Verka Serduchka is a stage persona of a Ukrainian singer, composer and, comedian
Andriy Danylko. Born in Poltava (Ukrainian SSR) in 1973, Danylko started as a
comedian performing in sketch shows where his personage of Verka Serduchka was
presented as a female train conductor in 1991. Verka became a phenomenon,
reached TV as a presenter and, in 1997, released her first song «Просто Вера»
(Simply Vera) and her mini-album «Я рождена для любви» (I Was Born for Love).
With a brilliant sense of humor, endless irony, the visual absurdity of her
costumes, simple and optimistic themes ...