Ella Ayberk is an American actress born in Northern Caucasus, Soviet Union. She was trained by the faculty of the Moscow Art Theater School under the mentorship of Adolf Shapiro. Her accomplishments as an actress include appearances in several television series shows, future, independent films and theatrical productions. Her performance was reviewed in several regional newspapers and theatrical trade publications. In TV she is best known for her role of the KGB mentor Liya, opposite Keri Russell, in FX's Grammy award-winner "The Americans" and Irina Poliskaya in the original Peacock TV series "MacGruber "opposite Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Laurence Fishburne and Billy Zane.