Biography of Yulia Agafonova
Yulia Agafonova is a popular St. Petersburg actress, loved by millions of viewers in different cities of the CIS.
Currently, she is most widely known for her participation in the youth series “Closed School”. However, in addition to the bright role of Maria Vershinina, there are many other wonderful roles in her filmography. She played in action films and comedies, in historical films and love melodramas. Perhaps this is why the popularity of our today's heroine becomes understandable. Yulia Agafonova is an actress who knows how to be different. This means that in the long list of her works, everyone will be able to easily find something to their taste.
Early years, childhood and family of Yulia Agafonova
Yulia Vladimirovna Agafonova was born in Leningrad on June 18, 1981. She spent her entire childhood in the city above the Neva. Perhaps that is why in the actress’s later works there was always an elusive charm and some kind of inner sophistication.
Actress Yulia Agafonova is popular thanks to theater and cinema
The parents of our today's heroine had nothing to do with art, and therefore, as Agafonova herself says, His Majesty Chance decided a lot in her life. Even in early childhood, the future actress accidentally ended up in a theater studio where some of her friends were studying. Her acquaintance with the theater turned out to be successful, and therefore very soon the young beauty began to dream of a star career. She collected files of newspapers with interesting reports from the “Gossip Chronicle” section and dreamed that someday she would also be lucky, as the first stars of American and European cinema were once lucky.
Parents always supported their daughter in her desire to become an actress. When Yulia graduated from high school, they collected everything she needed and took her to the station, from which she went to a foreign and unfamiliar Moscow. The Russian capital, however, received her quite cordially. In 1999, the girl entered the Moscow Art Theater School and began studying acting in the workshop of E. Kamenkovich. Here our today's heroine honed her skills for five years. And very soon the enormous diligence brought its results. Teachers began to celebrate her, and some time later Yulia Agafonova began to receive offers from prestigious Moscow theaters. In the end, among many offers, the young actress chose the Moscow “La' Theater”. Our today's heroine subsequently played on this stage for several years.
Biography
Yulia Agafonova is a Russian theater and film actress. Fans of theater productions are familiar with Yulia from her roles on the stage of the Moscow “La Theater”, in enterprises at the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater and the Moscow “Master” Theater. Yulia Agafonova also gained popularity among young people after appearing in the top-rated TV series “Closed School.” The charming girl walked towards this peak of fame with swift steps.
Yulia Vladimirovna Agafonova was born in St. Petersburg (then Leningrad) in June 1981. Her childhood years were spent in this city on the Neva, full of cultural attractions and architectural monuments. Yulia’s parents had nothing to do with art, which did not stop the girl from dreaming of an acting profession and fame. The girl often looked for sections with gossip column news and read with interest about new theater and film stars.
Actress Yulia Agafonova
Everything was decided by chance. One day, Yulia Agafonova wandered into a theater studio that the girl’s friends were visiting. The girl liked what she saw so much that she stayed here. Parents did their best to encourage their daughter’s desire to become an artist.
After graduating from school in 1999, Agafonova set off to conquer Moscow. Julia wanted to study at the legendary Moscow Art Theater School, about which she had read so much in her youth. The capable St. Petersburg girl managed to get in on her first try. She was accepted into the workshop of Yevgeny Kamenkovich, where she learned the basics of acting.
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Almost in parallel with her first roles in the theater, Yulia Agafonova began to receive her first roles in films. The actress’s debut cinematic work was the role of a girl named Kartin, the main character of the romantic film “The Book Thieves.”
In this film, her partners on the set were Marina Orel and Ilya Lagutenko. Perhaps it was the participation of the famous Russian rocker in the film that brought the film great success.
One way or another, however, it was “The Book Thieves” that made Yulia Agafonova a famous and popular actress. After that, there was a fairly large role in the series Rublyovka Live, as well as filming in episodes of the series “Talisman of Love”, “Airport 2”.
The actress's career developed rapidly. Following from one role to another, Yulia Agafonova gained experience, and at the same time gained fame in the world of Russian cinema. In 2006, our today’s heroine played the role of one of the minor characters in the famous melodrama “Listening to Silence,” and two years later she played one of the main characters in the film “Freud’s Dolls.”
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Yulia Agafonova acted a lot and often. Since 2005, 2-3 new films with her participation have been released annually. Some years were especially successful for the talented St. Petersburg actress. During such periods, our today's heroine delighted her fans with a large number of new films.
A striking example of this was 2008, when four new films starring the young actress were released. Moreover, it was during this period that Yulia Agafonova began acting in the TV series “Wedding Ring,” in which she played the role of one of the minor characters. The girl played in this film for several years, during which time she became dear to millions of television viewers.
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The role in this film did not go to Yulia right away - director Leonid Rybakov doubted for a long time whether the young actress would be suitable for the role of Katrin.
Actress Yulia Agafonova in the theater
Constant employment in film and television projects, however, did not prevent Yulia Agafonova from building a successful career in the theater. On the stage of La Theater the actress played in such productions as Dangerous Liaisons, Glass Dust, Rumors, Sleepy Paris and some others. In addition, over the years the actress has successfully performed on the stage of other theaters. So, in particular, the actress took part in the play “Eternity and One More Day,” staged on the stage of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater, as well as in the production of “Not All at Home” at the Moscow Master Theater.
Actress Yulia Agafonova is not yet married
In parallel with this, the actress starred in new films. Between 2008 and 2010, seven new films with her participation were released. However, the most important role of our today's heroine was still ahead.
[edit] Roles in the theater
Theater
Yulia Agafonova received her acting education at the Moscow Art Theater School (workshop of E. B. Kamenkovich), which she graduated in 2004. The actress plays in the Moscow "LA'Theater"[1]. At various times she was involved in the plays of directors: Sergei Vinogradov “Dangerous Liaisons” (Cecile), Vadim Dubovitsky “Glass Dust” (hotel worker, nurse) and “Rumors” (Cassie Cooper), Tatyana Akhramkova “Warm Paris” (Marylya). In addition, Yulia Agafonova played in the performances of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater “Eternity and Another Day” and the Moscow Master Theater “Not All at Home.”
Movie
Yulia Agafonova made her film debut in 2004 with the role of Katrin in the musical film “The Book Thieves” directed by Leonid Rybakov. This amazing story told about the life of a modern girl and her friends, equally desperate young people who do not want to put up with drab routine and boredom, eager to escape from the real world into the world of their dreams and fantasies.
A year later, the young actress starred in the highly rated series “Talisman of Love.” Yulia Agafonova played the gypsy Mariula - a beautiful, proud, free girl with a magnetic gaze that can drive men crazy, and the gift of healing.
From 2005 to 2010, the actress regularly starred in films and TV series. Among her roles: Elena Bobkova in the series “Rublyovka Live”, Marina Boyarkina in the series “Airport-2”, Yulia in the melodrama “Listening to Silence”, Lola Ermolova in the series “Ermolovs”, Sonya Orlovich in the series “Wedding Ring”, Molly in romantic melodrama “The True Story of Scarlet Sails”, Madina in the melodrama “Mother’s Voice”, journalist Inna in the series “City Lights” and other works.
In 2011, Yulia Agafonova was approved for the role of Maria Vershinina in the series “Closed School”[2][3]. On screen, the actress embodied the psychologically complex image of a young woman who escaped from a psychiatric hospital in search of her son, who was forcibly taken away from her. Her heroine will experience hope, doubt, love, and disappointment.
From 2014 to 2020 she starred in the TV series “Ship”[4][5][6][7].
Yulia Agafonova currently
In 2011, Yulia Agafonova joined the cast of the Closed School project. As part of this television series, the St. Petersburg actress played the role of Maria Vershinina, the biological mother of Maxim Morozov, and part-time cleaner at the Logos school. This role brought the actress the greatest success in her career. Yulia Agafonova became very popular, and therefore new interesting offers began to come to her with double frequency. This series also starred such stars as Pavel Priluchny, Agata Muceniece, Tatyana Vasilyeva, Luiza Brovina and others.
One of the most notable projects in the actress’s late filmography is the post-apocalyptic series “Ship,” in which Yulia Agafonova plays the role of one of the leading characters. The first season of this project is currently being filmed. We will find out very soon how successful the new television work of the St. Petersburg beauty will be. The premiere of the series should take place on the STS channel next year.
Movies
Over the course of the 5 years that Yulia Agafonova studied at a theater university, the girl managed to appear in several educational productions. Her skill was noted not only by teachers, but also by representatives of the capital’s theaters, who are looking for talented young personnel among students. After graduating from the Studio School, Agafonova was immediately accepted into the troupe of the Moscow "La'Theater".
At the same time, the cinematic biography of Yulia Agafonova was moving upward. The young actress made her debut in the romantic film The Book Thieves. This is a musical film by Leonid Rybakov, where, in addition to Yulia, Ilya Lagutenko and Marina Orel appeared in the central roles. Agafonova got the main role - the girl Katrin. The film was released in 2004 and received a warm reception from the audience.
A year later, the St. Petersburg artist starred in the popular melodrama “Talisman of Love.” She appeared in the form of the gypsy Mariula - a proud beauty with a magnetic gaze, who had the gift of a healer.
Since 2005, Yulia Agafonova has been filming regularly. Every year 3-4 projects with her participation are released. In 2006, viewers saw the St. Petersburg actress in a small role in the acclaimed melodrama “Listening to Silence,” but 2 years later Yulia already got the main role in the wonderful film “Freud’s Dolls.”
Yulia Agafonova
In 2008, Yulia Agafonova began acting in the melodrama “Wedding Ring.” As part of this project, she appeared on screens for 4 years in the image of the heroine Sonya Orlovich. For many fans of the series, her Sonya has become practically family.
It should be noted that all this time, while the girl was filming films, she never left the stage of La Theater for a moment. Here theatergoers enjoyed watching her play in the plays “Dangerous Liaisons”, “Glass Dust”, “Warm Paris” and many others. Agafonova in a short time managed to become one of the brightest actresses of the troupe. But not only on this stage she embodied interesting images. Julia could be seen at the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater and the capital's Master Theater.
2011 became a landmark year for Yulia Agafonova. Her fame reached its peak. The artist was offered a job in the popular multi-part project “Closed School”. The actress played Maria Vershinina, the biological mother of Maxim Morozov. This role brought Agafonova considerable fame. Since then, directors have paid closer attention to the talented and bright St. Petersburg woman.
Yulia Agafonova on the set of the series “Closed School”
Yulia Agafonova has average parameters (height 170 cm, weight 54 kg), which allows the actress to look organically in the role of the most ordinary women, but at the same time she has a bewitching look and lively facial expressions, clearly showing the audience that this is the main character.
One of the most rated recent projects in which Yulia Agafonova appeared is the series “Ship,” an adaptation of the Spanish television series “Ark.” Yulia got one of the main roles here - the actress played Ksenia Danilova, the ship's doctor and scientist. The first season of the Russian post-apocalyptic show was released in January 2014.
The plot of the series is built around the crew of the training ship “Running on the Waves”. Twenty cadets, accompanied by a captain and an assistant, a scientist and a cook, set off on a voyage, which, according to the plans of the young people, was supposed to be more of a vacation than a study trip. But in the midst of the voyage, the cadets learn that a catastrophe occurred on land - an explosion at the Large Hadron Collider, which led to a global environmental disaster, and all continents went under water.
Yulia Agafonova in the TV series “Ship”
The ship's crew considers themselves the last survivors. Some of the heroes are trying to find out the truth about the disaster, some suspect the captain of hiding the truth. Subsequent events justify the heroes' suspicions. In the second season, which aired in March and April 2020, the characters encountered new people, as well as the mystery of the Alexandria Project, connected to the disaster.
A distinctive feature that set “The Ship” apart from a number of other disaster films was the focus of the film on the romantic relationships of the characters, and not on the investigation of secret conspiracies or adventures designed to save the lives of the characters. The series shows the development of a number of couples among the cadets, as well as the relationship between the heroine Yulia Agafonova and the captain in love with the scientist. Critics of the series believe that perhaps this approach was the reason for the closure of the film.
Actress Yulia Agafonova
Despite the fact that the post-apocalyptic melodrama received recognition and even won a professional prize from the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers in the field of television cinema, the channel’s management announced the closure of the series in 2020 and officially stated that it would not order a third season.
Personal life of Yulia Agafonova
Little is known about the actress’s personal life. Currently, Julia does not have a husband or lover. She lives alone, devoting herself entirely to her favorite work. In her free time, she often travels, and also enjoys drawing and improving her knowledge of the English language.
As the actress admitted, recently she often receives gifts from fans from all over the world. One of the most memorable gifts, she said, was a box of chocolates sent by an Israeli named Vladimir, who could not come to her performance because he was confined to a wheelchair.
