PaulinaAndreevawasborninLeningrad,RussianSFSR,SovietUnion(nowSaintPetersburg,Russia).Shestudieddance.Afterhighschool,sheenteredthefacultyofjournalismofSaintPetersburgStateUniversity,studiedfor2yearsandmovedtoMoscow,wheresheenteredtheMoscowArtTheatreSchool. ShereceivedadditionalattentioninRussianmediain2016afterbeingromanticallylinkedtorecentlydivorceddirectorFedorBondarchuk.