Nickname:	Misha
Known for:	White Nights, The Turning Point, Baryshnikov on Broadway
Birth name:	Mikhail Nikolaevitch Baryshnikov
Birthday:	28 January 1948, Riga, Latvia, Soviet Union. [now independent Latvia]
Height:	5' 7" (1.70 m)

Ballet dancer turned actor Father of four children. He lives together with girlfriend Lisa Rinehart. Owner of ballet troupe, "White Oak Dance Project". Hobby is golf. Baryshnikov's and Jessica Lange's daughter first name is Alexandra. Following his defection in Canada, the first ballet troupe that he performed with was the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Company in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Mikhail was a 2000 recipient of the John F. Kennedy Center Honors. Children by Lisa Rinehart: Anna Katerina, Sofia Luisa and Peter Andrew. Has his own clothing line: "Baryshnikov", plus his own perfume brand: "Misha". Danced with the Bolshoi Ballet, the American Ballet Theatre and the New York City Ballet. Was artisitic director with ABT and even ran his own class outside of ABT - Mikhail Baryshnikov's School of Classic Ballet. Was romantically involved with legendary ballerinas Natalya Makarova and Gelsey Kirkland. Frequently attended legendary New York disco Studio 54. Was nominated for Broadway's 1989 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for "Metamorphosis." When he met Jessica Lange, he spoke little English. Fortunately for him, Lange spoke French, which he could speak fluently. Daughter Shura (Alexandra) Baryshnikov, whose mother is Jessica Lange, graduated from Marlboro College in Vermont, the same college that Chris Noth attended in the 70s. [2003] He had a romantic relationship with fellow Soviet defector as prima ballerina absoluta Natasha Makarova. She was eight years his senior. She ended it because of this fact and when she needed him back as a sympathetic shoulder to cry on, Baryshnikov was already involved with another young ballerina named Gelsey Kirkland. His name in English means "Michael." He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 2000 by the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington D.C. He appeared in three of the ballet programs which were Emmy-nominated for "Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts" in the same year - "Giselle", "American Ballet Theatre at the Metropolitan Opera House", and "The Nutcracker". "Giselle" was the one that took home the Emmy.

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