'''Irina Pantaeva''' was born 12 October 1972 in Ulan-Ude, Buryatia, Russia. With a height of 6' (1.83 m), she is ethnically Buryat. Irina is currently a supermodel and an actress (appearing in such movies as ''Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, Celebrity, Zoolander'' and ''People I Know'' as well as the TV show ''3rd Rock from the Sun'' playing "Gabriella").

Irina met her current husband, Latvian photographer Roland Levin in 1988, when she was just 16-years old, long before she became known as an international supermodel.

In 1994, Irina moved to the U.S.

Pantaeva has two sons: Ruslan, born in 1989, and Solongo, born December 21, 2003.

Books

*''Siberian Dream'' (1998)

External links

* Irina Pantaeva's profile in the FMD-database

* Article on Pantaeva from New York Daily News

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