Lyudmyla Yefymenko

Lyudmyla Yefymenko
Born
Lyudmila Pylypivna Yefymenko

(1951-09-25) 25 September 1951 (age 73)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Film director
Spouse
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(died 2010)​
Children2

Lyudmyla Pylypivna Yefymenko (Ukrainian: Людмила Пилипівна Єфименко; born 25 September 1951) is a Ukrainian film actress and film director. She is recipient of the awards Merited Artist of Ukraine, People's Artist of Ukraine, and Order of Princess Olga.

Early life

Yefymenko was born to Pylyp and Hanna Yefymenko on 25 September 1951 in Kyiv. She graduated from the acting faculty of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in 1972.

Career

Since 1972, Yefymenko has been working at Dovzhenko Film Studios in Kyiv. She made her film debut in the film Random Address and has since played more than two dozen roles, including the main role in the film The Legend of Princess Olga and as the wife of Vasyl Kochubey in the film Prayer for Hetman Mazepa. Yefymenko also wrote and directed the film Ave Maria (1999).

Yefymenko is a member of the Ukrainian Association of Cinematographers.

Personal life

Yefymenko was married to fellow director Yuri Ilyenko[1] and they had two sons,[2] Andriy Ilyenko (born 1987) and Pylyp Ilyenko (born 30 September 1977) who is a film actor, producer and politician.[3] During the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election Pylyp was No. 122 on the election list of "Svoboda" and Andriy was electable as a candidate for the same party in single mandate constituency No. 215; Andriy was elected into parliament and Pylyp was not.[3][4][5]

Awards and honors

Yefymenko was awarded the titles Merited Artist of Ukraine and People's Artist of Ukraine in 1998 and 2008 respectively.[6][7] On 11 September 2021, she was awarded the Order of Princess Olga, 3rd class.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Illienko Brothers". Welcome to Ukraine. 2000.
  2. ^ "Biography Yuriy Illienko". Korrespondent.net (in Russian).
  3. ^ a b "Biography Andriy Illienko". Golos.ua (in Ukrainian). 4 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Election list of "Svoboda" 2012 election" (in Ukrainian). Central Election Commission of Ukraine.
  5. ^ "Party of Regions gets 185 seats in Ukrainian parliament, Batkivschyna 101 - CEC". Interfax-Ukraine. 12 November 2012. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013.
  6. ^ "Нагороджена Указом Президента України від 11 вересня 1998 року No. 1014". Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Указ Президента України No. 821/2008 від 10 вересня 2008 року «Про відзначення державними нагородами України діячів кіномистецтва»". Archived from the original on 19 December 2014.
  8. ^ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 11 вересня 2021 year № 465/2021 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України» (in Ukrainian)