Elena Odintsova is a Russian theater actress

Elena Odintsova is a Russian theater actress of the Kirov Drama Theater. Honored People's Artist of Russia.

Odintsova Elena Nikolaevna: biography and information

The actress was born on March 19, 1963 in the city of Krasnoyarsk in a family of teachers. Elena's mom - A. Odintsova deserved the honorary status "Excellent worker in education". Pope Elena N. Odintsov is a teacher, a veteran of work.

The future actress Yelena Odintsova studied at the secondary school No. 81, where she graduated with a gold medal. For 7 years she studied at the music school No. 4 in the piano class.

At the age of 18 she began to study at the Institute of Arts of the city of Krasnoyarsk at the theater faculty under the director of the dramatic theater Henrik Hovhannisyan. After a couple of years she moved to the theater school of Sverdlovsk for acting department, which she graduated in 1985.

After studying, the actress served for two years in the Youth Theater of Volgograd, then moved to the regional drama theater. Kirov, which is the largest and most famous in the city. He is in a house of very impressive size, built in the style of the Stalin Empire. The building of the theater rises on the central square, being a monument of an entire epoch.

Merits of Elena. Honors and awards

Elena Odintsova (photo actresses presented in the article) after passing a professional two-year retraining, which took place at the Academy of Retraining of Workers of Culture, Art and Tourism at the Department of Theater Arts in the capital, was given the right to engage in professional activities in the direction of drama theater.

Among the honored awards and certificates of honor to Elena Odintsova In 2002, was awarded an honorary diploma of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, as well as awarded the honorary diploma of the STD of the Russian Federation. In 2010, the actress received the title of Honored People's Artist of Russia.

Elena Odintsova is actively engaged in teaching activities. In the School of Arts in the city of Kirov, she was assigned the highest pedagogical degree for a period of 5 years. On the territory of the Children's Philharmonic, Elena teaches the acting skills of the vocalists. Conducts lectures and classes on the basics of scenic speech. Also engaged in directorial and pedagogical work with various groups.

Family actresses

Elena was in alliance with the theatrical actor P. Medvedev, from the union with which two twin girls were born. Growing up, they became, like mom, actresses.

Anastasia is married, serves in the theater. Pushkin, the city of Krasnoyarsk. Olga - in the Youth Theater of the city of Yekaterinburg.

Without registration of relations in a civil marriage Elena lived with E. Stepantsev almost until his death.

Hobbies and successes

Elena loves to write and read. As a child I read books on history and popular science fiction. According to the actress, the best children's books are N.Nosov's works "The Adventure of Neznaika", P.Travers "Mary Poppins", A.Gaidar "Timur and his team", etc.

Elena prefers Russian poets. In the favorite - M. Lermontov, F. Tyutchev, S. Yesenin, M. Tsvetaeva. The actress is fond of watching Soviet-era films. Often reviewing "War and Peace", "Anna Karenina" with Samoilova, "Noble's Nest" Konchalovsky.

The actress has worked in the drama theater of the city of Kirov for about 30 years. For this period of time, she created on the scene a huge number of colorful and memorable images. Particularly striking roles of the actress are the heroines in the performances: "Stars in the morning sky" A. Galina, "Vasilisa Melentyeva" A. Ostrovsky, "Three Sisters" A. Chekhov, "Living Corpse" L. Tolstoy, as well as "Energetic People" In Shukshin, "Provincial" by I. Turgenev.

For the role of Sylvia in the same production of A. Henry and the role of Elizabeth in the production of "Royal Mousetrap" Elena Nikolaevna was awarded a prize in the category "Best Actress".

With the task of the director, Elena Odintsova miraculously coped with staging "Street Swallow" by N. Sadur, "Late Love" by A. Ostrovsky, receiving awards from the Kirov branch of the STD of the Russian Federation.

For "Provincial" I. Turgenev was awarded a diploma of the participant of the Northern Theater Festival, which was dedicated to the 150th anniversary of K. Stanislavsky in Syktyvkar. The statements of Elena are bright and interesting. They successfully pass in the repertoire of the theater, receiving well-deserved awards and awards at theater festivals throughout the country.