Diva of musicals and theatrical productions of Lika Rulla strives to constantly move forward. Despite the richest experience in theater, music and cinema, the singer and actress always says that there is so much more to be done, she is afraid of something not to be in time, not to try in life. Lika's biography is filled with interesting encounters and intriguing twists. She promises to tell about some of them in detail in her memoirs when she retires. And now, in her opinion, life is just beginning, and after 50 and after 60 there will be still new goals and new frontiers. The main thing is not to stop there.
Biography
Lika (Angelica) Rulla was born on July 8 in 1972. It happened in the city of Almaty (Kazakh SSR). The girl was lucky to be born in an acting family, which she repeatedly thought with gratitude in her interviews. It was the absence of parental totalitarianism that allowed her to grow up as a free and self-sufficient person, from childhood to find her hobbies, find herself and develop in her beloved business.
School years in Kirov were filled with music, circles, a pool. Lika Rulla already knew that she would follow in the footsteps of her parents, and therefore almost did not pay attention to exact sciences, preferring music and reading to them. In 1989, final exams were passed and a new life began.
How it all started
The capital could not be conquered the first time, and so the girl ended up in Sverdlovsk (Urals), where she studied for 4 happy years. She entered the Yekaterinburg State Theater Institute. After him, she worked as an actress in the city of Smolensk. In the "dashing nineties" I had to earn a living and speak in restaurants. There she trained her voice well, and this gave her self-confidence for working on the big stage.
There was a time when she was invited to work at the local Europa Plus radio station. There she was “stuck” for 7 years, as the actress herself described this period. Work on the radio station was another turning point. Speech practice was a significant investment for her future career.
Lika Rulla, whose biography was surprisingly successful after that, found her vocation in a musical theater. Once closed to her, Moscow joyfully opened its arms. There was a significant role of Velma in “Chicago”, a job as a teacher in the production of stage speech at the “Star Factory”, performances in the theater, and also a significant personal project “Monologues of Love”, which allows revealing new facets of talent.
Personal life
Lika Rulla faced with the need to start all over again several times. The same situation befell her in his personal life. The first marriage lasted 5 years and ended overnight. There was an unsuccessful pregnancy, which the couple could not survive together, and eventually parted. This period coincided with difficult changes in his career. Lika left for another country, met a new man, but a month later she returned home herself. Left without a husband, family and work, she lived in a fog for four months, and then an invitation to work in the musical “Chicago” followed.
Now Lika is married again, she has a great relationship with her husband and a growing daughter, whom the actress gave birth in December 2006. 4 months after the baby’s appearance, she returned to the stage, playing in the musical “Mamma Mia!”.
Lika Rulla, whose personal life to some extent remains behind the scenes, and is not advertised by the actress, considers her husband and daughter to be her main critics. He always turns to them for help and support if they need advice or an evaluation from the outside. The husband is not connected with the theater, and the daughter plans to follow in the footsteps of her mother, although it is too early to think about the future of the girl.
Career
Already, Lika Rulla is the holder of the title “Queen of Musicals”. Among her most significant works are the role of Velma in Chicago, Madame Gritsatsueva in 12 Chairs, Lady Montecca in Romeo and Juliet. “Mamma Mia!”, “Times Don't Choose”, “Count Orlov”, “Zorro”, “Hollywood Diva” and other works are also a significant contribution to the history of modern musicals.
The actress did not ignore the work in dramatic performances. “Two in one” and “Zoikin’s apartment” were extremely popular with the audience.
Lika voiced films and cartoons, played several roles in the movies, and led a number of solo music programs: Monologues about Love, Me and Faces.
Movie work
A busy schedule in the theater and on the stage does not give the opportunity to expand widely in the field of cinema, which the actress would really like. Despite this, there were roles in “The Diary of Dr. Zaitseva,” “Mommies,” “Life Is Just Beginning,” “Worm,” “Eulampia Romanova,” and others.
Solo programs: “I”, “Monologues about love”, “Faces”
Solo programs have become a separate page in the work of the actress. They allowed her to accept herself, to come to terms with shortcomings and seem to everyone the way they are. At the same time, her example inspired many women, made her think about feelings, the meaning of life.
The program "I" is a monologue of a loving woman. With the epigraph, Lika took the phrase "I'm not when I love." The actress believes that a woman, except for the heart, has nothing more in her life. In the program, she sings, reads poetry, talks about love, feelings, emotions, sharing her view on eternal topics.
Lika Rulla (photo) looks like a strong, self-confident woman, a modern “iron lady”, but considers herself very tender, soft and vulnerable. The actress seeks to become a "man of the world", to try herself in new genres and fields of activity, including cinema, music, dancing and painting. The wide experience of work and the indefatigable desire for success and development leave no doubt that Lika Rulla will achieve all of his goals.