Yana Sexte, who is familiar to many as the first wife of Maxim Matveev, is one of those young actresses whose performance finds a lively response in the hearts of even the most demanding viewers. She can hardly be called a beauty - she is small in stature, has unusual facial features, but the outstanding production director Oleg Tabakov, who has a special nose for talent, did everything in his power to ensure that this fragile girl triumphantly ascended to the pedestal of Russian cinema.
Childhood and youth
The future theater and film star was born on April 6, 1980 in Riga. Her father was involved in fishing and, as is the case with sailors, was at sea for a long time, so her mother was mainly involved in raising the girl. Yana has a twin sister, Inna, with whom, according to the actress, they still have a special connection.
As a teenager, Sexte was very complex about her appearance. She admired her sister's beauty, and considered herself an ugly duckling with glasses.
As a child, the girl dreamed of becoming a medical worker. She was never in good health, which is why she was often forced to stay in hospitals, while her peers were walking and having fun.
At the age of 14, Yana was lucky enough to get into the theater studio at the Riga Theater for Young Spectators, where Tatyana Cherkovskaya took her under her wing. The closer graduation from the Pushkin Lyceum got, the more Sexte realized that she wanted to devote herself entirely to acting.
Having received a school certificate, the girl went to Moscow, where, under the program to help Russian theaters abroad, the head of the Moscow Art Theater Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov was recruiting. Those wishing to study at the Moscow Art Theater studio always faced difficult entrance tests, but Yana was able to impress the examination committee and was immediately enrolled in the first year.
Biography
Yana Sexte is a Latvian and Russian theater and film actress, who became famous thanks to the films “The Thaw”, “Heavenly Wives of the Meadow Mari” and “The Miracle Worker”.
Yana was born and raised in the Latvian capital of Riga. The girl’s surname is translated from Latvian as “cockscomb,” so later Yana’s Russian colleagues jokingly called her Grebeshkova. During her school years, the girl showed herself to be a humanitarian; Yana managed to graduate from the Pushkin Lyceum with excellent grades. Already in high school, Sexte thought about an acting career.
At the age of 14, the girl enters the theater studio at the Riga Youth Theater, where Andrei Garkavi and Tatyana Cherkovskaya become her mentors. After receiving a matriculation certificate, the girl goes to Russia, where Oleg Tabakov took the course under a program to help Russian theaters abroad. The master's choice fell on Latvia. The competition for the Moscow Art Theater School-Studio turned out to be great, but Yana managed to convince the examination committee of her talent and entered the theater university on the first try.
The certified artist returned to her homeland and performed on the stage of the Riga Russian Theater for three years, receiving an award in the category “best young performer” in 2004. In Latvia, the artist played in the plays “The Seagull”, “The Cherry Orchard”, “The Magnificent Cuckold”.
Then Yana Sexte returned under the wing of her artistic director and joined the troupe of the Studio Theater under the direction of Oleg Tabakov. The actress’s repertoire was replenished with works in the plays “Fathers and Sons” based on the novel by Ivan Turgenev, “Uncle Vanya” by Anton Chekhov, and “The Eldest Son” by Alexander Vampilov. At the same time, the girl was involved in productions of the Moscow Art Theater named after A.P. Chekhov “Old World Landowners”, “Forty-First. Opus Posth." For the second performance in 2008, Yana was awarded the Oleg Tabakov Theater Prize. The actress also became a laureate of the non-state Triumph Prize, awarded for achievements in the field of art and literature.
Participation in theatrical productions
After graduating from the Moscow Art Theater School, the aspiring artist performed on the stage of the Latvian Drama Theater for three years, playing several striking roles, which earned her recognition from the local public.
In 2005, Yana returned to Russia to try her hand at the studio theater under the direction of the incomparable Oleg Tabakov, the so-called “Tabakerka”. Here she participates in the following performances based on the works of classics:
- "Fathers and Sons";
- "Uncle Ivan";
- "Eldest son."
Like many students of the great master, at the same time Yana was involved in productions of the Moscow Art Theater. Chekhov. The actress’s repertoire was replenished with works in such performances as “Old World Landowners”, “Forty-First. Opus Posth."
It was in the last production that her strengths were revealed in all their glory - the ability to convey feelings, emotional fervor. In 2008, for the role of Maryutka, Sexte was awarded a charity prize from the O. Tabakov Foundation for Support and Development. In 2017, Yana received the independent theater award “Theater Star”.
Sexte Yana Viktorovna
Born April 6, 1980 in Riga (Latvian SSR). In 2002 Graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School (course of O. Tabakov, M. Lobanov). From 2002 to 2005 - actress of the Riga Russian Drama Theater. Since 2005 - actress of the Studio Theater under the direction of O. Tabakov. Collaborates with the Moscow Art Theater.
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Awakening (2019, multi-episode, directed by Edward Parry)
Diplomat (2019, TV series, directed by Yuri Kuzmenko) supporting role / Vanderbilt
6.3/7
Fried chicken (2019, TV series, dir. Elena Nikolaeva)
Heart of the World (2018, dir. Natalia Meshchaninova)
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Operation “Satan” (2018, multi-part, directed by Yuri Moroz) main role / Laura Cooper / CIA resident
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Children (2018, multi-episode, directed by Alena Zvantsova)
Chorus (2017, multi-episode, directed by Alena Semenova)
Particle of the Universe (2017, multi-episode, dir. Alena Zvantsova) main role / Megan Wright
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23.59 (2016, dir. Gleb Cherepanov, Denis Kataev)
Bolshoi (2016, dir. Valery Todorovsky)
6.7/7
Petersburg. Only for love (2016, anthology, dir. Aksinya Gog, Natalya Nazarova, etc.)
7.0/13
Investigator Tikhonov (2016, TV series, directed by Sergey Snezhkin, Eduard Oganesyan) supporting role / Elizaveta Mikhailovna
5.7/35
Wonderland (2015, anthology, dir. Dmitry Dyachenko, Maxim Sveshnikov) supporting role / waitress
4.2/13
City (2015/2017, multi-part, dir. Dmitry Konstantinov, Yuri Trofimov) supporting role / Maya Antsifirova
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The Miracle Worker (2014, multi-part, directed by Dmitry Konstantinov) supporting role / Zoya Khruleva
6.2/13
Farewell, beloved (2014, multi-part, dir. Alena Zvantsova) supporting role / Oksana
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Four women (2013, short film, directed by Anton Kolomeets) main character
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Thaw (2013, multi-part, directed by Valery Todorovsky) main role / Lyusya / Lyudmila Polynina
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Heavenly Judgement. Continuation (2013, multi-part, directed by Alena Zvantsova) / Lilith
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Andreika (2012, multi-part, directed by Victoria Derzhitskaya) supporting role / Elizaveta
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Live (2012, dir. Vasily Sigarev)
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Heavenly Wives of the Meadow Mari (2012, almanac, dir. Alexey Fedorchenko)
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Heavenly Court (2011, multi-part, dir. Alena Zvantsova) supporting role / Lilith
7.1/100
Counterplay (2011, multi-part, directed by Elena Nikolaeva) supporting role / Elzbieta / Polish
6.4/35
Heavenly Court (2011, dir. Alena Zvantsova) main role / Lilith
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Hunting (2009, dir. Andis Misišs)
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Trust service (2007, TV series, directed by Elena Nikolaeva) / Yulia Korkina
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In the Ring of Fire (2007, dir. Aigars Grauba)
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Diamonds for dessert (2006, multi-episode, directed by Alexander Mokhov) / Svetlana
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- Performances
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- The Seagull (A. Chekhov) / Masha (dir. - P. Stein / Riga Russian Drama Theater)
- Natalie (I. Bunin) / Sonya (dir. - V. Petrov / Riga Russian Drama Theater)
- The Magnificent Cuckold (F. Crommelynck) / Stella (dir. - V. Senin / Riga Russian Drama Theater)
- Biloxi Blues (N. Simon) / Daisy (dir. - M. Khomyakov / Riga Russian Drama Theater)
- Love's Labour's Lost (W. Shakespeare) / The Moth (dir. - G. Trostyanets / Riga Russian Drama Theater)
- The Cherry Orchard (A. Chekhov) / Dunyasha (dir. - F. Deitch / Riga Russian Drama Theater)
- Love as a diagnosis / Phaedra (dir. - V. Petrov / Riga Russian Drama Theater)
- Forty-first. Opus posth (B. Lavrenev) / Maryutka (dir. - V. Ryzhakov / Moscow Art Theater)
- Old World Landowners (N. Gogol) / Girl (dir. - M. Karbauskis / Moscow Art Theater)
- Uncle Vanya (A. Chekhov) / Sonya (dir. - M. Karbauskis / Studio Theater directed by O. Tabakov)
- The Story of the Seven Hanged Men / Musya, the Old Mother (dir. - M. Karbauskis / Studio Theater directed by O. Tabakov)
- A story about happy Moscow (A. Platonov) / Lisa (dir. - M. Karbauskis / Studio Theater directed by O. Tabakov)
- The adventure, based on the poem by N.V. Gogol’s “Dead Souls” (dir. - M. Karbauskis / Studio Theater directed by O. Tabakov)
- When I was Dying (W. Faulkner) / Dewey Dell (dir. - M. Karbauskis / Studio Theater directed by O. Tabakov)
- The Process (F. Kafka) / Laundress, Leni, Hunchback (dir. - K. Bogomolov / Studio Theater directed by O. Tabakov)
- Fathers and Sons (I. Turgenev) / Fenechka (dir. - K. Bogomolov / Studio Theater directed by O. Tabakov)
- The eldest son (A. Vampilov) / Nina (dir. - K. Bogomolov / Studio Theater directed by O. Tabakov)
- Wolves and Sheep (A. Ostrovsky) / Tamerlane, Dog of Undetermined Sex (dir. - K. Bogomolov / Studio Theater directed by O. Tabakov)
- Fat Freddie's Blues (F.J. Barry) / Jenny (dir. - A. Droznin / Studio Theater directed by O. Tabakov)
- Biloxi Blues (N. Simon) / Daisy (dir. - O. Tabakov / Studio Theater directed by O. Tabakov)
- 1997 — Prize of the O. Tabakov Charitable Foundation.
- 2006 — Prize of the O. Tabakov Charitable Foundation.
- 2007 — Youth Prize “Triumph”.
- 2008 — Award from the O. Tabakov Charitable Foundation for his role in the Moscow Art Theater play “The Forty-First. Opus posth."
- sekste.ru - official website
Film actress career
In 2006, Yana received a cameo role in the Russian detective series “Diamonds for Dessert,” after which she was invited to star in the crime melodrama “Trust Service.” The next films in which the young actress appeared were:
- "Counterplay";
- "Live";
- "Heavenly wives of the meadow mari."
The turning point in Sexte’s fate was the filming of the dramatic television series “The Thaw” directed by Valery Todorovsky, in which Yana got the role of cameraman Lucy Polynina , a seemingly homely girl who does not know the secrets of femininity, but is lively and ready to achieve her goal at all costs.
In 2014, the film “Farewell, Beloved!” was released, where the Latvian actress tried on the image of the wife of the main character, the head of the security service. This was followed by work in the TV series “The Miracle Worker”. Yana was on the same set with the following masters of transformation:
- Philip Yankovsky;
- Fedor Bondarchuk;
- Oksana Fandera.
Over the next two years, the actress’s filmography was replenished with participation in the crime film “The City” and in the comedy film “Wonderland.” During the same period, filming of the full-length drama “Bolshoi” continues. In 2018−19 Many premieres took place with the participation of Sexte. Viewers could see Yana in such TV series as “Children”, “Diplomat”, “Glee”, “Fried Chicken”.
Personal life
Yana Sexte is the ex-wife of Maxim Matveev. She met him in 2008, when she played in the play “Forty-First. Opus Posth." The young people were overcome by passion, and soon they got married. Unfortunately, the marriage turned out to be fragile. The daughter of Mikhail Boyarsky, Elizaveta, intervened in their family happiness and managed to take away someone else’s husband. Maxim filed for divorce, moved to the Northern capital and married his new lover there.
For a long time, Yana could not come to terms with her husband’s betrayal until she began an affair with director Vasily Senin, with whom she worked in Moscow and then toured Europe. However, the relationship with him did not last long.
In 2012, musician and composer Dmitry Marin won her heart. The fateful meeting took place during a joint production of the play “Marriage 2.0”. In November 2013, the young couple exchanged rings, and the following summer they became happy parents. Yana Sexte’s husband was immensely happy about the birth of her daughter , and the actress herself, who became a mother at 34, admitted in an interview that motherhood is what she missed so much.
The actress tries to devote her free time to her family. For a long time she was involved in show jumping, but after she received a leg injury, she began to sit on a horse less often. Yana, like her husband, is a devoted CSKA fan. Even while pregnant, she did not miss the matches of her favorite team.
Charity
One day, when the actress was spending time on social networks, her attention was drawn to an announcement about raising funds for the treatment of a seriously ill baby. Without thinking twice, Yana took the money she had at home and went to a medical facility to give it to the child’s mother. At the hospital, she met the volunteers of the non-governmental charitable foundation “Gift of Life”, after which she was repeatedly invited to hold children’s matinees for sick children.
In 2007, Yana and her ex-husband Maxim Matveev created the Doctor Clown social project, whose members engage in hospital clowning, designed to relieve children from the stress they experience while confined to the four walls of a ward. Yana always posts photos taken at charity events on her Instagram page.
Biography[ | ]
In 2002 she graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School (course of O. Tabakov and M. Lobanov). After graduating from college, she worked for three seasons at the Riga Russian Theater, where she played several roles. According to the results of an audience poll, she became the best young actress of the Riga Russian Drama Theater of the 2003-2004 season.
In 2005, she was accepted into the troupe of the theater-studio under the direction of Tabakov. At the same time, she was busy in performances of the Moscow Art Theater. Chekhov.
In her free time, Yana Sexte enjoys horse riding, show jumping, as well as modern dance and choreography.
She was one of the first to organize the hospital clownery movement in Russia. Since 2007, together with Maxim Matveev, she worked as a clown doctor at the Russian Children's Clinical Hospital on a volunteer basis. In 2013, she became a member of the board of the Doctor Clown charitable foundation. In addition to administrative activities, he is engaged in the implementation of special services. projects and organizes joint events of the Doctor Clown charitable foundation with other charitable organizations. [ source not specified 157 days
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Personal life[ | ]
- First husband (2008-2009) - actor Maxim Matveev.
- Second husband (since November 2013) is composer Dmitry Marin. Daughter Anna (born August 1, 2014).
