Nikita Babenko: biography
Nikita was born on May 14, 1992 in the city of Tomsk. At that time, his famous mother was a 5th year student at Tomsk State University, where she studied at the Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Cybernetics. When Elena met Vitaly, who later became her husband and father of Nikita Babenko, she quit her studies and moved to live in the capital. She married Vitaly and gave birth to his son Nikita.
The actress's husband was much older than the talented actress and at that time had already established himself as a director. Living in the capital, the woman spent some time raising a child and running a household. When Alena became a popular actress, his grandmother, Vitaly’s mother, was involved in raising the boy.
The boy grew up as an organized, calm and disciplined child. I studied well at school, and in addition to the required program, I also learned English on my own and learned to play the guitar. His main hobby, which he treats with great responsibility even now, is studying the Japanese language and culture.
Personal life
From the biography of Alena Babenko it is known that her development as an actress occurred thanks to her first husband Vitaly Babenko, whose meeting radically changed the girl’s personal life. It is difficult to say whether the couple wanted to have children so quickly, but it turned out that soon after their marriage, in 1992, they had a son, Nikita.
Alena's son Nikita
Despite the fact that Victor loved his wife very much and forgave her many sins, the family still fell apart. The reason for the breakup is considered to be Alena Babenko’s affair with Alexander Domogarov. It all happened on the set of the film “Indie”, where the actors were destined for the main roles. The passion that should have burned only on the screen moved into real life. The film crew more than once saw the couple leaving the set together.
The romance with Domogarov did not last long. Alexander reconciled with his wife Marina and returned to the family, inviting Alena to remain good friends.
Alena with Alexander Domogarov. Film "Indie"
So Elena’s biography changed dramatically again. Left alone with her son, the woman decided that she would devote all her free time to him. And as soon as she had a break from filming, she took Nikita and flew off with him on a trip.
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2011 brought changes to the biography and personal life of Alena Babenko - the woman remarried, although there was no talk of children this time. Her chosen one was the famous athlete Eduard Suboch. The couple met back in 2008, but the relationship between them was only friendly for a long time. And three years later, fans were surprised to learn about the secret wedding of Alena and Edward. To this day they are together and very happy.
Alena with her second husband on Channel One
Famous mom
The quiet life of Alena Babenko after the birth of her son was disrupted at the moment when one of Vitaly’s friends suggested that the young girl try her hand at entering the theater school. Alena’s husband supported his friend’s idea, and the talented actress applied to the institute. She passed all the exams with excellent marks and began studying at VGIK.
The actress received her first roles while still studying. She played several episodic roles in the TV series “Kamenskaya”. Nikita Babenko’s mother’s main theatrical debut included her role in the play “Three Sisters,” where the young actress played Masha.
However, the actress gained real popularity from her role in the film “A Driver for Vera,” where Alena played the main role. At Kinotavr, the film received many rave reviews and positive comments; film critics started talking about Alena Babenko as a talented young actress.
Now Alena takes an active part in various filming, and also continues to play on the stage of the Sovremennik Theater.
Interesting Facts
- As a child, Alena dreamed of becoming a ballerina;
- Babenko is a big fan of the French singer Edith Piaf;
- After completing her first year, inspired by her success at the Theater of Miniatures, Elena tried to enroll in the Moscow Art Theater School to take the course of the famous Oleg Tabakov. But the selection committee did not consider the girl to have sufficient talent for this;
- In order to play the limp as believably as possible in the film “A Driver for Vera,” Babenko spied on ordinary people on the street. She noticed everything - their behavior, gait, body position and even facial expressions. This was subsequently transferred to the screen;
- Elena loves to experiment in front of the camera. She is not embarrassed by the images of lame or hunchbacked heroines, the main thing is to convey the real character and emotions of the women she has to play;
- There are a lot of children among Alena’s fans;
- When Babenko announced to her husband and son that she was going to file for divorce, they were hostile to this news. But for personal reasons, Alena insisted on her own and the divorce took place.
Nikita Babenko - son of Alena Babenko
After receiving secondary education, our hero decided to follow in the footsteps of his parents and chose a creative profession that is closely related to cinema. He began his studies at VGIK and acquired a specialty - operator.
For the first time, Nikita Vitalievich Babenko appeared before the audience in a film called “On the Sea,” where he starred with his famous mother. At that time, the young guy was only 16 years old.
A little later, in 2014, Nikita acted as a cameraman in a short film called “Dancer”. The film was directed, written and produced by his wife Salome Bauer. This was her debut work.
Nikita Babenko got married at the age of 21, and became a father at the age of 23. The creative couple had a boy, who was named Theodore. Alena Babenko is happy for her son and believes that he tied the knot at the right age. The only thing the actress complained about in one of her interviews was that when choosing a name for her grandson, the children did not take her wishes into account and named him in their own way.
Actor career
Alena claims that most of the important turns in her life happen completely by accident.
The girl never aspired to Moscow and did not try to escape from the small town. “I associate Moscow with my father’s endless business trips and with the bringing from there a large number of delicious sweets, from chocolate to “Dream” - round pucks in a pink wrapper that were instantly eaten,” says the actress.
In the capital, Alena Babenko was a housewife. She cleaned, cooked for her husband and raised her son. But all this was until a family friend and famous actor Anatoly Romashin recommended that she try to enroll in VGIK. The exams were passed successfully and Alena entered the course, which was led by Romashin. Alena received her VGIK diploma in 2000.
Almost simultaneously with the end of VGIK, Alena Babenko made her debut on television. At first she appeared in several small episodes in the popular TV series “Kamenskaya”. And later there were small roles in “Mamuka” and “Island Without Love”, as well as the melodrama “Silver Wedding” and others.
Fatal beauty
But Alena Babenko became famous throughout the country after the release of the film “Driver for Vera.” She was invited to the shooting by assistant director Grigory Chukhrai. The girl came to the casting without any makeup. She was approved, although they said that she looked exactly like a boy and that changes simply needed to be made to her image.
Alena got a rather difficult role. She played a hunchbacked and lame girl who has a complex inner world. By the way, no one taught the actress her peculiar gait. She herself looked closely at people on the street and accidentally before filming saw a girl with a “lame” gait. It was immediately transferred to the screen. Alena herself admits that a third of Vera lives in her.
The film “A Driver for Vera” made a splash at the Kinotavr festival. Everyone was talking about the rising star. And Alena at that time was filming in the film “Swan Paradise” by Alexander Mitta. Therefore, she did not find any delight.
The first fame did not cool Alena at all; she only began to work with redoubled force, while trying a wide variety of roles. She was also a school teacher in Swan Paradise, a secretary in The Green Calf, and a translator in the film On Verkhnyaya Maslovka. Her work in the comedy “Love Me” by Vera Storozheva became original. Alena got the main role - the bitchy boss. Alena had only positive impressions of her work. The actress recalls a comfortable relationship with the director and partners Mikhail Efremov and Pavel Derevyanko.
The audience was also impressed by the work of Alena Babenko in the film “Tin” by Denis Neimand in 2006. The actress played the role of a yellow press journalist who is looking for topics for scandalous reports.
Alena with her son Nikita
One day, her article causes the death of a person. Alena's heroine becomes depressed. In the film, Babenko performed quite complex stunts that were quite difficult for an untrained person to perform: for example, jumping into a dirty gasoline puddle, jumping from a burning house, or running away from a motorcycle. Alena learned a lot literally on the go.
But the film “Indie”, which was released in the same 2006, differed in mood from the previous work. Alena has transformed into a passionately loving woman. Her heroine is the wife of a businessman and the mother of a three-year-old boy. She suddenly falls in love with a St. Petersburg architect, who also has a family. Alena Babenko also played with Eldar Ryazanov himself. The master of Russian cinema entrusted the girl with the main role in the film “Andersen. Life without love." The actress played the daughter of Admiral Henrietta Wulf. Her heroine had a distinctive feature - a hump. After this picture, a reasonable question arose: why is the actress so often disfigured for the camera? It turned out that Alena was not at all embarrassed by this: “So what! Let them disfigure. First of all, I like to take risks and experiment. And secondly, I choose what is really interesting to me, without worrying about how I look on the screen from an aesthetic point of view. After all, these are the kinds of characters that are fun to play, where you can explore a person’s character.”
Salome Bauer - Nikita's wife
Salome was born and spent her early childhood years in Tbilisi. When the war began in Abkhazia, she and her family moved to Russia, to the city of Nalchik. Here she went to kindergarten and studied at school. At the age of 18, the girl moved to the capital of Russia, Moscow, where she entered VGIK to study directing. While receiving her education at the institute, the ambitious girl met the talented Nikita Babenko. Sympathy arose between the young people, which after a certain time grew into a great feeling.
