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Yevgenia Dobrovolskaya | |
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Евгения Добровольская | |
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Born | Yevgenia Vladimirovna Dobrovolskaya 26 December 1964 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Died | 10 January 2025 | (aged 60)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1983–2025 |
Yevgenia Vladimirovna Dobrovolskaya (Russian: Евге́ния Влади́мировна Доброво́льская; 26 December 1964 – 10 January 2025) was a Soviet and Russian actress of theatre and cinema, People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2005),[1] a laureate of the Nika Award (2001)[2] and Golden Eagle Award (2007).[3]
Dobrovolskaya was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union on 26 December 1964.[4]
In 1987 she graduated from GITIS (course of Lyudmila Kasatkina and Sergey Kolosov), and 1991 was admitted to the Moscow Chekhov Art Theatre.[5] Starting from 2004, she acted in several plays produced by Kirill Serebrennikov.[6]
She made her debut in the movies in 1983 in the Pavel Chukhrai film A Canary Cage.
In 2014, she took part in an advertising campaign for absorbent underwear, Depend.[7]
In the fall of 2023, Dobrovolskaya was diagnosed an aggressive form of stomach cancer with subcutaneous and brain metastases. She underwent six courses of chemotherapy and a course of cellular immunotherapy, but the disease progressed by the end of 2024. On 4 December 2024, she entered the palliative care centre in Moscow due to cancer complications. On 10 January 2025, Dobrovolskaya died at the age of 60.[12] The farewell ceremony took place at the Moscow Art Theatre on 14 January. She was buried at the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery.[13]
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