Snezhana Chernova

Snezhana Chernova is a graduate of the Leningrad State Institute of Theater, Music, and Cinema (LGITMIK), Russia. Before moving to the U.S., she performed at the Baltic Repertoire Theater in St. Petersburg. In New York, she trained with the legendary Uta Hagen at HB Studio, studied Jacques Lecoq’s method with Norman Taylor, and completed a Theatre Pedagogy course with Anatoli Vasiliev in Venice.

As an educator, she has taught Speech, Voice, and Acting at the St. Petersburg State Theater Arts Academy and the Danish Theater School GITIS Scandinavia. She was on the faculty at Trinity/La MaMa Performing Arts of Trinity College and currently teaches Acting at HB Studio. In 2024, she was invited to teach Uta Hagen’s Master Class at the Shanghai Theatre Academy. She also worked as a Cultural Consultant for the off-Broadway premiere of The Meeting: The Interpreter, directed by Brian Mertes.

Her performances span the U.S., Canada, Russia, Ukraine, Germany, and South Korea. Notable roles include Zoya in Dostoevsky’s Uncle’s Dream, Abby in O’Neill’s Desire Under the Elms, Natasha in Chekhov’s Three Sisters, Margarita in Bulgakov’s Master and Margarita, and Arkadina in The Seagull. She is a leading actress with Literary Theater Dialogue in New York, portraying figures such as Marlene Dietrich, Olga Ivinskaya, Marina Tsvetaeva, Alisa Koonen, and Elena Bulgakova. In 2018, she performed Above the Barriers at The World of Theater Festival in Berlin, later bringing the show to Moscow.

Since 2010, she has performed at the Metropolitan Opera, collaborating with renowned directors including William Kentridge, Richard Eyre, Tom Morris, David McVicar, and Bartlett Sher. Her film and television credits include The Ring, Alaska Kids, Poterpevshiy, No Love in the City, Russian Engine, Proof of Birth, The Louise Log, Outworld, Foreign Sounds, Litvinov’s Fall, Murder in Manhattan, FX’s The Americans, and Law & Order: Organized Crime.