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Yevgenia Dobrovolskaya

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Yevgenia Dobrovolskaya
Евгения Добровольская
Born
Yevgenia Vladimirovna Dobrovolskaya

(1964-12-26)26 December 1964
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died10 January 2025(2025-01-10) (aged 60)
OccupationActress
Years active1983–2025

Yevgenia Vladimirovna Dobrovolskaya (Russian: Евге́ния Влади́мировна Доброво́льская; 26 December 1964 – 10 January 2025) was a Soviet and Russian actress of theatre and cinema, People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2005),[1] a laureate of the Nika Award (2001)[2] and Golden Eagle Award (2007).[3]

Early life and career

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Dobrovolskaya was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union on 26 December 1964.[4]

In 1987 she graduated from GITIS (course of Lyudmila Kasatkina and Sergey Kolosov), and 1991 was admitted to the Moscow Chekhov Art Theatre.[5] Starting from 2004, she acted in several plays produced by Kirill Serebrennikov.[6]

She made her debut in the movies in 1983 in the Pavel Chukhrai film A Canary Cage.

In 2014, she took part in an advertising campaign for absorbent underwear, Depend.[7]

Personal life

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  • First husband — Vyacheslav Baranov (1958–2012), actor.
    • Son Stepan (born 1986).
  • Second husband — Mikhail Yefremov, actor (married from January 1990 to December 1997).[8]
    • Son Nikolay (born 1991).
  • Son Yan (born 2002) from an extramarital affair with the actor Yaroslav Boyko.
  • Third husband — Dmitry Manannikov, cinematographer (2009–2025).[9]

Illness and death

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In the fall of 2023, Dobrovolskaya was diagnosed an aggressive form of stomach cancer with subcutaneous and brain metastases. She underwent six courses of chemotherapy and a course of cellular immunotherapy, but the disease progressed by the end of 2024. On 4 December 2024, she entered the palliative care centre in Moscow due to cancer complications. On 10 January 2025, Dobrovolskaya died at the age of 60.[12] The farewell ceremony took place at the Moscow Art Theatre on 14 January. She was buried at the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery.[13]

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ Указ Президента РФ №1314
  2. ^ Лауреаты премии «Ника» на официальном сайте
  3. ^ Лауреаты премии «Золотой орёл» на официальном сайте Национальной академии кинематографических искусств и наук России
  4. ^ "Евгения Добровольская. Встречи на Моховой". 5-tv.ru (in Russian). Пятый канал. 20 September 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Евгения Владимировна Добровольская". Moscow Chekhov Art Theatre (in ru en). Retrieved 13 January 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  6. ^ Peshkova, Lera (13 January 2025). "«Наша современная большая русская актриса»". Meduza (in Russian).
  7. ^ Евгения Добровольская в рекламе впитывающего белья Depend (in Russian)
  8. ^ "Михаил Ефремов впервые стал дедушкой". Archived from the original on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  9. ^ Евгения Добровольская: С Ефремовым жить невозможно (in Russian)
  10. ^ Евгения Добровольская. rusakters.ru (in Russian)
  11. ^ Многодетные звёзды: самые большие семьи России (in Russian)
  12. ^ "СМИ: Евгения Добровольская боролась с раком желудка". kino-tear.ru (in Russian). 16 January 2025. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  13. ^ "В МХТ назвали дату и место прощания с Евгенией Добровольской". aif.ru (in Russian). 11 January 2025. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
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