Elena Merkulova is an actress who became famous for her leading role in the television series Barvikha. In recent years, she is mainly occupied in the theater and only occasionally flashes on television screens. In what films can you see her? And how is Merkulova’s personal life?
short biography
Elena Merkulova - a native of the city of Tula. The actress celebrates her birthday on October 21.
After graduation, Elena went to Moscow to enter the theater university. As a result, she became a student at the IGUMO and IT Institute, which she graduated in 2008.
In the graduation performance of the course “Wings Given to All Children of Men”, which was staged according to the play by Yu. O`Nill, Merkulova received the role of Ella Downey. Thanks to the successful embodiment of the image on the theater stage, after graduation, the girl was invited to the troupe of the Theater, led by A. Dzhigarkhanyan, in which she still serves.
Filming a movie
In 2008, Elena Merkulova successfully passed the screenings and got the main role in the series "Barvikha".
The serial film was shot by the production company RasfocusFilm, its premiere took place on October 2, 2009 on the TNT channel. Barvikha paved the way for television artists such as Lyanka Gryu (Sherlock Holmes), Anna Mikhailovskaya (Fashion Model), Anna Khilkevich (All About Men) and Ravshan Kurkova (Hardcore).
The plot of the series focuses on the life of high school students, children of successful businessmen and wealthy officials. As the director of the project, Yevgeny Lavrentyev, explained, the main purpose of the whole story was to show that, despite the abundance, adolescents from wealthy families face the same problems as ordinary children.
After the filming of Barvikha in 2011, Merkulova received another major role - this time in the series Sparrows. Elena had a chance to play the pupil of the orphanage Julia, whom a young man from a wealthy family falls in love with. For the sake of the heroine Merkulova, he refuses a profitable marriage and career prospects. However, the decision of a couple in love to be together turns out to be difficult trials.
Also, Elena Merkulova can be seen in the series "Golden", "Cupid", "Inspector Cooper" and "Survive after 2".
Personal life
Elena Merkulova is not the heroine of the secular chronicle. There is practically no information about her personal life.
The only scandal covered in the tabloid press broke out in 2013 due to the fact that under the name of the actress, someone registered in social networks and began to upload personal photos of Elena Merkulova with actor Maxim Vitorgan. At that time, Vitorgan Jr. was already married to Ksenia Sobchak, and such “revelations” from his ex-girlfriend caused a lot of gossip. However, Elena claims that she is not registered in social networks and has no idea who publishes provocative posts on her behalf.