Mariia Samoilenko

Your age?

44

Where are you from/where do you live?

From Kyiv Ukraine, l live in Denmark now

What are you doing?

Actress, singer, director

What is the Ukrainian in you?

As a Ukrainian I like freedom, a singsong person, open to other cultures and cherish the rich cultural heritage of my ancestors.

What is the European in you?

As a European i like order, responsibility and kind tolerant relationship between people.

 

Ukrainian land is called a place of power. That’s why some Ukrainians take a piece of soil with them any country they go. So Ukrainian soil in the jar is in a figurative way – life, strength and resilience, needed to me and everyone who touches it.