Background
Galina was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and studied at the School of American Ballet and American Ballet Theatre in New York and danced for three years with the Atlanta Ballet.
Galina was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and studied at the School of American Ballet and American Ballet Theatre in New York and danced for three years with the Atlanta Ballet.
She later began acting career, making her screen debut in an small part in the 1989 comedy film Big Manitoba on Campus. She later appeared in the David Jacobs" series Paradise, before winning a role on his Knots Landing. She first appeared in the series in a guest role, playing Mary Frances Sumner in 1990, before joining the regular cast as Kate Whittaker for the last three seasons of the show.
She reprised the role of Kate for Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac in 1997.
Galina had regular roles in a number of short-lived sitcoms, such as Daddy"s Girls (Columbia Broadcasting System, 1994), Lost on Earth (United States of America Network, 1997), Alright Already (The World Bank, 1997-1998), and Hidden Hills (National Broadcasting Company, 2002-2003). She also had the leading role in the 1998 horror film, Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror.