Marina Verenikina

Marina V is an award-winning Russian-American recording pop artist, singer and songwriter. Classically trained in her hometown of Moscow, Marina has been singing and writing songs since she was a child. She won a prestigious scholarship and came to America at age 15 to pursue her American Dream. She attended University in Illinois and, upon graduating from college, moved to Los Angeles. She has released several albums and toured the world since - from the famed Kodak Theater in Hollywood to the American Embassy in Moscow. Marina has written songs for films, ads such as Pepsi, video games and has licensed her songs to many TV shows, from NBC and CBS to OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, The National Geographic, Sony Russia, The Liftime Network, etc. She is a recent recipient of an award from Sir Bob Geldof for her song "You Make Me Beautiful" and a winner of the LA Music Critic Award for her song "Run". Marina lives in Los Angeles with her husband/co-writer, Nicholas Baker.