Russian actress Alexander Volkov can be safely called one of the most talented people in the country. The girl took part in the filming of such paintings as “The Group of Happiness”, “Courage”, “Doomed to Become a Star” and others. In addition to film works, she played many major roles in theatrical productions of one of the Moscow theaters.
Actress Biography
Alexandra Volkova was born in the family of Vera and Nikolai Volkov on September 25, 1985 in the capital of Russia. The girl’s father was one of the best artists of the theater . Mayakovsky. Alexandra’s mother is also directly involved in acting, as she is a graduate of the State Theater Institute in Leningrad. Nikolai Volkov Sr., the girl’s grandfather, is known to the general public of the Soviet Union thanks to the children's film “Old Man Hottabych”, in which he got the lead role. In addition to the fact that the closest relatives of Alexandra are associated with acting, according to some sources, they come from the ancient Russian count family.
The girl was a student of the private school "Cooperation", in the list of teachers of which was Vera Viktorovna - her mother. As a teenager, Sasha loved to play the piano, attend training in choreography and volleyball. She preferred to dance step and flamenco. Closer to the 18th birthday, she became a frequent visitor to model courses and a participant in creative contests of poetry readers.
Having received secondary education, Volkova decided to keep up with famous relatives and pass exams at the Theater Institute. Boris Schukin. By the way, the young talented artist was enrolled in the list of students on the first try. Alexandra honed her stage skills on the course of Yuri Shlykov.
Theatrical work
After graduating from the Schukin Institute, the girl, not having a single performance on the theatrical stage, begins to work in the troupe of the Lenkom Theater in Moscow. The talent of the actress Alexandra Volkova was appreciated, since from the first days she was given key characters in successful performances.
The debut role in the theater for the artist was Conchitta - the central heroine of the play "Juno and Avos." The next work of Alexandra was the play "Crazy Day, or The Marriage of Figaro." Volkov played secondary roles in the productions of “Visit of the Lady”, “All-in” and “Jester Balakirev”.
Filmography
For the first time, a theater actress was invited to the cinema in 2004. Actress Alexandra Volkova accepted the proposal to work on the creation of the television series “Full Ahead!”. A year later, the Russian artist appears in a multi-part film about the employees of the medical center Neotlozhka 2. In 2005, the picture “Doomed to become a star” was released, in which Volkova got used to the role of Christina.
A couple of years later, the actress completed work on her first full-length film, which became the crime melodrama "Joke." Her colleagues were famous Russian actors Sergey Gorobchenko and Irina Lachina. In 2008, the premiere of the mini-series "The Most Beautiful 2" with the participation of Volkova. She played the role of Xenia. In 2009, actress Alexandra Volkova managed to combine theatrical and film activities, playing Dunyasha in the TV play “Marriage”.
Two years later, V. Nikiforov invites the girl to the main role in a multi-part project called "The Group of Happiness." In 2012, the director of the film “May Rain” decided that it was Alexander who should play the role of Catherine. A year later, Volkova embodied the French princess Ellis on the screens in the dramatic film “Aquitaine Lioness”. At the moment, the actress’s latest film work was the biographical series Courage, which tells about the life path of the Russian singer Alla Pugacheva.
Personal life
Actress Alexandra Volkova is the wife of Sergei Piotrovsky, a famous theater and film actor. Spouses often work together on Lenkom's productions. Volkova and Piotrovsky have no children yet. In addition to her favorite work, Alexander is also devoted to dancing, singing and music, as she once did in childhood.