Ella Ayberk is an American actress born in Russia. 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 Tami in NBC's "Manifest". She will appear as a recurring guest star in an upcoming American action-comedy (based on Saturday Night Live sketch ) TV series "MacGruber "opposite Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Laurence Fishburne and Mickey Rourke. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Eric Thalson