Biography
TV viewers of the mid-2000s remembered Elena Starostina, first of all, from the talk show “The Domino Principle.” But her career is much more extensive - having started working on television back in the 1980s, the woman became established both as a TV presenter and as a professional actress.
Actress Elena Starostina
Elena Alekseevna Starostina was born in Volgograd on May 17, 1964. As a child, Lena was very artistic and always dreamed of working on television. However, after graduating from school, she first entered the music school, and then, after graduating from it, the Volgograd Institute of Civil Engineering.
However, the “non-core” higher education received in her youth and the move to Ulyanovsk did not force Elena to give up her dream. After working for some time at Ulyanovskavtodor, in 1986 the girl learned that a vacancy had appeared in the city for a television announcer.
Elena Starostina
The desire to get this particular job forced Elena to neglect formalities. The studio demanded male applicants and asked them to submit applications in writing, but Starostina came to the employers in person and stated that she wanted to work. Despite the confusion from the girl’s excessive courage, she was accepted. This is how Elena’s television biography began.
Actress Starostina and her son spoke about the evacuation of their car
Today in Moscow, police officers detained Muscovite Oleg Starostin, who climbed into his car when he was already being taken away by a tow truck. Correspondents of the “Emergency Call” program talked with his wife, TV presenter and actress Elena Starostina, and his son, Maxim Starostin, to find out the circumstances of the incident.
“Last night at 22:30 a neighbor called us and said that our car was being towed. The father immediately rushed out of his seat to see what was the matter,” said the son of the new “parkman.”
According to the young man, the car could not interfere with passers-by. In addition, he clarified that there was not a single prohibition sign within a radius of 50 meters.
“Last night I walked around the area around the house myself. There’s not a single sign there,” he said. According to him, there were other cars parked at night, but they decided to pick up their car with a tow truck. Maxim explained that his father ran out into the street “with virtually no outer clothing.”
“As I understand it, he hailed a taxi and said that we needed to go get a tow truck. They caught up with him in the VDNKh area. There, the father had already moved into his car,” the son said.
Maxim Starostin said that the police promised to remove the car from the tow truck and let the father go home after drawing up a report.
“The father complied with the conditions. He got out of the car, and they didn’t do anything. They just put him in a police car and drove off with a tow truck,” he emphasized.
At the moment, the car is in the impound lot, and Oleg Starostin is still in the police custody.
“As I heard, he will be given 15 days for opposing police officers. But he didn't resist. He was sitting in the car. When he got out of the car, he did not offer any physical resistance,” the young man explained.
Actress Elena Starostina said that the police said that the car was interfering with the passage of children in strollers: “Of course, at 11 o’clock at night the car “disturbs” everyone.” According to the woman, tow truck operators “go hunting every night and choose their prey.”
“This is my value judgment, but it seems to me that this is such a business! It seems to me that it looks like a gang of thieves because there is no common sense in what they are doing. I see only one meaning here - to make money.”
Earlier it was reported that the new “parkman” was taken to the hospital with a suspected heart attack.
“I asked him how he got into the car. And he says he doesn’t even remember how it happened. From injustice, arrogance, this unceremoniousness, his head was simply blown off,” Starostina explained.
According to her, her husband was brought to a state of passion and fainting: “He feels bad now. The police called an ambulance because he was already feeling bad there. We have already brought him pills there.”
A television
In 1990, Lena decided to move to Moscow and get another education, this time in the field of journalism. In the capital, she entered the required faculty at the Youth Institute under the Central Committee of the Komsomol and the State Committee for Labor of the USSR (current Moscow State University). Her studies followed an accelerated course, but even during her 1.5 years as a student, Starostina managed to learn a lot in the field of journalism. As a correspondent for television channels during this period, she undertook to cover everything from fashion trends to the political life of the country.
TV presenter Elena Starostina
Having received a diploma from the institute at the end of 1991, in 1992 Elena began working as an announcer on the RTR channel (today's Russia-1), as well as as a special correspondent for the Politika studio. In 1994, Starostina became the host of the Delovaya Rossiya TV channel, which at that time was an information block within the same RTR, where she worked until 1997.
Elena Starostina and Elena Hanga in the program “The Domino Principle”
After this, Elena continued to host news programs on various channels until 2004. Then, in the popular talk show “The Domino Principle,” a vacancy opened up for co-host Elena Khanga, and Starostina received a call with an offer to come to the casting. The auditions were successful, and a month later the woman found out that she was the one chosen from the applicants. Elena worked in “The Domino Principle” until 2005, after which, after the expiration of the contract, she left the project.
Professional activity
Having received a diploma in civil engineering in 1986, Starostina began working in the road department of the city of Ulyanovsk. A few months later, city television announced a competition for the position of announcer. Svetlana confidently passed all the tests and began performing her duties. Over the course of four years, she gained experience and skills in live broadcasting. After this period, she moved to Moscow and entered the journalism department of the Youth Institute under the Komsomol Central Committee. As a student, she covered all events of interest to viewers.
After completing her studies in 1992, the certified journalist hosted a program on the Delovaya Rossiya TV channel for five years. Starostina’s career as a TV presenter was quite successful. At a certain stage of creativity, she was offered a contract for NTV. Svetlana became one of the hosts of the popular program “Domino Principle”. After the first episodes of the program, Starostina began to be recognized on the street, in shops and other public places. At the same time, she received offers to participate in filming. Svetlana’s acting debut took place in the detective series “Lawyer”.
Movies
Elena first appeared on screens as an actress while still working as a TV presenter - in 2002, when she starred in the series “Impostors” as a TV presenter. In 2006, Starostina appeared in the popular Russian sitcom “My Fair Nanny” - she played herself.
Elena Starostina in the film “Demons”
After this, the actress repeatedly appeared in Russian films and TV series. Mostly, women received either episodic roles or supporting roles, but in the multi-part project “Love and Other Stupidities” Elena played one of the main characters.
Personal life of Elena Khanga
Elena got married in 2001.
Her husband was a man with whom she had known for a long time - Igor Mintusov. The wedding took place in January 2001 in Los Angeles, where most of the TV presenter’s close relatives live. In October of the same year, a daughter appeared in the family. She was given the double name Elizaveta-Anna. Elena Hanga about the new TV project “Crosstalk” Elena’s husband loves to travel, but does not want to live anywhere other than Russia. Because of this, the family lives permanently in Moscow. Igor’s mother provided great assistance in raising her daughter, especially when the girl was very young. Thanks to the help of her mother-in-law, it became possible for Hanga to return to work at the end of 2001. Hanga also tried herself as an actress. The first steps were taken in childhood. In 1970, she starred as an extra in the film “Black Sun”; in 1981, Lena appeared in the film “The Invisible Man”. Two years later, the film “New Tales of Scheherazade” was released. Already in 2005, Elena played a small role in the television series “Balzac's Age,” and she also starred in another television series in 2006.
Elena Starostina now
On October 29, 2020, fans saw Elena on the screen again, and in a very unusual quality. The woman became a guest on the program “Live Healthy!”, demonstrating a pole dance to the audience.
Elena Starostina in the program “Live Healthy!”
It turned out that the TV presenter has been doing this type of gymnastics for 3.5 years. What brought her to the pole was the desire to improve her tone, but in a way that wasn’t boring. The woman was not attracted to standard activities, but this sport turned out to be what she needed, although the actress honestly admitted to Elena Malysheva that the result was not achieved immediately.
The woman was inspired to take up classes by a news story that talked about a 70-year-old woman from China who started pole dancing at the age of 60 and has not stopped practicing since then. After going to a trial lesson at a club closest to her home, Elena realized that she had found the best way to keep herself in shape. And she succeeded: with a height of 162 cm, the woman’s weight is 50 kg.
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Filmography
- 2002 – “Impostors”
- 2006 – “My Fair Nanny”
- 2008 – “Trace”
- 2008 – “Moscow. Three stations"
- 2010 – “Love and other nonsense”
- 2011 – “Truckers-3”
- 2011 – “The Gift”
- 2011 – Zemsky Doctor. Continuation, as Regina
- 2012 – “I’m going out to look for you 2”
- 2013 – “Beautiful to Death”
- 2014 – “I’m not afraid anymore”
- 2015 – “Beauty Queen”
- 2016 – “Family Circumstances”
- 2016–2018 – “Olga”
- 2017 – “Unknown”
Biography[ | ]
Born in 1911 in Moscow. She studied at the studio of Y. Zavadsky[1], took private lessons from N.P. Khmelev, then participated in the creation of the studio theater under the leadership of Khmelev, assisted in the production of the plays “There Wasn’t a Penny...”, etc.[2] She graduated from the directing and pedagogical faculty of GITIS (first intake), where she studied with such masters of directing as B. M. Sushkevich, I. Ya. Sudakov. She staged performances in theaters in Brest, Elista, and Nalchik. GITIS has produced nine national studios. She left memories dedicated to the theatrical life of Moscow in the 1920s and 1930s, her studies at studios and GITIS, and her travels during the war, which were published in 2012 by her student V.V. Topolaga. Together with Boris Grigorievich Kulnev, she founded the department of acting skills at the Voronezh State Institute of Arts in 1971[3].
