Who is Elena Popova? The biography of this actress, who will celebrate her 60th birthday in 2016, began in Leningrad, where little Lena was born on April 17.
A family
Her mother, an artist of the corps de ballet, survived the blockade. And dad, having returned from the war, soon died. Mom got married again. Her husband was Elena's godfather, who introduced the girl to art: he drove to museums, drove to the capital, where he always bought tickets for ballet performances at the Bolshoi Theater.
But Lena did not become a ballerina. This was the desire of the mother, who knew firsthand how difficult the fate of the dancer was. Having promised the daughter of a puppy and a ballpoint pen for refusing the ballet, she kept her word when Lena refused the Vaganovsky school.
Studying at school and first work
Elena Popova entered the theater school only the third time. And then her tenacity can be envied. Restoring old books in the library, she dreamed for two years and hoped to become a student at the Theater Institute. These expectations were destined to come true. In 1979, Elena Popova completed her studies at the State Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography in her native city of Leningrad.
Already in her third year, she began to play with Tovstonogov in the BDT. Elena was lucky from the very first days. She played the main roles in the performances of world and domestic classics, almost every day going to the stage of the famous theater with outstanding personalities, worked with the best directors.
Georgy Aleksandrovich offered Elena role after role, testing the mastery of her acting talent for strength. And from her debut performances she showed her high professionalism and creative will. Elena Popova played straightforward, naive, simple and open women. She completely failed to play the role of liars and cheats.
Personal life
Elena Popova gives strength and tenderness to her heroines. The personal life of the actress herself is completely unlike those that she plays on the stage of the theater or on the movie screen.
When Elena was at school, she met with third-year Boris. Relations developed rapidly, and the question of creating a family was already raised. Boris’s mother did not see the need for marriage. Lena's parents forbade her to meet with the young man. Boris suffered a lot, and this was the result of the fact that in 1972 he became the creator of the Aquarium group. Boris Grebenshchikov was passionately in love with a girl.
Elena Popova is not married and does not seek to start a family. She has a son, Andrei, who graduated from the Military Medical Academy. Relations with his father improved recently when his son grew up.
Films
Grateful viewers enjoy watching movies and television shows where Elena Popova plays. The actress, whose filmography includes more than 43 works, adorns any picture in which she is shot. Among them: “A key without the right to transfer”, “Battalions ask for fire”, “Extraordinary adventures of Karik and Vali”, “Prisoner of If Castle”, “Earthly joys”, “Criminal talent”, “Do not wake a sleeping dog”, “Independent life "," Capercaillie "," Without a return address "," Mole "," Mole-2 "," Secrets of the investigation-4 "and others. As you can see, the list contains many famous and popular paintings.
A career in the movie of Elena Popova begins with the episodic role of a tenth-grader student in the film by Dinara Asanova, "The Key Without the Right to Transfer." The role of the medical examiner Shurochka in the television movie “Battalions Ask for Fire” is especially notable. In this picture, a talented actress plays surrounded by no less talented men - Oleg Efremov, Alexander Zbruev, Nikolai Karachentsov, Igor Sklyar.
In the early 90s, Elena Popova shows her talent by playing the main role of the hairdresser Ada in the adventurous comedy "Do not wake a sleeping dog." Often the girl refused to work in television series, preferring to play on the stage. She considered this uninteresting, and besides, she was spoiled by good theater directors, including G. A. Tovstonogov, T. N. Chkheidze, Grigory Dityatkovsky.
Awards and prizes
Elena Popova - winner of two theater awards "Golden Spotlights" and "Golden Mask". And in 2006, Elena Kimovna Popova became a laureate of one of the prestigious independent theater awards named after Vladislav Strzhelchik for her huge contribution to theatrical activities, the breadth of creativity and selfless dedication in her work . People’s Artist of Russia in 2009 was awarded the Order of Merit to the Fatherland, II degree.
Elena still works a lot on the theater stage, considers herself a happy mom and is very proud of her son, held in his profession.
Conclusion
As in the distant childhood on Nevsky, the actress never ceases to dream of new roles, a grateful audience for whom she goes on stage, quiet family coziness, children's voices of her grandchildren, frequent meetings with friends outside the working atmosphere. And, taking congratulations on the anniversary, Elena Popova smiles with her radiant smile of a simple Russian woman, talented and charming. And we will hope that the best roles for this wonderful actress are yet to come!