Yelena Valyushkina

Yelena Viktorovna Valyushkina (also tr. Elena; ; born on 8 December 1962) is a Soviet and Russian theatre and film actress. Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation (1995). Biography Born into a military family. After her family returned from the GDR, she spent part of her childhood in the city of Biysk, Altai Territory. In high school, she lived with her grandmother in Tomilino. While studying in high school, she studied at music (piano, guitar), dance and art schools. In 1984 she graduated from the Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School (course of Viktor Korshunov, Vladimir Sulimov). From January 1984 to the present, she has been an actress at the Mossovet Theatre.