Little known to many, Zelenskyy’s rise to fame did not happen through politics but the silver screen. He happens to be a former movie star who gained immense popularity through acting, before stepping into the world of politics. In fact, he once essayed the role of Ukraine’s president on a popular TV show, before taking on the onus in real life.
Zelenskyy, who holds a degree in law, gained fame as an actor and comedian after his debut at the age of 17. He also founded the production company Kvartal 95, which produced films, TV comedy shows, and cartoons. In 2008, Zelenskyy made his feature film debut with ‘Love in the Big City’, followed by films like ‘Office Romance’, ‘Our Time’, ‘Rzhevsky Versus Napoleon’, and others. He also starred in both the sequels of ‘Love in the Big City’. In 2012, he bagged the lead role in ‘8 First Dates’.
Even as a member of the entertainment industry, Zelenskyy has always been politically vocal, as he once opposed the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture’s decision to ban Russian artists in Ukraine. He himself worked mostly in Russian language productions. Zelenskyy’s big break came in 2015 with the comedy TV series ‘Servant of the People’ where he played the President of Ukraine. The series showed him rising to power from a high school history teacher to the country’s supreme leader after a video of his rant against government corruption went viral.
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Servant of the People is a TV series he starred in 2015 where he played the Ukraine President
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