Elena Odintsova - Russian theater actress of the Kirov Drama Theater. Honored People's Artist of Russia.
Odintsova Elena Nikolaevna: biography and information
The actress was born on March 19, 1963 in the city of Krasnoyarsk in a family of teachers. Elena's mom - A. Odintsova earned the honorary status of “Excellent Education”. Pope Elena N. Odintsov - teacher, labor veteran.
Studied the future actress Elena Odintsova in high school number 81, in which she graduated with a gold medal. For 7 years, she studied at the music school number 4 in piano.
At the age of 18, she began to study at the Institute of Arts of the city of Krasnoyarsk at the Theater Department with the director of the Drama Theater Heinrich Hovhannisyan. A couple of years later she moved to the theater school in Sverdlovsk to the acting department, which she graduated in 1985.
After studying, the actress served for two years in the Youth Theater of Volgograd, after which she moved to the Regional Drama Theater. Kirov, which is the largest and most famous in the city. It is located in a house of very impressive size, built in the style of the Stalinist Empire. The theater building rises in the central square, being a monument of an era.
Merits of Elena. Diplomas and awards
Elena Odintsova (photos of the actress are presented in the article) after undergoing a professional two-year retraining, which took place at the Academy of Retraining of Culture, Art and Tourism Workers at the Department of Theater Arts in the capital, got the right to engage in professional activities in the field of directing drama theater.
Among the well-deserved awards and diplomas to Elena Odintsova in 2002, an honorary diploma of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation was awarded, and a diploma of the STD of the Russian Federation was also awarded. In 2010, the actress received the title of Honored People's Artist of Russia.
Elena Odintsova is actively engaged in teaching activities. At the Kirov School of Arts, she was assigned the highest pedagogical degree for a period of 5 years. On the territory of the Children's Philharmonic, Elena teaches the acting skills of vocalists. Conducts lectures and classes on the basics of stage speech. Also engaged in directing and teaching work with various groups.
Actress family
Elena was in alliance with the theater actor P. Medvedev, from the union with which two twin girls were born. Having matured, they became, like mom, actresses.
Anastasia is married, serves in the theater. Pushkin, the city of Krasnoyarsk. Olga is in the Youth Theater of Yekaterinburg.
Without registering a relationship in a civil marriage, Elena lived with E. Stepantsev almost until his death.
Hobbies and successes
Elena loves to write and read. As a child, she read books on history and popular science fiction. According to the actress, the best children's books are the works of N. Nosov “The Adventures of Dunno,” P. Travers “Mary Poppins,” A. Gaidar, “Timur and His Team,” and others.
Elena prefers Russian poets. In favor - M. Lermontov, F. Tyutchev, S. Yesenin, M. Tsvetaeva. The actress is interested in watching films of the Soviet era. Often reviewing War and Peace, Anna Karenina with Samoilova, The Noble Nest of Konchalovsky.
The actress worked in the drama theater in Kirov for about 30 years. During this period of time, she created a huge number of colorful and memorable images on the stage. Particularly vivid roles of the actress are the heroines in the performances: “Stars in the morning sky” by A. Galin, “Vasilisa Melentyev” A. Ostrovsky, “Three Sisters” by A. Chekhov, “The Living Corpse” by L. Tolstoy, as well as “Energetic People” Shukshina, "Provincial" by I. Turgenev.
For the role of Sylvia in the production of the same name by A. Henry and the role of Elizabeth in the production of The Royal Mousetrap, Elena Nikolaevna was awarded the prize in the nomination for Best Female Role.
Elena Odintsova miraculously coped with the task of the director, staging the performances “Street Swallow” by N. Sadur, “Late Love” by A. Ostrovsky, receiving awards from the Kirov branch of the STD of the Russian Federation.
For "Provincial" I. Turgeneva was awarded a diploma of the participant of the Northern Theater Festival, which was dedicated to the 150th anniversary of K. Stanislavsky in Syktyvkar. The productions of Elena are quite bright and interesting. They successfully pass in the repertoire of the theater, receiving well-deserved prizes and awards at theater festivals throughout the country.