Biography
Evgeniya Vladislavovna Kryukova (Russian: Евге́ния Владисла́вовна Крю́кова) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actress. Evgeniya Kryukova was born in 1971 into a family of engineers. After high school she entered the Moscow Architectural Institute, out of which she dropped out; she left the institute from the first course.
In 1988 Kryukova got a job as an artist at the Moscow Youth Theatre of Vyacheslav Spesivtsev. Then she married for the first time, to the actor Mikhail Zhukov, with whom she began to appear on stage as an actress. She began working as an extra, but even then she was liked by the public for her unique appearance and expressive eyes. Her husband assisted her with her acting career.
She entered to study at an extramural department of GITIS in 1990. Spesivtsev's troupe mainly consisted of students and graduates of Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School. One day when she was in the audience of a student performance in the school, Kryukova received an offer from Belarusfilm to star in a movie. However, her debut in the picture did not happen; the episodes with her small role were cut, but her desire to become an actress only became stronger.
Kryukova appeared for the first time in cinema in 1990. Then, French porn directors Francis Leroi and François Jouffa arrived in Moscow and invited her to star in his erotic film Sex et perestroïka. She also played Grand Duchess Tatiana in Karen Shakhnazarov's historical and psychological drama The Assassin of the Tsar, Raisa in Anatoly Kokorin's romantic war drama Roly-Poly, as well as a prominent role in Valentin Mishatkin's comedy Meet me in Tahiti.
In the third year of GITIS (1993), Kryukova began performing in the Mossovet Theatre. Here she continued to work after graduation in 1994 (course director – Paul Chomsky). On the stage of this theater, she played many roles. She received widespread exposure with the TV series St. Petersburg Secrets and Decoupling Petersburg Secrets, where she played Yulia Beroeva. Kryukova then starred in the TV series Dossier Detective Dubrovsky and Bandit Petersburg (as Pospelova the investigator).
In 2003, the film director Eldar Ryazanov invited Kryukova to play a main role in his comedy The Key of Bedroom. Another one of her notable works was a role in the film About Love, directed by Sergei Solovyov and based on the stories of Anton Chekhov.
Filmography
all 35
Movies 25
TV Shows 10
self 2
Buy Me (2017)
Maryina Grove (2012)
The Return of Musketeers or the Treasure of Cardinal Mazarini (2012)
Hamlet XXI Century (2011)
Александр Абдулов. Роман с жизнью (2009)
The Golden Key (2008)
Major Vetrov (2007)
My Love (2006)
Умножающий печаль (2005)
Казароза (2005)
Chest Imeyu (2004)
About Love (2004)
Честь имею (2004)
Upast Vverh (2002)
Gangster's Petersburg (2000)
Петербургские тайны (1994)
Russian Romance (1993)
Assassin of the Tsar (1991)
Vanka-vstanka (1990)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1971-06-11 (53 years old)
CitizenshipsSoviet Union, Russia
Also Known AsЕвгения Крюкова, Evgeniya Kryukova
AwardsMerited Artist of the Russian Federation
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