Ksenia Kutepova

While still in high school, Ksenia and her twin sister Polina took classes in a theater studio and a film school. She had a few episodic film roles.

In 1988, Ksenia was accepted to the Russian Theater Academy’s department of stage acting and directing, to Pyotr Fomenko’s workshop. She’s been with the theater since its inception.

• Awards
• Laureate of the Special Prize of the Drama and Puppet Theater Jury for her part in the female ensemble of “The Main Thing production”, 2008
• Nominated for the Golden Mask Prize in the “Drama / Best Actress” category for her roles of Galpetra, Frau P, and Tala in “The Main Thing” production, 2008
• Winner of Vladimir Vysotsky Prize for the role of Caddy in the “Sound and Fury” production, 1993
• Winner of the Special Prize for the Best Young Actress at Contact-96 Theater Festival in Poland for her role in “Tanya-Tanya” production
• Winner of Komsomolskaya Pravda Prize for Actress of the Year in 1995 and 1996
• Chaika-2000 Prize in “Some Like It Hot” category for her duo with Ilya Lyubimov in “Family Happiness“ production
• Winner of the Stanislavsky Award for Best Actress for her role in „Family Happiness”, 2001
• Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation for “War and Peace“ and „Family Happiness” productions, 2002
• Chaika Theater Prize in the “Synchronized swimming” category as part of the cast of “Three Sisters” production, 2004
• Crystal Turandot Prize for Best Actress for her role in “Three Sisters” production, 2005
• Moscow Prize for Literature and Arts in “Theater Arts” category for one of the principal roles in “Three Sisters” production, 2007
• Winner of Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper’s theater prize (season 2006-2007) in the “Best Supporting Actress” category for her role of Galpetra in “The Main Thing”, 2007
• Prize “For Oustanding Artistic Achievement” at the annual international film festival at Cottbus, Germany (film “Travelling with Pets”), 2007
• Prize “For the Most Feminine Character” at the 9th Baku International Film Festival East-West (film “Travelling with Pets”), 2007
• Best Actress prize at the Second Open Family Film Festival “From the Bottom of the Heart”) for her role of nun Yekaterina in the “Spring is Coming” film, 2010
• Commemorative medal of Moscow Art Theater issued in honour of 150th anniversary of Chekhov and given to the prominent artists and actors for their personal contribution to development of arts, 2010
• Best Actress Prize at the Gatchina Film Festival “Literature and Film” (female cast of “Delhi Dance” film), 2013

She has performed at the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater in stage productions of “The White Guard“ and „The Kreutzer Sonata”
Ksenia is also a successful film actress. Among her best works are «Travelling with Pets» (2007), «Delhi Dance» (2012), «Three Musketeers» (2013), and «Territory» (2014). She was also a part of Jean-Luc Goddard’s 1993 film «Les Enfants jouent à la Russie».