Elena Kravchenko is a well-known Russian film and theater actress who became popular after the screening of such TV shows as Molodezhka and Lady Mayor. Currently, she has already managed to star in 20 films. In adulthood, the actress decided to take part in the famous show "The Last Hero".
Childhood
Elena Kravchenko was born on December 15, 1966 in a small Ukrainian city in Odessa region. Her father worked as an engineer, and her mother as a doctor.
The work of the father and mother required constant moving, so the girl moved with her parents several times. But once they settled permanently in Berdyansk, where the happy childhood of the future actress passed.
Education
Studying at school, Elena Kravchenko began to attend the theater club, where the atmosphere fascinated and fell in love with the theater. Her teacher was a real actress who accustomed them to a real theatrical life. So, the guys not only learned how to correctly and correctly apply makeup, but also sincerely pronounce each replica of their role.
These serious rehearsals in the school theater later helped Elena Kravchenko to easily enter the theater university of the capital. The girl successfully passed the exams and became a student of the Shchukin Theater School, where she studied on the course of the famous actor Alexander Kalyagin.
Immediately after graduating from college, Elena Kravchenko, an actress whom the whole country knows, was able to join the troupe of the Moscow State Council Theater.
Cinematic career
Elena Kravchenko received a diploma about her education in difficult times for cinema. The crisis in the movie did not allow the girl to immediately start shooting in the movies, since she was not invited anywhere, so she signed a contract for shooting in a reality show. Until now, she cannot understand how she allowed herself to be persuaded to live in harsh conditions of the wild, where there is no comfort and conditions. But it was in The Last Hero that she showed her character and was able not to change herself and her principles.
Soon the first job offer followed. Elena starred in the famous detective "Turkish March", although not in the title role. Soon she played in such films as "Citizen Chief", "Moscow. Central District ”and others.
Elena Kravchenko became famous and popular after she starred in the main role of the dramatic film "Lady Mary". After this, many job offers followed. So, the actress starred in such films as “The Return of Mukhtar”, “St. John's Wort”, “My Favorite Genius” and others.
Another starring role of actress Elena Kravchenko was the main character from the series “Youth” about sports. The role of Elena Konstantinovna she was very successful. In the film, she became the mother of the famous Schukin hockey players. But in the same period, Elena Kravchenko starred in another TV series "Petrovich", which also became popular among viewers. This was followed by shooting in the psychological drama "Between Two Lights".
Elena Kravchenko: personal life and biography
The personal life of the famous actress has always been known to fans of her work. She was married twice. The first husband of the actress was Valery Yaremenko, but the constant shooting of Elena and Vladimir influenced their married life and they parted with time.
After breaking up with her first husband, who was also an actor, Elena for a long time could not establish her relationship with men. The transferred stress negatively influenced any relations with the opposite sex.
Only while participating in a reality show, while being on a desert island and surviving in difficult conditions, Yelena Kravchenko met with Mikhail Kozhukhov, who was already known as a journalist and as a host of the popular television program “In Search of Adventure”.
After the show “The Last Hero” they began to meet, and for several years now they have been happily living in a marriage. It is known that by this time Michael was already divorced, from his first marriage he has two children.
In a marriage with Mikhail Kozhukhov, Elena not only changed her surname, but also gave birth to a baby. They called the son Andrei. Starting with the film “Alien Souls”, the famous actress starred under the name Elena Kozhukhova.