Participants of the studio quarter 95. Actors of the "Evening quarter": Vladimir Zelensky, Elena Kravets, Evgeny Koshevoy

Elena Kravets is a Ukrainian comedian and actress, a participant in the famous show "Studio Kvartal-95". Elena Kravets was born on the first day of 1977 in the Ukrainian industrial city of Krivoy Rog. The actress's father worked in the field of metallurgy, and her mother was engaged in economic activity and ran a savings bank for a long time. Actually, Elena planned to follow in the footsteps of her mother, therefore, after graduating from school, she entered the Krivoy Rog Economic Institute, which was a branch of the Kyiv National Economic University.

There Elena received the specialty of a financier-economist. In parallel with her studies, the student had to earn extra money as a cashier and accountant in a bank branch, later the girl became the director of the Krivoy Rog branch of McDonald's.

Even at school, the girl participated in amateur competitions and student performances, was an activist and even an editor of a wall newspaper. AT student years Lena continued creative life and social activities, and besides, she was a radio host at the Krivoy Rog radio station "Radio System".

Humor and creativity

When a KVN team was organized at the university where Elena studied, Elena gladly entered it and showed herself with better side. The girl showed parodies, wrote and performed jokes, participated in team numbers.

As a result, the artistic student was noticed by the leaders of the professional KVN team "Zaporozhye - Krivoy Rog - Transit". From there, in 1998, she got into the famous 95th Quarter collective, which two years later was transformed into a theater studio. Elena became an actress in the studio, but also worked as the administrative director of Studio Kvartal-95.

The 95th Quarter team, in which not only Elena Kravets shines, but also, and, and other artists, creates evening show programs and shoots full-length movies, mainly in the comedy genre.

The first project that Elena had a hand in was the comedy series "Police Academy". Then went out New Year's musical"A Very New Year's Movie, or Night at the Museum", a musical humorous film "Like Cossacks ...", a melodramatic story "Miracle" and two seasons of a kind of remake American painting with 1+1 at home.

Also, the actress tried herself as a producer and offered the audience a benefit picture “Legend. Lyudmila Gurchenko ”, which turned out to be the last appearance of the legend of the Soviet screen in front of the cameras.

In 2010, Elena Kravets was recognized as one of the most beautiful female celebrities in Ukraine. Fans of the actress considered this assessment absolutely fair, because Elena Kravets has slim figure(weight 62 kg, height 172 cm) and natural wheat hair.

This rating was published in the popular magazine "Viva!". Such recognition is important not only for the self-esteem of the actress, but for all female comedians, as it breaks the stereotype that any popular comedian is necessarily scary or strange.

In 2014 and 2015, the actress again got into the rating, but already in a more serious one. Elena Kravets was named among the "100 most powerful women Ukraine" - a list compiled by the magazine "Focus". In 2016, the press again appreciated Elena's professionalism and influence. The magazine "New Time" placed the actress in the rating of "TOP-100 most successful women Ukraine".

In 2015, Elena Kravets became a coach in the popular Ukrainian comedy show League of Laughter. The program was launched by the Kvartal 95 studio. The show follows the popular TV competition format. A group of coaches listens to the performances of the applicants, after which they select participants for their own teams. At the next stages, after working with the coaches, the participants demonstrate their numbers, after which the worst ones are eliminated.

Participants from the team of Elena Kravets won only in the third season of the show. In the summer cup of this season, the duet of the teams Rest Together and Lugansk Team won.

The last television film by Elena Kravets before pregnancy was the satirical socio-political series Servant of the People, released in 2015. The actress played the role of the head of the National Bank, Olga Mishchenko. In 2016, a sequel to this picture was released. Both seasons were filmed by the Ukrainian audiovisual content production company Kvartal 95 Studios, where Olena Kravets works.

The series begins with the fact that the teacher, driven by the antics of schoolchildren, breaks into the class and obscenely tells the students what he thinks of them. Pupils post a recording of the teacher's monologue on the Internet, and this gave the teacher a deafening popularity. Yielding to the persuasion of the students, the teacher begins to run for president.

The heroine of Elena Kravets - ex-wife teacher, who became the President of Ukraine. A woman becomes the head of the National Bank of Ukraine, then acts as the prime minister of the country, and in the second season she even becomes a princess.

The series won the WorldFestRemiAward in the Series category and the World Media Festival in the Entertainment TV Series category. The series was also exported to the US. According to the creators of the series, Servant of the People will be the first original Ukrainian product to be re-shot and adapted in America. The original series is also available on Netflix with English subtitles and voice acting.

In the same year, the actress voiced a role in the Russian adaptation of the popular American cartoon " Angry Birds in the cinema" based on the famous mobile game. Matilda speaks in the voice of the actress. This is not the first role of Elena Kravets in dubbing. A year before, the actress voiced the main villain Scarlet Overkill in the Minions cartoon. The actress also gave the voice to the snail girl Burn in the cartoon "Turbo".

Personal life

AT creative team Elena met another employee of the 95th quarter studio, Sergey Kravets, whom she married in September 2002 and changed maiden name Malyashenko to her husband's surname, becoming Elena Kravets.

Six months after the wedding, a daughter, Maria, was born in the family, and on August 15, 2016, Lena and Sergey became parents again: son Ivan and daughter Ekaterina. The first photos of the children that the actress posted on the Internet made a splash.

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It is difficult to meet a person who would be unfamiliar with the work of the Kvartal-95 studio. The talent and charisma of the recognized stars of the show long years delight viewers. And, probably, the most famous and favorite project of the team is entertainment"Evening Quarter". Its main subject is public life countries. The actors of the "Evening Quarter" elegantly joke about famous politicians, athletes and musicians, displaying the events taking place around them through the prism of irony and satire.

Show "Evening Quarter": how it all began

"Evening Quarter" traces its history back to 2005, when the first broadcast of the show went on the air. Then the authors of the project, while still members of the KVN team "Kvartal 95", decided to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the team and move from Krivoy Rog to the capital. Together with the Inter TV channel, the artists came up with the idea of ​​a new show and brought it to life. The performance was a success - and a new popular TV program was born, called "Evening Quarter".

"Evening quarter" today

Today, as in the beginning of its existence, the show is rightfully considered calling card Studio "Kvartal-95". Although the authors of the team are in constant creative search and are always happy to pamper their fans with new interesting projects, this program remains one of the most beloved and popular.

The project positions its work as an intellectual humor, and critics call it a "political cabaret". Every week, the actors of the "Evening Quarter" gather millions of viewers at the screens. Over the past years, the program has won many prestigious awards and prizes, and today the most eminent politicians, stars of big sport and show business consider it an honor to be visiting artists. The filming process takes place in the largest concert hall Kyiv in front of four thousand invited spectators.

The participants of the show perform not only on their stage, they are constantly invited to other channels, they take part in various concerts and festive events.

Team "Evening Quarter"

The cohesion of the Evening Quarter team can be envied by any team. The actors have been performing together for many years, since the days of KVN, and during this time they managed to truly become friends. Many of the artists over the years of filming have started families, are raising children, but their personal lives do not prevent them from remaining friends not only on stage, but also in life.

The artistic director of the studio and the leader of the "Evening Quarter" is its ideologist Vladimir Zelensky. Other actors have been with him since the early days of the show. So, the co-authors of not only the "Evening Quarter", but also the famous KVN team were Alexander Pikalov and It is noteworthy that most of the actors of the show have been performing on stage from the very first days to this day. This once again emphasizes the friendly and cheerful atmosphere within the team. And over the years of work in the team, new stars have also sparkled, thanks to which the performances of the Evening Quarter are becoming more interesting and popular each time.

A little about Vladimir Zelensky

As already mentioned, the undisputed leader of the "Evening Quarter" from the very premiere is the bright and charismatic Vladimir Zelensky. He became interested in KVN as a student. It was then that Vladimir created his first "brainchild" - the Homeless Theater, then the famous team "95 Quarter". In it, he became not only a captain and an actor, but also an author a large number numbers. However, in 2003 there was a conflict between the team and the AMiK company. Then Zelensky decided to leave the club and created the Kvartal-95 studio.

The result was the birth of new projects, the most striking of which is the "Evening Quarter". In addition, Vladimir is actively involved in other shows, musicals and serials produced by the studio.

Charm of the beautiful Elena

Elena Kravets is the only representative of the weaker sex in the acting team of Kvartal, CEO team. After the show went on the air, she became everyone's favorite and probably the most charming and charismatic news announcer. All the actors of the "Evening Quarter" love and protect Elena, although they are always ready to play a good joke.

Her creative career, like many other participants in the project, began in KVN. Elena began performing with Kvartal 95 seventeen years ago, and five years later, together with the whole team, she moved to the capital. The actress is involved in several popular projects, including morning show“Ukraine, get up!”, entertainment program “Evening Kyiv”, etc.

Elena is married to one of the project participants, her husband is Sergey Kravets. In 2003, their daughter Maria was born.

The soul of the company and the ironic Sergey Kazanin

Evgeny Koshevoy is the youngest actor in the team. In the "Evening Quarter" he began performing in 2005 and immediately won the love of the public. creative career Evgenia started in the KVN team "Va-Bank" (Lugansk).

Today, the artist not only performs in the "Evening Quarter", but also participates in several other projects, for example, as a co-host in the show "Ukraine, get up!", In the new comedy program"Make the comedian laugh."

He is married to Xenia, one of the ballet dancers of Elena Kolyadenko Freedom. He brings up two daughters: Varvara and Seraphim.

Sergey (Stepan) Kazanin is a participant in the "Evening Quarter" and several other projects of the studio, including the show "Evening Kyiv", the musical "Three Musketeers". He himself came from Tyumen region, and got into the team when he played in the Kyiv League of KVN as the captain of the Tapkiny Children team.

Married, raising two sons.

Interesting facts about the Evening Quarter and its participants

• One of the most loved and famous shows("Evening Quarter") appeared on the screens quite by accident and grew out of anniversary concert team and a holiday on the occasion of her move from Krivoy Rog to the capital.
• Actress "Evening Quarter" Elena Kravets in 2010 was recognized as one of the popular magazine Viva.
• The 95th quarter studio was parodied three times in the Big Difference program.
• Alexander Pikalov worked as a janitor in the House of Pioneers in order to have access to the rehearsal room of the Homeless Child.
• Evgeny Koshevoy is the only one professional actor in a creative team.

The secret to the huge success of "Evening Quarter"

All the actors of the "Evening Quarter" are interesting in their own way. Each of the project participants brings his own spark of talent and humor to it. It should be noted that most of the stars of the show have been performing on its stage since the very first days. For example, one of the founders of the studio, Yuri Krapov, who is a co-author of not only the Evening Quarter, but also some other projects.

Perhaps it is in this cohesion that the secret of the incredible popularity of the team lies. Or maybe the show is so loved because it can find an approach to everyone, offering exactly the witty and ironic humor that the viewer needs so much. After all, it is not for nothing that many people prefer to learn about the latest events not from the news, but from the releases of their beloved “Evening Quarter”.

Laughter is the best medicine you can think of. The most pleasant, affordable, not having side effects and not addictive. And the talented, funny and charming actors of the "Evening Quarter" give us the opportunity to laugh more often and from the heart!

The other day, the actors of the Kvartal 95 studio returned from a successful tour of Israel. Within a few days, the guys performed in three cities - Haifa, Ashkelon and Tel Aviv, where more than five thousand spectators gathered. All concerts were sold out, and the audience did not want to let the artists leave the stage for a long time. According to Oleksandr Pikalov, the most surprising thing was to receive… the Ukrainian flag from Israeli fans. “It was very unexpected, but incredibly pleasant,” says Alexander. The guys stopped in the capital of Israel - Tel Aviv, from where every day they went to other cities for concerts and excursions.

According to all the participants of the Kvartal 95 studio, the most vivid memory from the trip was their meeting with Patriarch Theophilus III of Jerusalem. “We talked a lot about Ukraine, about the world that everyone is waiting for,” says the leader of the studio. - The patriarch presented icons to our team, we also did not remain in debt. And they organized a very interesting program, and not in popular tourist places, but in caves where not everyone is allowed. According to Zelensky, he is used to being recognized everywhere with the guys, but to be photographed with him in holy places, it was very unexpected. “This time I felt like some kind of selfie pilgrim - they asked me to take a picture with me in all churches, and of different denominations. It was especially funny when the nuns in cassocks asked for a selfie. The only place where mine could no longer stand the attention of the fans and asked them to wait was at the Holy Sepulcher,” says Zelensky.

Yevgeny Koshevoy is also proud to have seen Jerusalem from the inside. “Imagine, we have been inside the Wailing Wall and even on the other side of it. Of course, we made not only personal wishes, but also global ones, for whole country”, - says Yevgeny, who also managed to highly appreciate the dishes of Israeli cuisine. “I remember salmon sashimi with strawberries and tuna tartar the most.”

From the trip, the guys brought red threads from the evil eye, key rings, scrubs from Dead Sea and, of course, hummus.

According to Stepan Kazanin, he remembers the trip to the wine farm the most. “Rosé wine from local cellars is something, I brought a couple of bottles home,” Styopa says. By the way, many participants took on tour not only

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The actors of the studio "Quarter 95" showed how they spent their vacation

Actors from "Quarter 95" spent their holidays in Tenerife. Stepan Kazanin shared photos and impressions from his family vacation with colleagues.

The actors of the studio "Quarter 95" have recently returned from a vacation that they spent with their wives and children on the island of Tenerife, Spain. They shared their impressions of the trip and vivid photos with their families.

“Our vacation was planned earlier than the Veselo festival of the Kvartal 95 studio in Azerbaijan, so my wife and children flew out a little earlier, and I joined them a couple of days later,” says Stepan Kazanin.

Valery Zhidkov with his family

Yuzik (Yuri Koryavchenkov), Valery Zhidkov and Mika Fatalov with their families also rested with them.

"One day we went to ride on a glass-bottomed yacht, where we could observe the life of small whales, which looked more like dolphins. Also in Tenerife, we met local community Ukrainians who invited us to the mountains for barbecues," he boasted.

The actors managed to visit active volcano where many people film Hollywood movies, and drove literally through the clouds. They remembered the evenings as warm gatherings in a warm company over a glass of sangria. They visited local amusement parks in Tenerife, known all over the world

"We visited with children the show of killer whales, dolphins and parrots, and also watched the life pink flamingos", says Stepan.

Yuri Koryavchenkov in Tenerife

One day, the Kazanins arranged a family photo session against the backdrop of one of the most beautiful beaches. Later, other actors of the 95th Quarter added their photos.

Recall that with his wife Natalia Stepan have been together for many years, and this year the couple celebrates the 25th wedding anniversary. Their eldest Stepan is already 19, and the youngest Petya will soon turn 8 years old.

See photos from the vacation of the actors of "95 quarter":

Manzhosov Denis - Ukrainian comedian and TV presenter, former member studio "Kvartal-95", which was remembered by the viewer for its charm and charisma from the period of playing in KVN.

A family

Denis Vladimirovich Manzhosov was born on April 5, 1978 in a Ukrainian city called Krivoy Rog. All family members were far from creative people. The father of the future actor, Vladimir Nikolaevich, worked as a military civil engineer, and his mother, Tatyana Valentinovna, worked as a teacher in lower grades. Also, two twin sons were born in the Manzhosov family - Vladislav and Stanislav, who are eight years younger than Denis.

Childhood and youth

Manzhosov Denis studied at the Krivoy Rog gymnasium No. 95, which was aimed at studying of English language. Denis sat at the same desk with Vladimir Zelensky all school years and was with him very good relations since childhood. The nicknames "Monya" and "Dinya" have been attached to the boy since those years. Creative skills, as well as artistry, the guy showed already at school, he actively participated in the amateur performances of his gymnasium: he played the guitar in the school ensemble, played roles in theatrical performances according to Chekhov and Dostoevsky.

Together with his friend Vladimir Zelensky, Denis Manzhosov enters the student theater "Homeless", which specialized in pop miniatures. This is followed by years of study at the Krivoy Rog Economic Institute, where the guy became one of the founders and members of the KVN team "Narxoz Team". After some time, Denis, together with Zelensky, came to play in the Zaporozhye - Krivoy Rog - Transit team. In 1997, this team, together with the New Armenians, shared the championship in major league KVN.

Denis Manzhosov, Kvartal-95: the beginning

In the same year, the guys decide to create the 95th quarter project and begin to participate in KVN games with this project. The performances of their team have always been memorable and bright, thanks to which they have repeatedly become winners of the game of the Club of cheerful and resourceful. Denis worked very hard, just disappearing at work.

In 2003, on the basis of the KVN team "Kvartal 95", the studio "Kvartal-95" was formed. It lasted for about eight years. The list of the most popular humorous programs on television was headed by the Kvartal-95 studio. Denis Manzhosov, along with other participants, became very popular not only in Ukraine, but also abroad. They are called people's favorites.

The performances of comedians are mainly aimed at family and household political topics, and in recent times relations between Russia and Ukraine began to be touched upon. Project participants sometimes joke very harshly and boldly. The humorous project brought immense popularity and material success to the young comedian.

Television activities

In addition to the above programs, Denis Manzhosov participated in such television projects:

• "Fort Boyard";
• "Fight club";
• "Destroyed in Ukraine".

In addition, the young man, along with his colleague from Kvartal, Elena Kravets, is broadcasting Family Size on the Ukrainian TV channel Inter. In the program "Battle of Ukrainian cities" he was the captain of the team of the city of Kirovograd. Manzhosov Denis has repeatedly shown himself as a good actor and played several roles in the musicals "The Three Musketeers" and "Like Cossacks ...". The films in which the comedian participated include such works: “A Very New Year's Movie, or Night at the Museum”, “Police Academy”.

Departure from the "Quarter"

Probably, there is not a single person on the territory of Ukraine who would not know by sight all the participants of the "Quarter". After one of them did not appear on the screen in several issues in a row, a lot of questions and gossip arose about this. In 2013, Denis Manzhosov left Kvartal, as they said then, to arrange solo career. But according to rumors, this was due to a scandal with an old friend Vladimir Zelensky. No matter how hard the journalists tried to find out the details of this story, they did not succeed. They even got to the artist's parents, who said that their son forbade them to comment on this matter.

As Denis himself stated, he has no claims against the project participants and considers main reason leaving the "Quarter" his quick-tempered character. It was also known that the young man had returned to his native city Krivoy Rog, where he opened his own event agency called Cotton. He tried to organize and conduct various celebrations and events. Now Denis is in the USA, where he moved to permanent place residence.

In an interview given to Arguments and Facts by Denis's former colleague, Evgeny Koshevoy, the secret of Manzhosov's departure from their team was not revealed. As Yevgeny said, this is a personal matter of Denis himself. Koshevoy only remarked that there are no irreplaceable people, and no one will be kept in the "Quarter".

Little is known about Denis's personal life. According to the latest data, the artist lives with a girl named Anastasia.