Elena Yakovleva's husband, Valery Shalnykh, is a Soviet and Russian actor. Most of his life he served at the Sovremennik Theater, and there were also roles in films in his career. It was the work that brought the young actors closer together. Talented and sought-after artists, after decades of marriage, continue to live happily together.
Childhood and career of Valery Shalnykh
Valery Aleksandrovich Shalnykh was born on April 8, 1956 in the city of Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg). The boy's childhood was not easy. The mother had to raise her son alone, the family lived very poorly.
In adolescence, for the purpose of education, the mother gave Valery to the drama club at the plant. This was a landmark event in his life. The boy really liked to play on stage, which predetermined the further fate of the future artist.
After graduating from school, in 1973, Valery Shalnykh went to conquer Moscow. He was immediately able to enter the Moscow Art Theater School, which he successfully graduated in 1977, having received the education of an actor.
After graduation, the novice artist Valery Shalnykh was accepted into the troupe of the Sovremennik Theater, where he was later involved in a large number of roles. In total, he served in this theater for 34 years. And only in June 2011, Valery, along with his third wife, Elena Yakovleva, left the stage of the famous theater.
In 1977, Valery was invited to play characters in a movie for the first time. These were small roles in two films "I want to be a minister" and "Cafe Isotope". After that, the actor was repeatedly involved in the films, but played mostly secondary roles. In the 2000s, he increasingly began to appear in television series.
Throughout his career in cinema, Valery Shalnykh has been involved in more than thirty works. Despite the minor roles, his talented and versatile approach to work was still remembered by the audience. The images embodied by him are charismatic and thoughtful.
Personal life of the actor. Acquaintance with Elena Yakovleva
The famous Soviet and Russian actress Elena Yakovleva became the actor's third wife. Before her, Valery was married twice more. Moreover, at the time of acquaintance and the inception of a relationship, he was just divorcing his second wife. From a previous marriage, Shalny has a daughter, Catherine.
Elena Yakovleva was also married before she met Valery, although she no longer lived with her husband. Her first husband, Sergei Yulin, was also a dramatic actor. This is the Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, today he works as the artistic director of the Trans-Baikal Regional Drama Theater. Elena met Sergei while studying at GITIS, almost immediately the students got married, but broke up after six months. The couple officially filed for divorce after Elena met Valery.
The romance of Elena and Valery took place in 1985, when both of them got on the same theater tour to Irkutsk. The tour lasted about a month, during which time the actors had a lot of time to not only establish a close acquaintance, but also have time to get to know each other well.
The entire troupe in Irkutsk lived in one hotel. The actors gathered every evening in someone's room, talked, celebrated the success of the performance. Valery Shalnykh immediately noticed Elena Yakovleva in the general get-together. She seemed to him a very talented and beautiful girl. The actor began to stubbornly look after Elena, the actress reciprocated. A month later, after returning to Moscow, the couple realized that they could not live without each other.
Married life of Yakovleva and Shalny
Since 1985, the actors have been living together, but they officially signed in 1990, the marriage was registered at the Griboyedov registry office of the capital. Igor Kvasha was a witness at their wedding.
In 1992, the couple had a son, Denis. From childhood, the boy showed good inclinations as an actor and even entered the directing department, but never graduated. Now the young man is fond of bodybuilding. In 2017, Denis married a girl named Victoria.
Despite the widespread belief that it is difficult for two actors to live in marriage, Valery and Elena managed to find their own formula for family happiness. They are accustomed to difficulties, have learned to find a solution to joint problems, still love each other very much and care about family well-being.
Valery claims that their marriage to Elena was saved by their joint hobby for dogs. The couple are avid dog lovers and treat pets like their own children. One day Elena went to the hospital, and Valery realized that she was his closest and dearest person. Since then, even during quarrels, Valery remembers this and is the first to try to reconcile.
