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Елена Яковлева, Yelena Yakovleva
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Elena Yakovleva is a Russian film and stage actress known for the leading role in Intergirl (1989) and also as a lead of the popular Russian TV franchise 'Kamenskaya'. She was born Elena Alekseevna Yakovleva on March 5, 1961, in Novograd-Volynsky, Zhitomir province, Ukraine republic of the Soviet Union (now Novohrad, Ukraine). Her father, Aleksei Nikolaevich Yakovlev, was an Army officer. Her mother, Valeria Pavlovna, was a science researcher. Her great-grandmother was an actress. Young Yakovleva was fond of theatre, she participated in school plays. In 1978 she graduated from a secondary school and took a job as a librarian at public library in Kharkov, then worked at a local electronics industry. In 1980 she moved to Moscow and enrolled in the State Institute for Theatrical Arts (GITIS). In 1984 she graduated from the class of Vladimir Andreev as an actress, and joined the troupe of Sovremennik Theatre in Moscow. In 1983, while still a student, Yakovleva made her big screen debut as Lera opposite Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy in Dvoe pod odnim zontom: Aprelskaya skazka (1983). From 1986-1989 she was a member of the troupe at Moscow Theatre named after M.I. Ermopova, however, she was not very busy on stage. In 1989 Elena Yakovleva shot to fame with the leading role as Tatiana, a medical nurse turned prostitute because of the grim life in the Soviet Union, in Intergirl (1989), a film adaptation of the eponymous book by Vladimir Kunin. She received numerous awards and nominations for the role, and was named the "Best Actress" of 1990 in the Soviet Union. Elena Yakovleva became a celebrity in Russia after her portrayal of a compassionate prostitute, but she managed to overcome the drawback of her popularity and departed from being typecast as a "femme fatale" of Russian cinema. After the success of Intergirl (1989), she demonstrated her range and multifaceted talent playing a string of leading and supporting roles in about 20 films. Her role as Kamenskaya, a criminal investigator in modern day Moscow, turned into a six-year gig, and brought Yakovleva a new wave of popularity, becoming her most acclaimed work on television. From 1984 - 1986, and since 1989, Elena Yakovleva has been a member of the troupe at "Sovremennik" Theatre in Moscow, under directorship of Galina Volchek. There her stage partners has been such actors as Sergey Shakurov, Dina Korzun, Valentin Gaft, Inna Churikova, Sergey Garmash, Marina Neyolova, Chulpan Khamatova and other notable Russian actors. Elena Yakovleva has been married to actor Valeri Shalnykh, and the couple has one son, Denis, born in 1992. Yakovleva is a popular TV show host in Russia. Outside of her acting profession she spends time playing tennis, or walking her two dogs; she is also involved in public activity related to social causes. Yakovleva is residing with her family in Moscow, Russia.
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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1961-03-05
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 7.9
- info Birth Place Novograd-Volynsky, Zhytomyr region, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, (now Ukraine)
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6.4
My Step Brother Frankenstein
2004-10-21
7
Chebi: My Fluffy Friend
2023-01-01
6
Plumbum, or The Dangerous Game
1987-01-19
5
Yukka
1998-01-01
5.2
Space Dogs
2010-03-18
5.2
A Rough Draft
2018-05-25
0
Night Visitors
2007-06-06
7.5
Like Father, Like Son
2022-09-29
0
Naydenysh 2
2011-03-07
6.5
Hi, Kinder!
2009-10-24
0
Naydyonish
2012-04-21
0
Naydenysh
2010-02-28
3
The Stairway
1989-11-11
6.7
Intergirl
1989-01-21
0
Услышь мое сердце
2010-06-06
0
Peppermint Gingerbread
2022-02-26
6.2
The Spot
2005-12-01
2.4
Black Square
1992-01-01
6.2
In Jazz Style
2010-10-04
1
Downsizing the Family
2008-11-11
0
Чистая победа
2012-08-01
4.1
Aurora Borealis
1990-08-03
0
The Light
2023-08-07
7
Crime & Punishment
2007-12-03
5.6
Encore, Once More Encore!
1992-06-06
2.4
Friends of Friends
2013-10-10
6.7
I'm Staying
2007-04-19
7.8
Off the Rails
2023-03-08
1
The Woman in the Window
1993-01-26
4
A Diary of a First-grader Mom
2014-10-30
0
Finist. Pervyy bogatyr
2025-01-01
1.7
What a Wonderful Game
1995-05-15
0
Спасибо за любовь!
2007-11-18
0
A Shot Into the Silence
2014-01-01
5.3
The Best Day Ever
2015-12-24
5.1
The Wonderland
2016-01-01
6.3
A Step
1988-06-08
7
Flight Crew
2016-04-21
0
Parts of Happiness, or Salt Beans Mezzanine
2023-08-01
6
Bringing Up Cruelty in Women and Dogs
1992-07-27
0
Five Stars
2012-08-13
7
Одна на миллион
1992-10-12
3.5
Nobody Knows Sex
2006-03-15
6.9
The Last Warrior
2017-10-19
4
Dominika
2018-07-05
5.6
Six Degrees of Celebration 6
2017-12-21
6.4
Cosmoball
2020-08-27
6.4
Seven Dinners
2019-02-14
4.3
Bird Flight
1989-03-06
7
Heart Is Not a Stone
1989-01-02
4.5
Two Under One Umbrella
1983-12-20
10
Retro Threesome
1998-05-09
6.2
The Last Six Degrees of Celebration
2018-12-27
0
Russian Roulette
1990-12-01
5
Own Cross
1989-02-01
6.9
The Last Warrior: Root of Evil
2020-12-24
7
Chernov/Chernov
1990-10-06
0
Faithfulness We Pledge
1989-03-27
0
Time to Fly
1987-01-18
7
The Last Warrior: Emissary of Darkness
2021-12-23
5.5
A Strong Personality from 2 "A"
1984-01-01
0
Rita
2010-06-05
0
Ada's Family
2007-12-01
0
An Outrageous Woman
1992-05-01
0
Mother of Jesus
1991-07-10
8
Kamenskaya
1999-12-14
10
Fort Boyard Russia
1998-09-21
8.2
Склифосовский
2012-09-24
9.2
Mastodon
2023-10-04
7.5
Chernobyl
2022-03-30
8
Kamenskaya
1999-12-14
9.4
Каменская - 2
2002-12-07
8
Каменская - 3
2003-09-29
9.4
Kamenskaya - 5
2008-11-16
9
Kamenskaya - 6
2011-08-22
9.2
Kamenskaya
2005-12-09
0
Дама с собачкой
2022-12-19
0
Научи меня жить
2016-11-23
5
Sea. Sun. Sklifosovsky
2023-02-11
0
The Last Warrior. Heritage
0
The Case of Sukhovo-Kobylin
1991-09-23
7.2
The Attackers
2013-04-22