Biography

Yulia Timonina-Houghtaling was born on January 6, 1984 in Kaliningrad, Moskovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Korolev, Russia]. She is an actress and director, known for Gloss (2007) and Zolotoy grammofon 2008 (2008). She has been married to John W. Houghtaling since February 25, 2012.

She is fluent in Russian, her native language, and English, which she first learned in school and has continued to study on her own.

She is the mother of Alisa Timonina.

She is a high-fashion model.

Twice a Playboy Playmate of the Month, she was Miss August 2007 in the Russian edition and Miss June 2008 in the Ukrainian edition.

She was a member of the Russian girl-group Mobilnye Blondinki. Along with Mariya Kiseleva, she was one of the two members who were found during a formal casting call arranged by producer Igor Matvienko in late Summer 2008. She joined in the middle of Fall 2008 when she won a popular, online vote by fans to choose the group's next member. She was with the group from then until April 2011, when she left to spend more time with her family.