Background
Olga Yakovleva was born in 1941. Her father was a commercial director at various factories, so the family often moved. Her mother was a kindergarten teacher.
Olga Yakovleva was born in 1941. Her father was a commercial director at various factories, so the family often moved. Her mother was a kindergarten teacher.
Olga studied in many theatrical studios, in Almaty she graduated from the theater studio at the Theater for Young Spectators. After receiving an invitation to stay in the theater she left, however, to Moscow and entered the Theater School of B.V. Shchukin (course I. Rapoport, A. Borisov), then in 1962 she was admitted to the troupe of the Lenin Komsomol Theater.
An actress of the Moscow Leninist Komsomol Theater (1962-1967)
In "Lenkom" she played in the plays of A. Efros: "The movie is being shot" (Anya), "One hundred four pages about love" (Natasha), "Just a few words in honor of Monsieur de Moliere" (Armanda), "My poor Marat" (Lika).
In the late 1960s she played a number of major roles in russian and foreign classics, demonstrating the growth of skills and a variety of scenic colors: "The Seagull" (Nina), "Three Sisters" (Irina). In the modern and classical repertoire the actress is able to intentionally paint a colorful manner, coupled with the transfer of the deep currents of the uneasy psychic life of her characters.
An actress of the Moscow Theater on Malaya Bronnaya (1967-1984)
In 1967 together with A. Efros Yakovleva moved to the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya where the director staged his best performances and Yakovleva played her best roles in the plays “Three Sisters” (Masha), “The Month in the Village” (Natalia Petrovna), "Summer and Smoke" (Alma), "Veranda in the Forest", "Theater Director", "Napoleon the First" (Josephine), "The Road" (Box).
Theatrical events were such different roles of Yakovleva in the 1970s as Shakespeare's Juliet and Desdemona (Romeo and Juliet, Othello), Elvira (Don Juan by J.B. Moliere), Lisa Hohlakova (Alesha's Brother for "Brothers Karamazov "by FM Dostoyevsky), Agafya Tikhonovna ("The Marriage" by Nikolai Gogol).
The development of the actress's talent moved steadily from style to style, enriching her leading topic. Heroes of Yakovleva were characterized by a rich inner world. Even in the comedy genre this actress's quality sounded in full force. The unavoidable tragedy of love, mental suffering remains the main motive of Yakovleva's creativity in the late 1970s, when she embodied the Turgenev woman – Natalia Petrovna ("The Month in the Village" by I.S. Turgenev, 1977) and too spiritual to combine her refined feelings with the joys of earthly love, Alma Wainmiller in the play "Summer and Smoke" by T. Williams (1980). Her role as Josephine ("Napoleon the First" by F. Bruckner, 1983), played by O. Yakovleva powerfully and strongly in opposition to her previously created lyrical image, didn't go unnoticed.
Actress of the Moscow Theater on Taganka (1984-1989)
The transition of the actress to the Theater on Taganka was connected with the appointment of A.V. Efros as the chief director of this theater. The actress managed to play three roles in his new productions: Nastya in "On the Bottom" by M. Gorky (1984), Bodi in the play "A Beautiful Sunday for a Picnic" based on the play of T. Williams and Selimena in Moliere's "Misanthrope".
After the death of A. Efros in 1987 she left for France, where she lived and worked until 1991.
Actress of the Moscow Mayakovsky Theater (1991-2004)
To Moscow the actress returned in 1991. At the invitation of A. Goncharov she came to the V.l. Mayakovsky, while playing in various Moscow theaters: Josephine in the restored play based on the play by F. Bruckner "Napoleon the First" (The Crystal Turandot Award, 1993), Miriam in the play "At the Bar of the Tokyo Hotel" Williams, Tennessia and Theodora Felt in the play " Descent from Mount Morgan "by Arthur Miller at the Theater. Vl. Mayakovsky. In the theater-studio under the hands. O. Tabakova - Sofya Kolomiytseva ("The Last" by Maxim Gorky, State Prize of the Russian Federation, 1996), Melissa ("Love Letters" by A. Gurney). In the theatre
"The school of the modern play" - Anna ("Without mirrors" N. Klimontovich); in the French Cultural Center - Margarita ("The King is dying" E. Ionesco).
Actress of the Moscow Art Theater of A. P. Chekhov
Since 2004, Olga Yakovleva is an actress of the Moscow Art Theater named after AP Chekhov. She participated in the play "Kabala svjatosh" ("Moliere") by M. A. Bulgakov, currently playing Giza in the play "Cats and Mice" based on the play by Istvan Erken, Noemi in the play "A Few Tenderness" by Aldo Nikolai, Judith Bliss in " Spring fever Noel Coward, grandmother in the Obstruction by I. A. Goncharov and also takes part in the play "The Journey of Alice to Switzerland" (Lotta Gallo) at the Center of Dramaturgy and Directing.
The peculiar, melodic and very expressive voice of O. Yakovleva contributes to her fruitful work on the radio (Masha in Pushkin's Dubrovsky, Stranger in "Stranger" by A. A. Blok, and others).
Olga Yakovleva was married to a football player Igor Netto (1930-1999), the marriage broke up in 1987.