «У нас запрет на реальность». Почему в российском кино и сериалах все больше табу] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113003644/https://www.bbc.com/russian/features-59255248}}, BBC</ref> This statement drew criticism from Nikita Mikhalkov.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMMFVobxTKw|title=«Если папа – коррупция, а мама – двуличие, какой у них будет ребенок»|author= Никита Михалков|website=Бесогон ТВ|date=2020-02-19|access-date=2021-02-24|archive-date=2021-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224204813/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMMFVobxTKw|url-status=live}}</ref>
==In media== According to the film portal Kinopoisk, Bortich was the most popular actress of the year 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.maximonline.ru/guide/cinema/_article/populyarnyie-filmy2017-kinopoisk/|publisher=Maxim|title=Всем попкорн! Объявлены самые популярные фильмы 2017 года по версии «Кинопоиска»|author=Mark Zalkind}}</ref> She was also named Woman of the Year by the Russian edition of Glamour in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.glamour.ru/glamourama/zhenschina-goda-2018-vse-laureaty-premii|title=«Женщина года» 2018: все лауреаты премии|website=|date=2018-11-13|publisher= Glamour|access-date=2019-08-05|archive-date=2019-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805114223/https://www.glamour.ru/glamourama/zhenschina-goda-2018-vse-laureaty-premii|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | 2014 || ''Name Me'' || Sasha || |- | 2015 || ''Dukhless 2'' || Alyona Smirnova || |- | 2015 || ''The Elusive'' || Kira || (ru) |- | 2015 || ''About Love'' || Sasha || |- | 2015 || ''The Elusive: Last Hero'' || Kira || (ru) |- | 2016 || ''The Elusive: Jackpot'' || Kira || (ru) |- | 2016 || ''Viking'' || Rogneda Rogvolodovna|| |- | 2017 || ''About Love. For Adults Only'' || || |- | 2017 || ''Light Up!'' || Zhenya || |- | 2018 || ''I Am Losing Weight'' || Anna "Anya" Kulikova || |- | 2018 || ''The Soul Conductor'' || Katya Kaluzhskikh || |- | 2018 || ''Policeman from Rublyovka. New Year Mayhem'' || Nika || |- | 2019 || ''Mistresses'' || Alisa || |- | 2019 || ''Billion'' || Lyudmila "Lyuda" || |- | 2019 || ''Serf'' || Elizaveta "Liza" || |- | 2021 || ''House Arrest'' || Ira || |- | 2022 || ''Who's There?'' || mother || |- | 2023 || ''Dance, Herring!'' || Zhanna || |- | 2025 || ''Happy when You're Not'' || Yevgenia|| |- |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | 2016—2018 || ''Policeman from Rublyovka'' || Nika || (ru) |- | 2016 || ''Jackal'' || Nyura Gorbatova || (ru) |- | 2016 || ''To marry Pushkin'' || Lena Sazonova || |- | 2017 || ''Philfac'' || Lena Osokina || |- | 2017 || ''You All Infuriate Me'' || Sveta || |- | 2017 || ''Pets'' || Alisa || |- | 2018—2021 || ''An Ordinary Woman'' || Zhenya || (ru) |- | 2023 || ''Fisher'' || Natalya Dobrovolskaya || |}
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|6786155}}
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