Yelena Viktorovna Panova also Elena Panova (born June 9, 1977) is a Russia

Russia

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n actress from Arkhangelsk

Arkhangelsk

Arkhangelsk , formerly known as Archangel in English, is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina River near its exit into the White Sea in the north of European Russia. The city spreads for over along the banks of the river...

. A noted stage actress at the Moscow Art Theater, she has been active in film and television since 1997. She is a recipient of the State Prize of the Russian Federation

State Prize of the Russian Federation

State Prize of the Russian Federation is a state honorary prize established in 1992 as the substitute for the USSR State Prize. In 2004 the rules for selection of laureates and the status of the award was significantly changed making them closer to such awards as Nobel Prize or the Soviet Lenin...

 (2001).

Biography

Her father was a theater director and an art director of the Arkhangelsk Regional Youth Theatre. and her mother is a piano teacher at Arkhangelsk Pedagogical College. Her elder sister is also an actress. Panova graduated from the school-studio of Moscow Art Theater in 1999 and joined the same theater. At the theatre she has had some notable roles including Catherine in The Storm, Glagolev in Petticoat Government

Petticoat Government

Petticoat Government was written by Baroness Orczy, author of The Scarlet Pimpernel, in 1910. It was released under the title Petticoat Rule in the U.S. in the same year....

, The Governess in The Light Shines in the Darkness

The Light Shines in the Darkness

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, Mavka in Forest Song, Kate in The Light Taste of Betrayal and Sonia in Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published in the literary journal The Russian Messenger in twelve monthly installments during 1866. It was later published in a single volume. This is the second of Dostoyevsky's full-length novels following his...

.

She debuted in 1997 in the movie Christmas Story and then played a Russian prostitute in Daniel Schmid's Swiss picture Beresina, or the Last Days of Switzerland

Beresina, or the Last Days of Switzerland

Beresina, or the Last Days of Switzerland is a 1999 satiric comedy film by Swiss director Daniel Schmid. It chronicles the story of Irina, a Russian call girl arriving in Switzerland, whose innocent attempt to live the high life there triggers unintended coup d'etat in the country...

 (1999). In 2002 she starred alongside Inna Gomes

Inna Gomes

Inna Gomes is a Russian actress and model, called "the best Russian model of November 2001" by Model Cast.-Biography:Gomes was born in 1970 in the village of Novobarakovo, Ryazan Oblast. In 1988, she became a finalist in the competition "Moscow Beauty"...

 and Sergey Gorobchenko Yuriy Moroz

Yuriy Moroz

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's crime film Kamenskaya: Za vse nado platit. She was acclaimed for her roles as Gavina in Aleksandr Mitta's series "Border. Taiga Romance" (2001) and Vicky (Vika) in Aleksei Sidorov's Shadowboxing

Shadowboxing (2005 film)

Shadowboxing is a 2005 Russian 4-episode Sports drama movie.The stars of the film include famous Russian actors such as Denis Nikiforov, Elena Panova, and Andrey Panin, and it was directed by Aleksey Sidorov...

 (2005).In 2010 she starred in Anton Megerdichev's fantasy thriller Dark World

Dark World (2010 film)

Dark World is a 2010 Russian horror film directed by Anton Megerdischev. The film was the first Russian 3D format movie.-Cast:*Svetlana Ivanova — Marina*Ivan Jidkov — Kostya*Elena Panova — Helvi*Sergey Ugryumov — Alexandre Volkov...

 alongside Svetlana Ivanova and Ivan Zhidkov.

Filmography

• 1997 - Christmas Story
• 1999 - Beresina, or the Last Days of Switzerland
  Beresina, or the Last Days of Switzerland
  Beresina, or the Last Days of Switzerland is a 1999 satiric comedy film by Swiss director Daniel Schmid. It chronicles the story of Irina, a Russian call girl arriving in Switzerland, whose innocent attempt to live the high life there triggers unintended coup d'etat in the country...
  
    - Irina
• 1999 - Mother - Pauline in her youth
• 2001 - Border. Taiga Romance (TV series) - Galina tow
• 2002 - Kamenskaya: Za vse nado platit - Olga Reshin
• 2002 - Red Sky. Black Snow - Lida (evacuee girl with child)
• 2003 - Land- Dasha Klyueva
• 2003 - Christ Under the Birches - Tanya
• 2004 - Shadowboxing
  Shadowboxing (2005 film)
  Shadowboxing is a 2005 Russian 4-episode Sports drama movie.The stars of the film include famous Russian actors such as Denis Nikiforov, Elena Panova, and Andrey Panin, and it was directed by Aleksey Sidorov...
  
    -Vic
• 2004 - MOORE is MOORE (TV series) - Lida
• 2005 - Swan's Paradise - Lida, Mayor
• 2006 - Bewitched Site - Dasha Klyueva
• 2006 - Hunter - Irene, journalist
• 2006 - The Husband Comes Back from a Business Trip, as Katya Zagorskaya
• 2006 - Women's Work with a Hazard to Life, Investigator Nadezhda Postnikova
• 2006 - Secret Guardian - "Cobra", FSB
• 2007 - Shadowboxing 2: Revenge - Vic
• 2007 - Detective Putilin - Strekalova
• 2007 - Year of the Golden Fish - Masha
• 2007 - I'm Counting: One, Two, Three, Four, Five... , as Alisa
• 2008 - Friend or Foe - Olga
• 2008 - Time of Sins - Zina
• 2008 - Surprise (Russia, Ukraine) - Zoe, the former wife of Ivan
• 2009 - Prodigal Children (Russia, Ukraine)
• 2009 - House on the Lake District
• 2009 - Secret Guard. Deadly Game - "Cobra"
• 2009 - I Am Not Myself, as Lena Fufachyova
• 2009 - 'Dark World
  Dark World (2010 film)
  Dark World is a 2010 Russian horror film directed by Anton Megerdischev. The film was the first Russian 3D format movie.-Cast:*Svetlana Ivanova — Marina*Ivan Jidkov — Kostya*Elena Panova — Helvi*Sergey Ugryumov — Alexandre Volkov...
  
   - Helvi
• 2010 - Dr. Tyrsa
• 2010 - Mother for Rent, as Tamara
• 2011 - Shadowboxing 3: The Final Round, as Vika

External links

• Elena Panova at the Internet Movie Database
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