Isidora Goreshter

About

Best known for her major role in the Showtime series Shameless as Svetlana, she has also been seen on the silver screen in movies such as Paranoia, The Petal Pushers and A Leading Man.

Before Fame

She studied classical ballet before training as an actress at the Stella Adler Conservatory. She would graduate from California State University Long Beach with both an art history and theatre degree.

Trivia

She has starred in numerous Broadway productions such as Beirut, Waiting for Godot and The Smell of the Kill.

Family Life

She was born and raised in Long Beach, California. She was the first person in her family to be born in the United States. She was named after her maternal grandfather, Izzy, who passed away just before her family immigrated from the former Soviet Union.

Associated With

She frequently shares the screen with Steve Howey in Shameless.