Vera Mikhailovna Sotnikova (Russian: Вера Михайловна Сотникова, born July 19, 1960) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, TV presenter.

She graduated from Moscow Theater Actor's School under Oleg Yefremov and became a notable Soviet actress appearing in more than 40 movie productions between 1983 and 2008.

[1] She was involved with a Soviet rocker Vladimir Kuzmin for 7 years, producing a number of video clips for him.

[2] She is currently working in various theatres in Russia and is quite active in the movie business as well.

She is a virtual unknown in the West, however, since all her movie and television work targeted Russian audiences.