Violet Tcherkin

Born into a generation of musicians, actors and directors, the granddaughter of Bulgaria's most renowned composer Georgia Zlatev Tcherkin, began displaying her talent as a versatile performer at the early age of four. Now, the enigmatic actress is making a name for herself in film and television.

At five, Violet had her first television appearance in Bulgaria's popular children's show, "Goodnight Children". Not long thereafter she made her first studio recording for the signature song of Sofia National Theatre's production of "Don Quixote", with acclaimed composer Juri Stupel.

Eight years old she joined a traditional Bulgarian Dance troupe as a soloist, winning several competitions. In 1981 she relocated to San Remo, Italy. For the upcoming ten years, Violet lived with her violinist mother traveling around the country, learning flute, piano and saxophone by ear. By seventeen Violet was already known as a beloved storyteller and enchanted a considerable large number of audiences with colorful characters and self-written vaudeville shows.

Her travels made Violet live in five countries, allowing her to accumulate a variety of cultural backgrounds, and making her speak fluently Bulgarian, Norwegian, Italian, and English as well as learning basic conversational skills in Swedish, Danish and Spanish.

In 1997 Violet Tcherkin won a full time, four year scholarship at New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida. New World School of the Arts is one of the most comprehensive, artistically rigorous conservatory programs in the country, having been accredited by the National Consortium for Performance Schools as the third best acting program in the US. Violet graduated with BFA in musical theatre magna cum laude.

Violet performed with artists such as Gloria Gaynor, The Tramps, Sarah Brightman and Huey Lewis and The News as a live back-up dancer. She won much acclaim for her original one-woman show "GYPSY-V", depicting the hardships of a woman fleeing Nazism, prejudice and racism. Violet played "The Baker’s Wife" in Stephen Sondheim’s "Into the Woods", she performed "Gretchen" in Jorge Guerra’s adaptation of "Ur-Faust",and delighted audiences as "Isabelle" in William Shakespeare’s "Measure for Measure".

But Violet’s true love remained film and television. After having acted in numerous shorts and festival films, her cryptic beauty now shines in the supporting role of "Angelica" in the 35mm international feature film "Shadows of Time", produced by Michael Dainard and Dunja Klemenc, the Academy Award Winner for "No Man’s Land", Best Foreign Film/2002