Julia Vysotskaya
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Julia Aleksandrovna Vysotskaya (born August 16 1973, Novocherkassk
Novocherkassk
Novocherkassk is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Tuzlov River and on the Aksay River. Population: 169,039 ; 170,822 ; 178,000 ; 123,000 ; 81,000 ; 52,000 ....

) is a Russian actress and television presenter.

Biography

She finished high school № 9 in the city of Baku
Baku
Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...

 in 1990. She graduated in drama from the Belarusian State Academy of Arts
Belarusian State Academy of Arts
Belarusian State Academy of Arts is a state-owned institution of higher education in Minsk, Belarus....

 in 1995 and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art is a leading British drama school in west London. LAMDA's president is Timothy West and its new principal is Joanna Read, who recently succeeded Peter James...

 in 1998.

She worked at the Belorussian Yanka Kupala National Academic Theatre, where she played the lead role in productions of "The Star Without a Name" and "The Bald Soprano" among others.

She currently acts in productions staged at the Mossovet Academy Theatre.

In 2008 she was invited to be the culinary supervisor at a Russian evening held during the World Economic Forum in London. In 2009 she was culinary director of the Moscow restaurant "Family Floor".[1]

Since 2003 she has presented the evening programme "Let's Eat at Home!
Let's Eat at Home!
The Let's Eat at Home programme is a series based on the life of a young wife. Every Sunday morning at 9:25am Julia Vysotskaya shows viewers how to make tasty, quick and original meals for their friends and family....

" and the morning show "Breakfast with Julia Vysotskaya" on NTV channel.

She has been the editor-in-chief of the culinary magazine «KhlebSol'" since 2009, year in which she also helped set up the www.edimdoma.ru culinary social network and the first online cooking channel www.edimdoma.tv where users can watch Julia Vysotskaya preparing dishes, and her video blog, which is regularly updated with new content.

Vysotskaya is the author of numerous cooking bestsellers, of which she has already sold over one and half million copies.

Family

She has been married to film director Andrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky  since 1998. They have two children, a daughter, Masha (1999), and a son, Peter (2003).

Recognitions and awards

  • Best Actress Award for her role in John Osbourne's play Look Back in Anger
    Look Back in Anger
    Look Back in Anger is a John Osborne play—made into films in 1959, 1980, and 1989 -- about a love triangle involving an intelligent but disaffected young man , his upper-middle-class, impassive wife , and her haughty best friend . Cliff, an amiable Welsh lodger, attempts to keep the peace...

  • Best Actress Award at the "Vivat, kino Rossii" festival for her role in "House of Fools"
  • In 2007, her programme "Let's Eat at Home!" received the prestigious "TEFI" award in the Entertainment Programme. Way of Life category, and an "Effie" award for Brand of the Year.
  • In 2009, the programme "Let's Eat at Home!" was awarded the "Approved by Russian Ecologist" accolade in recognition of its work promoting a healthy lifestyle.

Yanka Kupala National Academic Theatre

  • 1993: "The Bald Soprano
    The Bald Soprano
    La Cantatrice Chauve — translated from French as The Bald Soprano or The Bald Prima Donna — is the first play written by Franco-Romanian playwright Eugène Ionesco. Nicolas Bataille directed the premiere on May 11, 1950 at the Théâtre des Noctambules, Paris...

    " by E. Ionesco
    Eugène Ionesco
    Eugène Ionesco was a Romanian and French playwright and dramatist, and one of the foremost playwrights of the Theatre of the Absurd...

     — Mrs. Smith
  • 1995: "Look Back in Anger
    Look Back in Anger
    Look Back in Anger is a John Osborne play—made into films in 1959, 1980, and 1989 -- about a love triangle involving an intelligent but disaffected young man , his upper-middle-class, impassive wife , and her haughty best friend . Cliff, an amiable Welsh lodger, attempts to keep the peace...

    " by J. Osborne
    John Osborne
    John James Osborne was an English playwright, screenwriter, actor and critic of the Establishment. The success of his 1956 play Look Back in Anger transformed English theatre....

     — Alison
  • 1995: "The Star Without a Name
    The Star Without a Name
    The Star Without a Name is a play by the Romanian author Mihail Sebastian, completed in 1942. Two movies were based on this play: Mona, l'étoile sans nom , starring Marina Vlady, and Bezymyannaya zvezda ....

    " by M. Sebastian
    Mihail Sebastian
    -Life:Sebastian was born to a Jewish family in Brăila. After finishing his secondary studies, Sebastian went on to study law in Bucharest, but was soon attracted to the literary life and the exciting ideas of the new generation of Romanian intellectuals, as epitomized by the literary group...

     — Mona
  • 2002: "Love Is a Golden Book", play inspired by A. Tolstoy's work

Mossovet Theatre

  • 2004: "The Seagull
    The Seagull
    The Seagull is the first of what are generally considered to be the four major plays by the Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov. The Seagull was written in 1895 and first produced in 1896...

    " by A. Chekhov
    Anton Chekhov
    Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics...

     — Nina Zarechnaya
  • 2009 — present day: "Uncle Vanya
    Uncle Vanya
    Uncle Vanya is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1897 and received its Moscow première in 1899 in a production by the Moscow Art Theatre, under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski....

    " by A. Chekhov
    Anton Chekhov
    Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics...

     — Sonya

Moscow Dramatic Theatre on Malaya Bronnaya

  • 2005 and 2009: "Miss Julie
    Miss Julie
    Miss Julie is a naturalistic play written in 1888 by August Strindberg dealing with class, love, lust, the battle of the sexes, and the interaction among them...

    " by A. Strindberg
    August Strindberg
    Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg's career spanned four decades, during which time he wrote over 60 plays and more than 30 works of fiction, autobiography,...

     — Miss Julie

Filmography

Year Film Role
1992 To Go and Not Return Zosya
1994 Bewitched Girl in the public debate
1994 Game of the Imagination Zhenya
2002 House of Fools Zhanna Timofeeva
2002 Max
Max (film)
Max is a 2002 British/Hungarian/Canadian fictional drama film, that depicts a friendship between a Jewish art dealer, Max Rothman, and a young Austrian painter, Adolf Hitler...

Helen
2003 The Lion in Winter
The Lion in Winter (2003 film)
The Lion in Winter is a 2003 made-for-television remake of the 1968 film of the same name.A television production of The Lion in Winter was first shown on December 26, 2003 in the U.K.. It starred Patrick Stewart and Glenn Close, and was directed by Andrei Konchalovsky...

Alais
2005 Soldiers' Decameron Vera
2006 The First Rule of the Queen Inna Seliverstova
2007 Gloss Galya
2010 The Nutcracker in 3D
The Nutcracker in 3D
The Nutcracker in 3D is a 2010 3D fantasy film adaption of the ballet The Nutcracker, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. The film met with universally negative reviews from critics upon its release, and became a failure at the box office.-Plot:...

Mother/The Snow Fairy

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