Lera Abova
Biography
Lera Abova, professionally known as Valeria Smirnova, is a Russian and German actress and model born on November 4, 1992, in Slavgorod, Altai Krai, Russia. She grew up in a small Siberian village and moved to Germany at the age of thirteen, where she initially faced language barriers. Abova works with multiple modeling agencies, including Select Model Management, Oui Management, and Fabbrica Milano Management. As an actress, she has five known acting credits. Her television roles include playing Thea in the Pitch Perfect spin-off series Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin. Additionally, she has been cast as the character Nico Robin in the Netflix live-action adaptation of One Piece.
Career overview
Lera Abova, professionally known as Valeria Smirnova, is a Russian and German model and actress born on November 4, 1992. Growing up in the small Siberian village of Slavgorod, she later moved to Germany at the age of thirteen, where she initially faced language barriers before establishing herself.
In her professional career, Abova works with multiple modeling agencies, including Select Model Management, Oui Management, and Fabbrica Milano Management. Alongside her modeling work, she has pursued an acting career with five known acting credits recorded on the Movie Database.
Her television and streaming credits include a role in the Pitch Perfect television spin-off titled Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin, where she played the character named Thea. Additionally, she has been cast to play the character Nico Robin in the Netflix live-action adaptation of One Piece.
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- Honey Don't! (2025) as Chère
- Exterritorial (2025) as Irina / Kira Wolkowa
- ONE PIECE (2023) as Miss All Sunday
- Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin (2022) as Thea 'DJ Das Boot' Krämer
- Anna (2019) as Maude