Biography
Karina Andolenko is a popular actress, but she does not forget to whom she owes her professional growth. The girl names two names - Konstantin Raikin and Yegor Konchalovsky.
Actress Karina Andolenko
The director of Satyricon is the first teacher in a university classroom and on the theater stage to realize a childhood dream. The second is a model of love and trust in artists, who taught us to believe in ourselves and understand the masterpieces of Lars von Trier and David Lynch. Years later, Karina considers her own life to be an extraordinary dream and is very afraid of waking up.
Childhood and youth
Karina Andolenko was born in Kharkov, Ukraine in September 1987. The mother, half Ukrainian and half Tatar, at first wanted to name the girl Fatima, but then she thought that her daughter would have a hard time with such an oriental name, and the woman also remembered a relative Fatima with a tragic fate. Among the fashionable names at that time, Karina and Carolina, the mother chose the first for the baby.
Karina Andolenko in childhood and now
Karina Andolenko became interested in theater since childhood, although none of her relatives were directly connected with art. True, a creative and artistic atmosphere, according to the actress, always hovered in the house. Mom, a sign language interpreter by profession, had a great sense of humor, dad was known as the life of the party, a merry fellow and a joker, and grandparents staged funny mini-performances for their granddaughter. Contrary to rumors, they were not professional artists, but it is true that they had a disability group (they became deaf-mute after illnesses suffered in childhood).
At the age of 7, her mother took her daughter to a music school, where Karina enjoyed studying in the piano class. And at the age of 11, the girl began attending a local theater studio. Andolenko was driven not only by the desire to transform into different heroines and receive applause, but also by the desire to get rid of shyness and complexes.
Karina Andolenko
Soon the theater studio became Karina’s second home: the young artist dreamed of the stage. Parents dreamed that their talented girl would certainly appear on the stage of the Moscow Art Theater.
At first, the Kharkov resident planned to enter a theater university in Kyiv, but in high school she decided that if she were to study to become an actress, it would be in Moscow. Andolenko easily entered the Moscow Art Theater School and was accepted into a course with Konstantin Raikin himself. Karina sat on the same bench next to the talented, now well-known actors Anna Chipovskaya, Gela Meskhi and Nikita Efremov.
Instagram and Wikipedia Karina Andolenko
Instagram and Wikipedia of Karina Andolenko, of course, exist. The fact is that the girl actively communicates with her fans on social networks, answers their questions and pleases them with information about herself.
On the page dedicated to the actress on Wikipedia, you can read reliable information regarding personal and family life. There is information about the creative successes and future plans of Karina Andolenko, as well as about her filmography and participation in theatrical productions. By the way, the article may need to be supplemented with reliable data about the girl’s life, since there is little information, for example, about her parents.
More than 41 thousand people have subscribed to Karina Andolenko’s Instagram profile. They can enjoy the girl's constantly updated posts, like and comment on them.
On her Instagram page there are funny pictures and videos from the set, which the girl posts long before the premiere.
You can also find scandalous photographs in which Karina Andolenko is depicted with Alexei Makarov, with whom she allegedly spent the New Year holidays together and even planned to live together.
Theater
Karina Andolenko received a diploma of higher theater education in 2009 and, at the invitation of Raikin, immediately joined the Satyricon troupe. For 2 years, the young artist appeared on the stage of the famous theater. She made her debut in the plays “The Valencian Madmen” and “It’s not all Maslenitsa for the cat.” The last performance was performed on the stage of Satyricon and was staged by Konstantin Raikin. The director entrusted the actress with the role of Daria Kruglova, a merchant widow.
Karina Andolenko in the theater
Another popular actor and director, Sergei Bezrukov, was able to truly reveal the theatrical talent of his young colleague. At his Moscow Provincial Theater, Karina Andolenko played in two performances: “I Found a Scythe on a Stone,” staged in 2013, and “Cyrano de Bergerac,” which premiered in 2015. Then the actress’s piggy bank was replenished with roles in the productions “Vysotsky. The Birth of a Legend" and "The Cherry Orchard".
Filmography: films starring Karina Andolenko
In 2009, Karina began performing in theatrical productions as part of the Satyricon troupe. Since 2013, he has been playing at the same time in the Provincial Theater of Sergei Bezrukov.
Karina Andolenko's filmography is also incredibly rich. Since 2008, the list includes such films as “Roses for Elsa”, “Rowan Waltz”, “Caravan Hunters”, “Back in the USSR”, “It Was in the Kuban”, “Dragon Syndrome”, “SOBR”, “Chinese New Year”, “Model of a Happy Life”, “Doctor Anna”.
The girl’s talent was revealed so quickly that she starred in only one episode, and the remaining thirty-nine roles were the main ones. For many of her roles, Karina Andolenko received prizes and awards.
Karina plays the piano masterfully, and she is also left-handed.
Movies
A cinematic biography of Karina Andolenko started in 2008. During this time, the actress managed to star in dozens of films and TV series, while only one role turned out to be episodic, all the rest were either key or bright supporting roles. Many film critics agree that this is a kind of film record that none of Andolenko’s young colleagues can boast of.
It is noteworthy that the artist is harmonious and equally professional in films of different genres: Karina looks natural both in modern projects and in retro roles that require immersion in a different era. For this, directors and viewers highly value Andolenko, calling her one of the most talented contemporaries with the highest level of skill in impersonation.
Karina Andolenko in the film “Roses for Elsa”
The actress made her film debut in Yegor Konchalovsky’s crime melodrama “Roses for Elsa”, playing the main role of Tanya Lepeshkina. The debut of a director of such magnitude was expectedly an excellent start for the young star. After the release of the film, Andolenko was bombarded with offers, allowing her to choose the projects that she liked.
In 2009, Karina Andolenko delighted fans with her memorable performance in the historical drama “Rowan Waltz,” which brought her a prestigious award from the international festival “Constellation.” 2 years later, the young but already famous artist received second prize at the Moscow Reflection festival for her role as Marina Kazantseva in the film “The Arithmetic of Meanness.”
Karina Andolenko in the film “Rowan Waltz”
The army of fans of the Ukrainian beauty doubled after the release of Mikhail Tumanishvili’s melodrama “Strong Weak Woman”, in which the main roles went to Karina Andolenko, Ekaterina Klimova, Alexei Makarov and Pyotr Krasilov.
Two more popular melodramas in Andolenko’s filmography are “Kiss through the Wall” and “It Happened in Kuban.” The latest project is an 8-episode melodrama by Sergei Shcherbina, which tells the story of the confrontation between two respected Cossack families. The main roles in the film, in addition to Karina, were played by Dmitry Dyuzhev and Ekaterina Vulichenko.
Karina Andolenko in the TV series “Vangelia”
The mystical series “Vangelia,” in which Andolenko starred along with Elena Yakovleva, received a particularly warm reception from viewers and was one of the most anticipated premieres on Russian television in 2015. The film drama is based on the story and fate of the famous Bulgarian seer Vanga.
This was followed by the sensational films “The Passion of Chapai”, “Ashes” and “The Translator”. Her work in the latest film, the war drama by Andrei Proshkin, brought the Ukrainian-Russian artist a new award - the prize for best actress at the II National Debut Festival "Movement". The same prize for best actor was awarded to Vitaly Khaev, Karina’s partner in the film “The Translator.”
Karina Andolenko in the film “Dragon Syndrome”
The film “Dragon Syndrome” was directed by Cannes Film Festival winner Nikolai Khomeriki. The plot is based on the history of the so-called Ilyin collection - a collection of rarities worth $ 1 billion. Valuables, including manuscripts of Mikhail Lermontov, Alexander Griboedov and Nikolai Gogol, icons of the 14th-16th centuries, were found in the possession of a lonely electrician who lived in Kirovograd and died in 1993 . In the detective story, Andolenko played a weaver who retrained as an artist.
Dramatic series by Vlad Furman “Mysterious Passion”, based on the novel by dissident Vasily Aksenov “Mysterious Passion. A novel about the sixties,” was released in October 2020 and turned out to be the most anticipated premiere of the year. The brightest poets and writers of the sixties era are presented under fictitious names - Bella Akhmadulina and Robert Rozhdestvensky, Evgeny Yevtushenko and Andrei Voznesensky, Bulat Okudzhava and Vladimir Vysotsky and others.
Karina Andolenko on the set of the series “Mysterious Passion”
In this sensational series, Karina Andolenko starred in the company of a constellation of talented colleagues such as Philip Yankovsky, Chulpan Khamatova, Evgeny Pavlov, Yulia Peresild and Arthur Beschastny. Many viewers noted the amazing similarity between Andolenko and Peresild, some even suspected a relationship between the actresses. In fact, Karina and Yulia are simply similar.
At the beginning of 2020, viewers watched the melodrama “Doctor Anna” about a doctor who became the companion of a deputy of the Russian parliament. After the murder of her lover, Andolenko's heroine hides in France, where a local journalist helps her. This role was played by Danila Dunaev.
The film "Chinese New Year" was about a mayor's assistant, raising a child alone, who is confronted by circumstances with the father of her son's classmate. The first acquaintance does not bode well, but miracles are possible in the New Year. The roles of parents went to Karina Andolenko and Evgeny Pronin.
The beginning of a creative journey
The debut work on television for the aspiring actress was E. Konchalovsky’s film “Roses for Elsa.” This is a story about how a seemingly insignificant act became the cause of a real avalanche of personal misfortunes and disasters. Karina Andolenko, whose filmography got off to a good start in 2009, played the main role of Elsa.
In the same year, the war drama “Rowan Waltz” was released on television, in which Karina played the young widow Polina. According to the plot of the film, young girls are taught to defuse minefields. Lack of time to prepare leads to loss of life. Against the backdrop of these tragic events, the viewer observes the development of the short and bright love of the young instructor Alexei and Polina, until the main character’s husband unexpectedly returns from the front. For this work, Karina Andolenko, whose filmography began to rapidly expand with new projects, was awarded the prize of the international festival “Constellation”. In the same 2009, Karina successfully completed her studies at the Moscow Art Theater School and joined the main cast of the local theater troupe. The girl successfully combined her work on stage with roles in new TV series and films.
Personal life
Rumor has it that during her student years, Karina Andolenko met with fellow student Gela Meskhi, but the romance turned out to be short due to Gela’s excessive love. The actors neither confirm nor deny these rumors.
Not much is known about Andolenko’s personal life, because she tries to avoid this topic. In 2010, in the TV series “It Happened in Kuban,” the actress appeared as a fatal beauty, unrequitedly in love with her sister’s husband, played by Dmitry Dyuzhev. There were rumors that the actors transferred the cinematic romance into real life. But later it turned out that this was gossip.
Karina Andolenko and Gela Meskhi
Later, the artist shared that she had a relationship with a young man with whom she lived under the same roof for 3 years. But Karina did not mention the name of her lover. Evil tongues claim that the young man was very far from the acting environment; it was difficult for him to come to terms with the popularity of his lover and her busyness on the set. Tired of his beloved's tour schedule, he allegedly demanded that his common-law wife make a choice - either husband and family, or cinema. Andolenko, whose career was rapidly rising, chose creativity.
Later they started talking about the actress’s new romance, this time with a man whose name is known throughout the country. This is director Yegor Konchalovsky, who opened the doors to Karina into the world of Russian cinema. But the information that Andolenko and Konchalovsky live together and are waiting for a new addition turned out to be a “duck”.
Karina Andolenko and Dmitry Dyuzhev
Celebrities whose popularity is rapidly growing have been credited with having affairs with their film colleagues. Her name was at various times associated with Ivan Zhidkov and Stanislav Bondarenko, with whom Karina acted. Andolenko played on-screen love so convincingly that viewers expected romances to exist outside the set.
At the very beginning of 2020, it became known about the artist’s relationship with the conqueror of women’s hearts, Alexei Makarov. The chosen one is 15 years older. Rumors have appeared on the Internet that the actors are no longer just friends and live together. They started talking even louder about the relationship between the two stars when a photo of Karina Andolenko and Makarov appeared on Instagram.
Karina Andolenko and Yegor Konchalovsky
Allegedly, the romance between the beauty and her ex-husband was also confirmed by Victoria Bogatyreva, the mother of Makarov’s only daughter, Varya. She said that Alexey celebrated the New Year not with them, but with Karina. But Andolenko claims that Makarov is only a friend, and she still only dreams about family and children.
Karina was not struck by star fever. The actress does not hesitate to post pictures without makeup on social networks and makes funny faces at others. There are also photos in a swimsuit in which Andolenko admires her slender figure (weight - 62 kg, height - 174 cm). She does not go on diets, but carefully monitors the quality and nutritional value of her food. He eats 3 times a day, without snacks, and always drinks water, loves oxygen cocktails and fresh fruit juices.
Karina Andolenko and Alexey Makarov
The actress has two cats and a beagle dog at home. In an interview, Karina said that a person who shows cruelty towards animals ceases to exist for her.
Karina Andolenko now
For the role of a member of the space crew who will fly to the moon, Karina had to go to the gym and lose 8 kg. Nastasya Samburskaya, Mikhail Tarabukin, Vladimir Yaglych and Boris Dergachev were on the same team with Andolenko. The presentation of the comedy “space epic” called “Team B” took place in February 2020. The auditions, according to the artist, lasted for 6 months - the producers carefully looked for comedic traits in the performer, and 2 years passed between the pilot episode and the actual filming.
Karina Andolenko at the presentation of the series “Team B”
Karina Andolenko, with Pavel Priluchny and Roman Kurtsyn, played the main role in the detective story “The Yellow Eye of the Tiger” about the dangers accompanying the amber business. The film's action revolves around former school friends whose attitudes to wealth take them to different sides and change their perceptions of honor, duty and conscience.
In the historical film “The Golden Horde,” the actress appeared in the image of a girl, Nastya, who dresses up as a boy and goes to the enemy’s camp in search of her husband, who has fallen into slavery. Karina said that she was tired literally from the first minutes of filming, when she tried on ancient Russian chain mail and picked up a sword. It was necessary to swing a weapon without visible effort, and even while sitting on a horse. And Andolenko has been afraid of these ungulates since childhood.
Karina Andolenko in the TV series “Golden Horde” in 2020
The roles in the film, which does not pretend to be authentic, are played by a popular cast - Alexander Ustyugov and Yulia Peresild, Sergei Puskepalis and Yuri Tarasov, as well as a number of stars of Kazakh cinema.
In Sergei Ginzburg’s project “Stepfather,” the actress played the difficult character of a woman waiting for her husband to return from the war. During this time, another man appears in the heroine's life. But Karina emphasizes that this picture is by no means about a choice between two worthy people, but rather a tribute to the memory of the older generation who remained faithful in difficult times:
“Their simple life was a feat. They lived without gadgets, they didn’t have the crazy goals that we set for ourselves in our time, but life itself was somehow more honest, simpler. I love it or I don’t love it. Waiting or not waiting. Black or white."
Actress Karina Andolenko
Andolenko plays in an ensemble with her colleague at the Provincial Theater Anton Khabarov and classmate Artem Bystrov.
Together with Ivan Oganesyan and Alexander Lyapin, Karina investigates the murders of women in a provincial town in the series “The Shadow Behind.” Local justice bodies are not helpful - everyone is busy dividing power and redistributing property.
Karina Andolenko and Sergei Bezrukov on stage in 2020
Author of the series “Daddy's Daughters. Superbride" and the melodrama "Temptation" Olga Subbotina invited Andolenko to the family saga "Alien Blood", which tells about the Gorbatov family. The narrative covers more than 40 years of life in a respectable family in which two adopted children grew up. However, over time, the genes of their biological parents appear in the pupils.
The cast of the melodramatic series also included Daria Moroz, Iya Ninidze, Laura Keosayan, Viktor Dobronravov, Roman Polyansky.
