Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a popular Ukrainian comedian, KVN member, actor, producer, and more recently a director. He gained the greatest popularity on the territory of the CIS thanks to his role in the film "Love in the Big City".
Biography
Born on January 25, 1978 in the small Ukrainian town of Krivoy Rog. The family soon moved to Mongolia. The boy's father was a professor, and he and his family had to move abroad for official reasons. Volodya began his studies at a local school and went to first grade there. During his stay in a foreign country, he mastered the Mongolian language and even spoke it fluently. But after the family returned to their homeland and Zelensky went to a Ukrainian school, he quickly forgot the Mongolian language.
Vladimir was active in everything and attended all kinds of sports sections, and he also really liked performing in amateur performances. Nevertheless, after school, he planned to become a military man and serve on the border, defending his homeland. Closer to graduation classes, Volodya's preferences changed, and he wanted to become a diplomat.
Circumstances developed in such a way that I had to give up childhood dreams and enter the Kiev Economic Institute. At the university, the guy immediately showed his creative abilities and most of the time he devoted to amateur performances, and not to study. Thanks to his talent, he began to study choreography with the KVN team "Zaporozhye-Krivoy Rog-transit", and later he himself began to participate in the games of the "Club of the cheerful and resourceful".
Career
Zelensky liked the game very much, and in 1997 he founded his own team, which was named "95 quarter". After two successful years of performing on local stages, the team was invited to the main league of KVN. Participation in the major league and broadcasts on the first channel in Russia made 95 Quarter really popular, they began giving concerts and even touring the CIS countries.
After KVN, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, retaining the concept of the 95th quarter, moved to Ukrainian television, where he launched the humorous show of the same name. The high ratings of the program increased the popularity of the comedian, and they began to invite him to various television projects. Since 2010, he has become one of the judges of the popular Ukrainian program "Make a Comedian Laugh".
Also, the talented artist has 18 roles in feature films. The most famous of them is the role of Igor in the film "Love in the City". In 2018, Zelensky made his debut as a director. He in a duet with David Dodson made the film "I, you, he, she."
Personal life
Vladimir Zelensky is considered an exemplary family man. He is familiar with his chosen one Elena Kiyashko since school, the couple met for a long time before they decided to formalize the relationship. The wedding took place in 2003, the couple have two children: in 2004, a daughter was born, who was named Sasha, and in 2013, a son, Cyril, was born.
