Lolita Markovna Milyavskaya (, née ÃÂþÃÂõûøú (Gorelik); ; born 14 November 1963), known mononymously as Lolita, is a Russian singer, actress, TV and film director. She was born in Mukachevo, Zakarpattia Oblast, former Ukrainian SSR.
Father - Mark L. Gorelik (1932-1978), an actor and stage director. Mother - Alla Dmitrievna Nikiforova (born 18 January 1943), graduated from Lviv Music College, was a jazz singer. After marrying, Lolita's parents moved to Kiev. In 1981, Lolita applied to the Tambov branch of the Moscow State Institute of Culture. At the institute, Lolita met fellow student Alexander Belyaev, who later became her first husband. In 1985, she graduated from the institute. In 1984 she moved from Tambov to Odessa. She worked in the Odesa Philharmonic Theater, met Alexander Tsekalo there, and in 1987 left with him for Moscow. In order to register in Moscow, she entered into a fictitious marriage with Vitaly Milyavsky. They did not live together.
In 1985, Alexander Tsekalo and Lolita Milyavskaya created the pop group ëû. In 1995, Milyavskaya and Tsekalo became presenters of the TV programme âÂÂMorning MailâÂÂ, and since 1997 they have hosted the programme âÂÂGood Morning, Country!âÂÂ.
At the end of her marriage to Tsekalo in 1998, Lolita gave birth to a daughter Eva.
In the spring of 2000, Lolita began a solo career and released the song âÂÂFlowersâÂÂ. In January 2001, the album of the same name was released.
In March 2003 she gave her first big solo concert - âÂÂShow divorced womanâÂÂ.
In 2007, Lolita released the albums âÂÂNeformatâ and âÂÂOrientation NorthâÂÂ.
In March 2016, Lolita released the song âÂÂOn the TitanicâÂÂ.
In 2017 Milyavskaya was forbidden to enter Ukraine for a term of three years because she performed in Crimea in 2015 (the Ukrainian territory Crimea was annexed by Russia in 2014). In January 2023, Ukraine imposed sanctions on Lolita for her support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
She attended the Almost Naked Party held in a Moscow nightclub in December 2023.