Biography
Yana Shivkova, whose maiden name is Nikolaeva, is a quite successful film actress, mostly starring in melodramatic and crime television series. Among the most famous works of the actress are the films “Boomer”, “Pier of Love and Hope”, “Don’t Leave Me, Love” and “The Truth in Wine”.
Yana Shivkova was born on July 27, 1975 and, like other girls, not deprived of a bright appearance, she dreamed of becoming an actress since childhood. And Yana’s appearance is really impressive. Fans call the beauty of the actress truly Russian, not similar to the standards of Western stars.
Actress Yana Shivkova
But simply dreaming of being in the spotlight and ramps was not enough for Yana Nikolaeva. Unlike most girls who give up such desires in adolescence and later sigh heavily because of unfulfilled aspirations, Yana was not going to betray her dream.
Yana Shivkova submitted documents to acting departments at a number of Moscow institutes and began to intensively prepare for exams. As a result, the girl entered the Boris Shchukin Higher Theater School, where she studied until 1996 under the watchful supervision of artistic director Yuri Shlykov.
Yana Shivkova: children and family. Yana's personal life
Actress Yana Shivkova (nee Nikolaeva) was born on July 27, 1975 in Moscow. From childhood, she understood that she stood out among her peers with her bright appearance and presence of charisma. At the same time, she is not at all similar to the standards of Western movie stars: the girl’s beauty is truly Russian, unique. From an early age she dreamed of becoming an actress, but unlike most girls who give up such dreams in adolescence, the future movie star decisively and persistently moved forward. Even if Yana Shivkova’s children were born, the public knows nothing about it, since the actress very carefully hides her personal life from the public.
After graduating from school, Yana applied to many theater universities, after which she began actively preparing for exams. She was accepted into the Shchukin Theater School, where she diligently studied with the best masters. After receiving her diploma, the young artist did not disdain any work: she willingly played episodic and supporting roles. As a result, this allowed her not only to learn how to work with a camera, but also to gain vast experience. She turned out to be capable of playing roles of a very different nature. Repeatedly I even had to play nude scenes, as well as play the role of ladies of easy virtue.
In the photo: Yana Shivkova
After playing many episodic roles, Yana was finally hired for a very large role in the acclaimed film “Boomer”. There the actress managed to work with real masters of Russian cinema. However, immediately after this, her activity died down a little, and then a creative break followed: the girl almost did not act in films. But after returning to work, she again began to work tirelessly on new roles. A series with her participation was released every year. By the way, Shivkova began to work mainly only in TV series. But all the films can boast of a “star” cast of artists, with whom the blond beauty also worked.
The personal life of Yana Shivkova is an unsolved mystery for fans and journalists. The girl doesn’t let them get one step closer to the secret. It is only known that in the 90s the actress married her lover named Pavel Shivkov. After that, she changed her maiden name and began to appear in all credits under her husband’s last name. Whether the couple has children together is a mystery. Some dare to suggest that during the period when there was some lull in Yana’s career, she could have given birth to a child and then returned to work.
Recently, viewers have noticed that Yana appeared several times in the credits under her maiden name. It also became known from unverified sources that she divorced her husband and remarried. Only for some reason I decided to leave my ex-wife’s last name. Nobody knows who her second husband is and what he does. However, the occupation of the first spouse was also unknown. Such secrecy in the actress’s personal life can be explained by the fact that she has quite a lot of ill-wishers and envious people.
If we talk about ill-wishers, Yana has a huge number of them. Many people have doubts about the girl’s acting talent, as evidenced by many negative reviews on social networks. Many simply throw mud at her, some burst out with an outright feeling of envy. Who knows what of what was written can be considered true and what not, because Mrs. Shivkova herself, again, does not give any comments. But this does not in any way affect the development of her career: she is constantly busy with work, receives decent fees, due to which she is able to support herself and her family. The girl is credited with having affairs “on the side,” however, such information should not be trusted one hundred percent, since it was obtained from very dubious sources. Perhaps fans and journalists would not have had so many guesses and assumptions about Yana’s personal life if she had shared with them at least some information on this matter. After all, this category has always been and will be interested in the behind-the-scenes life of celebrities and they will not rest until they receive answers to their questions.
Movies
At the beginning of her film career, Yana Shivkova did not refuse either minor or episodic roles. Thus, she gained the necessary experience of “communicating” with cameras, and, importantly, proved to the directors that she is capable of playing diverse characters. It should be noted that the girl was not shy about appearing naked on screen or playing a lady of easy virtue.
Yana Shivkova in the film "Boomer"
After the first small images of different types of heroines in the comedy “I Want to Go to Prison”, the detective story “Kamenskaya”, the crime saga “Brigade” and the action-packed film “Citizen Chief”, Yana Shivkova finally got a major role in the popular action film “Boomer”, where she worked side by side with Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Andrei Merzlikin, Maxim Konovalov and other domestic stars.
Then several slightly less noticeable films were released, followed by a break in filming. But upon returning to the screens, Yana began to delight fans with one series after another. And it should be noted that now she has waited for truly leading roles. Since 2013, the actress began to regularly appear on screens in leading roles, often adding two or three projects to her creative biography per year.
All these projects were created in the genre of female melodrama.
Yana Shivkova in the film “The Pier of Love and Hope”
In 2013, Yana Shivkova received three main roles. The actress played the role of Nina in the film “Test Tube Love”. The heroine Shivkova is over 30, but the woman has never built a personal life and has not met love, so she decides to undergo artificial insemination in order to give birth “for herself.” Since the woman’s sister works at a reproductive center, Nina finds out who will be the donor and biological father of the child. Six years later, fate brings the woman together again with this man, now in the roles of an employee and her boss.
It is also worth highlighting the film “The Pier of Love and Hope,” where the actress works in tandem with Andrei Bilanov. Here the actress played the role of nurse Lyuba, who decided to dramatically change her own life after learning about her husband’s infidelity. A woman gets a job at a boarding house, but while she waits for the desired vacancy to become available, she agrees to work as a nurse for an elderly actress. The artist is famous for her difficult character and eccentric behavior, which makes the life of two women under one roof unusual, teaching each of them important things.
Yana Shivkova in the film “You will pay for everything”
In December 2013, the actress played the main female role in the two-part film “You Will Pay for Everything.” Yana Shivkova played the role of the wife of the owner of a pharmaceutical company, and the film itself talked about the repeating cycle of revenge.
The plot of the film begins with a tragedy - a girl dies in the hospital, and she dies because of a drug that was supposed to save her life. The victim's relatives seek the arrest of the pharmacist, the man dies in prison, and his wife loses their child. Now the woman, who has already lost everything, decides to take revenge on those who caused the tragedy in her life.
In 2014, the actress delighted fans with two new projects, in which she played the roles of the main characters.
In March, television viewers saw the love story “Don’t Leave Me, Love” with Vladimir Shevelkov as the actress’s partner on the set. Yana played the role of the village woman Lyuba, who, 15 years after separation, meets the father of her child.
In November, a duet between Yana Shivkova and Andrei Karako appeared on screens in the film “The Stars Shine on Everyone” about a woman who, after a rich life in the capital, is forced to return to her hometown.
In 2020, a major project with the participation of the actress was released - the two-season series “Truth in Wine”, in which Shivkova played the main role, and Yana’s partner was actor Nikita Zverev.
Here the actress played the role of top manager Victoria, a typical city resident and businesswoman who lives in pursuit of success and advancement. Due to problems at work, Vika is forced to return to the family estate, which was owned by the woman’s grandfather, who worked as a winemaker. Now, in order to survive in this new world, a woman will have to master agriculture and winemaking and protect her own land from raiders.
Yana Shivkova in the series “Truth in Wine”
In 2020, the second season of the series about winemaking was released. In the new season, the heroine settled in the estate, set up work and began preparing for the wedding. The main conflict was the differing views of the future spouses: Victoria is an active person who managed to develop a tourism business with wine tours and plan the opening of a restaurant, and her chosen one is an economical and homely villager who would like to see next to a woman who cares more about the household than the business . The conflict is aggravated by the appearance of Vika's rival in love affairs, as well as problems in business.
Filming in films and TV series
Yana began her film career with episodic and minor roles. She first appeared on screens in 1998 in the film “I Want to Go to Prison.” The director enjoyed working with the aspiring artist.
Between 1999 and 2002. Several films and TV series with her participation have been released (“Suspicion”, “Brigade”, “Stop on Demand” and so on). What kind of images did our heroine try on? She was a prostitute, a nurse, and a housewife.
Nikolaeva received her first leading role in 2003. The girl played Katka in the cult film “Boomer”. After this, my career took off. The director was literally inundated with offers of cooperation from the actress.
Her most striking and successful roles for 2003-2016 are listed below:
- “Clean Keys” (2003) – secretary;
- “Don’t forget” (2004) - Lida;
- “Provincial Muse” (2012) – singer Marina Polyakovskaya;
- “Love from a Test Tube” (2013) - Nina;
- “The stars shine for everyone” (2014) - Maria Glukhovskaya;
- “Truth in Wine”, parts 1 and 2 (2015) – Vika Andreeva.
Personal life
Yana Nikolaeva got married, apparently, in the 90s. Her husband was a man named Pavel Shivkov, but the public knows nothing more about him or his occupation. The actress immediately changed her name to Yana Shivkova and it was under this name that she began to appear in the credits from the very first films. True, for some reason, twice the project managers wrote her maiden name, but since this was sporadic, there is no need to talk about any changes in Yana’s marital status.
Yana Shivkova
But in general, the blonde Russian beauty tries not to advertise her romantic and family relationships. Neither fans nor journalists even know whether the actress has children or how she spends her leisure time, because Yana Shivkova does not share news or photos on Instagram, VKontakte, or other popular social networks.
Personal life of Yana Shivkova
Apparently, the actress got married back in the 1990s. Yana Shivkova's husband was Pavel Shivkov. At the same time, the public knows practically nothing about the star’s chosen one or about his occupation.
In the photo: actress Yana Shivkova
As you know, the actress immediately after the wedding took her husband’s surname, so in the credits of the following films she began to appear under a new surname. True, there have been incidents when project managers indicated her maiden name. It is noteworthy that such shortcomings were noticed only in those films where the artist played minor roles.
Yana Shivkova now
In 2020, the actress appeared in a cameo role in the crime series “Close,” which diluted the series of melodramatic projects in the actress’s career.
In 2020, Yana Shivkova appeared in the title role in the four-part melodrama “Native Penates”. The heroine of the actress Tatyana is an average woman, wife and mother.
Tatyana sits with the child and leads the life of a housewife with a husband who fully provides for the family. This becomes the main problem of a woman when she catches her husband cheating. In order not to lose her son in a divorce, Tatyana runs away, gets a job with a friend at the Rodnye Penaty hotel and settles there, in a small closet.
The woman’s new life turns into humiliation from her former friend, who showed her true colors as a boss, but also brings joy in the form of sudden attention from the hotel owner.
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It is worth noting that Yana Shivkova tries not to tell the press about her personal life. Neither fans nor journalists know whether the star has a family, children, or how she spends her free time from work.
The blonde beauty refuses to share news and photos on social networks. Yana Shivkova’s husband also does not publish photos of his family and wife online.
Professional activity
After graduating from GITIS in 2011, the young actress began working in the troupe of the famous Chekhov Moscow Art Theater. Among Yana’s striking theatrical works we can highlight: “White Rabbit” (Kelly), “Don’t Part With Your Loved Ones” (a female judge) and “Karenin” (Anna).
Among other successful productions with the participation of the actress are:
- “French Lessons” (Juliette);
- "Windows. School edition" (Olya);
- "King Maximilian" (Goddess);
- “Faith and the Bicycle” (Emma Surenova) and others.
Yana’s film career began in 2010 with a cameo role in the psychological detective story “The Voice” directed by Nana Dzhoradze and Alexander Khvan. The filmography of the young actress today is small and consists of less than 10 projects. Yana can be seen in such films as “Daughter” (Masha Vetrova), “Heritage” (Vika), “In the Access Zone of Love” (Olya).
In March 2020, the premiere of the historical detective story “The Cipher” by director Vera Storozheva took place, where Yana got one of the main roles of an intellectual with a phenomenal memory - Sofia Lvovna . Also in the film, leading roles are played by such famous artists as Ekaterina Vilkova, Maryana Spivak and Elena Panova.
Today, Yana continues her active acting career, acting in films and playing on the stage.
