Biography
Elena Safonova is a domestic actress of the theater and a movie, which was lucky to become a star of the cult melodrama of the late Soviet era. The lyrical image did not for the career of Elena the only bright work. Other roles, the performer was able to prove that he owns all the paints of the acting palette.Childhood and youth
Elena Vsevolodovna Safonova was born in Leningrad in June 1956 in a directing and acting family, but did not have any relation to the Russian actor Kirill Safonov - they are not relatives, but simply the same names.
Vsevolod Safonov and Valery Rubleva - Elena's parents. A few years after the birth of the daughter, the family moved to the capital. Father participated in the filming of the paintings of the Soviet period, among which the "soldiers", the "Pestry" and the Belarusian Station. Mom worked as a director at Mosfilm.
From an early age, Elena participated in the film and props, helped illuminators and sound operators. Therefore, in the orphanage, Safonov knew that her path was alone - to become an actress of cinema and theater.
After graduating from school, Elena Safonova went to act in VGIK. But the path of there was not so simple: the future actress came from the 3rdd times. In 1975, Safonova became a student Vgika, but he studied for 2 years, after which he went to Leningrad. In 1981, the girl received a ligitmik diploma, she was accepted at the Commissar Theater.
Films
In the theater, Elena Vsevolodovna Safonova served one season. At that time, the actress had been filmed at the cinema for 7 years. He made his debut in the role of the high school student of Luba in Ribe Aida Manasarova "I am looking for my destiny."The first major role was played in 1983 in the Rent of the Batterfly Return of the director of Oleg Phialo, where Safonova appeared in the image of the singer Solomi Crushelnitsky. The work of the young performer was marked by film critics.
In 1985, a tape was published under the name "Winter Cherry", which influenced the creative biography of the performer. At first, it was planned that Natalia Andreichenko will play the heroine, and personal circumstances did not allow her to fully immerse themselves in the work. So Elena found himself in the "Winter Cherry".
After the melodrama, which brought Elena the Safon's Best Actress of the Year and the recognition of colleagues, the director lined up in a row with suggestions of new roles. The photo of Elena appeared on the covers of dozens of magazines, she imitated, the whole generation of women struggled under the "winter cherry". The hymn of lonely women - so dubbed the audience a loved movie.
Later, the actress was shot in the projects of Sergei Bodrov - Senior, Pavel Lungin and Sergey Mikaelian. Nikita Mikhalkov Mikhalkov's tape was especially successful. In this project, Marchello Mastroanni itself became partner of the Safontova. In addition, Elena Vsevolodovna becomes an outbound, it gets the opportunity to go and remove outside the Soviet Union.
The role in the "Accompanic" project by the Russian star was offered Claude Miller. Of course, the actress agreed. In this film, she played with Samuel Labard.
It turned out, the actor has long been in love with Elena. High height (175 cm), slender (weight 58 kg) Brunette conquered the heart of the Frenchman even at that moment when he saw a beauty on the screen in the project Nikita Mikhalkov. Soon Safonova moved to France. There, quickly overcoming the language barrier, Elena 5 years starred in the cinema, appeared on the stage of the Parisian "Theater 13".
In 1996, Elena Safonova returned to Russia. In 1999, a melodrama "Women's property" came to the screens. In this picture, Elena Vsevolodovna played a major role along with the then newly novice artist Konstantin Khabensky. Returned to the audience and the heroine of the Safonna from the "Winter Cherry": the continuation of the picture of the painting came to the screens.
Over the years, the comedy talent of the actresses revealed, and if the Safonov was mostly occupied in the youth of Safonov, then in the new century, her filmography began to replenish her filmography. Especially remembered by the audience the heroine of Elena Vsevolodovna from the detective television series "Zhurov", the comedy melodrama "Mom will be against!", Telefil "Chance".
Women aged, ready for extraordinary actions - here is a new role of artist. It is a widow of the criminal authority from the film "Queen of Bandits - 2", and the popular singer from the melodrama "Open, this is me!", And the mother of the main character from the detective "Guardian".
The most vivid ways of the latest projects of the artist are the main role in the comedy "old women in the run". The main credo of the heroine of the series - never late to start everything from the beginning. They are guided by Safonov herself in life.
In addition to filming the cinema, in the creative life of the actress pays a long time to theatrical creativity. She plays in the entrepreneurial production "I want a husband" on the play Mikhail Zadornov, together with Valentin Smirnitsky and Maria Klimova, coming to the scene of the Moscow State Music Theater Folklore "Russian Song" in the production of Kalina Red, based on the works of Vasily Shukshin.
In 2019, a detective story "Stars and Foxes" appeared in the film projecter and the continuation of the criminal series "Cuba. Private bussiness".
Personal life
The first husband of Safonova was the movie actor Vitaly Yushkov. A beginner actress with him met while working on the film "Family of Zaesapini". But after 6 years of collaboration, the spouse broke up.
Elena's personal life has changed in the late 80s. Her beloved was a businessman from the USA Wach Martirosyan. Communication with a married man lasts long, but presented the actress of the son of Ivan. Today, Ivan Safonov works at Mosfilm.
In 1992, Safonova becomes the wife of the French actor Samuel Labard, who will take the spouse in France. Alexander, Son Elena and Samuel, was born in this country. But the husband demands from his wife a complete abandon from acting, which is not satisfied with Safonov. After a divorce, the woman leaves home.
A large blow for Elena Safonov was the fact that after the brainaged process, the court forbidden to take off the woman of Sasha Sasha from France before his adulthood. Later, Alexander received acting education and is now working director. Mom and elder brother Ivan often visiting him.
Today, the celebrity rarely appears in public, does not reveal with the press representatives. In rare interviews about the personally of the artist's life, it repeats that there are only two main men in her life - this is her sons.
In the winter of 2020, the fans of the Safonovoy discovered the idol on the other hand. The media published a letter of artist in the President of the Russian Federation. By the way, the star had never been noticed in any political statements.
It contained angry appeals to the head of the country, to power, as well as accusations of the division of the state into two camps - those who "the grains from impunity" and those who have to survive today.
The emphasis in the letter was made on the destruction of the culture of the people, displacing the concepts of decency and conscience from the consciousness of people. A separate article was allocated television with vulgar programs. Actually, on the publication of this "shout of the soul", the actress pushed the situation in the country with homeless animals. By visiting the conference in Interfax, Safonov was shocked and ways to solve this issue, and the political situation in general.
Elena Safonova now
The star "Winter Cherry" starred in the mini-series "Victoria", presenting a bright duet on the screens with Sofia Prys. The relations of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law - the topic that has repeatedly beaten and in cinema, and in the literature, and even in jokes. However, the director Andrei Selivanov was not afraid to turn to her, demonstrating on the screens a difficult plot filled with tragic events.Elena Vsevolodovna continued to develop his character in the fourth part of the franchise "Winter Cherry". Also in the first half of 2021, it was involved in the production of the series "Do not deceive."
Filmography
- 1982 - "Return of Butterfly"
- 1985 - "Winter Cherry"
- 1987 - "Black"
- 1989 - "Kakala"
- 1992 - "Accompanic"
- 1994 - "Mademoiselo O."
- 1996 - "President and his woman"
- 1997 - "Princess on Bobach"
- 2003 - "Next 2"
- 2009 - "Man in the house"
- 2014 - "Where is the Motherland begins"
- 2017 - "Old women in running"
- 2018 - "Dinosaur"
- 2019 - "Cuba. Private bussiness"
- 2020 - "Death in the lens"
- 2021 - "Victoria"