Born in Russia. On court at four.
Les was born in Russia and started playing tennis at four years old. The sport taught her the things it teaches everyone who sticks with it: show up, compete in public, lose, and come back sharper.
That competitive edge never left. It is still the energy she brings to a sit-down, and the reason Courtside Les exists.
The corporate chapter.
Before the mic, Les built a career in tech sales, artificial intelligence and marketing: rooms where you earn attention or lose the deal.
It gave her a business-minded lens that runs through every conversation, from how a comedian prices a tour to why a brand integration actually converts.
“There's nothing average about me.”
Then she picked up the mic.
Talk Les Show started as a conversation she wanted to have and could not find anywhere else. In 2026 she walked away from corporate to build the network full time.
Today it spans the flagship show, the Courtside Les sports and lifestyle channel, and Les Play, a tennis entertainment series in production.
The conversation she wants to have.
Culture, business, relationships, entertainment. Les asks the question everyone else was thinking, laughs loudest when it lands, and stays in the chair when it gets uncomfortable.
The result is long-form talk that travels: clips that get argued about, guests who come back, and an audience that trusts her perspective.
