The legendary Ada Rogovtseva is known not only in Ukraine, but also abroad. The great actress is still acting in films and is not afraid to express her position. At the same time, huge popularity does not bring her real happiness, because, after the loss of two relatives, few people find the strength to experience real happiness again. The biography of Ada Rogovtseva is full of various events, ups, downs, joys, and disappointments. Read the full biography of the talented actress!
The talent of Ada Rogovtseva has never gone unnoticed. She managed to play in the film while still in her first year at the institute, and the main role in the theatrical production brought national popularity and love. For 81 years, the woman received a number of titles and awards: People’s Artist of the USSR, Hero of Ukraine, laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine. Alexandra Dovzhenko, Golden Duke award.
Ada Rogovtseva – brief reference
Date of birth: July 6, 1937
Zodiac sign: Cancer
Place of birth: Glukhov, Ukraine
Activities: theater and film actress, People’s Artist of the USSR
Childhood and youth
The future actress was born on July 16, 1937, in Glukhov, Sumy region. His father served in the NKVD, and his mother worked as an agronomist. At the time of the girl’s birth, the family already had a child – the boy Slava, and soon Ada also had a younger brother. The family’s trip to Odessa became fateful when the father did not have time to evacuate his wife and children to the ferry. A few minutes later it exploded. After that, the head of the family went to Moscow to serve in the protection of Nikita Khrushchev, and his mother, Anna Rogovtseva, with her children moved to Kyiv.
The family lived amicably, despite the cramped communal apartment and hunger, Anna was kind and forgave her husband’s addiction to alcohol, Ada believes that this trait was also inherited by her. When the girl was in the 5th grade, the family moved again – this time to Poltava, where problems with food and finances were solved.
Ada Rogovtseva never had problems with school subjects. She studied well and, in addition, managed to perform and demonstrate acting talent. When the time came to decide on a future profession, the choice fell on journalism, but the girl changes her mind and begins to prepare for the entrance exams to the theater department. Ada becomes a student of the Kyiv Theater Institute. Karpenko-Kary in 1954.
The beginning of the career of Ada Rogovtseva
Ada’s talent immediately began to attract attention to her. At the age of 18, a student begins to receive a Stalinist scholarship. Rogovtseva’s charisma is noted not only by the institute’s teachers but also by famous actors. In 1958, the artist Oleg Borisov invites the girl to work at the NARTD. Lesya Ukrainka. It is in this theater that she makes her debut on the big stage and immediately in the title role. After staging “The Youth of Poli Vikhrova”, Ada becomes the favorite of the public, and at the age of 23, she receives the title of Honored Artist of the URSR.
The directors admire the performance of Ada Rogovtseva, she plays the main role. A creative breakthrough was the play “Warsaw Melody”, in which the actress reincarnates as a Polish girl in love with Helena. More than 700 times the public saw her in this role. After 35 years of work in the theater. Lesya Ukrainka, Ada Rogovtseva begins to go on tour with the chamber theater and concert programs.
Soon at the theatre. Lesia Ukrainka has a new artistic director. The actress does not have a relationship with him, so she goes to work in a theater on the Left Bank. Later, she meets the outstanding director Roman Viktyuk and in the early 2000s, they begin cooperation. Two talented people stage a play dedicated to the last years of Lesya Ukrainka’s life. In it, Ada Rogovtseva played a major role.
Filmography of Ada Rogovtseva
The debut in the cinema took place several years earlier than in the theater. Freshman Ada Rogovtseva gets a minor role in the film “Blood Light”. She continues to act in films, but she manages to play the main character only in 1970.
Salute, Maria! About 17 million viewers saw the fate of the unfortunate Mary. This film brought the actress immense popularity and an award at the 7th International Film Festival in Moscow. The following year, the outstanding actor Bogdan Stupka becomes her partner in the film adaptation of The Stone Master.
A year later, the actress becomes pregnant but continues to act. The film “Taming the Fire” is released, and after the birth of the child, the series “Eternal Call”. The screening of these three films falls at the peak of Ada Rogovtseva’s career, after which she leaves the shooting for a while and reappears a few years later.
Personal life of Ada Rogovtseva
Ada met her first and only love at the institute. Konstantin Stepanov was a teacher of the actress, the 9-year age difference did not prevent her from building a strong family. At the end of his studies, Konstantin proposes and soon the couple has a son, who is named after his father. 10 years later, daughter Ekaterina is born. Both children follow in the footsteps of their parents and become actors. In 2004, the head of the family dies. Ada Rogovtseva dedicated the book “My Kostya” to her husband.
Another grief in the family was brought in 2012. Then the son Kostya learns about the oncological disease and passes away. Alyosha’s grandson helps Ada Rogovtseva cope with her grief.
“My husband was 9 years older than me, and I loved and respected him. When he died, I did not know how to continue to live, because it seemed that I was cut in half. But the children did not let go. But nothing compares to the loss of a child. There is no test that is worse.”
Now the 81-year-old film legend continues to appear on the screens, brings up 3 grandchildren, writes a second autobiographical book. She is not afraid to express an active civic position. Ada Rogovtseva calls on everyone to help the fighters and stands for the release of political prisoner Oleg Sentsov.
This year, the actress spent her birthday at the Odessa Film Festival and was the first to receive the Golden Duke award. At the same time, she considers herself an unhappy person and has not celebrated her birthdays for several years.
