Telenovela actress Irina Baeva is among the most recognizable Telenovela actresses with barely a handful of Telenovelas crediting her name.Irina Baeva is a Russian national who says that she learnt to speak Spanish at a young age. She wanted to be a Novela actress after watching Angelique Boyer's Teresa and approached Televisa's school of acting and they invited her to Mexico to study.Irina left her home in Moscow and travelled to Mexico alone to pursue her dream of becoming an actress in 2012 when she was only 20 years old. Since she already knew Spanish, Irina only had to get rid of her Russian accent and after a while, she got her acting debut in Muchacha Italiana with an appearance in 14 episodes. After that, Irina Baeva was cast as the vivacious Daniela in Passion and Power which got her a nomination in the prestigious TVyNovelas Awards. This garnered her recognition as an upcoming actress and garnered her first lead role in Vino El Amor (Along Came Love) alongside Mexican Actor Gabriel Soto. She is now starring in her second lead role in Novela Me Declaro Culpable.Irina said in an interview that she is now living her dream and with so many fans in Kenya, there are an undoubtedly some who would like to star in Novelas too. Don't you think that this serves as a great inspirational story?                                                                           Mary Njehia is an ardent watcher of soap operas and telenovelas.

She runs Kenya Meets The Philippines, a blog for Kenyans who love Filipino entertainment.