Zhanna Vladimirovna Epple is a famous theater and film actress, familiar to viewers from numerous films. Fans easily recognize her by her striking appearance and special playing style.
Fame came to Zhanna after filming the sensational series “Balzac's Age, or All Men Are Theirs...”. It was a new, stylish film, shot in the comedy genre. Popularity did not stop Zhanna Epple from achieving her goals; she always strived forward.
Now we see her as a TV show host. Eccentric and unpredictable - Zhanna is used to surprising the audience, and the viewer expects exactly this from her.
Height, weight, age. How old is Zhanna Epple
Zhanna Epple's bright, unusual appearance sets her apart from a great many actresses. Zhanna was born in the year of the dragon, maybe that’s why fiery hair color suits her so well? Watching Zhanna’s life and work, fans want to know her height, weight, and age. We can easily find out how old Zhanna Epple is by looking at the actress’s date of birth. Zhanna is a petite woman, height - 162 cm, weight - 54 kg. Age - 53 years.
Zhanna Epple: photos in her youth and now are not much different from each other. The actress’s beautiful, elastic body does not betray her age. Zhanna knows this very well and does not have any complexes, allowing herself to be photographed in a swimsuit. By the way, there is something to envy there.
Movie
Zhanna Epple made her film debut in 1989 in an episode directed by Elena Nikolaeva in the drama “Aboriginal”. And literally the next year, the talented actress brilliantly played the main role of a girl without specific occupations, nicknamed Hippoza, by Sergei Beloshnikov in his debut crime drama “Trickster and Hippoza.” The beautiful and talented actress was noticed by directors.
Leonid Belozorovich invited Epple, in partnership with the incomparable Valery Garkalin, to play the central role of Lena Blazhko in a historical television series about and for the intelligentsia based on the novel of the same name by Vladimir Dudintsev “White Clothes” about the time of the first arrests of geneticists. Following the main roles, a series of episodic roles followed: in the film “Schizophrenia”, in the film “Angelo”, in the series “Death Direction”, in the drama “Mom”, in the film “Transit for the Devil”. And all this should be noted in 1999 alone.
At the beginning of the new century, new roles were not long in coming, and over the next few years Zhanna Epple played in a number of films that did not become a big event in the world of cinema. However, to one degree or another, they contributed to the creative growth of the actress herself: the drug dealer “Toto”, the niece of Nino Vakhtangovna in the series “Turkish March” with Alexander Domogarov, the caring wife in the melodrama “The Shield of Minevra”, the charming Nadya in the adventure “Evlampia Romanova”, kind mother in “My Relatives”.
The actress’s calling card was her brilliant work in Dmitry Fix’s magnificent series “Balzac’s Age, or All Men Are Theirs...” the role of red-haired Yulia, who has all the men “theirs...”. The actress got into the series by accident, for which she is very grateful to the director and producer Fix, who appreciated her performance during the auditions and insisted on her participation.
After the series was released, strange things began to happen: directors began to call and say: “Zhannochka, a new series is being filmed now, but we won’t even offer you an audition, because you are too beautiful for this role.” Not understanding the logic of fate and the directors, “Zhannochka” still begged for the opportunity to come to the audition. “I’m a character actress, I know how to transform. Sometimes I put on something and immediately become a different person. My appearance is very changeable,” the actress herself believed.
It has become a common occurrence in the film life of Zhanna Epple that, if previously they were only offered to audition, then they began to call for a specific role: journalist Ksenia Overskaya in the melodrama “Madcap”, flight attendant Tanya in the comedy “Big Love” in partnership with Yulia Menshova and Mikhail Porechenkov. In this picture, Zhanna Epple, however, because of Menshova, had to hide under a black wig so that the viewer would not have an association with “Balzac’s age.” And the result turned out great, and no one suspected anything.
After such stormy, emotional roles, the actress played the calm role of Katya and Yaroslav’s mother - “Gopher” Elena Yuryevna Nikitina in the adventure “The Real Santa Claus”. Notable works in the actress’s filmography include roles in popular TV series: Conductor Vera, whose psyche is only more stable than rails, in “Rails of Happiness”, fatal beauty, manager in Grigory’s company, Elena’s friend, her adviser Liza Sviridova in “Guardian Angel”, Marina Igorevna Vasilyeva with her passionate love for the Leningrad cop Dukalis in the television series “Love Classified SECRET.”
Zhanna Epple also found herself as a TV presenter. She successfully began starring in the “Ex-Wives Club” program on TNT. No, the actress did not come to this project with the goal of saying that all men are bastards. In the "Ex-Wives Club" she became responsible for compassion, and did not at all clearly take the side of women. The actress began to consider her main task in this program to be objectively listening to the positions of both sides. “Maybe sometimes point out to women that they are not always right either. Men also find themselves in such situations when their wings drop.” One way or another, Zhanna Epple directed all her thoughts and thoughts to help her interlocutors.
Biography and personal life of Zhanna Epple
The biography and personal life of Zhanna Epple began in Moscow. A girl was born on July 15, 1964. Father - Vladimir Nikolaevich Epple - engineer, head of a research institute. He traces his ancestry back to French aristocrats. Mother - Lyudmila Nikolaevna Epple - teacher.
Zhanna's parents lived and worked in Moscow, and the girl was taken to her maternal grandparents on Sakhalin Island. Due to the constant business trips of her grandfather and grandmother, Zhanna was placed in a boarding home. She lived there for 5 years. Later, the mother took the girl to Moscow; she went to first grade at school in the capital.
By the time Zhanna moved to Moscow, the girl’s parents had divorced. Soon the mother remarried. Father visited Zhanna rarely, but these were unforgettable meetings. Sometimes they went on vacation to the south. A little later, my father also got married. Zhanna studied at school with pleasure, everything was easy. She was a keen girl. I alternated between doing rhythmic gymnastics and swimming in the pool. She was good at skating, studied at ballet school, and loved music.
After school I entered GITIS. I didn’t prepare for admission, I just came to the exam to support my friend. Noticing the girl’s temperament and sociability, the teachers insisted that Zhanna come to the audition. So fate brought her to the theater stage. The actress played a lot on stage and was noticed by filmmakers. In the late 80s, Zhanna Epple made her debut in the film “Aboriginal”. The next film, “The Trickster and the Hippoza,” became a springboard in her career.
Talents of a fragile girl
The future actress spent her childhood on Sakhalin, where her maternal grandparents lived. At this time, the parents were experiencing a crisis in their relationship and, in order to protect their daughter from what was happening, they entrusted her upbringing to the shoulders of loved ones.
Before going to first grade, Zhanna’s mother took her home to Moscow. During this time, the woman managed to divorce Epple’s own father and remarry high-ranking official Sergei Ulantsev. The man quickly found a common language with his stepdaughter, becoming her friend.
Zhanna saw her own father extremely rarely, but she still remembers each meeting with warmth. Epple Sr. also arranged his personal life, married a simple girl, who gave him a son, Nikolai. So the girl got a half-brother.
Active and sociable, Zhanna managed to study well at school and attend a huge number of sports sections: ballet, rhythmic gymnastics, swimming, figure skating. The charismatic girl was attracted by the career of an actress , so after school she went to take the entrance exams at GITIS. The future actress was enrolled in the course of V.P. Ostalsky.
Filmography: films starring Zhanna Epple
Zhanna Epple’s filmography includes 58 works, including: “Streets of Broken Lanterns”, “Turkish March”, “Evlampia Romanova...”.
Zhanna is a TV series star. Over the course of 3 years, several seasons of the sensational series “Balzac's Age or All Men Are ...” were released. In it, Zhanna has one of the most interesting roles, which raised the film’s ratings to unattainable heights. There were works in the series: “The Heart of Mary”, “Fatal Inheritance”, “Incorruptible”, “Fugitive Relatives”. From 2000 to 2010, Zhanna Epple acted in films almost without a break. Among them: “Behind the Scenes”, “Madcap”, “Big Girls”, “Guardian Angel”, “Reporters”, “Robinson”.
In 2010, Zhanna Epple was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Russia.
Zhanna Epple's family life cannot be called successful. Zhanna had one official marriage with dancer and choreographer Alexei Bakai and a long-term relationship with her common-law husband Ilya Frez. The separation from both partners was accompanied by scandals.
Filmography
- 1987 - Aborigine
- 1990 - Dodger and Hipposa - Elena (“Hipposa”)
- 1991 - Charged with Death - Diana Trivell, stripper
- 2003 - Evlampia Romanova. The investigation is being conducted by an amateur - Nadya
- 2003 - My Relatives (TV series) - Nelly
- 2004 - Turkish March
- 2004 - Streets of Broken Lights
- 2004-2007 - Balzac's age, or All men are... -1,2,3 - Yulia Shashkova
- 2004 - The best holiday (prequel to the television series “Balzac’s age, or all men are theirs...”) - Yulia Shashkova
- 2005 — Madcap
- 2006 - Big love - flight attendant Tanya
- 2007 - Pies with potatoes
- 2008 - Bullet-fool-2 - Vera, Dina’s mother
- 2008 — Reporters
- 2008 - Love classified as “Top Secret” - Tatyana / Marina Igorevna
- 2009 - Bullet Fool 3. Agent for the heiress
- 2009 - Love classified as “Top Secret”-2 - Tatyana / Maria
- 2010 - Paparatsa - Elvira, Nika's mother
- 2010 - Love classified as “Top Secret”-3 - Maria
- 2010 - Robinson - Olga
- 2010 —Faith, Hope, Love - Clara
- 2011 - Wedding ring - Malvina
Family and children of Zhanna Epple
Zhanna Epple's family and children are what she lives and works for. In family life, everything didn’t work out exactly the way Zhanna wanted, but the actress hopes that she will still meet a person with whom she will be happy. According to Zhanna, divorces helped her understand that she is a very strong woman.
Zhanna Epple's children are already adults. Both bear their father's surname, Frez. The eldest son, Potap, is 27 years old and married. The youngest is Efim, born in 2000. He followed in the footsteps of his parents and wants to connect his life with cinema. Currently studying in college. Zhanna Epple has two sons - Potap and Efim.
Zhanna Vladimirovna Epple was born on July 15, 1964 in Moscow in the family of Vladimir Nikolaevich Epple (born 1929 - died), director of the Peat Industry Research Institute (an engineer by profession), and teacher Lyudmila Nikolaevna Epple (maiden name Trudolyubova) (born 1945). The surname Epple belonged to French aristocrats: her great-grandfather was Arthur de Epple, the founder of genetic engineering; paternal grandmother is from the Jewish Entin family.
After birth, she was sent to Sakhalin to live with her mother’s parents. My grandfather was a journalist, my grandmother worked as a chief accountant in the Department of Correctional Labor Institutions (UITU). They had little free time and difficult family relationships, so Zhanna was sent to a boarding kindergarten, where she stayed for five years. When it was time to go to school, her mother took her to Moscow. By that time, she had managed to get a divorce and Zhanna had a stepfather, Sergei Vladimirovich Ulantsev. He worked in a high position in the ministry and treated his adopted daughter well. She didn’t see her father often, but he turned every meeting into a holiday, taking her to Sergei Ginzburg in the holiday village “Otdykh”, where scientists and inventors lived, in Moldova. Dad then married a second time and had a son, Nikolai, Zhanna’s brother. At school she studied well, did rhythmic gymnastics, swimming, figure skating, ballet and music. Studied at GITIS. She played at the Comedy Theater (now the Pokrovka Theater). She worked at an insurance company. Actress of the Moscow Drama Theater named after. K. S. Stanislavsky. Host (together with Vladimir Vinokur) of the “Wine-show-kur” program on Russian television, co-host of the “Ex-Wives Club” program on the TNT channel. Personal life First husband Alexey Bakai, choreographer and dancer, left for the USA. Actual husband - cinematographer, then entrepreneur Ilya Ilyich Frez, son of director Ilya Frez, lived together for 17 years. Two sons: Potap Frez (born around 1990-1991) and Efim Frez (born 2000). Filmography 1987 - Aborigine 1990 - Trickster and Hippoza - Elena ("Hippoza") 1991 - Charged with death - Diana Trivell, stripper 1992 - White clothes - Elena Vladimirovna Blazhko 1997 - Schizophrenia 1999 - Directory of Death - Larisa Alexandrovna 1999 - Transit for the Devil - Lada Kostyunets 2002 - Behind the scenes - TV director 2003 - Evlampia Romanova. The investigation is conducted by an amateur - Nadya 2003 - My relatives - Nellie 2003 - Shield of Minerva - wife 2004 - Turkish March - Tamara, drug dealer, Nino's niece 2004 - 2007 - Balzac's age, or All men are their own... - Yulia Shashkova 2004 - Balzac's age, or everyone men are theirs... The best holiday (prequel to the television series "Balzac's age, or all men are theirs...") - Yulia Shashkova 2005 - Madcap - Ksenia Overskaya 2006 - The Real Santa Claus - Elena Yuryevna Nikitina 2006 - Big Love - Stewardess Tanya 2006 - Big Girls - Katya 2006 - Rails of happiness - conductor Vera 2007 - Pies with potatoes - Vera 2007 - Guardian Angel - Lisa Sviridova 2008 - Reporters - Galina, editor 2008 - Love classified as “Top Secret” - Tatyana / Marina Igorevna 2009 - Reflections - Tamara 2009 — Love classified as “Top Secret” 2 — Tatiana / Maria 2010 — Paparatsa — Elvira, Nika’s mother 2010 — Love classified as “Top Secret” 3 — Maria 2010 — Robinson — Olga 2010 — Galygin. Ru - Sharkov's mother 2010 - Faith, Hope, Love - Clara 2010 - 2011 - Heart of Mary - Valentina 2011 - Engagement ring - Malvina 2012 - The White Moor, or Intimate stories about my neighbors - Vika, Leonid's wife 2012 - I'm going out to look for you 2 - Alla Sergeevna Wagner 2013 - Balzac's age, or all men are... 5 years later - Julia 2013 - Fatal inheritance - Elena Viktorovna Ulyanova, Tony's mother
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Son of Zhanna Epple - Potap Frez
Zhanna Epple's eldest son, Potap Frez, was born in 1990. He was a desired, long-awaited child. He studied well at school, then graduated from the S. G. Stroganov Academy of Arts and Industry. Now
Potap is a furniture designer who works for a large company. In his mother’s apartment, he did the interior design himself. Zhanna gave him complete freedom of action, since the young designer needed to practice.
Potap is married. His wife Angelina is from Kyiv. This is a very beautiful girl with a serious profession. Angelina is a military forensic psychologist.
Son of Zhanna Epple - Efim Frez
The youngest son of Zhanna Epple, Efim Frez, was born in 2000. The boy was born prematurely and was sick a lot. At the age of 12, Efim began to appear in advertising. For several years the boy was the face of a children's clothing brand.
Efim is a very friendly and inquisitive person. He studied at a school with a mathematical bias. He played football, was involved in various sports, and is interested in cinema. For a long time the guy could not choose between professional sports and cinema. As a result, he followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather. Currently studying at theater college.
Let us remember that Efim’s father, Ilya Ilyich Fraz, is a documentary filmmaker, and his grandfather, Ilya Abramovich Fraz, was a famous film director and screenwriter.
Early years
Zhanna Vladimirovna Epple was born in Moscow on a hot July day in 1964. Apple is not a pseudonym at all. On her father's side, the actress is a French aristocrat. Her great-grandfather stood at the origins of genetic engineering.
Zhanna Epple was born into a wealthy and outwardly prosperous family. Her father headed a research institute, her mother was a teacher. Unfortunately, the adults could not find a common language and made a wise decision to send the baby to her grandparents in order to protect her from stress.
Thus, Zhanna Epple ended up on the Sakhalin Peninsula, and a page appeared in her biography related to her stay in a 24-hour kindergarten boarding school. Zhanna’s grandfather worked as a journalist, and her grandmother headed the accounting department in a serious government institution, so they simply did not have enough energy and time to look after the girl.
After 5 years, the mother took her daughter to the capital, but Zhanna came to a completely new family. Her parents have already separated, and her mother has remarried. Fortunately, the stepfather turned out to be a good man and treated his stepdaughter kindly.
Her mother did not prevent Zhanna from meeting her father. The meetings were infrequent, but very bright and memorable. Vladimir Epple was a celebratory person; he knew how to infect everyone around him with a joyful mood.
At school, the future actress studied well, managing to attend music, art and ballet schools. She also played a lot of sports. However, later, due to health problems, Zhanna was forced to leave the sport. Then the mother sent the girl to a specialized school of foreign languages. After graduating from such a school, most graduates go to the Institute of Foreign Languages. Zhanna was no exception.
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But, unfortunately, she was unlucky in the exams; she did not score the required number of points. Then she had to transfer documents to the law faculty. And Zhanna would have been a lawyer, and not a famous actress, if her friend had not persuaded her to try to go with her to GITIS. Her performance on the entrance exam so impressed the admissions committee that Epple was accepted as a student at this prestigious university.
Zhanna Epple's ex-husband - Alexey Bakai
Zhanna Epple got married when she was very young. At that time she was still studying at the institute.
Zhanna Epple's ex-husband, Alexey Bakai, was handsome. A choreographer and dancer with an athletic figure, he instantly won Jeanne's heart. The young people got married. Zhanna was pregnant and dreamed of how she and Alexei would raise the baby. But this was not destined to happen - they lost the child.
Life together did not work out. Both wanted fame and were filled with ambition. Soon Zhanna found out about her husband's betrayal. The marriage lasted 5 years. After the divorce, Alexey Bakai emigrated to America. They never met with Zhanna again.
Former common-law husband of Zhanna Epple - Ilya Frez
Zhanna Epple gave 17 years of her life to a man named Ilya Frez. Zhanna Epple's former common-law husband is Ilya Frez, a film cameraman and later a businessman. The couple had two sons. The family lived in Ilya’s apartment. One day, after quarreling with Zhanna, Ilya Frez hit her and kicked her and her children out into the street. The scandal lasted a long time. After numerous trials, the father removed the children from his apartment and changed the door locks. This act remained a mystery to the whole family.
About a year later, Zhanna Epple had an affair with businessman Dmitry Bochenkov. The relationship lasted for several years. But Dmitry was married, and the relationship ended.
Childhood
Zhanna Vladimirovna was born on July 15 in Moscow, into an aristocratic family. Her father was the director of the Peat Industry Research Institute, where he previously worked as a production engineer. Her mother worked as an ordinary school teacher, but had a very rich pedigree: many of her ancestors came from a wealthy Jewish family. My father's ancestors were aristocrats. In particular, Arthur de Epple, the founder of genetic engineering, who in the past was almost the richest man in the country, was especially famous.
Since the father and mother had practically no time to raise the child, and also because of frequent family quarrels, it was decided to temporarily give Zhanna up to her grandparents, who lived on Sakhalin.
However, after several months of living together, Zhanna realizes that few people need her here either. Her grandfather was a leading journalist and was often away on business trips. The grandmother was the head of one of the main correctional labor institutions, so she had a tough and stubborn character, which was a serious problem for a little girl.
Zhanna was taken from Sakhalin a couple of years later. During this time, a lot changed in the family: the mother finally broke up with the father and began to live in a civil marriage with Sergei Ulantsev, who at that time worked in the ministry. Soon after Zhanna moved back, her mother had a second child, son Nikolai, and the girl was again left without proper attention, even despite her good relationship with her stepfather.
Photo by Zhanna Epple for Maxim magazine
Zhanna Epple knows how to surprise. She has always been mysterious. This was confirmed again when fans of the actress saw a photo of Zhanna Epple for Maxim magazine. In the photos, Zhanna looks simply amazing!
We often saw Zhanna in a swimsuit, you can see photos in underwear and we know that the actress has a beautiful figure and slender legs. Here Zhanna is captured almost naked. These are not photos of hackers, but beautiful studio shots
Candid photos are eye-catching. Despite her age and busy schedule, Zhanna Epple has maintained a beautiful, slender figure.
Instagram and Wikipedia Zhanna Epple
Zhanna Epple's Instagram and Wikipedia are filled with information and photographs. Epple is not modest; she likes to post photo reports of all events, including those from her life. Here you can see announcements of performances, photos from trips, beautiful places, invitations to concerts. Zhanna loves to communicate with fans, and they reciprocate.
Zhanna Epple has more than 90 thousand subscribers. They are all interested in Zhanna’s work and leave comments, thereby making it clear that she is in demand and loved.
