Galina Viktorovna Belyaeva (Russian: Ð"али′на
Ð'и′кторовна Ð'ÐµÐ»Ñ â€²ÐµÐ²Ð°; born 26 April 1961) is a
Soviet and Russian film and theatre actress, best known for her
leading roles in A Hunting Accident (1977) and Anna Pavlova (1983).
Belyaeva, the Meritorious Artist of Russia (2003), has been one of the
leading actresses at the Moscow Mayakovsky Theatre since 1983.Belyaeva
was born in Irkutsk and spent her childhood years in Nevinnomyssk,
Northern Caucasus, raised with her younger sister by a single mother,
who worked at a local construction site. At age thirteen, she went to
Voronezh to study classical ballet at the Choreography College. It was
there that she was spotted by the assistant of film director Emil
Loteanu, who was at the time looking for a teenage actress for the
role of Olya Skvortsova in A Hunting Accident.Belyayeva's performance
next to Oleg Yankovsky earned her critical acclaim and an epithet
'Russian Audrey Hepburn'. Yankovsky stated later that it was her
presence that imparted the film its unique, haunting atmosphere.
During the shooting, Belyaeva became romantically involved with
Loteanu, who two years later married the 18-year-old actress.In 1979,
Belyayeva enrolled into the Shchukin Theatre Institute in Moscow.
After her graduation in 1983, she joined Mayakovsky Theatre and made
her debut there as Vika in Tomorrow There Was War, after Boris
Vasilyev's novel. While a Shchukin Institute student, Belyaeva
appeared in several films. After her performance as Vera Lisichkina in
Ah, Vaudeville, Vaudeville (1979), she was lauded as one of the
brightest hopes of the Soviet film industry.
Ð'и′кторовна Ð'ÐµÐ»Ñ â€²ÐµÐ²Ð°; born 26 April 1961) is a
Soviet and Russian film and theatre actress, best known for her
leading roles in A Hunting Accident (1977) and Anna Pavlova (1983).
Belyaeva, the Meritorious Artist of Russia (2003), has been one of the
leading actresses at the Moscow Mayakovsky Theatre since 1983.Belyaeva
was born in Irkutsk and spent her childhood years in Nevinnomyssk,
Northern Caucasus, raised with her younger sister by a single mother,
who worked at a local construction site. At age thirteen, she went to
Voronezh to study classical ballet at the Choreography College. It was
there that she was spotted by the assistant of film director Emil
Loteanu, who was at the time looking for a teenage actress for the
role of Olya Skvortsova in A Hunting Accident.Belyayeva's performance
next to Oleg Yankovsky earned her critical acclaim and an epithet
'Russian Audrey Hepburn'. Yankovsky stated later that it was her
presence that imparted the film its unique, haunting atmosphere.
During the shooting, Belyaeva became romantically involved with
Loteanu, who two years later married the 18-year-old actress.In 1979,
Belyayeva enrolled into the Shchukin Theatre Institute in Moscow.
After her graduation in 1983, she joined Mayakovsky Theatre and made
her debut there as Vika in Tomorrow There Was War, after Boris
Vasilyev's novel. While a Shchukin Institute student, Belyaeva
appeared in several films. After her performance as Vera Lisichkina in
Ah, Vaudeville, Vaudeville (1979), she was lauded as one of the
brightest hopes of the Soviet film industry.
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