Been watching HBO's How to Make It in America? We've been down since Day 1, and now that the first season is coming to a close, we're a) hoping HBO doesn't sleep and brings it back for a second batch of episodes, and b) makes sure to include Ben's new love interest Julie when they do. Julie's the maybe-trifey to Ben's career woman ex Rachel (played by the easy on the eyes as well Lake Bell), and we usually don't give a shit about who other dude's smash, but we'll tune in this Sunday to see which way Ben goes.
We do give a shit about Margarita Levieva, the 30-year-old Russian-born actress who plays Julie. So much so that we've delved deep into the Internet-osphere to gather a collection of her coolest clips so far...
EMBRACING NECROPHILIA IN THE INVISIBLE (2007)
• Levieva also starred in the (very, very) short-lived Fox series Vanished, but this is the earliest clip of her we could find. We're gonna give the ol' full disclosure here and let y'all know that we haven't actually seen this flick, although we are assuming this scene is probably a massive spoiler.
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DANCING IN ADVENTURELAND (2009)
• The movie where we really started checking for Levieva, Adventureland featured Kristin Stewart and Complex homie Jesse Eisenberg, but it was Margarita who stole the show as the free-spirited Lisa P. Those old school t-shirts were made for her all world twos, no doubt.
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STEALING ASHTON KUTCHER'S HEART IN SPREAD (2009)
• Ok, another one we didn't actually see (sorry, we let our DoucheFlix account expire), but we may have to actually track this one down just for the pool scene with Ms. Levieva from the trailer.
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TALKING ABOUT ACTING ON STAGE FOR IMPRESSIONISM (2009)
• Impressionism had a super-short run on Broadway (about six weeks to be exact); maybe they'd have done better if they'd advertised Levieva's role as an artist's model a little more? Would've worked on us.
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GETTING HER HOOKS IN BEN ON HOW TO MAKE IT IN AMERICA (2010)
• Generally we give HTMIIA high points for accuracy, but this is a big goof reality-wise for us: you're in bed with a new chick and a) you take a call from your homeboy, and b) you actually get up, mid-smash to help him with some errand. Fuck outta here!
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