Alexandra Yakovleva is a popular Soviet and Russian actress with a voluminous biography. She became famous thanks to the films "The Sorcerers", "The Crew" and many others. The personal life of the actress was also quite successful: Alexandra Evgenievna brings up not only children, but also grandchildren.
Biography
Alexandra Yakovleva (Ivanes-Aasmäe) was born in Kaliningrad in 1957. As a child, she studied dancing and playing the violin, and after school she decided to become an actress, leaving to get an education in St. Petersburg. It was then that Alexandra decided to take the euphonious creative pseudonym of Yakovlev. Immediately after graduation, in 1979, the girl received an offer to star in the disaster film "The Crew", which became one of the best in the history of national cinema. So the very first role made the aspiring actress famous and in demand.
The next in the career of Alexandra Yakovleva were the roles in the films "The Second Birth" and "The Walruses Are Swimming." They did not become big hits, but secured the status of a young and talented actress for Yakovleva. Then she starred in the serial film "Young Russia" about the life of Peter the Great, as well as the drama "Space for Maneuver". Alexandra excelled at the tragic images, and in 1982 the famous director Georgy Danelia invited her to shoot in his film "Tears were Falling". Yakovleva coped with the assigned task brilliantly.
One of the most famous films with Alexandra Yakovleva was "The Sorcerers" based on the fantastic scenario of the Strugatsky brothers. It was in her that not only the beauty of the actress was revealed, but also her vocal abilities: songs performed by Yakovleva and other actors are still hummed by the whole country, and the film itself is broadcast on TV every New Year's holidays.
After that, in the filmography of Alexandra Yakovleva followed by roles in the cinema of various genres: "Parachutists", "Ordered to take alive", "Dance Floor", "White Curse" and others. The comedy western "The Man from Boulevard des Capucines", where Andrei Mironov himself invited the actress, became very memorable.
Alexandra's film career began to fade in the turbulent 90s. She decided to engage in social activities, but in the end she ended up in the management staff of the Sheremetyevo airport, and later moved to the presidium of the Russian Railways society. Yakovleva returned to the cinema only in 2016, when she was offered to play one of the roles in a new rethinking of her very first film, which received the same name - "Crew".
Personal life
In her student years, Alexandra Yakovleva met her first husband, fellow student Valery Kukhareshin, who later became a talented actor. They had children Elizabeth and Kondraty. The marriage lasted five years. After that, the beautiful actress was courted by many prominent men, among whom, according to rumors, journalist Alexander Nevzorov.
In 1984, Alexandra Yakovleva met a new love - the Estonian athlete Kalju Aasmäe. They got married, and the actress even took her husband's surname. The couple lives happily ever since. Children in this marriage never appeared, but soon Alexandra became a grandmother, and is currently raising grandchildren Timofey and Artyom, as well as granddaughters Anastasia and Yana.
