Yelena Viktorovna Panova also Elena Panova (russian: link=no, Елéна Ви́кторовна Панóва; born 9 June 1977) is a Russian actress. A noted stage actress at the Moscow Art Theater, she has been active in film and television since 1997. She is a recipient of the

State Prize of the Russian Federation The State Prize of the Russian Federation, officially translated in Russia as Russian Federation National Award, is a state honorary prize established in 1992 following the breakup of the Soviet Union. In 2004 the rules for selection of laureates ...

(2001).

Biography

Panova's father was a theater director and an art director of the

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and her mother is a piano teacher at Arkhangelsk Pedagogical College. Her elder sister is also an actress. Panova graduated from the school-studio of Moscow Art Theater in 1999 and joined the same theater. At the theatre she has had some notable roles including Catherine in '' The Storm'', Glagolev in ''

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'', The Governess in ''

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'', Mavka in '' Forest Song'', Kate in ''

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'' and Sonia in '' Crime and Punishment''. She debuted in 1997 in the movie '' Christmas Story'' and then played a Russian prostitute in Daniel Schmid's Swiss picture ''

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'' (1999). In 2002 she starred alongside

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's crime film '' Kamenskaya: Za vse nado platit''. She was acclaimed for her roles as Gavina in Aleksandr Mitta's series " Border. Taiga Romance" (2001) and Vicky (Vika) in Aleksei Sidorov's '' Shadowboxing'' (2005). In 2010, she starred in Anton Megerdichev's fantasy thriller '' Dark World'' alongside

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Filmography

*1997 – ''Christmas Story'' *1999 – ''

'' – Irina *1999 – ''Mother'' – Pauline in her youth *2001 – ''Border. Taiga Romance'' (TV series) – Galina tow *2002 – ''Kamenskaya: Za vse nado platit'' – Olga Reshin *2002 – ''Red Sky. Black Snow'' – Lida (evacuee girl with child) *2003 – ''Land''- Dasha Klyueva *2003 – ''Christ Under the Birches'' – Tanya *2004 – '' Shadowboxing'' - Vika *2004 – ''MOORE is MOORE'' (TV series) – Lida *2005 – ''Swan's Paradise'' – Lida, mayor *2006 – ''Bewitched Site'' – Dasha Klyueva *2006 – ''Hunter'' – Irene, journalist *2006 – ''The Husband Comes Back from a Business Trip'' - Katya Zagorskaya *2006 – ''Women's Work with a Hazard to Life'', Investigator Nadezhda Postnikova *2006 – ''Secret Guardian'' – "Cobra", FSB *2007 – '' Shadowboxing 2: Revenge'' – Vika *2007 – ''Detective Putilin'' – Strekalova *2007 – ''Year of the Golden Fish'' – Masha *2007 – ''I'm Counting: One, Two, Three, Four, Five... '', as Alisa *2008 – ''Friend or Foe'' – Olga *2008 – ''Time of Sins'' – Zina *2008 – ''Surprise'' (Russia, Ukraine) – Zoe, the former wife of Ivan *2009 – ''Prodigal Children'' (Russia, Ukraine) *2009 – ''House on the Lake District'' *2009 – ''Secret Guard. Deadly Game'' – "Cobra" *2009 – ''I Am Not Myself'', as Lena Fufachyova *2009 – '' Dark World'' – Helvi *2010 – ''Dr. Tyrsa'' *2010 – ''Mother for Rent'' – Tamara *2010 – ''Fine Line'' (TV series), – Marina Sinitsyn *2011 – ''Shadowboxing 3'': The Final Round – Vika *2012 – ''Time to love'' – Svetlana *2013 – '' Metro'' – Galya *2013 – ''Fierce'' – Barysheva *2014 – '' The Fool'' – Kristina *2014 - '' The Age of Pioneers''

Awards

In 2001, Panova was awarded the

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Panova, Yelena 1977 births Living people Russian actresses State Prize of the Russian Federation laureates People from Arkhangelsk Russian stage actresses Moscow Art Theatre School alumni