Yelena Safonova

Quick Facts

Full Name	Yelena Safonova
Occupation	Actor
Date Of Birth	Jun 14, 1956(1956-06-14)
Age	68
Birthplace	Saint Petersburg
Country	Russia
Horoscope	Gemini

Yelena Safonova Biography

Yelena Safonova is one of the most popular and richest Actor who was born on June 14, 1956 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Yelena Safonova was born on 14 June 1956 in Leningrad, the daughter of the famous Soviet actor Vsevolod Safonov and the film director Valeriya Ivanovna Rublyova who worked at Mosfilm.

Yelena Safonova married for the first time at the age of twenty, to actor Vitaly Yushkov, whom she had met on the set of the film “The Family of the Zatsepins” (1977). Six years later the couple divorced.

At her third attempt, she was accepted by the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography to study acting. In between her entrance exams, she earned income as a librarian. After studying at the Film Institute for two years she returned to Leningrad, where she would graduate in 1981 from the Leningrad Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography (under Ruben Agamirzyan). In the same year she became an actress at the Komissarzhevskaya Theatre, where she worked for one season. She made her debut in cinema in 1974, in the role of Lyuba in the film Looking for my destiny.

Safonova’s first major film role was as Solomiya Krushelnytska in the biographical picture The Return of Butterfly (1983). Safonova became a household name in Russia with the role of the 30-year-old divorcee Olga in the romantic comedy Winter Cherry (1985) by Igor Maslennikov. She acted in another picture by the same director, The Twentieth Century Approaches, which was Maslennikov’s last Sherlock Holmes adaptation.

In 1973 she graduated from Moscow Secondary School No. 37.

Yelena Safonova Net Worth

Yelena Safonova is one of the richest Actor from Russia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yelena Safonova 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Yelena Vsevolodovna Safonova (Russian: Еле́на Все́володовна Сафо́нова ; born 14 June 1956 in Leningrad) is a Soviet and Russian actress. She is an Honored Artist of Russia (2011). She was made famous by the 1985 melodrama Winter Cherry and its two sequels. In 1988, she was awarded the David di Donatello for her starring turn in Nikita Mikhalkov’s film Dark Eyes.

In the mid-1960s, the family moved to Moscow, where Yelena attended a special secondary school and studied French to an advanced level.

In the late 1980s, Yelena was romantically involved with Vache Martirosyan, a businessman from the United States, who was married at that time. In 1991 Yelena gave birth to her son Ivan to whom she gave her own surname. Currently, Ivan works for Mosfilm.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Yelena Safonova height 5 ft 9 in Yelena weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Yelena Safonova Dating?

According to our records, Yelena Safonova married to Samuel Labarthe. As of December 1, 2023, Yelena Safonova’s is not dating anyone.

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In 1999 Safonova portrayed a teacher who falls in love with a young acting student in Dmitry Meskhiyev’s romantic drama Women’s Property. Her screen partner was budding actor Konstantin Khabensky. In the same year she played in the thriller film The Admirer by Nikolay Lebedev.

Facts & Trivia

Yelena Ranked on the list of most popular Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Russia. Yelena Safonova celebrates birthday on June 14 of every year.