Elena Novikova, a former theater and film actress, director, is considered the most "mature" comedian on Russian television: at the age of 47 she became the winner of the Open Mic project, and now she is among the permanent residents of the Stand Up show on TNT. In her monologues, she touches on the themes of age, parenting, and a free lifestyle.
Elena Anatolyevna Novikova was born on January 3, 1970 in Donetsk, Ukraine. Frank and reliable stand-ups reveal few facts from the biography of the artist. In 1986, the girl graduated from school No. 51, and at the age of 17, leaving her parents in Donetsk, moved to Moscow to build a creative career.
In her youth, Elena was professionally engaged in swimming. After the decision was made to become an actress, she quit sports. On this basis, Novikova recovered greatly. Because of the extra pounds and the Ukrainian dialect, the future comedian could not enter the theater institute for several years, but she did not despair.
In the fourth year, Novikova passed the Gnessin School competition, after which she managed to transfer to the Moscow Art Theater Studio School. In 1993, she graduated from the acting faculty of the Theater University at the Moscow Art Theater, then from the course of Yuri Eremin.
A year before graduation, Elena made her film debut, starring in a cameo role in the short film "The Seagull" based on the comedy of the same name by Anton Chekhov. In the center of the plot is a young actress who plays Nina Zarechnaya in the play. The girl mysteriously faces the same problems as her heroine.
In 1998, Novikova joined the Alexander Pushkin Moscow Drama Theater, where she worked until 2004. During this time, the actress was remembered by the audience for the roles of Dora from Yuri Eremin's play "Terrorists", Helen in Kirill Serebrennikov's production "Candid Polaroids", Courtney Love in Yuri Grymov's "Nirvana".
Elena did not seek to build a career on television, but in parallel with performances in the theater, she starred in films and TV series, mainly in supporting roles. The actress can be seen in "The March of the Turkish", "Diary of a murderer", "Reflections", "Hunters for icons", "Wedding", "The best movie" and "Very Russian detective".
Bored of playing on stage, Elena left the drama theater as an actress and took up teaching, and in 2005 she directed the play "Jackdaw Motalko" based on the play by Natalia Vorozhbit. Events are developing in the era of the USSR. Jackdaw Motalko, a track and field athlete, lives in a sports boarding school.
Like her "classmates", she trains, gives her best at competitions, but still remains lonely, without friends. It is also difficult for the Jackdaw to establish contact with the environment because there are ill-mannered teenagers around who sniff glue, swear obscenities, and lead a sexual life. Together with them, the girl will have to experience her first love, try alcohol and know betrayal.
