Yelena Valyushkina

Yelena Valyushkina
Елена Валюшкина
Born
Yelena Viktorovna Valyushkina

(1962-12-08) 8 December 1962 (age 62)
Potsdam, East Germany
NationalityRussian
CitizenshipSoviet Union
Russia
OccupationActress
Years active1974-present

Yelena Viktorovna Valyushkina (also tr. Elena; Russian: Еле́на Ви́кторовна Валю́шкина; born on 8 December 1962) is a Soviet and Russian theatre and film actress. Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation (1995).[1]

Biography

Born into a military family. After her family returned from the GDR, she spent part of her childhood in the city of Biysk, Altai Territory. In high school, she lived with her grandmother in Tomilino. While studying in high school, she studied at music (piano, guitar), dance and art schools.

In 1984 she graduated from the Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School (course of Viktor Korshunov, Vladimir Sulimov).

From January 1984 to the present, she has been an actress at the Mossovet Theatre.

While studying at the drama school, in 1982 she made her film debut, starring in the comedy I Don't Want to Be an Adult. And immediately after graduating from college, in 1984, she got her second, but immediately the main role Maria in Mark Zakharov's musical comedy Formula of Love a charming, big-eyed girl who was not afraid to go with Count Cagliostro to cure daddy.[2]

This role brought popularity, she began to receive many offers to act in films, but devoted herself to the theatre, playing in the cinema over the next 15 years only a few minor and episodic roles. In the theatre, the actress has played more than thirty major roles.

In addition to working in the theatre, she voiced cartoons, worked in the television program "Road Patrol" on TV-6 channel,[3][4][5] paired with Sergei Kolesnikov[6][7] (in the credits of the program she was listed as Elena Yatsko). Since 2013, at one time she hosted the TV show "Battle of Psychics". In 2016, she starred in an advertisement for "Saturday Evening" on the Russia-1 TV channel as a cleaner.

In 2013, director Zhora Kryzhovnikov in his film Kiss Them All! invited to be the mother of the bride. Having played her, the actress was nominated for the Golden Eagle Award for Best Supporting Actress.[8]

Personal life

After graduating from college, she married her teacher Leonid Fomin. The marriage lasted eleven years.[9]

Her second husband is Aleksandr Yatsko, Soviet and Russian theatre and film actor, director, Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation (2005). They got married in 1994 and worked together at the Mossovet Theatre, but divorced 20 years later.[10]

Valyushkina has two children, Vasily and Maria.

Valyushkina's hobbies include painting furniture, weaving beads, sewing and designing. As well as her native Russian, she speaks English, Spanish and French. She lives in Moscow.

Selected filmography

List of film credits
Year Title Role Notes
1982 I Don't Want to Be an Adult Sveta
1984 Formula of Love Maria Ivanovna
1986 How to Become Happy
1991 Anna Karamazoff episode
2009 Black Lightning Nastasia Maykova
2017 Naughty Grandma Lilya, head
2017 The Last Warrior Galina
2018 I Am Losing Weight Olga
2018 Night Shift Elena Balashova
2021 The Last Warrior: Root of Evil
The Last Warrior 2		 Galina
2021 The Last Warrior: A Messenger of Darkness
The Last Warrior 3		 Galina
2021 Love Tanya
2021 Milk school principal
2023 The Challenge Galina

References

  1. ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 17.03.1995 г. № 284". Президент России (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  2. ^ "Галина Касьяникова: «Елена Валюшкина отказывала кинорежиссёрам» // gazeta.aif.ru (13 марта 2001 года)". Archived from the original on 2008-02-15. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
  3. ^ Synovate Comcon :: Рейтинги :: Телевидение :: 2001
  4. ^ "Москва: аудитория телевидения (сентябрь). Журнал «Практический маркетинг» № 10 2001". Retrieved 2013-03-28.
  5. ^ "Москва: аудитория телевидения (июль) — Практический маркетинг". Retrieved 2013-03-19.
  6. ^ "Телепередача «Дорожный патруль» (1999, № 1 — выпуск от 4 января)". NetFilm. 1999-01-04.
  7. ^ "Елена Валюшкина: "Я запретила себе быть несчастной!"". Домашний. 2012-09-26. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  8. ^ "Номинанты премии «Золотой орёл» за 2013 год" (in Russian). Национальная академия кинематографических искусств и наук России. Archived from the original on 2013-12-28. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
  9. ^ "Елена Валюшкина: "Проклятие бывшего мужа долго жило со мной"". Караван историй. January 2014. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
  10. ^ "Елена Валюшкина: "Жалею об одном — самое "вкусное" женское время я провела без любви"". tele.ru. 2015-03-22.