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- Birth nameMargarita Volkovinskaya
- Height1.65 m
- Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Rita Volk moved to San Francisco with her family when she 6 years old. Approached by a modeling scout, Volk was given the opportunity to audition for commercials and instantly fell in love with acting.
Through high school, Volk acted in school plays and further explored her burgeoning love for film which she claims, also, helped her and her family acclimatise to the American language and culture. After high school, Volk attended Duke University, where she graduated with a degree in psychology/premed. But she never lost sight of her passion for acting as she acted in student films and was a member of Inside Joke, Duke's sketch comedy troupe.- IMDb mini biography by: MTV - Margarita Volkovinskaya known professionally as Rita Volk, is an Uzbek-American actress. She is known for her role as Amy Raudenfeld in the MTV romantic comedy series Faking It. Volk was born in Tashkent, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. She moved with her family to San Francisco when she was six years old. She was approached by a modeling scout, and after auditioning for commercials Volk decided that she wanted to continue pursuing acting.
Volk attended Lowell High School in San Francisco. Through high school, she acted in school plays and further explored her burgeoning love for film which she claims helped her and her family acclimatize to American English and culture. In 2005, she won the Sfusd High School Poet Laureate award. After high school, Volk attended Duke University, where she graduated with a degree in Psychology/Pre-medical. During college, she acted in student films and was a member of Inside Joke, Duke's sketch comedy troupe.
In 2013 Volk was cast in the pilot for the MTV comedy series Faking It, playing Amy, one of the series' lead roles; MTV ordered Faking It to series in October 2013. For Faking It, Volk originally tried out for the role of co-lead Karma, not Amy. In 2015 she joined the cast of the dramedy film Almost Friends. She also appears in the John Carpenter-directed 2017 music video for the theme to his earlier film, Christine.- IMDb mini biography by: ahmetkozan
- Born Margarita Volkovinskaya, she acted in school theater productions in high school and later graduated with a Psychology/Pre-Med degree from Duke University.
- Her favorite book is "The Sound and The Fury" by William Faulkner.
- She was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and moved to San Francisco, California when she was 6 years old.
- She played a parody version of Jennifer Lawrence's character, Katniss Everdeen, in The Hunger Games for the parody film The Hungover Games.
- She previously appeared on a television episode each from the series' Rizzoli & Isles and Major Crimes.
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