Elena Yakovleva (Elena Yakovleva) - a talented actress, whose biography is full of outstanding roles. The young artist is remembered by viewers in the image of currency "night butterfly" Tatiana Zaitseva. And after ten years she was transformed into an inimitable investigator Nastya from the series "Kamenskaya". Theater scenes and movie sets have long been an integral part of her life. Few actors can boast of so many roles played. Participation in more than 100 movies and TV series - this is not the limit for her, although for many is a subject for envy. She continues to create and realize herself in other directions. For whatever she undertakes, luck accompanies her always.
Childhood and youth
Elena Yakovleva was born in the Ukrainian city of Novograd-Volynsky, which is in the Zhitomir region. The date of birth - March 5, 1961. Her mother worked in a research institute, her father was a serviceman. Due to her father's position, the family often had to move. Being just children, together with her younger brother Dmitry, they changed many schools, lived in different cities. They were quite used to the status of "the new kid in class".
Despite the fact that parents had nothing to do with creativity, Lena from childhood dreamed of becoming an actress. Perhaps the reason for this was her great-grandmother, who at one time was a serf artist.
After school, Yakovleva unsuccessfully tried to enter the Kharkov Institute of Culture. After failing, the girl got a job as a librarian. Then she was a cartographer, even later - a packer at the factory of radio engineering. And all this time her dream of a great creative career never left her. She collected the money she earned to go to Moscow and become an actress. In 1980, this is what happened.
Arriving in the capital of Russia, she entered GITIS from the first time. Elena conquered the commission with her spontaneity and talent, reading on her knees an excerpt from Tolstoy. She got into the studio to Vladimir Andreev, began to master the basics of her favorite profession.
Dreamed theater
After graduation, Yakovleva by unanimous decision of the troupe (and this is a great rarity) became an actress of the theater "Sovremennik". Her first role was in the production "Days of the Turbins." Then followed the play "Two on a swing," "Three Sisters," "Forever nineteen," "Twin." Career little by little built up, the audience recognized in her talent, she was able to fulfill any role and get into different images. But in 1988 she left "Sovremennik" for the theater named after Ermolova. There she played in several successful productions and very much loved by the public, but the decision to change the theater later regretted.
After 3 years, she returned to her native "Sovremennik", served there until 2011. During this long period Elena Yakovleva played many roles in outstanding and little-known productions. "Pygmalion", "The Cherry Orchard", "Playing... Schiller!", "Besy", "Five Evenings" - these performances became popular among the audience.
In 2018, she came to the stage of "Sovremennik" as a guest actress. With her appearance, the head of the theater Galina Volchek tried to save the performance "Playing... Schiller!".
Yakovleva and the movie
The brilliant performances could not remain without the attention of cinematographers. Debut on the set took place in 1983 in the fairy tale-musical "Two under one umbrella". Then Anna was still a student. This picture was followed by others, but the first major success to her came after participating in "Interdevochka". Yakovleva so brilliantly performed a dramatic role of a prostitute that after the release of the movie on a wide screen in young schoolgirls had a distorted view of this "profession". The film caused a furor: the actual, but forbidden at the time, the topic was revealed to the smallest detail. Moreover, it was done very beautifully and honestly. The film won many awards, and Elena Alekseevna received the first prestigious film award "Nika" and was recognized as the "Best Actress of the Year".
She reached a high level, the audience elevated her to the pedestal of leading artists, the directors were inundated with offers. She was very much in the movies, annually replenishing her personal fund with two or three pictures. Best of all, she managed to get into the image of the unfortunate, deceived, abandoned and lonely.
The role of "Interdevochka" did not leave her for many years. And only after the release of the detective series "Kamenskaya" Yakovleva was able to destroy all the stereotypes. Trying on a new "face" of an intelligent and ironic female investigator, she fell in love with the viewer. The series had high ratings, the continuation was filmed, and Elena was sometimes called Nastya (the name of the main character). And even Alexandra Marinina, who was not at all so represented her character, eventually began to write a sequel specifically for Yakovleva.
After "Kamenskaya" the artist played many more roles. And today she does not stop her activities, regularly appearing on the screen in absolutely different images.
Elena Yakovleva was awarded dozens of titles and awards for the development of theater, cinematography, literature and art. The most significant are state awards:
1995 - "Honored Artist of the Russian Federation";
2001 - laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation;
2002 - "People's Artist of the Russian Federation";
2006 - "Order of Honor".
In 2000, she debuted as a TV host in the talk show "What a Woman Wants?", which was very popular. Her next project was "The Right to Meet".
Family happiness
With her first husband, she met at GITIS. Sergei Yulin, a young and handsome actor, soon made her an offer. Students got married, but the marriage lasted about half a year.
The second spouse was Valery Shalny, an actor of "Sovremennik". They lived in a civil marriage for five years and only then signed. This couple today is an example to follow - together they have been since 1990. They have a grown-up son Denis, who is fond of bodybuilding, tattoos (a huge number of which he became famous).
From the first marriage Elena has a daughter Katya.
The Yakovlev family tries to hide their personal life from outsiders as much as possible. In the Network only occasionally appear their joint photos.
Learn about the creative successes of famous persons of cinematography and theater can be found in the catalog of artists on the website kontramarka.de.
Filmography (favorites):
1983 - "Two Under One Umbrella".
1986 - "Plumbum, or Dangerous Game"
1987 - "Time to Fly"
1989 - "Intergirl"
1991 - "The Sukhovo-Kobylin Case".
1992 - "Anchor, More Anchor!"
1995 - "What a Wonderful Game"
1998 - "Yucca"
1999-2011 - "Kamenskaya"
2004 - "My Stepbrother Frankenstein".
2006 - "The Cherry Orchard"
2007 - "Thank You for Love"
2010 - "Mamochki!"
2013 - "Vangelia"
2014-2017 - "Sklifosovsky"
2015 - "The Best Day"
2015 - "Wonderland"
2016 - "The Crew"
2017 - "The Last Bogatyr"
2017 - "The New Christmas Trees"
2018 - "The Last Christmas Tree"
2018 - "Dominika"
2019 - "Seven Dinners"
2019 - "Galaxy Goalie."
2020, 2021 - "The Last Bogatyr: Root of Evil" and "The Last Bogatyr 3" are planned for release
