Her father Vladimir Kopylov (later known as Vladimir Friske) is of German descent; his mother Paulina Friske was born to a Black Sea German family in the Odesa Oblast in the then Soviet Union.

[2] Friske's common-law husband was Russian singer and television personality Dmitry Shepelev.

[3] She first became famous when she joined the band Blestyashchie in 1996, which she left in 2003 to embark on a solo career as a singer, actress and occasional model.

Immediately after returning from that island shooting she announced her withdrawal from Blestyashchiye to begin a solo career.

Although most of her scenes were cut, she had a more prominent role in the sequel, Day Watch, and appeared on its posters.

[6] Other sites reported that Friske had been diagnosed with a stage IV glioblastoma, a malignant brain tumor.