Childhood
On August 25, 1964, Tatyana Yakovenko was born in Moscow. The biography of the actress begins its coherent narrative in a family that had nothing to do with cinema, theater, or music. Her school years were spent in an ordinary secondary school, no different from other similar institutions. In addition to the direct process of acquiring skills and knowledge, the girl was also busy in extracurricular activities. Choreography, theatrical performances, sports competitions, community service and many other events - Tatyana Yakovenko actively took part in all the events. Amateur artistic activity was precisely the starting point that influenced the girl’s choice of future profession.
Tatiana Yakovenko
Russian theater and film actress.
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Tatyana Aleksandrovna Yakovenko was born on August 25, 1964 in Moscow. The future actress grew up and was brought up in a family that had nothing to do with theater or cinema. She went to an ordinary Moscow school, and, like all girls, was interested in dancing and sports at first, was a school activist and, of course, attended an amateur art group. It was he who influenced the girl’s choice of life path: after graduating from school, with the consent of her parents, Tatyana Yakovenko, having successfully passed the entrance exams, entered the famous “Pike”.
After graduating from college, Tatyana Yakovenko was accepted into the troupe of the Comedy Theater at Rosconcert, which later transformed into the Pokrovka Theater. The actress has been serving in Sergei Artsybashev’s team on Pokrovka since its creation. Perhaps this is why Tatyana Yakovenko acted so little, although, despite the workload in the theater, she thought about cinema all the time. And Artsybashev himself could not stand it when his actors left somewhere. He believed that they should be devoted only to the theater, and there was such a lack of cinema in her life! Cinema has always attracted Tatyana Yakovenko.
The actress’s first meeting with cinema began with a supporting role for director Georgy Natanson in the social melodrama “Valentin and Valentina” based on the play of the same name by Roshchin. And her first leading role was the role of the girl Zoya, who accidentally fell into the hands of former criminals, in Arkady Kordon’s crime drama “The Condemned.”
The film world noticed a beautiful girl and a talented actress. Alexander Chernykh invited her to play the main role in the Russian-Polish-American project, a metaphorical and at the same time comic melodrama “He Didn’t Tie His Shoes” about the love of a living man and a dead woman, in the most literal sense. Yakovenko managed to brilliantly reveal the essence of his heroine Victoria, who is not a corpse at all, but just the ghost of the wife of a certain Stanislav, the charming partner of the actress in the role of Sergei Makovetsky.
Fate gave the actress, for which she is very grateful, work with Valery Priemykhov: first it was a romantic role in the social drama “Migrants”, and then an interesting image in the cult tragicomic melodrama of the late nineties “Who, if not us, in this last of his work . If it weren’t for his tragic death, the actress is sure that today she would be on Priemykhov’s team.
After a while, Tatyana found herself in the team of an amazing person, professional director Vitaly Moskalenko. Moskalenko thought through everything well when he made his film “One Life”: all the scenes were rehearsed in advance and therefore the film was shot for only a month and a half.
A picture with a touching plot: the heroine Yakovenko, the editor-in-chief of a fashionable women's magazine named after her “Marina,” is recovering from a serious illness—she, the main character, became pregnant! What coincided with the pregnancy of the actress herself, and this coincidence made Moskalenko very happy: “Tanya, a child is the most important thing in our film! Well done!". The favorite of TV viewers, the popularly known “cop” from the “street of broken lamps” Alexei Nilov played a very unexpected role in the film - Nilov played the hero-lover.
In the film “Dacha for Sale” by the young director Potapov, Tatyana Yakovenko plays with Alexander Pankratov-Cherny. Now there are not so many comedians, such as Leonid Gaidai, for example, but everyone really loves to laugh and is waiting for such a movie - subtle, with humor. And this depends on many reasons: on the material, the text, on how the actors played, so the viewer liked the main characters of this film...
Tatyana Yakovenko has been an actress all her life, but now the time is such that there is an opportunity to do her own projects. Nowadays there is a dominance of male cinema on the screen: fights, blood, aggression, but everyone wants something bright and clean. This is what prompted the actress to become a producer. I wanted to move forward, creating quality cinema. It became interesting to form a team. Be in context with a talented creative team. So Tatyana Yakovenko performed in the mystical thriller “Gothic Collection/Vodyanoy” not only in her usual role, but also showed herself to be a successful producer.
Of course, Yakovenko brilliantly combined the role of the main character and producer, and the role was really interesting and it worked well, because the team was professional, the people were young, energetic, and lively. Stars of the first magnitude also starred in the film - Smolyakov, Alena Yakovleva - a wonderful actress and young artists, their faces are not yet blurred.
Tatyana Yakovenko, of course, considers herself a strong woman. In fact, she is of the opinion that there are very few weak women nowadays. Most likely, living conditions do not allow you to be weak. You need to raise children, but in addition to this, you can also develop as a person and respect yourself. Men, of course, also need to be respected, but how could it be otherwise?...
Yakovenko also has a slightly strange hobby - she is constantly studying: English, French, playing the piano, and in this, of course, she is a good example for her children. Or maybe this is just a normal phenomenon?
She is an absolute fatalist. Virgo is a good sign that can get along with everyone. There are two lines on her hand that do not converge, this is a fatal sign of fate. And the actress draws strength from communicating with her children, her loved ones, her husband, and friends. She breaks the stereotype that it is impossible to work with friends. How possible! This is absolute mutual understanding! Tatyana Yakovenko treats people exceptionally well and expects the same attitude towards herself.
Conquering art
After the final exams, Tatyana, after consulting with her parents, decided to enter the famous Higher Theater School named after Boris Vasilyevich Shchukin. Having passed all the tests the first time, yesterday's schoolgirl becomes a student of the acting department. She was lucky to study under the guidance of a wonderful teacher, Tatyana Kirillovna Kopteva. In 1985, the girl became a graduate of this educational institution. Immediately after receiving her diploma, she was invited to join the troupe of the Comedy Theater at Rosconcert. After some time, this establishment was renamed. And it became known as the Theater “On Pokrovka”. However, the artists working in this art workshop remain the same. Tatyana Yakovenko is still listed among them. The actress has been a constant member of the theater troupe since 1985. Its immediate supervisor is the amazing and talented artist Sergei Artsibashev. He belongs to a small group of real theatergoers who do not take well when their charges leave the stage for a long time. It is probably for this reason that Tatyana Yakovenko cannot boast of a huge list of works. No, the actress’s filmography is quite impressive, but artists of her caliber took part in one hundred films, while the artist starred in only thirty films.
Childhood and youth
The future artist was born in August 1964 in the Russian capital. Tatyana Yakovenko’s family had nothing to do with cinema or any other form of art. The little Muscovite went to a regular school, but soon her parents and teachers realized that the girl was a creative person. She had little interest in lessons, but amateur performances, choreography and sports competitions lit a fire in Tanya.
Tatyana Yakovenko in her youth (still from the film “Down with the Cucumber King”)
In middle school, Tatyana Yakovenko participated in school theater productions, feeling free on stage and not embarrassed by the looks of the audience. After graduating from school, the parents themselves suggested that their daughter enter a theater university, without insisting on choosing a “serious profession.” Tanya chose the Higher Theater School over them. B.V. Shchukina. Got in on the first try.
Yakovenko studied under the strict guidance of Tatyana Kopteva, grasping the basics of acting on the fly. After receiving her diploma in 1985, the graduate was enrolled in the troupe of the Comedy Theater at Rosconcert (today the Na Pokrovka Theater).
Debut work
Despite the sidelong glances of the theater director, Tatyana sought to get into the forbidden zone. The cinema beckoned and called to her. The girl received her debut role in 1985. She was invited to star in a film called “Valentin and Valentina.” The director of this film is Georgy Natanson. It was thanks to him that Tatyana Yakovenko received a small role of a secondary character. The girl’s filmography was supplemented with her first work. Four years after the release of this picture, the second film with the participation of the actress was shown to the public. This time the girl got the main female lead in the film “Condemned,” directed by Arkady Kordon. Tatyana perfectly played the role of Zoya, a young woman who, by chance, fell into the hands of former prisoners. Alexander Marin, who played Pavel, fights for her violated honor.
Movies
The actress’s creative biography began on the stage of the theater, which was directed by Sergei Artsibashev until 2015. Tatyana plunged headlong into working on stage, enthusiastically got used to the roles and felt like a happy person.
“I was terribly fascinated by this! A talented director, magnificent performances, all of Moscow knew us! We traveled abroad, we were young, passionate about creativity and work.”
The director was jealous of the troupe's artists and did not approve of working in cinema. Therefore, after her first role in the film (an episode in the famous melodrama by Georgy Nathanson “Valentin and Valentina”), Yakovenko appeared on the screens only 4 years later, in 1989. In the crime drama “The Condemned,” she played the girl Zoya, who fell into the hands of former prisoners.
Tatyana Yakovenko (still from the film “Migrants”)
The film attracted the attention of millions of television viewers; the talented director Valery Priemykhov spotted the aspiring film actress and offered her work in the film “Migrants.” The film was released in 1991 and brought Tatyana Yakovenko to the peak of popularity. But cooperation with the master ended with his death, which the actress endlessly regrets.
The filmography of the film actress went on pause for 7 years, which Yakovenko filled with service in the theater. In 1997, viewers saw her in the title role of the Russian-Polish mystical comedy “He Didn’t Tie His Shoes.” Tatyana appeared in the frame with Sergei Makovetsky and Polish colleagues.
Increased popularity
It was the role of Zoya that brought fame to the actress. Since then, Tatyana Yakovenko began acting for many famous directors, combining work in cinema with the theater stage. Another film in which the girl was involved was a joint project of Russian, Polish and American masters called “He Didn’t Tie His Shoes.” The main director of the masterpiece was Alexander Chernykh. Familiar to many from such films as “Handsome”, “M + F”, he invited Yakovenko to play the main female role. She brilliantly managed to get used to the role of Victoria, the ghost of Stanislav’s wife. Before participating in this project, Tatyana managed to work in the company with Galina Petrova, Sergei Pinegin, Oleg Shklovsky, German Kovalenko on the children's film-play “Down with the Cucumber King”. The film was directed by Olga Vikhorkova, familiar to the public from another television work called “A Plot for Two Stories.”
A strong but short-lived creative union
In 1991, television viewers were given the opportunity to enjoy the result of the work of the fantastically talented director Valery Priemykhov - a film called “Migrants”. This film vividly and very believably shows all the difficulties faced by teenagers who find themselves in another country. One of the roles here was played by Tatyana Yakovenko. A few years later, the woman had the opportunity to collaborate with Priemykhov again. This time the girl starred in a melodrama called “Who If Not Us.” This was the last work of the talented director. In one of her interviews, Yakovenko warmly noted that Valery is the most talented director with whom she has ever worked.
Career continuation
After several years, Tatyana starred in Vitaly Moskalenko’s film called “One Life.” It is noteworthy that before filming began, all scenes of the film were thoroughly rehearsed, and therefore the process of capturing the footage on film took only a month and a half.
In 2005, three films starring the talented actress were released. In the first film, entitled “The Case of Dead Souls,” the artist got a small cameo role. The second film in which Yakovenko was involved was a film called “Cottage for Sale.” The main female role went to our heroine. It is noteworthy that this film revealed the actress in a completely new role for the public: here Tatyana also acted as a co-producer. The third work of 2005 was a film called “Checkmate”.
Family and personal life
Creative people are always surrounded by a crowd of fans. Tatyana Yakovenko was no exception. Biography, personal life, hobbies - all this and much more is interesting to the public. The artist tries to protect her family from idle curiosity. Actress Tatyana Yakovenko, her businessman husband and their two children live in Moscow. The artist’s eldest son, Vladimir, is twenty years old. He is studying directing and plans to conquer Hollywood. And Tatyana’s youngest daughter, Alena, attends school and enjoys watching films with her mother’s participation.
Alexey Nilov and Tatyana Yakovenko realized that “There is only one life”
Tonight at Pushkinsky the premiere of the film “One Life” will take place, in which the favorite of TV viewers, the popularly known “cop” from the “Street of Broken Lanterns” Alexei Nilov performed in a very unexpected role. Nilov is a hero-lover. The heroine is Tatyana Yakovenko (“Who else if not us”). Director: Vitaly Moskalenko (“Chinese Service”). The genre is an attempt to return to those old glorious times when families went to cinemas and wives left the theater, shining with tear-stained but happy eyes. That is: a melodrama without sex scenes, but with comedic elements and a happy ending accompanied by beautiful music.
The music for “Life” was written by one of our best composers, Alexey Rybnikov, whose name already guarantees quality. In this case, the “French” theme is especially good, against the background of which the characters’ feelings arise.
The plot is touching: the heroine, the editor-in-chief of a fashionable women's magazine named after her “Marina,” faints. It turns out that she has a very serious illness and has little time left to live. Her husband (Sergei Bezrukov) in despair explains what happened to her as chronic fatigue syndrome, since his wife was so “burned” at work throughout the ten years of their marriage that they didn’t even have children. While waiting for a medical luminary who will be able to examine her only in a month, her husband decides to go with Marina to a sanatorium. Marina categorically refuses, because they are actually... almost divorced. His mistress is a long-legged young secretary, and everyone already knows about it. Then her husband persuades her to go alone, and for the second trip he decides to find a man who will brighten up her loneliness. Guess who will be worthy of it? But I won’t reveal all the secrets. Let me just say that the profession of Nilov’s hero is absolutely unexpected - a writer, and an unlucky one at that. The comedy line is developed by another couple - Tatyana Lyutaeva (an eccentric lady) and Alexey Kravchenko (a refrigerator driver posing as a captain), as well as the always good Alexander Bashirov in the role of a mass entertainer at a sanatorium near Moscow, where the main action develops (script by Liana Koroleva with the participation of Alexander Borodyansky ).
On the eve of the premiere, Alexey Nilov and Tatyana Yakovenko gave an interview to MK.
Alexey NILOV:
— What was more important for you: lyrical or comedic?
- For me - lyrical. And when I read the script, I liked the lyrical line of my hero.
— Is your hero a continuation of Gosha’s theme from the film “Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears”: a worthy man as a reward for a woman for the years lost in the struggle for her career?
“It’s up to critics to draw such conclusions.”
— What should a modern hero be, in your opinion?
“I think he should be kind first of all.” There is somehow too much evil around. A man must carry within himself a life-affirming principle. There must be hope, a happy ending. And our film is about the same thing - that everything will be fine. I personally am tired of action movies and gore. I want lyrics, comedy, just relax.
Tatiana YAKOVENKO:
— Why, in the era of “Brigada” and “Antikiller”, did someone suddenly start making a melodrama about love?
— I think that people are so tired of killers, anti-killers, oligarchs and anti-oligarchs that they wanted something human. Surprisingly, in our film, three children were born during filming. I gave birth, Nilov’s wife gave birth, and so did our administrator.
— This is not your first film role, is it?
— Before that, I starred with Valery Priemykhov (“Who, if not us,” in this last work of his). If it weren't for his tragic death, I think I would be on his team today.
— But you ended up on Moskalenko’s team?
— He is a professional director. Nowadays the cinema is full of non-professionals. Moskalenko knew everything well when he made “One Life.” All our scenes were rehearsed in advance. Therefore, the film was shot for only a month and a half. And we also had a magnificent cameraman, Yuri Nevsky.
— Have you been faithful to one theater all your life?
— I have been working for Artsybashev on Pokrovka, in his team since its creation. Maybe that’s why I didn’t act much, because there was a lot to do in the theater.
— Despite the workload in the theater, do you always think about cinema?
- Artsybashev does not tolerate it when we, actors, go somewhere. He believes that we should be devoted only to the theater. When I left to film with Priemykhov, he took away my role in the play “Test Interview on the Topic of Freedom.” True, the role itself later came back to me. The actress who played her became pregnant.
— Don’t we talk a lot about pregnancy in our interviews?!
- And that is not all. When director Vitaly Moskalenko was thinking up the script for the film, he could not come up with the right ending. He didn’t like that the heroine was recovering for no apparent reason. He was afraid that the viewer, after watching the film, would say: this is a fairy tale. One day he called me, and I was just in custody and was afraid to tell him in case they took another actress. He says: we need to audition. I answer: I can’t yet, I’m in the hospital, in the women’s department. And then it dawned on him: “Tanya, I understood why she was recovering - she (the main character) became pregnant!” And I decided that I had been discovered, and I said: “Okay, now you all know, yes, I’m pregnant and maybe I won’t be able to film.” And Moskalenko was delighted: “Tanya, the child is the most important thing!” He is an amazing person, it’s rare that a director will say that.
