She is not shy in front of the lenses, she laughs and frowns, grimaces and sneers, completely unashamed of either her sincere emotions or her extraordinary appearance. Elena Borscheva always knew that she was far from generally accepted standards, but humor helped her get out of any situation with dignity. Later she made it her profession and, to her credit, achieved considerable success.
The artist was born in Kabardino-Balkaria in 1981. By the age of 37, she had managed to build a successful career and become famous as a comedian. Currently, Elena is a loving wife and mother, and also a real professional who continues to develop in the creative field and enjoys participating in many projects.
Meeting the Father
Having reached adulthood, Lena decided to find her own father through the embassy. Her search was crowned with success, and she even went to visit her Panamanian relatives. By that time, Elena's father, Gilio Santa Maria Guerra, held the position of professor of agricultural sciences. He greeted his daughter warmly, because he himself had previously sought a meeting with her.
Elena met him and his stepbrothers, but refused the offer to stay in Panama. This country seemed too unfamiliar and alien to her.
Elena Borscheva - biography
The birth of Elena was preceded by the romantic story of how her parents met. Mom named Tatyana was a student at the Agricultural Academy, and father Julio, who came from the Republic of Panama, studied at RUDN University. After a whirlwind romance, they broke up. Julio returned to Panama, and Tatyana went to her hometown of Nalchik, where on April 11, 1981 she gave birth to a daughter.
Since childhood, Elena had a cheerful disposition and loved to make others laugh. In addition, she was an excellent student and was very hardworking. Even during her school years, Borscheva became interested in Spanish philology. Having received a certificate, she went to Pyatigorsk to enter the linguistic university. In 2003, the girl graduated from the university with honors. However, the craving for creativity turned out to be stronger, so she never had the chance to work as a philologist.
KVN team "Team of Pyatigorsk"
Maybe the roots made themselves felt in childhood, or maybe the girl had a talent for foreign languages. But after school, Elena Borscheva was not faced with the question of choosing a future profession. Without hesitation, she applied to the Faculty of English and Spanish, successfully entered and received a diploma. But fate had prepared for her something more interesting than a career as a translator.
During her student years, Lena began playing in KVN. First for the university team, and then for the “Pyatigorsk Team”. An awkward, lanky girl with tousled hair, extremely serious, strikingly different from everyone else, a real “unformatted” - this is how Russian TV viewers remember Elena.
The team became the champion of the Major League, won the summer cup, and won many victories. The brightest players, among whom, undoubtedly, was Elena, opened doors that the guys from the provinces could not even think about before.
It was then that Elena received an offer from Natalya Andreevna Yeprikyan to participate in a new project.
Elena's creative career began during her student years.
Initially, Borscheva played at the university in KVN, but a little later the bright girl was noticed and invited to the “Pyatigorsk National Team”. This team later turned out to be the champion of the Major League. But the most important thing is that the guys from Pyatigorsk were shown on TV. Elena Borscheva turned out to be one of the brightest and most memorable actresses of the team, although initially she did not connect her future life with either KVN or television.
The audience liked the spectacular appearance, as well as the manner of performance of the Russian artist Elena Sergeevna. As a result, Borscheva, together with Slepakov, occupied leading positions.
Comedy Woman
This is how Elena Borshchova’s collaboration with the team of the new show Comedy Woman began. She performed in her usual role and called her own image “the embodiment of anti-sexual absurdity.” And when the topic of a stage name came up, the girl did not invent anything and simply called herself by the name that would have belonged to her from birth, had the fate of her parents turned out differently. This is how Elena Khulyevna Santa Maria Guerra appeared before the viewer. Not many fans know that this is actually the name of her own father, and not an intricate idea of the writers.
In 2012, when her next contract with the studio ended, Elena announced her decision not to renew it. According to her, it was not a whim, everything was thought out and weighed in advance. Perhaps she was tired of the image of an ugly simpleton, as if setting off the beautiful Barnabas and the bohemian Madame Polina, or maybe she just wanted to continue her further creative path along her own path.
Elena Yushkevich today
Lena remembers working on the Comedy Woman show with warmth. Despite the fact that the show's staff was almost entirely female, the girls tried to get along with each other, understanding that they were doing a common cause. As Yushkevich says, friendly, close relations have developed, of course, not with everyone. In this project, Elena managed to work together with such artists as Natalya Andreevna, Ekaterina Skulkina and others.
Elena Yushkevich with her husband and daughter
Elena Yushkevich traveled to Panama to meet her father and his family. She didn’t feel like she belonged there, since completely different people live in this country, with a different mentality. Elena feels like a Russian person.
Lena says that she is often recognized on the street or in a cafe, so she simply cannot go anywhere without being looked at, giggled, asked questions or asked for an autograph. The actress tries to treat this with humor, although, as she admitted, this does not always work out. But popularity sometimes helps. Once, an actress was allowed into an exhibition of Picasso’s works without a queue through the back door only because they recognized her.
Elena Yushkevich dreams of visiting Spain. She visited many Spanish-speaking countries, studied this language at the University, even taught Spanish courses, but she never had the opportunity to visit Spain.
Own projects
Many fans noticed that the artist had changed after leaving the popular show. In the photo, Elena Borscheva seems like a different person. Proper makeup, well-groomed hair, great style - this is what has replaced anti-sexual absurdity.
Soon, viewers were able to watch Elena in the popular shows “Eat and Lose Weight!”, “Is This My Child?”, “Good Jokes,” and “Taxi.”
The artist’s own show, “Cook-ha,” gained considerable popularity, in which Elena shares culinary wisdom with the audience.
Another notable project is a master class on how to cultivate a healthy sense of humor.
Elena also decided to experiment with music. She recorded the song “Casting” and released a video.
Her own projects “There Will Be Children” and “I Can Become a Mother” deserve special attention, with the help of which she shares information with subscribers about IVF, parenthood, and modern methods of obstetrics. Having gone through a difficult path to motherhood, Elena is trying to help those who are faced with similar problems.
Personal life
Elena Borscheva met her future husband during the KVN games. After the performance of the Pyatigorsk Team, a young man approached her with a bouquet and offered to exchange phone numbers. The first date took place the very next day, and since then the couple has not separated.
Vitaly Yushkevich worked as a fitness and weightlifting coach, and came to the team’s performance in the hope of meeting Elena. The wedding took place in 2005, and celebrations took place both in Belarus (Vitaly’s homeland) and in Russia.
The press often focuses on the fact that Elena is half a head taller than her husband. Her height is 181 cm. But it seems that this feature does not bother loving spouses at all.
Marta and Uma
March's eldest daughter was born in 2007. The girl decided to keep up with her famous mother and is already playing in the KVN children's league. Elena supports her daughter in everything and supervises her team.
Baby Uma was born in 2015. Talking about her children, Elena Borscheva does not hide the fact that in order to become a mother for the second time, she needed the help of doctors. Uma was born as a result of artificial insemination.
In their free time, the family loves to travel and be active. Elena tries to build her schedule in such a way as to devote enough time to her family. She also enjoys knitting and writing wonderful poetry.
Elena Borscheva with her husband and children are frequent guests at social events and popular TV shows. The press often describes the story of this friendly and strong family and publishes cheerful photos. Elena herself often shares family photos with subscribers on social networks.
Childhood and family of Elena Borscheva
Lena's parents met in Moscow when both were doing internships. My mother was then graduating from the Timiryazev Academy, my father was graduating from RUDN University. His father's full name is Julio Santa Maria Guerra, he is Panamanian.
Their father wanted them to go and live in his homeland, Panama, after receiving their diplomas. Mom didn’t want to leave, and the young people quarreled. The father nevertheless left, and the mother returned to Nalchik, where Elena was born. For this reason, Elena knew nothing about her father for a long time.
The real name of Elena Khulyevna Santa Maria Guerra is Yushkevich. Many years later, already being a popular and famous artist, Elena Borscheva contacted the Consulate of Panama, trying to find her father. And she soon found out that he was also looking for her. The long-awaited meeting took place in the Netherlands, where today Julio Santa Maria Guerra lives with his new family and holds a doctorate in agriculture. On her father's side, Elena has three half-brothers.
It is worth noting that a craving for her roots has always been characteristic of the young artist. Even in her youth, she became actively interested in Spanish philology. Therefore, after graduating from school, without hesitation, I entered the Spanish language department at the Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University.
Here she found many new friends, whose acquaintance predetermined the entire future fate of Elena Borscheva. As all readers of this article probably know, the life and career of “Elena Khulyevna Santa Maria Guerra” was subsequently connected not with Spanish philology, but with humor and comedy television projects.
"Replenishment" in the family
Last year, reports began to appear in the press that Elena Borshcheva’s family was preparing for the birth of a baby. Neither the artist herself nor her husband made such statements. Journalists substantiated the assumption by the fact that Elena began to often appear at events in loose clothing, which probably hides her growing tummy.
Elena reacted to such statements in her usual manner. She did not refute the gossip and wrote on her page that the replenishment really happened. And then she posted a photo of the whole family and a snow-white Bichon Frize dog. As the artist explained later, the dog, named Styles, is a new member of the family. Martha had long dreamed of having a pet, and her parents decided to give her such a gift.
By the way, Elena herself also loves animals. She takes part in volunteer projects that provide support to shelters, helps collect financial assistance for the maintenance of animals, and helps find new owners for them.
Will there be another daughter or son in the Yushkevich family? The spouses do not disclose their plans for this.
