Origin, characteristics and meaning of the name Eugene

Childhood and youth

The girl’s mother first worked as a teacher at school, and after some time became the director of the educational institution. The film “Scarecrow,” Evgenia believes, is a film about her childhood. The position of mother irritated other children and attracted undue attention to Zhenya; even her classmates boycotted her, since she was a very good student.

From an early age the girl was a naughty child. She threw tantrums, ran away from kindergarten, stole light bulbs from department stores and lost things. When Zhenya grew up, her character did not change. The girl jumped from roof to roof of nine-story buildings on a bet, stole apples from neighbors' plots, and much more.

In her childhood, Evgenia took up dancing alongside her studies at school, and later, with a friend, she began attending a theater studio. Throughout her childhood, the role model for the hooligan and eccentric girl was her older brother Seryozha, who was distinguished by his diligence and obedience. For disobedience, Zhenya was often punished (beaten, scolded) by her parents. For frequent lies and theft, the girl faced punishment from her parents - six months of house arrest. This method of punishment taught the girl never to take someone else’s property.

After graduating from secondary school, Evgenia wanted to continue her education at a theater university in the Russian capital, but her parents were against this decision. At the request of the family, the girl entered the Riga University (ISMA) to major in cultural management, while at the same time she continued to study at the theater studio and participate in various performances.

Evgenia’s mother came to one of the productions in which her daughter participated, and was impressed by her daughter’s performance. After this incident, the parents decided to give the girl one single chance - to try to enter the capital’s theater university.

Taking advantage of the chance, Evgenia managed to pass a big competition the first time and become a student at the Shchukin Institute, where she studied from 2001 to 2005. The girl learned the art of acting in the workshop of the director, actor and TV presenter Mikhail Borisovich Borisov (born in 1949).

Working on television

The actress's television biography began immediately. Immediately after graduating from the theater institute, Evgenia Kregzhde was invited to the new humorous program “Women’s League”. Together with such performers as Anna Ardova, Anna Antonova, Olga Tumaikina and Alexander Makogon, she created short sketches. The sitcom was a great success and lasted six years, but Evgenia herself took part only in the first season.

The fact is that she was noticed by the managers of a more rated project - the sketch show “Yes, Youth!”. There, Kregzhde played many diverse roles, but most of all, viewers remembered her as the chav Zinaida Komkova, nicknamed Shakira. By the way, together with her partners in this program, Mikhail Bashkatov and Andrei Burkovsky, the actress performed as part of the Tomsk KVN team “Maximum” at the Voting KiViN 2009 festival and even won the honorary second prize “Big Kivin in Light.”

Professional activity

After graduating from a theater university in 2005, the young actress was accepted by Mikhail Aleksandrovich Ulyanov into the troupe at the Yevgeny Vakhtangov Theater. The girl was warmly received by the cast, and she managed to avoid the pitfalls of competition. The girl’s debut work on the theater stage was the four-hour musical production “Mademoiselle Nitouche,” where she immediately played the main role - boarding school student Denise. Two years later, Rimas Tuminas became the artistic director of the theater.

Tuminas’s opinion was important for Evgenia, since he, first of all, cultivates an individual and talented personality in the young actress. For any manifestation of pride, the actress received a punch in the nose from her teacher. Evgenia learned to understand him perfectly. His comments always make the young actress stronger and more professional. When the teacher is silent, the girl always knows that he is pleased with her performance on stage.

Among the performances in which Evgenia subsequently took part are the productions “Eugene Onegin”, “Cyrano de Bergerac”, “Uncle Vanya”, “The Truest Legend of One Quarter” and “Measure for Measure”. Playing in different performances, the actress gets to know the world and the people around her.

The girl also collaborated as a guest actress with the following theater projects: Independent and Theater Center on Strastnoy. On the Free Stage, Evgenia played in the play The Thunderstorm, for which she received the Crystal Turandot award and was named best actress of the year.

Today Evgenia is the leading young actress of the Vakhtangov Theater. Directors, including Rimas Tuminas, Yuri Butusov, Yuri Lyubimov, Ulanbek Bayaliev and others, trust the girl with leading roles in their performances. When an actress gets leading roles one after another, this significantly complicates relationships with other theater artists. But Evgenia does not pay attention to this, since she came to the theater in order to work fruitfully and serve him.

The girl made her film debut in 2003, while a student at the Shchukin Institute. Evgenia played a cameo role in the action film “Instructor” directed by Evgeny Serov (film No. 4). The series was based on the works of the master of modern detective in Russia Andrei Voronin about the fate of a former special forces soldier. Later, Evgenia starred in the tragicomedy “Silver Lily of the Valley 2” and the melodrama “On Verkhnyaya Maslovka”.

Evgenia’s filmography currently includes more than 20 film projects. Notable works in the actress’s film career are: “We’ve come in large numbers here” (Alena), “The Far Side of the Moon 2” (Nadya), “The Geographer Drank the Globe Away” (teacher Sashenka), “These Eyes Opposite” (Nina).

From 2006 to 2007, the girl took part in the successful humorous project “Women’s League” (first season). Afterwards, Evgenia was invited to the top-rated sketch show “Give Youth!” , in which the actress played many different roles. Most of all, TV viewers remembered the girl as the chav Zinaida Komkova, nicknamed Shakira. Evgenia’s partners in the project were: Andrey Burkovsky, Mikhail Bashkatov and others.

In 2009, the actress could be seen playing as part of the Tomsk team “Maximum” on the stage of the KVN festival “Voting Kivin”. That year they won the honorary prize “Big Kivin in Light” (second place).

In 2020, the actress participated in the dance show on Channel One “Ice Age” (sixth season), where she and her partner Povilas Vanagas took an honorable second place.

In 2020, the young actress could be seen in such films as “The Reserve,” “The Player,” “Dad, Die,” and in the short film “Solo.” Today, Evgenia agrees to play only those film roles in which she can truly reveal herself. It is very important for an actress to feel proud of her work and be responsible for every second spent on stage or on the set.

Biography

Evgenia Kregzhde is a Russian and Latvian actress, best known for her participation in the television sketch show “Give Youth”, as well as the films “The Geographer Drank the Globe Away” and “The Far Side of the Moon-2”. In addition, the girl appeared in the popular humorous game KVN.

Actress Eugenia Kregzhde

Evgeniya was born and raised in Riga in a family of teachers. Her parents devoted their lives to the exact sciences - physics and mathematics, and her mother even rose to the position of school director in the teaching field. As people who are accustomed to analyzing and planning everything, the parents calculated the entire future fate of their daughter, including her career, which, of course, was not associated at all with acting.

But little Zhenya herself was not happy with the plans of her father and mother. She grew up as a rather reserved and constrained child. At school, the girl kept herself apart from the other children and was somewhat of a recluse. But one day, as a teenager, Kregzhde was included in the composition of the students participating in the production of a school play based on the works of the great poetess Marina Tsvetaeva. Evgenia read from the stage the poem “My dear, what have I done to you?” and it was at that moment that I realized that I had found a wonderful way to tell other people about my own experiences and problems.

Evgeniya Kregzhde

But my father and mother did not want to hear anything about any theater school. They insisted that Zhenya enter one of the prestigious Riga universities, and the girl studied for a year to become a culture and tourism manager. Nevertheless, in the evenings she attended an amateur theater studio. And one day my mother attended a performance, where, looking at her daughter’s performance, she sobbed throughout the performance.

It was then that a compromise was found: Evgenia was allowed to make one attempt to enter the institute of her dreams, but if she failed, she would finish her studies at her current university and would not return to this idea again. Kregzhde went to Moscow and on the first try convinced the examination committee of the B.V. Shchukin Theater School to accept her as a student.

Evgeniya Kregzhde in the theater

After graduating from high school, the girl joined the troupe of the Yevgeny Vakhtangov Theater, where she made her debut with the main role in the play “Mademoiselle Nitouche.” Subsequently, Evgenia Kregzhde played many roles both on this stage and as a guest actress on the stage of the Theater Center on Strastnoy and Independent. For her performance as Katerina in the play “The Thunderstorm,” she was named best actress of the year and received the “Crystal Turandot” award.

Interesting Facts

• The artist’s height is 170 cm, weight – 50 kg. The surname Kregzhde means swallow in Lithuanian. Evgeniya is very fond of confectionery and sweets. The girl smokes. He considers himself a very curious person.
• It so happens that all the women in the girl’s family look 10 years younger than they actually are - this is genetics. Therefore, at 20 years old, the girl looked 12 years old, because of this, young people did not take Evgenia seriously, thinking that she was a teenager. This psychologically traumatized the girl, since she was already ready for love affairs.
• Evgenia’s parents still live in Latvia today, while continuing to support their daughter in everything. They consider her the most beautiful and talented.
• Evgeniya, in addition to Russian, also speaks Latvian and English. The actress has a license and is an experienced driver. Calls himself a sociopath.
• The actress has an older brother, whose name is Sergei. Today he is the best crisis manager in Latvia. He is married and has a daughter.
• The actress has an account on Instagram, popular among famous artists. There are almost six thousand subscribers on the social network who admire Eugenia’s talent. The girl also actively uses social networks: Facebook and Vkontakte.

Theater

After graduating from high school, the girl joined the troupe of the Yevgeny Vakhtangov Theater, where she made her debut with the main role in the play “Mademoiselle Nitouche.” Subsequently, she played many roles both on this stage and as a guest actress on the stage of the Theater Center on Strastnoy and Independent. For her performance as Katerina in the play “The Thunderstorm,” she was named best actress of the year and received the “Crystal Turandot” award.

“I was accepted into the theater so warmly and tenderly that I didn’t have to prove anything. Now there are a huge number of young people in the theater and a lot of competition, but at the time when I came, the theater was in a slightly different state. Rimas Vladimirovich (Tuminas) was not there yet, Mikhail Aleksandrovich Ulyanov took me to the theater, and, one might say, blessed me, this is a very good memory. I came to some calm waters - there was no competition, and I somehow easily bypassed all these difficult moments,” recalls Evgenia.

Today Evgenia is the leading actress of the younger generation of the theater. Major directors working on the Vakhtangov stage entrust her with the main roles: Sonya in Uncle Vanya and Tatyana Larina in Eugene Onegin by Rimas Tuminas, Isabella in Measure by Measure by Yuri Butusov, Lisa in Demons by Yuri Lyubimov, Katerina in “Thunderstorm” by Ulanbek Bayaliev.

Filmography

Evgeniya Kregzhde now

In 2020, the actress's theatrical career received official recognition. Evgenia Kregzhde received the Crystal Turandot theater award in the category “Best Actress” for her role as Katerina in the play “The Thunderstorm”.

In the same year, Evgenia Kregzhde became a participant in the figure skating sports show “Ice Age”. The actress's partner was Povilas Vanagas. The couple made it to the finals of the television competition, where they performed a number to Daniel Lavoie’s song “Nu” and took second place.

The actress's film career did not suffer. Among the girl’s latest works, it is worth noting the biographical drama about the singer Valery Obodzinsky “These Eyes Opposite”. The musical series showed the difficult life of the Soviet singer. Obodzinsky (Vyacheslav Chepurchenko and Alexey Barabash) from an unknown guy from Odessa turned into a pop star who sang lyrics instead of Komsomol hymns. But just as quickly, the singer lost fame and permission to perform and was forced to work as a watchman until loyal fans found the musician. Evgenia played the role of Nina, Kulikov’s daughter.

Evgenia Kregzhde and Pavel Derevyanko in the series “The Far Side of the Moon”

The actress also appeared in the second season of the popular comedy “ The Far Side of the Moon.”

"with Pavel Derevyanko in the title role. Eugenia Kregzhde played the role of Nadia, the ex-wife of the main character. The detective story with elements of science fiction and fantasy continues the line of the first season. The main character returns from the past to our time, but makes a mistake and ends up in a world where perestroika did not take place in the USSR.

In addition, at the end of 2020, a new crime film “The Player” will be released, starring Eugenia Kregzhde. The 12-episode drama charts the development of the gambling business from the rise of ubiquitous casinos in 2005 to the criminalization of slot machines and the move of casinos underground as they are today. The main character, a mathematics student, develops a scheme to cheat a casino.

Evgenia Kregzhde on the set of the film “Pushkin. Whiskey. Rock'n'roll"

Also, by the end of 2020, the actress will appear in the film “Pushkin, Whiskey, Rock and Roll.”

“Danila, what are you, crazy?!”: actors of the show “Give Youth!” 11 years later

Mikhail Bashkatov and Andrey Burkovsky as German and Danila

Memes featuring the main characters of the program are still circulating on the Internet, and the phrases of many of them have become firmly entrenched in the vocabulary of millions. Take, for example, the expressions “Danila, are you crazy?!”, “Oh mygadble!” or the hard-to-pronounce “Uhahahahable.” Needless to say, the show’s performers became stars overnight. Just how have they changed in recent years?

Andrey Burkovsky

Who did Andrei play in the show? Among the most memorable characters was the flamboyant metrosexual Danila Fox, who strives to become almost the most important fashionista in the capital. As for real life, at the time of participation in the project Andrei was already married. In 2011, his son Maxim was born, and two years later his daughter Alisa. Burkovsky has a reputation as an exemplary family man. At least his name is not associated with high-profile scandals.

Andrey Burkovsky teaches children to save

“We have a wonderful relationship. We get asked all the time: “What is your secret?” And my wife formulated this somehow, it was ten years since our wedding: “Humor is important in a relationship.” You have to laugh at yourself, stop at some point and look at everything from the outside. This is all funny! Humor helps,” the actor shared the secret of family happiness.

Burkovsky today is an exemplary family man

This year marks 11 years since the death of a person close to Andrei - his brother Alexander, who crashed at the ski resort of the Kemerovo region.

“When he left it was very difficult. Now I can calmly talk about my brother. I loved him very much. When he passed away, the next year I entered the Moscow Art Theater - maybe also because of this. I guess I subconsciously wanted to change everything. I choose my words carefully now... Because any word spoken can cause my emotional reaction. Forgive me for speaking so carefully... He was a truly talented person. Everyone loved him. And how he knew how to be friends!” - 36-year-old Burkovsky confessed.

Mikhail Bashkatov

Mikhail has three sons

Bashkatov, who played the no less charismatic Herman, is also a family man. KVN brought Mikhail into the world of cinema. Thus, Bashkatov has participated in the famous teams “City Lights” and “MaximM”. Today, the 38-year-old actor boasts a large family - he has three sons - Timofey, Fedor, Stepan. The older heirs were born by caesarean section, but the actor’s younger wife, Catherine, decided to give birth herself.

In the end, everything went well, which Bashkatov told his fans about.

Mikhail Bashkatov: “What do I do best? Sons"

“I’ll leave all the risks and pitfalls for the initiated. We ourselves did not know whether it would work out or not, and carefully, in private, we voiced good and bad options. In the end, everything happened. In four hours a man was born, I became a happy father, and Katya is alive and well. I am proud of you, my love, and let someone say that it is not the woman who gives birth, but the uterus, I know: you did all this, with your will, with your body, with your thoughts, with your attitude, you made it possible. I thank and bow!” - admitted the happy father of many children.

Aslan Bizhoev

Aslan Bizhoev has a daughter

After the release of the show “Give Youth!” Bizhoev’s career took off - the artist began to be invited to various projects. Thus, Aslan played one of the key roles in the comedy series “Growing Up Dad.” In one of the interviews dedicated to him, he revealed some details of his personal life. “In real life, I’m also a dad, so I didn’t have to get used to the role of a young guy caring for a five-month-old baby. Although raising your child is one thing, a film set is completely different,” the actor confessed several years ago. It turns out that Aslan has a daughter, Diana, with whose mother he never started a family.

About five years ago, Bizhoev was going to marry, albeit to someone else. “I’m not married, I’m just getting ready. My beloved from my native Nalchik,” Aslan continued. “Everything is serious with us, she will not be an actress or a singer.” I never wanted to choose a soul mate from the world of show business. One artist, that is, me, is enough for a family.”

Among other things, Bizhoev was credited with a love affair with the ex-soloist of the Ranetki group Anya Rudneva. As it turned out, the couple “met” for personal gain, which Aslan spoke about quite openly. “It was just a PR affair. The producers decided so. I just happened to be the only unmarried guy from the “Give Youth!” project. The end result was pretty cool. The photographs remained beautiful. But Anya is just my friend, colleague, nothing more. Now she’s married, I’m happy for her,” the actor explained.

Evgeniya Kregzhde

Evgenia was credited with an affair with Bichevin

The actress rarely shares details of her personal life, so there are a lot of rumors around her. It was rumored that Kregzhde was having an affair with his theater and film colleague Leonid Bichevin, but this gossip was never confirmed. Evgenia today is a beloved wife and mother of two children - a daughter and a son. The 37-year-old actress manages to combine raising children and working in films. Thus, she has roles in such film projects as “The Far Side of the Moon,” where she played the role of the wife of the hero Pavel Derevyanko.

Evgenia gained all-Russian fame from the film under the unusual title “The Geographer Drank His Globe Away,” based on the novel by Alexei Ivanov. The main role in the film went to Konstantin Khabensky. Kregzhde played a kindergarten teacher, thus showing the poor life of teachers who, despite their meager salaries, do a lot for their students.

Marusya Zykova

Marusya is quite demanding of roles

Marusya got the roles of both dim-witted blondes and women with tragic fates. The artist managed to work on several projects at once: so, along with filming “Give You Youth!” she also took part in the show “Big Difference”, with the producer of which she had an affair. The result of this relationship was the birth of their daughter Mirra. Since 2016, Zykova has been dating her colleague in the series “Londongrad” Evgeny Morozov.

Today, the actress avoids comedy shows whenever possible. “Almost no one jokes about real topics. Instagram can be funnier and sharper than the content of some channels. I am against humor when I see artists making jokes, but they themselves are not enjoying themselves, when the audience sits and claps their hands because they have to. Everything related to substitution is worth nothing,” he explained his decision to radically change his role.

Zykova is quite demanding of potential roles, which is perhaps why she has been acting very rarely lately. “This is my conscious choice. But I read all the scripts, consider every opportunity to act. Of course, this has its downsides - the lack of filming, but if this is the price for being yourself, then okay - I agree to it,” reasoned the 34-year-old artist.

Angelika Kashirina

Anzhelika Kashirina fulfilled her old dream of becoming an actress

From a young age, Angelica dreamed of becoming an actress. Her wishes came true. “Once at my classmate’s birthday, back in elementary school, I imitated Michael Jackson. I danced like him and everyone laughed. It wasn’t like I once watched a movie, saw some actress and said to myself: “I want to be like her!” This is all from my childhood acting and how those around me perceived me. At school I was invited to the drama studio. “I was constantly in contact with acting and creativity in one form or another, participated in competitions, went to clubs, for example, I devoted five years to ballroom dancing,” she said.

Today, the petite brunette has dozens of film credits to her name. The most famous of them are the TV series “Fitness” and “Mommies”. "Mannequin". 34-year-old Kashirina shares her creative plans with great pleasure, but discussing her personal life is taboo for her.

Egor Salnikov

Yegor married a girl who has nothing to do with show business

Unlike Anzhelika, Salnikov still talks about what is happening on his personal front. A year and a half ago, the actor, who was firmly assigned the role of a nerd, married Daria Rotkina, who has nothing to do with the world of show business. The celebration on this occasion took place in the bride’s homeland - Karelia. Where and how the couple met is a sealed secret, because Yegor still prefers not to talk about it.

“The time has come when “it won’t heal until the wedding.” So it cut off after “measure seven times.” Here is the river. Here's the family. We’re starting to walk through the white door,” the 32-year-old actor shared his happiness on his personal blog. Today little is heard about the artist. What is known is that he spoke quite warmly about his colleagues on the show “Give Youth!”

“Our film will not be a cinema classic, but it is a different genre. We never set our sights on anything huge. This is a sketch genre, we have a very good team, there is humor, we don’t allow ourselves jokes below the belt,” he said.

Based on materials from Express Newspaper, Peopletalk

Photo: footage from the show “Give Youth!” on STS, Instagram

Theater productions

Theater named after Vakhtangov

• “Chulimsk Last Summer” based on the play by A. Vampilov “Last Summer in Chulimsk” - Valentina
• “Mademoiselle Nitouche” - Denise, boarding school student
• "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" - Fatima, Kasem's wife
• "Cyrano de Bergerac" - Sister Beata, Thief
• “Hedgehog in the Fog” - Bunny
• "Chasing two birds with one stone"
• "Homage to Eve"
• "Little Demon"
• "The truest legend of one block"
• "Women's Shore"
• "Troilus and Cressida"
• "Measure for measure"
• "Uncle Vanya" - Sonya
• "Eugene Onegin" - Tatyana Larina
• “Demons” - Lisa
• "Peer Gynt" - Mother

Theater Center on Strastnoy

• "Those free butterflies."

Teatralnaya

• “Eldest son” - Nina
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