Actress Polina Kutepova: biography, personal life, photo

Biography of Polina Kutepova

Polina Pavlovna Kutepova is an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, who has won the hearts of the most discerning viewers. According to critics, she has incredible talent, powerful inner temperament and versatility - she is capable of making you cry or laugh with a short word, look, or gesture and is very similar to the beautiful Florentine ladies from the paintings of Sandro Botticelli.

Actress Polina Kutepova

The charming Muscovite is known for many interesting roles played in the films “To Paris!”, “Miracle”, “Little Demon”, “Dying is Easy”, “All the Gold in the World”, “My Husband is a Genius”, “Circumstances”, “The Fourth ", as well as on the theatrical stage of the "P. Fomenko Workshop" in the plays "A Month in the Country" based on the play by I. Turgenev, "Wolves and Sheep" based on A. Ostrovsky, "The Sound and the Fury" based on the novel by W. Faulkner, "Tanya- Tanya” based on O. Mukhina, “Twelfth Night” based on the comedy by W. Shakespeare.

She is a laureate of the Golden Eagle, The Seagull, Female Face of the Year, Crystal Turandot, Golden Mask, Golden Aries, etc. awards. She has a twin sister, Ksenia, also an actress.

Personal territory of Polina Kutepova

“Red, Honest, in Love”
brought national fame to the Kutepov twin sisters .
Ksenia and Polina have an older sister, Zlata
, who was the first to become interested in theater, and this greatly influenced the choice of the younger girls.
Studying at a theater studio and film school, at the age of 10 Polina found herself on a film set
, and by the end of school she already had four full-length films in her baggage. Both girls were already ready for acting. Although now Polina claims that if they had failed to do so the first time, perhaps their path would have been completely different.

And at the actual admission to GITIS

the fact that there are two Kutepovs has become the talk of the town.
One might say, they didn’t want to take two identical actresses, but the future master of Ksenia and Polina, Pyotr Fomenko,
decided in his own way. Many people dream of ending up in Fomenko’s studio, although he is considered one of the most domineering directors who demands strict adherence to his rules. Nevertheless, both Kutepovs settled down perfectly in his theater, where they still serve.

In choosing film projects, Kutepova is perhaps one of the most demanding actresses, fundamentally not acting in commercials or participating in television shows that are not directly related to acting. However, the actress does not experience a shortage of offers. Throughout Kutepov’s creative life, starting with Yungvald-Khilkevich

, has been filmed more than once by
Georgy Danelia, Alexey Uchitel, Yuri Moroz
and other recognized directors.

In her personal life, the actress is also picky, but she chose her companion in her youth, and this choice is still not in doubt. Polina Kutepova is married to director Evgeniy Kamenkovich

from early youth, their
daughter Nadezhda is twenty years old.
Polina Kutepova holds the title of Honored Artist of Russia

, is a laureate of the
“Chaika”
and winner of the
“Golden Aries”
for his contribution to cinema.

Red-haired, honest, in love

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The film based on the Swedish fairy tale by writer Jan Olof Ekholm is one of the best children's musical films. In the adventures of the honest little fox Maximilian, Ksenia and Polina played the fox sisters Louise (Ksenia) and Laura (Polina).

Nastya

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A fairy-tale melodrama by Georgy Danelia about an ugly girl who turns into a beauty, as this is her greatest desire. Nastya Plotnikova believes that appearance is the key to success and happiness, but she is convinced of the opposite when her dream comes true. Valery Nikolaev played together with Kutepova in the film. This film was included in the list of the director’s best works when he was awarded the State Prize of the Russian Federation.

Miracle

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The script is based on the mysterious story of a girl that happened in Kuibyshev in 1955. If you believe the urban legend, Zoya Karanukhova “petrified”, that is, froze in place while dancing with the icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. In the movie plot, the heroine's name is Tatyana Skrypnikova. Her beloved Nikolai is married, Tanya is angry about this situation. In a moment of anger and despair, Tanya grabs the icon to dance with it, since her beau, also named Nikolai, has not come. Polina Kutepova played Nikolai's wife Natasha here.

Pelagia and white bulldog

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The series is based on the detective bestseller by Boris Akunin. Starring the nun Pelagia, in the world - Polina Lisitsyna, Polina Kutepova. It was approved by the writer himself. An intelligent and insightful nun has real talent as a detective; she is able to change her appearance and transform into a society lady when the investigation requires it.

House of the Wind

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The story of fate testing one's strength. The heroine of the drama is a janitor, a simple woman Taisiya Levshina. Her son died in military service: Taya learns about this when his remains are discovered. In desperation, Taya decides to adopt a terminally ill boy, Timur.

Two winters and three summers

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A saga about several generations of residents of a northern village from the 40s to the 70s. Polina Kutepova plays the role of one of the daughters of the large Pryaslin family, Lisa. The heroes of the story overcome the harsh trials of peasant life and admire their strength of spirit. The series also starred Alexander Baluev and Anton Khabarov.

I demand love!

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In the new project, Polina Kutepova played a strong woman, the head of a family who can make many sacrifices for her sake.
A young mistress is trying to take away Galina's husband Alexey. The couple already has an adult daughter who lives her own life, which is also not without problems. The fear of ending up with nothing makes Galina take the most extreme measures. On July 13 at 14:35
on the Domashny TV channel, the action-packed melodrama
“I Demand Love!”

Childhood and youth

The future sought-after film actress and prima of the Fomenko Workshop was born on August 1, 1971, 20 minutes later than her sister Ksenia. By that time, in the family of her parents, who had the serious profession of “astrophysicist engineer,” the eldest daughter, Zlata, by 2 years, was already growing up.

Polina Kutepova and her twin sister Ksyusha

She had a huge impact on the formation of the creative inclinations and aesthetic tastes of her sisters, being crazy about the theater and being an unconditional authority for the girls. Later she graduated from the directing department of the Institute of Culture, but worked not in the theater, but on television.

Polina Kutepova with her sister Zlata

Polya grew up as a shy child, but, by her own admission, she often got into fights. Both she and Ksyusha had to participate in home performances organized by Zlata. Under the influence of their older sister, they went to humanitarian school No. 67, where she studied, and studied in the song and dance ensemble named after. Loktev in the Palace of Pioneers on the Lenin Hills.

At first, the charming red-haired twins went to choir, then to choreography, then they entered film school. They danced as part of the ensemble for more than seven years and took part in performances on the stage of the Kremlin Palace and the Bolshoi Theater. That's where filmmakers noticed them.

Polina Kutepova with her sister, niece, mother and daughter

In 1981, the sisters played in the musical comedy “Where Will He Go!” with Nina Ruslanova, Mikhail Boyarsky, Yuri Antonov. In the same year, the dramatic film “Vasily and Vasilisa” was released, based on the book by Valentin Rasputin. They played the daughters of the main characters performed by Olga Ostroumova and Mikhail Kononov. Then Polina, together with her sister, took part in the TV show “Alarm Clock”, playing in the play “Alika’s Adventures in Imagination”.

Kutepova sisters

And three years later, Leonid Nechaev, the director of “Little Red Riding Hood” and “Pinocchio,” called them to Minsk to shoot in the children’s film “Red, Honest, in Love” based on the works of the Swedish writer Jan Olof Ekholm. They got the roles of the fox-sisters of the central character, the little fox Ludwig (Denis Zaitsev), and their parents were played by Ekaterina Vasilyeva and Albert Filozov. In the same year, the young artists, who had already gained popularity, were also involved in the film-play “You won’t get bored with us.”

Young Polina Kutepova on the set of the film “Red, Honest, in Love” (right)

In 1988, the girls received certificates and submitted documents to the GITIS Theater Institute. The admissions committee was not impressed by their duet performance of one of Daniil Kharms’s comic poems, but, thanks to Pyotr Naumovich Fomenko, who saw acting in them, they entered and then became successful in the profession, receiving recognition and many awards.

They graduated from the university in 1993 and remained to work in the Workshop of their teacher, whom they idolized.

Childhood and adolescence

Ksenia is a native Muscovite, born and raised in a family of astrophysics engineers.
She was not born alone, but in company with her twin sister Polina, who is fifteen minutes younger than our heroine. The appearance of twins was a surprise not only for the parents, but also for three-year-old Zlata, their eldest daughter. The girl was looking forward to her sister and was terribly happy when there were two of them at once. She took care of the red babies, who looked like two peas in a pod, played with them, dressed them up like dolls, and when the girls grew up, she began organizing home performances with their participation. Ksenia still remembers with laughter her first appearance on stage, which took place in the attic of an old dacha.

Ksenia and Polina Kutepova in childhood

Her father’s influence in the family was strong, so Ksenia preferred boyish fun to playing with dolls and other “girly” entertainment, and grew up as an active and hooligan child. The twins did not allow themselves to be insulted and could always stand up for themselves.

Despite all the tricks of Zlata, who was fanatically passionate about the theater, Ksenia and Polina preferred to take up singing and choreography. When the sisters turned 6 years old, the mother took her daughters to the dance ensemble named after Loktev, to which the twins devoted seven years. At the same time, the girls attended a film school under the direction of Alla Stepanova at the Palace of Pioneers.

Ksenia Kutepova with her sister Polina

One day, the red-haired twins caught the eye of assistants from Mosfilm, who were looking for children to film a new film. This is how the Kutepov sisters (all three) first appeared on the screen, playing the children of the main characters in the serious dramatic film “Vasily and Vasilisa” (1981). Ksenia and Polina were included in the Mosfilm file and began to be invited to filming quite often. By the time she graduated, our heroine already had five film works under her belt, including the main role in the musical film-play “Alika’s Adventures in Imagination” (1987). Teachers were sympathetic to frequent absences.

Ksenia Kutepova in her youth

It is not surprising that the Kutepov sisters gradually began to think about the acting profession. In the ninth grade, they transferred to a school with in-depth study of humanities and began to diligently prepare for admission to GIGIS.

The Kutepov sisters in their youth

With their appearance, they shocked the members of the admissions committee, who did not understand what to do with two completely identical applicants. And only the brilliant Pyotr Fomenko, who was a teacher at the directing department and was then taking his course, saw how different they were. Ksenia Kutepova about acting After talking with the girls more closely, he became even more convinced of the correctness of his opinion and took his sisters to his workshop. From that moment on – it was 1988 – Ksenia and Polina began to develop as two independent creative units, although they remained the closest people to each other.

Theater

Already from the second year of study, Polina appeared on the stage of the P. Fomenko Workshop theater, subsequently playing dozens of diverse roles. In tandem with her sister, she was involved in the productions of “Three Sisters”, “Wolves and Sheep”, “The Sound and the Fury”, etc.

Polina Kutepova in the theater, play “Three Sisters”

In 1995, the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper named Polina the best theater performer of the year. A year later, she became a laureate of the Polish theater festival “Contact” for the image of the Girl in the production “Tanya-Tanya”. In 1997, for her role as Verochka in the play “A Month in the Country,” she was awarded the “Idol” award. In 2002, Kutepova’s work in the play “Egyptian Nights” brought her the “Female Face of the Year” prize.

In 2004, she received the “Seagull” award and the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation; a year later she was awarded the “Crystal Turandot” award. In 2007, her professional activities were awarded the K. Stanislavsky Prize.

Polina Kutepova in the play "Ulysses"

A true breakthrough and a brilliant creative experiment for the artist was the play “Ulysses” based on the prose of her favorite Irish writer James Joyce with a forty-minute monologue of her heroine Molly. For playing this role in 2010, she received the Golden Mask Award.

Movies

According to the actress, if Pyotr Fomenko determined her creative destiny in the theater, then director Georgy Danelia became a key figure for her in cinema. In 1993, Polina Kutepova made her debut in the leading role in his comedy “Nastya”. Together with the young artist, the stars Alexander Abdulov, Evgeny Leonov, and Nina Grebeshkova were involved in the film. The director appreciated the talent of the debutante, who played the funny saleswoman-dreamer, and after 2 years again invited her to play the main role in the film adaptation of Vladimir Makanin’s story “On First Breath.” The film was released under the title “Heads and Tails.” For the role of Zina Prishchepkina, the actress was awarded the Gatchina Film Festival "Aries" award.

In 1995, Polina took part in the filming of Nikolai Dostal’s drama “The Little Demon” based on the novel of the same name by Fyodor Sologub. She played the main role of the libertine Lyudmila.

In 1999, Alexander Khvan’s thriller “Dying is Easy” appeared in Kutepova’s filmography, in which the actress played together with Alexander Lazarev Jr. and Georgy Taratorkin. The girl received the national film critics award “Golden Aries” in the category “Best Actress”.

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Polina Kutepova in the film “Nastya”

In the 2000s, Polina’s creative biography developed successfully. Having tried her hand at the TV series “Truckers”, “Taxi Driver”, “Penal Battalion”, the actress appeared in the film “Walk” by Alexei Uchitel. And then she starred in five films in a row, where she played the main roles: in the melodrama “All the Gold of the World”, the short film “On the Eve of Autumn”, in the drama “Indie”, in the historical film “Father”, in the biographical film about the fate of the scientist Lev Landau “My the husband is a genius.”

In 2009, four films starring Polina Kutepova were released. In the drama “To Paris” and in the historical film “Miracle”, the actress played minor characters. In Pavel Ruminov's comedy about the life of two married couples, “Circumstances,” she appeared in the title role. Real success awaited Kutepova after she simultaneously portrayed two characters in the film adaptation of Boris Akunin’s detective novel “Pelagia and the White Bulldog.”

The author chose the actress who was supposed to play the nun Pelagia and the secular lady Lisitsina independently and said that Polina fully corresponds to these two images. Director Yuri Moroz supported the writer's choice. Although initially they planned to take Ksenia Kutepova for the role of Lisitsina. The artist admits that she was afraid of not being able to cope with the role of a nun, because she had never been a churchgoer. But as the work progressed, the fear was released and self-confidence emerged. For this film the woman received the Golden Eagle. In 2009, an audio version of Boris Akunin’s novel “Pelagia and the Black Monk” appeared on the Internet, read by Polina Kutepova.

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Polina Kutepova in the role of Pelagia
The actress’s heroine is a woman with a difficult fate, with bright characters. This is the lawyer Vera from the melodrama “Cadenza”, the janitor Taisya from the drama “The House of the Wind”, the mother of teenagers who had to become soldiers from the film “Everyone Has Their Own War”, the girl Lisa from the film adaptation of “Two Winters and Three Summers”, Chekhov’s heroine Sonya Serebryakova in the comedy “After the Curtain”.

In 2021, the artist starred in the film almanac “Petersburg. Only for love,” which was created by female directors Renata Litvinova, Anna Parmas, Oksana Bychkova, Aksinya Gog, Avdotya Smirnova. Polina played in the short story “Anichkov Bridge”.

In the same year, the “Karamzin-250” project was launched on the “Culture” TV channel, dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the Russian historian Nikolai Karamzin. Polina Kutepova took part in the recording of the reading “History of the Russian State”. She performed a recording dedicated to the chapter “Sergius of Radonezh’s Blessing of Prince Dmitry before the Battle of Kulikovo.”

2016 turned out to be a fruitful year for the actress. In Kirill Safonov’s directorial debut “The Fourth,” she played the main role in a duet with Soviet cinema star Valentin Gaft, and also appeared in the TV series “Blue Rose.”

In 2021, the artist was cast in the leading role in the historical play “Egyptian Nights” based on the works of A. S. Pushkin and V. Ya. Bryusov. In the same year, she became a member of the jury of the Russian television film festival “Morning of the Motherland.”

"Adult" cinema

Georgy Danelia became Polina’s “godfather” on the silver screen. In 1993, he starred her in his film “Nastya” in the role of an inconspicuous saleswoman who magically turned into a fatal beauty.

Polina Kutepova in the film “Nastya”

The actress’s collaboration with the famous film master continued in the film “Heads and Tails,” filmed in 1995 based on the story “On the First Breath” by Vladimir Makanin. She worked on the set with such stars as Stanislav Govorukhin and Oleg Basilashvili, and embodied the image of the modest Zina, devoted to her prisoner husband. For this work at the Gatchina Festival she was awarded the Aries prize.

Polina Kutepova in the film "Heads and Tails"

During the same period, Polina Kutepova played the voluptuous libertine Lyudmila in the film adaptation of Fyodor Sologub’s novel “The Little Demon”, having worked with the wonderful director Nikolai Dostal. In 1996, at the Kinotavr film festival, she received the Golden Aries prize (analogous to the American Golden Globe) as best actress of the year.

Polina Kutepova in the film “Little Demon”

In 1999, she was entrusted with the key role of Lisa in Alexander Khvan’s detective thriller “Dying is Easy,” where her co-stars were Alexander Lazarev, Georgy Taratorkin, and Svetlana Bragarnik. And again she became the owner of “Aries”.

At the beginning of the 2000s, Polina continued to successfully act in films and even voiced cartoons (“Ku! Kin-dza-dza”, “The Return of Pinocchio”). With her participation, the series “Truckers”, “Penal Battalion”, “All the Gold of the World” were released. Among the full-length works are the film with Alexander Baluev and Domogarov, the historical film “Father” with Alexei Guskov, the drama “To Paris”, where the role of the main character was played by Yuri Stepanov.

In 2009, Kutepova was entrusted with playing the main role of Lisa; the actress was entrusted with the action-packed comedy film about gender relations “Circumstances,” where her partner was Ilya Lyubimov.

Polina Kutepova in the film “Circumstances”

During the same period, she was offered to embody two characters at once in the film adaptation of Boris Akunin’s series of works “Pelagia and the White Bulldog” - a crafty nun and a shrewd detective. After the release of the television film, the actress expected real success in the form of the “Golden Eagle” and rave reviews from Akunin himself.

Among the actress’s film works, it is impossible not to recall the film “The House of the Wind,” which was released in 2011. She played in it a simple janitor who lost her only son in military service. To fill the void in her soul, her heroine decides to adopt a terminally ill boy.

Polina Kutepova in the film “House of the Wind”

In 2014, Polina joined the ensemble cast of the dramatic film “Two Winters and Three Summers” based on Fyodor Abramov’s book “Brothers and Sisters,” which included Sergei Makovetsky, Alexander Baluev, and Natalia Vdovina. In 2015, together with her sister Zlata and theater colleague Anatoly Goryachev, she released an audiobook of English fairy tales, “Three Smart Heads.”

In 2016, the Russian premiere of the comedy film anthology with the participation of the actress “Petersburg. Only for love”, where Renata Litvinova, Anna Ukolova, Maxim Vitorgan, Anna Mikhalkova also played. Polina starred in his short story “Anichnov Bridge”.

Polina Kutepova on the set of the short story “Anichkov Bridge”

In the same year, she appeared in the series “Blue Rose” in the company of Nikolai Fomenko, Veronika Vernadskaya, Ekaterina Rednikova, and also became the main character in the short film “The Fourth”, where the character of Valentin Gaft helped her understand herself. In 2021, the artist joined the cast of the detective television series “Streets of Broken Lanterns”, playing Victoria Makarova.

Biography of the Kutepov sisters

They owe much of their success to their family and good teachers who appeared on their life path at the right time.

Parents

The girls were born into a family of astrophysics engineers. The father was strict and at the same time loving, always finding time to study with his daughters.

It was thanks to his influence that the future actress Kutepova Polina and Ksenia preferred to misbehave than to dress up in dresses or play with dolls.

Childhood

Active and curious girls always stayed together and did not allow themselves to be offended. Those who were not closely acquainted with him could not even imagine that terrible timidity was hidden behind this behavior.

The sisters were very embarrassed to ask even the simplest question to a stranger, so they established a sequence and tried not to break it.

Their older sister Zlata instilled in them an interest in theater. She organized home performances for them, and then began to involve them in productions. Despite their sincere interest in acting, at the age of 6, Polina and Ksenia chose to study in a dance ensemble rather than a theater group.

The meeting with representatives of Mosfilm happened by chance. The girls were able not only to attract attention, but also to successfully audition for roles in the film “Vasily and Vasilisa.” After this, the sisters were often invited to work on the set, which did not stop them from taking their studies seriously and finishing school well.

Youth

By the time they graduated from school, Ksenia and Polina already had experience of successfully working in five films, so they had no doubt about which university to apply to.

They decided to go against all the rules and appeared before the selection committee together. At that moment, only Pyotr Fomenko, who convinced his colleagues to enroll the Kutepovs in the first year, was able to discern how different the red-haired girls were, and he was not mistaken.

Training became a real test of strength; the girls repeatedly tried to give up and give up their dreams. The only thing that kept them from making this decision was the support of their mentor and the ability not to abandon each other even in the most difficult situations.

Now they say that their student years were still a wonderful time when they not only revealed their creative potential, but also learned to appreciate and understand each other better.

Creative path

Her first film work began at the age of 10; later the sisters began to talk about these roles as frivolous. They also did not refuse to play in school theater productions.

After completing their studies at GITIS, the Kutepovs began to apply their acquired knowledge in practice in different ways:

• Polina Kutepova immediately found herself in cinema. She was remembered by the viewer after the release of the film “Nastya” by Georgy Danelia. The next striking work was the film “Heads and Tails,” which premiered in 1995. In 2002, she received the Crystal Turandot award for her work.
• Ksenia at this time was actively mastering the theater stage. She regularly participated in productions, becoming a permanent member of Fomenko’s troupe. Since 2008, the performances have become permanent, and Kutepova was involved in those that became the main ones in the theater. She deservedly received the title of best actress in 1996. In 2000, her talent was officially recognized with the Stanislavsky Prize.

In the 2000s, Ksenia also began acting in films, and the sisters began to meet more often on the theater stage. In 2009, they were offered to play the roles of nuns, but Polina starred in the film “Pelagia and the White Bulldog”, and Ksenia in “Spring is Coming”. The directors did not regret their choice; both films received recognition from the audience.

Since 2011, Polina began to refuse offers more often, agreeing to play only interesting characters whose image was written deeply, as happened with “The House of the Wind” and “The Fourth”. At the same time, the actress works on television, voices cartoon characters and even released her own audio tales.

The cinematic works of Ksenia Kutepova are mostly associated with the name of her husband. Together they worked on the creation of “The Guy from Mars”, “Natural Phenomena”, but this does not mean that she is not interested in the projects of other directors, as confirmed by “Dali’s Dance”, filmed by Ivan Vyrypaev. She also liked working on the set of “Territory.”

The opportunity to appear together again in the frame of “Dead Lake” helped the actresses to once again show off their talent and delight fans with their original, deep performance.

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Filmography

Collaboration in cinema began back in 1981 thanks to the film “Vasily and Vasilisa”.

Each of the sisters has their own baggage of interesting and memorable roles:

Personal life of Polina Kutepova

The actress is married to her former teacher, RITI professor Evgeniy Kamenkovich. He is 17 years older than Polina. In 2012, he became the artistic director of the Fomenko Workshop.

Evgeny Kamenkovich - husband of Polina Kutepova

Together they raised their only daughter, Nadezhda, who was born in 1997. She became a student at the Higher School of Economics, choosing to major in international relations, which her mother was very happy about.

Polina compared her family to a ship, where her husband is the sail, a constant generator of crazy plans and incredible ideas, and she is the anchor. If it weren’t for her, he would have flown into the heavens, but if it weren’t for him, she would have lain at the bottom all her life, but together they successfully stay afloat.

Polina Kutepova with her daughter

Polina loves listening to classical music and reading Thomas Mann and James Joyce. She is interested in growing orchids, and from trips abroad she always brings back stereoscopic photographs of the early twentieth century.

Personal life of the Kutepov sisters

It's time to remember your older sister Zlata. After school, she tried to enroll in the acting department, but was unsuccessful. Later she studied to become a director at the Institute of Culture. She worked for some time on television, tried herself in directing and journalism. Sometimes she and her sisters participate in some projects as an organizer and director. She hasn’t lost a bit of her business acumen. Zlata has a daughter, Marfa.

Polina also gave birth to a daughter, Nadezhda, from her husband Evgeniy Kamenkovich, who now holds the post of artistic director of the Pyotr Fomenko Workshop. They have been together for a very long time; Evgeny was the Kutepovs’ teacher at GITIS. He is 17 years older than his wife. Their now adult daughter, despite the fact that she starred in several films as a child, chose a different specialty - international relations.

Polina Kutepova with her sister Zlata, niece Marfa, mother Nadezhda and daughter Nadezhda Jr. Photo: dochkimateri.com

Ksenia married director Sergei Osipyan. They have a son Vasily (now he is 17 years old) and a daughter Lydia (she is 14). By the way, Ksenia is the only one of the sisters who gave birth to a son. Otherwise, it would be an absolutely wonderful “woman’s kingdom” in two generations.

Ksenia Kutepova with her husband Sergei Osipyan and children

Ksenia’s son, as expected, bears her husband’s surname - Osipyan, but she gave her daughter her surname. Let at least someone in the family remain Kutepova. Perhaps the children will decide to continue the acting dynasty.

Both sisters continue to work actively in the theater, and this year they starred in several long-awaited film projects.

Polina Kutepova now

In 2021, the Fomenko Workshop resumed the play “Egyptian Nights,” which is an attempt at improvisation on a historical theme. The actress in it exchanges the stiffness of Pushkin's Princess Volskaya for the sensuality of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra.

Polina Kutepova in the play “Egyptian Nights”

The honored artist became a member of the authoritative jury (headed by Nikolai Dostal) of the first domestic television film festival “Morning of the Motherland”, which started in March in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

In 2021, she worked with Roman Madyanov, Anvar Osmonaliev and Elena Tronina on the set of the TV-3 series “Identification,” exploring the problems of interethnic relations and religions.