Actress Alena Khmelnitskaya: biography, personal life, children

Birth name: Elena Aleksandrovna Khmelnitskaya;
Date of birth: January 12, 1971 (age 49);
Place of birth: Moscow, USSR;
Citizenship: USSR, Russia;
Profession: actress, TV presenter;
Career: 1990 - present.

Alena (Elena) Aleksandrovna Khmelnbtskaya (born January 12, 1971, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, TV presenter.

Biography

Alena (Elena) Khmelnitskaya was born on January 12, 1971 in Moscow, into an artistic family.

Parents are ballet dancers. Father Alexander Khmelnitsky (born March 1, 1938) and mother Valentina Konstantinovna Savina (born June 6, 1939) danced at the Bolshoi Theater for twenty years.

While still working in the theater, Alexander Khmelnitsky began teaching at a choreographic school. Valentina Savina graduated from GITIS and became a choreographer.

She was an assistant to Vladimir Vasiliev when he staged Macbeth at the Bolshoi Theater and choreographed Juno and Avos at the Lenkom Theater.

Alena with her parents

Since 1983, she has staged shows at the Vyacheslav Zaitsev Fashion House. Currently, my parents live and teach in Germany.

As a child, she did rhythmic gymnastics and table tennis (she won several city competitions). For some time she attended the preparatory department of the Moscow Art Institute named after V.I. Surikov.

She studied at Moscow secondary school No. 12 with a special French bias, located on Arbat.

In 1988 , after graduating from high school, she entered the acting department of the Moscow Art Theater School (course director - Ivan Mikhailovich Tarkhanov), from which she graduated in 1992. Graduates of the same course were Yuri (Gosha) Kutsenko, Vyacheslav Razbegaev, Ekaterina Semyonova, Ksenia Entelis and others.

While studying in her second year at the institute, Alena passed a difficult casting and ended up in the troupe of the Moscow State Theater "Lenkom", where in 1990-1994 she played Conchita in the play "Juno and Avos". At the same time, she acted in films.

Alena Khmelnitskaya became widely known for her leading role (Leoncia Solano) in the Russian-Ukrainian adventure feature film directed by Vladimir Popkov “Hearts of Three” (1992), based on the novel of the same name by Jack London.

In 1993, she married director Tigran Keosayan. After the birth of her daughter Alexandra in 1994, she was forced to leave the theater. For two years she worked as an executive director in a clothing boutique that her friends opened.

In 1994, she hosted several episodes of the music and entertainment television program “Morning Mail” on Channel 1 “Ostankino”.

From 2009 to 2010, together with Keosayan, she hosted the TV show “You and Me” about the family life of stars on the Rossiya TV channel.

Alena was born into a family of ballet dancers on January 12, 1971 in Moscow. While mom and dad were touring or shining on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater, little Alena fell in love with the theater. At the age of 10, she came with her mother to the Lenkom Theater, where her parent choreographed the famous play “Juno” and “Avos”. There she met famous artists - Oleg Yankovsky, Alexander Abdulov, Evgeny Leonov... After meeting these outstanding artists, the girl firmly decided that she wanted to become an actress. After school, she entered the Moscow Art Theater School (in the workshop of I. M. Tarkhanov) and, remarkably, already in her second year she returned to Lenkom as an actress, who was cast in the main role of Conchita in that same play “Juno and Avos.”

As for cinema, Alena has been going to various castings since childhood. At the age of 12, she received her first screen role - she played the granddaughter in Alexander Belinsky’s film “Carambolina-karamboletta” (1983). Then there were unnoticeable roles in the films “The Corral” (1987), “The Tale of the Merchant’s Daughter and the Mysterious Flower” (1991), “Date House” (1991). Her first success came in 1992, when the 21-year-old beauty appeared in Vladimir Popkov’s film “Hearts of Three” (1992) in the role of Leoncia. This adventure melodrama tells the story of a young millionaire Francis Morgan, who, together with his bankrupt distant relative, goes in search of an ancient treasure hidden by their distant pirate ancestor. But the journey becomes even more interesting when the lovely Leoncia decides to join them, to whose charms both young people are not indifferent. The film was very popular among viewers, so a year later the sequel to the film “Hearts of Three 2” (1993) was released, which glorified Alena Khmelnitskaya even more.

In the nineties, Alena met director Tigran Keosayan, her future husband. “He knew that I worked at Lenkom. I also heard something about him, saw a couple of his videos. It’s a big creative community now, but back then almost everyone had heard at least a little about each other. But it seems to me that he watched “Juno and Avos” in Lenkom and “Hearts of Three” with me for the first time after we met. So I didn’t fall in love with him on screen...” admits Alena. Already in 1994, the couple had a daughter, Sasha. After Alena's success in cinema, a long period of stagnation followed. “There was no work, debts appeared that grew like a snowball. It was incredibly difficult to get out of this hole,” recalls the actress. Alena even went to work in a women's clothing boutique, where she helped dress the capital's ladies for three whole years. Then the film industry rose from the ashes, and Khmelnitskaya again became in demand. She starred in the film “The President and His Granddaughter” (1999), “Death Directory” (1999), “The Christmas Mystery” (2000), etc. Also in 2000, she starred with her husband in the melodrama “Silver Lily of the Valley”, where she played a film star , the star of her time, on whose heels is the angular and uncouth, but charming and charismatic heroine Olesya Zheleznyak. She also starred with her husband in 2001 in the series “A Man’s Work,” dedicated to the war in Chechnya, as a journalist. In 2003, Khmelnitskaya played a photographer, the mother of the main character, in the TV series “Ondine”. In 2008, she played the role of a lonely businesswoman Lera, who accidentally witnessed a murder, in her husband’s adventure film “Mirage”.

Tigran Keosayan and Alena Khmelnitskaya remain one of the strongest couples in the Russian film world; the spouses have two children. Alena continues to film in films and TV series.

Childhood and youth

At the age of 10, the girl knew exactly how her future biography would turn out. Valentina Savina was then working as an assistant director, and her daughter had the opportunity to watch the rehearsals of the rock opera Juno and Avos .

Since then, the obsessive thought of becoming an actress has not left Khmelnitskaya alone. After school, she entered the Moscow Art Theater on the course of Ivan Tarkhanov.

Savina became a role model for her daughter - always a beautiful, well-groomed woman, styled hair and light makeup. Alena’s mother managed to be attractive, and no one saw what was done for this, it was so clever and fast.

“Mom then had two bowler hats - a black one and a red one. She looked very stylish,” the actress recalled.

Even then, as a little girl, Khmelnitskaya tried on her mother’s hats. Her passion for hats consumed her so much that Alena began drawing sketches. The parents were already thinking about enrolling their daughter in an art school in the future, but things did not progress beyond drawing.

At the institute, Khmelnitskaya seemed to live two lives: in one she sat on the student bench, in the second she played in Lenkom. In 1989, the actress was cast for the role of Conchita in the production of Juno and Avos .

"Juno and Avos"

The auditions took place at Lenkom, where dozens of girls demonstrated their vocal and dance abilities. A commission headed by Mark Zakharov chose Alena.

The question of employment after graduating from theater did not arise. However, the actress soon realized that there was a dead end; she knew the behind-the-scenes life in the theater too well. In addition, at this time the girl learned what being in demand and popularity means, it became impossible to combine cinema and stage.

Photo of Alena Khmelnitskaya before and after plastic surgery

The famous Russian film and theater actress Alena Khmelnitskaya celebrated her 47th birthday this year. But, as many have noticed, she looks much younger. This gives reason to think about the actress’s plastic surgery, which prompts many people to search the Internet for photos of Alena Khmelnitskaya before and after plastic surgery.

The actress herself does not hide the fact that she often visits the beauty parlor, but the hand of a plastic surgeon has never touched her face and body.

Photo of Alena Khmelnitskaya before and after plastic surgery

Alena Khmelnitskaya spends a lot of time working and often doesn’t get enough sleep, which affects her skin. In order to always keep her skin toned, the actress regularly takes care of it, using not only ordinary creams.

One of the proven procedures that Alena Khmelnitskaya tried is photothermolysis. This is laser skin resurfacing that gives a noticeable effect after the first use.

Wrinkles, age spots, too much tanning, fatigue are immediately imprinted on the skin of the face. But to combat this, the actress selects special procedures with her cosmetologist. Alena Khmelnitskaya admitted that she does not yet risk contacting a plastic surgeon, and does not see any significant reasons for this.

Personal life

Andrey Dellos
Alena Khmelnitskaya’s first love relationship began a little later than her professional one. At the age of 15, the young actress began dating Andrei Dellos , who was almost twice as old.

The lovers quickly moved in together and began to live in a de facto marriage, but soon Dellos exchanged his young lady for a rich Frenchwoman, got married and left for France.

After this, Alena started a long-distance relationship with Yegor Konchalovsky . The girl lived in Moscow, and Yegor lived in England. After a while they separated.

Khmelnitskaya and Konchalovsky

In 1993, the actress married Tigran Keosayan. Alena and Tigran are very different, despite their joint zodiac sign Capricorn. A temperamental couple, where the man had Armenian roots and the woman was brought up in a Russian family, harmoniously complemented each other.

The marriage gave birth to a daughter, Alexandra, and 16 years later, Ksenia. Both were born abroad, in Stockholm and Nice.

Alena and Tigran

Sasha speaks three languages, helped her father on the set of “Three Comrades” and “Yalta-45” , and at the age of 15 she decided to become a director. She studied her profession in England and America, where the girl discovered remarkable singing talent.

At the studio, Alexandra recorded a couple of songs, which were taken into rotation by Sony. Then the celebrity daughter returned home.

Her mother has no idea what Ksenia will grow up to be. The girl has already received her first role in the series “Call Center,” an arthouse project by Natalia Merkulova and Alexey Chupov, familiar to viewers from the film “The Crisis of a Tender Age.” The young actress was accompanied by Mikhail Efremov’s son Nikita.

After 20 years of marriage, Keosayan and Khmelnitskaya filed for divorce.

The reason for the divorce in 2014 was the man’s affair with Margarita Simonyan. The actress claims that after this, the relationship with her ex-husband even became better, and their children receive as much affection and attention as before.

The daughters of star parents do not complain and in rare television programs with their participation they are proud of their mother, and talk about their father only with warmth.

After breaking up with her husband, Alena appeared at one of the capital’s parties with Pyotr Lidov, which became the reason for rumors about a new romance. Then the couple refused to comment about their personal life and relationships.

Afterwards, a photo of Alena and Peter appeared on the social network, where they were “fooling around.” However, as it turned out later, Khmelnitskaya and Lidov are just friends who went together to the premiere of “The Phantom of the Opera.”

At the end of 2016, photographs of the actress with her new boyfriend appeared. The celebrity's chosen one is called Alexander Sinyushin , he is a businessman with his own company for renting sound and lighting equipment.

Alena and Alexander Sinyushin

Alain stopped hiding the identity of her fan on the day of the premiere of the musical “Cinderella,” in which she played the role of a stepmother. Alexander Sinyushin was sitting in the next seat with the actress’s parents.

And after the performance, the artist herself admitted to journalists that she and the businessman had a relationship, but refused to comment on this in any way, citing the fact that she did not want to expose her personal life to the public.

At the same time, she shared with the press that, despite the significant age difference, she shares common interests and tastes with her new husband. They like to visit the same places, eat the same dishes and spend their time together in the same way. But most of all, the actress was bribed by the fact that the man quickly established contact with her daughters.

The actress keeps up with the times - she started a page on Instagram , where she publishes photos and videos from filming and from her private life.

Personal life of Alena Khmelnitskaya

Alena became an adult early - this was facilitated by the influence of her parents and their entourage, among whom were truly outstanding personalities: Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasiliev, Ekaterina Maksimova.
Also, an important role in the development of the girl’s worldview was played by her acquaintance with the world of fashion and theater - Khmelnitskaya, already in her teens, wanted to look like an adult girl, so that in the company of people she was interested in, she would seem equal at least in age. She wore bright makeup, dressed fashionably and, of course, attracted attention with her youth, beauty and infectious laughter. In addition, from the age of fifteen, Alena lived on her own (under the supervision of her grandmother) and, unlike most of her peers, was not burdened with excessive care from her elders.

At the age of 17, Khmelnitskaya fell in love with one of her parents’ friends, a free artist who preferred to lead a bohemian lifestyle and, as it turned out, had no intention of tying himself to family ties. When Alena realized this, she herself put an end to their difficult relationship, although she managed to maintain a friendly connection with the person dear to her. This man is no longer alive, but the actress still prefers not to name him. As well as savoring the details of her short-lived affair with Yegor Konchalovsky, which happened even before her marriage.

Filmography

Movies:

1986 - “Courier”;
1992 - “Hearts of Three”;
1999 - “The President and his granddaughter”;
2000 - “Silver lily of the valley”;
2003 - “Ondine”;
2004 - “Ondine 2. On the crest of a wave”;
2006 - “Three Half-Graces”;
2008 — “Mirage”;
2011 - “Yalta-45”;
2013 - “Fatal Inheritance”;
2016 - “Half an hour before spring”;
2017 - “Actress”;
2018 - “Second Youth”;
2018 - “Galina”;
2018 - “Live to Love”;
2018 — “Crimean Bridge. Made with love!";
2018 — “Presumption of Innocence”;
2018 - “I will give you the dawn”;
2019 - “Everything could have been different”;
2019 — “The Old Guard”;
2020 — “Snoop-4”;
2020 — “The Old Guard. Fire trail";
2020 — “The Old Guard. Farewell party".

Alena Khmelnitskaya’s filmography started with the film “Carambolina-Caramboletta” . Three years later she played a cameo role in the film “Courier”.

Alena began to stand out from the mass of actresses in 1992, when she played Leoncia Solano in two parts of the adventure film “Hearts of Three” .

"Hearts of Three"

Director Vladimir Popkov could not decide on the leading actress; Khmelnitskaya went to auditions in Kyiv 3 times until the directors’ doubts were dispelled.

Instead of Sergei Zhigunov and Vladimir Shevelkov, they planned to use Oleg Menshikov in the image of twin brothers, but he refused. The balloon in Part 2 is a hint at a sequel to the film that never happened.

After Leoncia, the actress was confused with colleagues who were just as bright and memorable - with Larisa Guzeeva from the time of the drama “Cruel Romance” , with Tatyana Lyutaeva from “Midshipmen” . Khmelnitskaya had to sign autographs for Anna Samokhin.

"Cruel romance"

In 1994, Alena tried on the role of a TV presenter in the Morning Mail , and in the mid-2000s, together with her husband, she hosted the talk show You and Me .

In the difficult 90s for the film industry, Alena almost stopped receiving invitations to film, and she got a job in a fashion boutique.

Such a “career” weighed heavily on the artist, who had no inclination towards business, and in 1999 Khmelnitskaya was lucky enough to return to cinema. Her popularity began to gain momentum again, and after the series “Ondine”, which was well received by viewers, the actress was overtaken by real fame.

Khmelnitskaya herself believes that the rise began after the comedy “Silver Lily of the Valley,” in which she starred along with Olesya Zheleznyak, Alexander Tsekalo and Yuri Stoyanov.

"Silver lily of the valley"

In 2006, Alena got the main role in the melodrama “Three Half-Graces ,” where Daria Drozdovskaya and Evgenia Dmitrieva shared the performance of the main characters. The film, directed by David Keosayan, also stars Bogdan Stupka, Mikhail Efremov, Yuri Stoyanov and others.

The series “The Most Beautiful” plays out the story that happened to Alena during the time she was running a clothing store. In the story, the heroine Nonna puts on several layers of clothes, hiding them under a cloak, and thus leaves the boutique.

The man did the same, distracting the sellers with numerous requests. At some point, the buyer went out to smoke and simply did not return, leaving behind a worn wardrobe.

The script for the film “Poor Sasha” was called “The Girl and the Thief.” This is the only picture by Tigran Keosayan, according to Khmelnitskaya, where her husband did not film it. However, the film received its final name in honor of his daughter Alexandra.

In 2012, the celebrity played the main role in the series “Fatal Inheritance”, in the melodrama “ Oasis of Love” the heroine of Alena is a single mother, torn between her beloved man and her daughter, who does not accept her future stepfather.

"Oasis of Love"

In the film “Half an hour before spring,” the actress’s character seems to be a happy woman. But suddenly it turns out that the husband is cheating, the eldest daughter has problems in the family, and the youngest is pregnant by a dishonest guy.

Members of the family of the heroine Khmelnitskaya in “Second Youth” also live their own lives. To fill the void, the woman takes up painting and falls in love with the teacher.

In 2021, Alena agreed to become the heroine of Kira Proshutinskaya’s program “Wife. Love story ". In the program, she told how she quickly decided to become the director’s wife, just a couple of months after they met.

She does not refuse to talk about her ex-husband: the star of the series recalled on air how her relationship with Tigran developed at the beginning of the novel and what it became many years later.

“Galina” with Khmelnitskaya in the title role was released The film was about a village doctor who was abandoned by her groom at a wedding, after which she became an object of ridicule.

"Galina"

The heroine raised her son, and 20 years later, her failed husband appears on the doorstep of the house, claims that he has become a millionaire and is hiding from bandits. Pyotr Barancheev appeared in the image of a would-be groom.

In the Ukrainian film “I will give you the dawn” with the participation of Alena, Anatoly Kotenev, Anna Ardova and Ksenia Lukyanchikova, it was about a girl who, after the death of her parents, learned that they were not related.

These people kidnapped her from her family, and, apparently, for a reason, because her own father’s wife fiercely hates the heroine.

According to reviews from viewers who saw the first shots of the series “Indian Summer” , this picture is like a mirror in which their own lives, neighbors and acquaintances are reflected.

"Indian summer"

This is a unique interpretation of the theme of fathers and sons, representatives of different generations, who have different concepts of good and evil, bad and good. The main roles in the film, in addition to Khmelnitskaya, were given to Yuri Stoyanov, Vladimir Koshevoy, Alexandra Kulikova.

Filming the comedy film “Crimean Bridge. Made with love!" reminiscent of a family contract. Tigran Keosayan is the director of the film, brother David is the producer, Margarita Simonyan is the screenwriter.

Alena Khmelnitskaya and Laura Keosayan, daughter of David, perform the leading roles. The creators described the film as a romantic story against the backdrop of the construction site of the century. The premiere took place in the fall of 2018 in Yalta, at the Eurasian Bridge festival.

Theater

When Alena was a second-year student, her dream came true, and she got on the stage of her favorite Lenkom , but not as an enthusiastic ten-year-old girl, but as a talented young actress: “This casting was a gift of fate, I, of course, could not not to participate.

Dozens of girls auditioned for the role of Conchita. We took part in a kind of dance and song competition, in which we performed a certain scene from the play. We were watched by a whole commission headed by Mark Anatolyevich.”

As a result, she was entrusted with playing one of the main roles in the popular play “Juno and Avos.” The artist coped with her task very successfully.

In 1992, Khmelnitskaya completed her studies and continued working in the theater. Unfortunately, as the actress herself admits: “I worked at Lenkom for four years, but the “romance” with him did not work out.

Besides “Juno...” I only participated in “Funeral Prayer” . She appeared in the crowd of Jewish and Russian girls, who created a background for the main characters with their dances.

Of course, it was happiness to be on the same stage with Evgeny Pavlovich Leonov and Tatyana Ivanovna Peltzer, watching the great artists play. But I wanted more, but no roles were offered.

Musical

“Cinderella”
In the new production of the musical “Cinderella,” Khmelnitskaya plays the role of the stepmother. “I really love the musical genre, but I’ve always been just a spectator,” admitted Alena. – When I was invited to “Cinderella” and I passed the casting, I realized that I felt very organic in this new role.

I really like my heroine - she, of course, is bitchy, obsessed with herself, but still there is something good in her - again she wants to marry off her daughters successfully, for example... And then, she is so stylish: how I like her outfits , and especially the fantastic beauty of the hat!”

Business

In the 1990s, Alena Khmelnitskaya decided to go into business. She worked in a fashion boutique, for which she purchased collections and selected staff.

However, in her own words, she did not understand the economic aspects at all, and therefore at some point she was simply bored with the “fashion business”.

“In 1994, during a period of certain timelessness, when the movies had already ended and the TV series had not yet begun, I worked as the director of a fashion boutique that belonged to our friends.

They invited me to try myself in a new capacity. My responsibilities included everything: recruiting, purchasing, decorating the premises. The store existed for three years. I didn’t earn much money, but I didn’t quarrel with anyone, as happens when you work with friends.

The work was not at all boring, and I discovered a different layer of life. But business itself is not my thing...

Moscow is saturated with offers, so it was necessary to show considerable ingenuity to attract a buyer. In addition, purchasing clothes turned out to be a difficult task for me.

It’s one thing to buy something for yourself and quite another to guess the tastes of buyers. Thank God that a friend helped me manage financial reports, which I had never encountered.”

Height, weight, age. How old is Alena Khmelnitskaya

Brown-haired with bright green eyes, Alena received recognition and love from fans in her youth. The series in which she starred were discussed in every office and in every kitchen and, of course, the girl’s appearance and parameters, for example, height, weight, age, were not ignored. It’s not difficult to find out how old Alena Khmelnitskaya is; to do this, you just need to look at her Wikipedia page, but it’s simply impossible to believe that the artist is already 47 years old!

Alena looks great, has maintained her figure all her life, eats right and plays sports. Her height is 173 cm, and her weight has never been more than 63 kg. At one time, Alena wore red hair, which suited her perfectly; it was this star that TV viewers fell in love with.

Alena Khmelnitskaya today

“Bloodhound”
Alena continues to delight fans with new projects, which are only becoming more numerous in her filmography every year.

In the summer of 2021, the 4th season of the series “Bhound” with the participation of the artist began showing.

Also in 2020, the series “The Old Guard” , where Khmelnitskaya got one of the main roles - Lieutenant Colonel Alexandra Romanova. The plot revolves around a young investigator, Vera Ershova, who makes a serious mistake in investigating the accident.

But she manages to avoid dismissal, because Romanova’s boss transfers her friend to investigate the so-called hanging - the murder of a beauty queen 15 years ago.

So she begins to work with experienced operatives, the unusual trio will have to resolve conflicts, create a cohesive team and solve a seemingly hopeless case.

Another event of that summer was the actress’s participation in Boris Korchevnikov’s program “The Fate of a Man,” but not as the main character.

The invited guest was Tigran Keosayan, with whom two wives, former and present, appeared on air.

Surprisingly, in addition to the fact that Alena managed to maintain a warm relationship with Tigran, she gets along well with Margarita. Recalling the first meeting with her husband’s ex-wife, Simonyan told how she was very worried, but quickly calmed down when she saw her signature wide smile on Khmelnitskaya’s face.

Margarita also said that the most difficult thing was to establish relations with Tigran’s eldest daughter Alexandra; the girl was hostile to her father’s new chosen one.

However, during long conversations the ice was melted. Now Sasha humorously calls Margarita her stepmother, and she in return calls her her stepdaughter.