Actress Lesya Samaeva: biography, best films

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Lesya Samaeva is a talented Ukrainian actress who is hard to confuse with any other film star. Such a definition as a “role” is not applicable to her, since this amazing woman is able to make any heroine “her own”. The audience remembers her from such TV projects as "House Arrest", "How the Steel Was Tempered". The painting "Orange Sky" with her participation is also popular. What is known about the star, what her roles can be called the best?

Lesya Samaeva: biographical information

The future actress was born in Kyiv, it happened in June 1975. Almost from the first years of her life, Lesya Samaeva knew who she would become when she grew up. At first, the young star was admired by relatives and friends to whom she told poems. She was then applauded by the audience who came to watch the school plays. Parents dreamed of seeing their daughter as a lawyer or an economist, but she did not live up to their expectations.

Having received a certificate, Lesya Samaevabecame an applicant of the Kyiv theater university, entered the first attempt. Teachers remember the talented girl as one of the most capable and diligent students. The future star received her diploma at the age of 21, then she began performing at the local Drama and Comedy Theater.

Playing in the theater

Immediately, Lesya Samaeva did not dare to conquer the world of cinema, deciding first to declare herself as a theater actress. Her path to fame did not turn out to be long, and soon residents and guests of Kyiv began to try to get to her performances. Of course, the rising star was quickly assigned to the roles of the central characters.

It is difficult to enumerate all the vivid images that a Ukrainian woman embodied on stage in those years. In "Three Sisters" she was Masha, in "The Seagull" she became Zarechnaya. The audience especially remembered her nurse Maria, the heroine of the production of "Queue". When creating this image, the actress "borrowed" the habits of Renata Litvinova. The creative approach to the role did not go unnoticed by critics, the girl received the prestigious Kyiv Pectoral award.

Movie debut

Actress Lesya Samaeva got her first role in the series at the age of 24. She got one of the main roles in the TV project "How the Steel Was Tempered", which became another adaptation of Ostrovsky's work of the same name. It is interesting that Han Gan from China became the director of the series, the soap opera quickly became popular in the Celestial Empire, and Samaeva gained many fans in this country. The image of Pavka Korchagin was embodied by Lesya's husband Andrey Saminin.

The TV project "How the Steel Was Tempered" did not give the actress popularity in her native country, as it was not acquired by Ukrainian television. Ukrainians learned about the existence of a talented girl only in 2003, after she played a minor role in the Merry Company sitcom, which tells about the adventures of students.

Best roles

Only in 2006 I was able to understand what the real glory of Lesya Samaev looks like. The films and series she starred in before the release of Orange Sky cannot be compared in terms of popularity with this drama. Director Kiriyenko covered the events of the Orange Revolution with the help of this film project. Lesya got such a character as the sister of the protagonist.

The main role was entrusted to the Ukrainian star in the sad film "Operation" Che Guevara ", the audience and critics highly appreciated the tandem of the actress with Pavel Maykov. The drama "Bread Day" with her participation has also become popular - a story about a courageous front-line soldier trying to help strangers.

Of course, we can not forget about another star role played by Lesya Samaeva. The biography of the star claims that she got into the series House Arrest by accident, as the director planned to entrust the role of Nata Malukh to a completely different actress. However, the Ukrainian did a great job with the comic image of a housewife who sincerely tries to be a caring wife and mother.

Private life

Kinodiva has been married for many years to actor Andrei Samninin, who became her student love. Andrei, like his wife, is very popular in his homeland, actively acting in TV shows, and finds time to play in the theater. A charming daughter, Maria, is growing up in the family, who dreams of continuing the work of her parents, of becoming a famous actress. The girl has already taken some steps towards the fulfillment of her dream, appearing in the TV series "Not Alone", in which Lesya played one of the main roles.