Yulia Olegovna Volkova, born on February 20, 1985, is a Russian singer, recording artist, and actress. She is best known for being a member of the Russian girl group t.A.T.u., along with Lena Katina.
Volkova was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, to a middle-class family. Her father, Oleg Volkov, was a businessman, and her mother, Larissa Volkova, was a hairdresser. At the age of six, Volkova enrolled in music school and began learning how to play the piano. She became a member of Russia's children's chorus Neposedi at the age of nine, where she met future fellow t.A.T.u. singer Lena Katina.
In 1996 and 1998, Julia participated in sketches from the children's comedy TV show Yeralash. The group's first single "All the Things She Said" topped the charts in several countries, but also received controversy due to Julia and Lena kissing onscreen.
Volkova signed a solo career with Gala Records in June 2011 and released her debut single "All Because of You" in November 2011. The song was also released in a Russian-language version under the title I'll Change the World.
Volkova was born on February 20, 1985, in Moscow, Russian SFSR, to a middle-class family. Her father, Oleg Volkov, was a businessman, and her mother, Larissa Volkova, was a hairdresser.
Volkova made her film debut alongside Lena Katina and Mischa Barton in the film You and I, the story of two teenage girls who meet and fall in love at a Moscow t.A.T.u. concert.
During August 2011, Julia participated in the shooting of the movie Zombie Fever. According to the post on her official site Zombie Fever is a Russian language zombie horror/comedy movie shot on location in Minsk, Belarus.
The video of Love in every moment was launched as a short film named "Together Apart" in 2014 as part of project CORNETTO's CUPIDITY. In the film, Julia is one of the cupids who try to make a young couple, in a long distance romance, get together.
Volkova was pregnant by her then long-time boyfriend Pavel Sidorov, which caused some controversy due to Sidorov already having a wife and daughter. Daughter Viktoria Pavlovna "Vika" Volkova was born on September 23, 2004, in Moscow.
In 2007, Volkova then had a long-term relationship with businessman Parviz Yasinov. The press reported that she and Yasinov got married. Volkova gave birth to a baby boy named Samir on December 27, 2007, in Moscow.
In a January 2012 interview, Volkova stated that she no longer communicates with Lena Katina.
