Yelena Safonova

Yelena Safonova
Born
Yelena Vsevolodovna Safonova

(1956-06-14) 14 June 1956 (age 68)
Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
OccupationActress
Years active1974-Present
Children2
AwardsPeople's Artist of Russia

Yelena Vsevolodovna Safonova (Russian: Еле́на Все́володовна Сафо́нова; born 14 June 1956 in Leningrad) is a former Soviet and a Russian actress.[1][2] She is an Honored Artist of Russia (2011). She was made famous by the 1985 melodrama Winter Cherry and its two sequels. In 1988, she was awarded the David di Donatello Italian film award for her starring turn in Nikita Mikhalkov's film Dark Eyes.

  1. ^ "Елена Сафонова — актриса". Russian Cinema.
  2. ^ "Елена Сафонова". Russia-K.