Zelensky Vladimir
Place of Birth.
Education. Born on January 25, 1978, in the city of Kryvyi Rih, Dnepropetrovsk region, in the family of a professor of cybernetics. As a child, he lived with his parents for four years in Mongolia, in the city of Erdenet, where his father worked. Then he studied in Kryvyi Rih at gymnasium No. 95 with an in-depth study of the English language. He took part in school amateur performances: he played in theatrical performances based on the works of Chekhov, Fonvizin, Dostoevsky, and was a guitarist in a school ensemble. He entered the Kryvyi Rih Economic Institute of the Kyiv National Economic University, where he received a law degree. He never worked in his specialty, except for two months of practice.
KVN. In the 11th grade, together with Denis Manzhosov, having become interested in KVN, he first participated in the STEM "Homeless", which was organized by Alexander Pikalov, then in the team "Young Kryvyi Rih", then they were invited to the KVN team "Zaporizhzhia-Kryvyi Rih-Transit" to stage dance numbers. Soon Zelensky began not only
to dance in a team but also to play roles. Simultaneously with Vladimir, the future actors of the Kvartal-95 studio came to the team: Denis Manzhosov, Yuri Karpov, Alexander Pikalov. It was they who in 1997, having separated from Transit, created the 95th quarter team. Vladimir Zelensky became in it not only the captain and actor but also the author of most of the numbers. From 1998 to 2003, the "95th quarter" performs in the Major League of KVN, the team members practically lived in Moscow and constantly toured the CIS. In 2003, there was a conflict between the "95th quarter" and the company AMiK. Vladimir Zelensky was offered to stay in KVN, but without a team - as an author and editor. Zelensky refuses and leaves KVN with his team.
"Quarter 95". At the end of 2003, the 1 + 1 channel offers the "95th quarter" to make a series of concerts consisting of the best numbers of the team. In 2004, the team begins to prepare a project, while simultaneously working part-time on various television programs. Vladimir hosts the culinary show "Mr. Cook". All revenues are invested in a common project, and in 2005, the TV show "Evening Quarter" starts on the Inter TV channel, the ideologist, author, director, and leading actor of which is Vladimir Zelensky. The show is quickly gaining popularity, and soon overtakes KVN and Comedy Club in ratings among the audience. In addition, the "95th quarter" team develops into the "Quarter-95" studio, owned by Vladimir Zelensky, and Andrey Yakovlev. The studio produces several TV projects ("Evening Quarter", "Fight Club", "Ukraine, Get Up"), writes scripts for TV programs ("Song of the Year", "Polundra"), musicals ("Chasing Two Hares", "Three Musketeers", "A very New Year's movie or a night at the museum"), films, corporate parties. In 2012, as part of the TV show "Kyiv Evening", which aired on the 1 + 1 channel, Vladimir Zelensky puts and reads the text from the author in the animated series
Fairytale Russia".
A television. In 2006, Zelensky took part in the project "Dancing with the Stars-12 on the 1 + 1 TV channel. Two-time world champion in ballroom dancing Alena Shoptenko became his partner. The TV show gathered a record number of viewers on the screens - 87.57% of the total TV audience, and the final According to the ratings, the gala concert overtook even the president's New Year's address. According to the professional jury, the singer Natalya Mogilevskaya led the final of the competition, but the viewers gave the victory to the leader of Kvartal-95.
After success in the Dancing with the Stars project, Zelensky becomes one of the most sought-after characters on Ukrainian television. He regularly acts in New Year's musicals, takes part in various TV shows, conducts concerts, and writes television and film scripts. Nevertheless, his main project remains "Evening Quarter".
In 2013, he became the host of the musical show "I Want V VIA Gru"
Movie roles. In 2008, he starred as dentist Igor in the feature film "Love in the Big City", filmed according to the script of the same Kvartal-95 Studio. In 2010, a sequel was released called - "Love in the City 2".
On March 17, 2011, the premiere of the film "Office Romance. Our Time" took place, where he played Anatoly Novoseltsev.
On January 25, 2012, the premiere of the film "Rzhevsky against Napoleon" took place, where Zelensky played one of the main roles - Napoleon Bonaparte.
On March 8, 2012, the film "8 First Dates" was released, where he played the main role. On January 1, 2014, the comedy "Love in the Big City 3" was released on cinema screens, where Vladimir again played the role of Igor the dentist. On January 1, 2015, the film "8 New Dates" is released, also with him in the title role.
In 2015, the premiere of the television series "Servant of the People" took place - where Zelensky played the main role - of Vasily Petrovich Goloborodko, a high school history teacher, then the president of Ukraine. On October 23, 2017, the premiere of the 2nd season of the series "Servant of the People-2" took place.
Zelensky - about himself. “I always noticed an interesting feature in myself: I don’t try to be good right away, and then I win over myself. Therefore, when I came to the Inter TV channel to audition for the role of presenter, I didn’t do anything specifically to please myself. In general, if I’m interested, I “get excited” very quickly. That’s why I behave like this on the site…”
About childhood: "Bright memories - Mongolia, lived there for almost 4 years, learned the Mongolian language, rode Mongolian horses, walked along the hills, which were dotted with tulips ..."
About dreams: "I dreamed of becoming a border guard, then at school - a translator and a diplomat ..."
About hobbies: "As a student, I was engaged in dancing, I was invited to the team "Zaporizhzhia - Kryvyi Rih - Transit" as a choreographer. They didn't have enough people there..."
About the soul: "KVN is a state of mind, I am constantly in it. A smile is everything. A person opens, opens, in principle, himself, his soul ..."
On personal qualities: "I think that one of the most courageous acts for any man is the responsibility for the family. I have, let's say, a daughter, I have a wife ... I think that this is a rather courageous act
Political activity. After the release of the comedy series Servant of the People and the film, at the end of 2016, talk began that Zelensky might be a candidate for the presidency of Ukraine. In 2017, Ivan Bakanov, a lawyer at Kvartal 95 Studio, registered a political party of the same name. According to the results of a joint study of three research centers - KIIS, SOCIS, and the Razumkov Center, in September 2018, Zelensky had the third result (6.7% of the vote) in the poll "for whom the respondents would vote if the elections were held in the near future."
In a December 2018 interview, Zelenskiy stated that as president he would try to end the ongoing war in Donbas through negotiations with Russia.
On New Year's Eve on January 1, 2019, at 00:00, instead of broadcasting New Year's greetings from the resident of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, Zelensky was shown on the 1 + 1 channel, who announced that he was going to the presidency.
On March 31, 2019, the first round of the presidential elections took place, in which Zelensky won, gaining 30.24 % of the vote - almost twice as much as incumbent President Petro Poroshenko - 15.95%. Both candidates advanced to the second round of elections scheduled for April 21.
On April 21, 2019, in the second round of elections, in which he participated with Petro Poroshenko, he won, according to the results of the CEC of Ukraine, 73.2% of the vote and became the president of Ukraine.
Family. He has been married since September 6, 2003, to Elena Vladimirovna Zelenskaya (Kiyashko), the author of Studio Quarter 95, whom Vladimir had known since school (they studied in parallel classes).
Daughter Alexandra Zelenskaya (born July 15, 2004), 2014 starred in the film "8 New Dates" as Sasha, the daughter of the protagonist, in 2016 she participated in the show "Make the comedian laugh. Children" and won 50,000 hryvnias. Son Kirill Zelensky (born January 21, 2013).
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