Alyona Minkovski
- Actress
Alyona is one of the most notable rising media personalities who often
appears on MSNBC, CNN weighing in on women's issues, politics and
foreign news. Before joining HuffPost Live, Alyona hosted her own show,
"The Alyona Show," on the international news network RT (formerly
Russia Today). She was born in Moscow and is the daughter of Russian
ice-skating champion Irina Rodnina, but grew up in the U.S. where she
studied politics, film, and digital media at the University of
California in Santa Cruz. In 2011, Alyona was named one of the Forbes
Top 30 Under 30 media personalities.