THE RUSSIAN STREISAND

By Lauren Krotosky

She has made the move to LA and been tipped as the next Barbra Streisand, but although she's left Russia behind Svetlana Portnyansky hasn't forgotten her roots.

LARA LOOKS FOR HER BEAU IN HACKNEY

By Lauren Krotosky

"I didn't used to tell people I was Jewish," says award-winning actress Lara Pulver. "But two years ago, I managed to bag the Shiksa Goddess role at the Menier Chocolate Factory. Anyway, it came out that I was Jewish but they didn't believe me because they said I played the character so well! You can play the card if you need to."