Macha Polikarpova

Macha Polikarpova is a French actress, born in 1971 in Tallinn, Estonia, when it was part of the USSR. She began her career in France in the mid-1990s, appearing in commercials before landing minor roles in AB Productions television series. French audiences remember her from the 1990s shows Salut les Musclés, Le Miel et les Abeilles, Extrême Limite, La Croisière foll'amour, and Les Vacances de l'amour, as well as small roles in the first four seasons of Premiers baisers. From 1991 to 1995, when she was barely twenty, she played Svetlana. Since 2011, she has portrayed Olga Mirchtein, a friend of Hélène's, in Les Mystères de l'amour on TMC.

Macha holds a degree in coaching and mental preparation from the University of Dijon-Bourgogne. Her native language is Russian. She stands 5'8" and has a slim build with brown hair and blue eyes. She was married to French journalist and TV presenter Philippe Vecci of Canal+. She stopped acting some years ago, but her long-running role in Les Mystères de l'amour remains a staple of her career.