Elena Popova is an actress who has been shining for many years on the stage of the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Theater. By the age of 60, she had played about 30 roles in the movie, but she prefers playing in the theater to filming. The audience remembered the star for such films as “No Other Desires, ” “Battalions Ask for Fire, ” “Mousetrap.” What is known about the creative achievements, the biography of this talented woman?
Actress Elena Popova: star biography
The future star was born in St. Petersburg (then Leningrad), it happened in April 1956. Elena Popova is an actress who inherited her talent from her mother, who once shone on the stage of the Musical Comedy Theater. The girl remembers her father badly, since he died at a young age. This role in her life was played by the stepfather, for whom Lena's mother married shortly after the death of her husband.
Surprisingly, it was the stepfather who treated Elena as his own child, instilled in her an interest in creativity. Mother, on the contrary, dreamed that the only daughter would choose a more relaxed profession. Hearing about the girl’s desire to go to ballet school, she managed to convince her by promising valuable gifts.
Student years
Elena Popova is an actress who was able to become a student of the St. Petersburg Theater University only on the third attempt. For two years, the girl was forced to work in the library, where her duties included the restoration of ancient books, educational materials. However, her dream of entering LGITMiK nevertheless came true, after which luck finally turned to face the young lady.
Elena Popova is an actress, whose first bright roles were in her student years. The gifted girl managed to impress Tovstonogov himself, the famous director even ventured to entrust her with a central role in his new production of Cruel Intentions. The girl coped brilliantly with her task, as a result of which the master began to constantly use it in his performances. It is not surprising that after graduation Popova officially joined the BDT troupe, she does not change her beloved theater today.
First movie roles
Being a freshman, actress Elena Popova began acting in films. The biography of the star shows that the documentary film "Vorone is somewhere God …" became her debut. Of course, the first role turned out to be episodic, the young entrant became the heroine of the girl.
The main role in the film Popova received only six years later, having already managed by that time to declare itself as a talented theater actress. She was invited to the short film "Lilac Bush", the plot of which was borrowed from the eponymous work by Kuprin. This was followed by a central role in the television play Seller of Birds, thanks to which she met Zinovy Gerdt.
Best films with her participation
Elena Popova is an actress who always preferred the cinema theater, as she rarely received decent offers from filmmakers. However, the star still from time to time appeared on the set. For example, the audience who watched the military drama “The Battalions Ask for Fire” could not help but remember her charming nurse Shura.
Another wonderful film, in the filming of which took part Popov, - "Descended from Heaven." In this picture, she starred with such wonderful actors as Abdulov, Glagoleva. The character of Elena was the colorful young lady Nyusya, the image of which critics called one of the main achievements of the tape. It is impossible not to mention the detective "The Mousetrap", the plot of which is taken from the eponymous work of Agatha Christie. In this film, the actress embodied the image of the main character.
One of the latest film projects with the participation of the star - "No other desires." Thousands of viewers were impressed by this film; critics described it as one of the most “emotional” films of our time. Elena played a woman who knows how to love and hope against the will of fate.
Popova and Grebenshchikov
Elena Popova is an actress whose personal life means less professional realization. However, this does not mean that she has never been a participant in beautiful romantic stories. Few people know that the actress is the first girl that Boris Grebenshchikov fell in love with. Lovers met when Popova was a schoolgirl, and Grebenshchikov a student.
Unfortunately, Boris and Elena were forced to leave, because their romance did not meet support from their parents. Grebenshchikov had a hard time breaking up with his chosen one, but it was this sad event that inspired him to create the Aquarium.
