Millions of viewers love the beautiful girl, the young and talented actress Elena Zakharova. Starting to act in films, while still a student, she is gaining more and more success with the public every year.
Elena is a Muscovite, born in the fall of 1975. Since childhood, she was a very active and agile girl. Her favorite place for walks in the fresh air was her park in Sokolniki, near which she lived. In order to find a worthy use of her daughter’s energy, her parents decided to give her the opportunity to engage in the choreographic and pop group Pinocchio. It was here that the artistic and vocal abilities of a very still little girl showed up.
At the age of eight, she liked ballet. Mom, taking into account the desire of her daughter, took her to the appropriate school. But the classes in the section did not last long. The girl was very fond of sweets. And severe restrictions she did not like. Therefore, soon Lena stopped attending ballet school and no longer dreamed about this profession.
In adolescence, Lena had a desire to become an actress. She was an active participant in school theater circles and at the same time studied acting in extracurricular activities. During this period, she managed to play secondary episodic roles in various cinema projects.
For the first time she starred in a movie when her classmates played. She was told that she was invited to shoot the film "Girl with Blue Eyes." Believing, Lena went to the studio, because she really has blue eyes. There, an assistant director saw her and invited her to participate in a fairy tale film, which she never saw.
After graduating from high school, Elena enters the theater institute. The selection committee at first mistook her for a relative of the famous director and screenwriter Mark Zakharov, but after a while the future actress herself convinced everyone of the fallacy of their opinions.
The rise of a new star
The first role came when she was in her second year at a higher school. Schukin. Then she played a role in the film "The Shelter of the Comedian." After a successful debut, she began to be invited to various projects, films, series. And by 1998, the time of graduation, she had already played a considerable number of roles.
After completing her studies, the actress worked at the Moon Theater, then there was the Oleg Tabakov Theater. In it, she performed a large number of interesting roles. But the most striking role, according to the actress herself, is Ophelia in the play "Hamlet". Russian theater critics also consider participating in this production the best work of a novice actress. For masterfully performing the role in 1999, Elena was awarded the Seagull Award. In addition to this prestigious award, the girl received the "Discovery of the Year" prize from the magazine "Spark".
Successful projects
As a film actress, Elena Zakharova is constantly in demand. Filming in feature films, television series do not stop. Her best film work is the series "Kadetstvo", on the shooting of which she was approved without samples. She appeared in the role of a teacher of ethics. Next are the films "Ermolovy", "Successful Exchange", "Truckers". "Seraphim the Beautiful", "Fifth Corner" and others.
Separately, it should be noted the work of Zakharova in the television film "Tartaren from Tarascon". For high acting, she received the prize of the film festival in the city of Gatchina. During the filming of the film, her colleagues on the site were such popular actors as Daria Mikhailova and Vyacheslav Galkin.
Of the successful works, one should also single out the melodrama "Love Will Inadvertently Come", the action movie "The Art of Winning", and the film "Woman with Lilies", "Householder", and "We Won't Goodbye."
The actress actively combines work on the set with various projects, dubbing films, including animated films. Elena is invited to television to participate in various show programs and just as a guest, as a famous and popular actress. Viewers saw her on television shows "Dancing with the Stars" and "Stars on Ice", the reality show "Empire." As a member of the jury Zakharova Elena took part in the "Battle of psychics", which took place in Ukraine.
