Irma Hryhorivna Vitovska (Ukrainian: Ірма Григорівна Вітовська; born December 30, 1974) is a Ukrainian theater and film actress, producer and public figure, Honored Artist of Ukraine (2016).[1] She has worked at the Young Theater since 1998, and is best known for her role as Lesya in the Ukrainian comedy TV series Lesya+Roma (2005-2007).[2]
Irma Vitovska | |
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Ірма Вітовська | |
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| Born | Iryna Hryhotivna Vitovska December 30, 1974 |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
Biography
editVitovska was born on December 30, 1974, in Ivano-Frankivsk. Vitovska's father came from the village of Medukha, Galich district, Ivano-Frankivsk region. Her maternal great-grandfather is Russian, and his wife is Latvian.
She dreamed of becoming an archaeologist, and for several years in a row she tried to enter the Carpathian Institute, Stefanik. She attended a theater group at the Palace of Pioneers in Ivano-Frankivsk.
In 1998 she graduated from the Lviv State Musical Institute with a degree in Drama Theater Actress (course of Bohdan Kozak). Since the same year she has been working at the Kyiv Academic Young Theatre.
She has been a repeated participant of many international theater festivals and received personal awards.[3]
Since October 11, 2015, she has been the coach of the Little Giants show on the 1+1 channel.[4] She was the host of the TV shows Marriage Games, or Number for the newlyweds (Ukrainian: Sweetheart games, or number for young people Home games, or number for young people) and People's Star (Ukrainian: Narodna Zirka People's Zirka) on the ICTV channel. She took part in the vocal show People's Star on the TV channel "Ukraine".[5]
Political position
editIrma Vitovska is an activist of the "Revolution of Dignity" and "Language Maidan", a participant in all pro-Ukrainian protests.
In June 2018, she recorded a video message in support of the Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov, imprisoned in Russia.[6]
Charity
editIrma Vitovska has been a participant in the social and public programs "Street Children" since 2007 and "Stop Bill" since 2011.[7]
In 2014, Irma Vitovska started making motanka dolls, selling them, and donates the proceeds to help the army. The most expensive cost 2000 hryvnia.[8] These funds were used to purchase underpants for the Coast Guard and plastic prayer cards for the Fifth Battalion.
With Irena Karpa, Irma Vitovska raised money at a creative evening for shoes for the battalion of the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps "Right Sector".
Irma Vitovska, as a member of the StopBill movement, initiated and starred in the Oscar and the Pink Lady art project, created to raise funds for the needs of terminally ill children. The premiere of the performance took place on October 7 in Ivano-Frankivsk and on October 11 in Kyiv, received several theatrical awards and raised more than 700,000 hryvnias for palliative children's departments, as well as mobile teams that will work with such children.[9]
Irma Vitovska donated most of her fee for filming in the TV series Robbery Like a Woman for the treatment of the wounded in the ATO.[10]
Personal life
edit- First husband - Vladimir Kokotunov (born May 1, 1969), actor of the Young Theater
- Son - Orest Kokotunov-Vitovsky (born March 29, 2011)
- Second husband - Vitaliy Vantsa (born 1978), a businessman from Borislav, Lviv region.[11]
- Vitovska's younger sister, Natalya, is married to lawyer Stanislav Lieberman, the brother of singer Tina Karol.
Theater works
edit- 1980 - "Chasing Two Hares" by M. Staritsky; Director Viktor Shulakov - Frantiha / Cinema Star (introduction)
- 1985 - "Ash Chicken" by Vladimir Orlov; director Viktor Shulakov - Frog (input)
- 1991 - "The King and the Carrot, or everything is like in a fairy tale" by Vladislav Ksheminsky; director Ya. Kozlov - Herold
- 1998 - "Baby" by J. de Letraz; director Vladimir Begma - Lulu / Kristin
- 1999 - "REKHUVILIYZOR" by N. Gogol and N. Kulish; director Stanislav Moiseev - Maria Antonovna
- 2000 - "The Little Mermaid" by L. Razumovskaya by H. Andersen; director - Evgeny Kurman - The Little Mermaid
- 2000 - "Seville engagement" by R. Sheridan; director Evgeny Kurman - Clara / Lauretta
- 2000 - "The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" by W. Shakespeare; director Stanislav Moiseev - actress
- 2000 - "Kaidashi" by Natalia Dubina after I. Nechuy-Levitsky; director Nikolai Yaremko - Melashka
- 2001 - "Steel Will" by M. Kurochkin; director Dmitry Bogomazov - Stalova Volya
- 2002 - "The Wizard of the Emerald City" by F. Baum, A. Volkov; director G. Vorotchenko - Ellie
- 2002 - "Dance of Love" by A. Schnitzler; director Stanislav Moiseev - Grisette
- 2004 - "Pickled Aristocrat" by Irena Koval; director Stanislav Moiseev - Wife
- 2006 - "Moskoviada" by Y. Andrukhovych; director Stanislav Moiseev - Galya
- 2007 - "The Fourth Sister" by J. Glovatsky; director Stanislav Moiseev - Katya
- 2009 - "Torchalov" by Nikita Voronov; director Stanislav Moiseev - Lizaveta
- 2014 - "Deceit and love" by F. Schiller; director Andrey Bilous - Miller's wife
- 2015 - "Stalkers" by Pavel Arye; director Stas Zhirkov - woman Prisya
- 2017 - "Massacre" by Y. Reza; director Vlad Belozorenko - Annette Rey
- "Marriage" by N. Gogol; director Taras Krivoruchenko - Dunyasha
- "Women and War" by Javad el Essedi; directed by Jawad el Essedi - Rahman
- "The Life of the Simple" by Natatya Vorozhbit; director Y. Sidorenko - Lyuba-2
Other theaters
edit- 2007 - "It's so easy to help, or Where do children come from?" A. Kryma; director Vitaly Malakhov (charity project-performance)
- 2015 - "Oscar and the Pink Lady" by E. Schmitt; director Rostislav Derzhipolsky (charitable theater project)
- 2017 - "Hamlet" (neo-opera of horrors) based on W. Shakespeare, translated by Yuri Andrukhovych; dir. Rostislav Derzhipolsky (Ukrainian) Russian — Gertrude's Queen of Denmark, Hamlet's mother (Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Academic Music and Drama Theater named after I. Franko)
Filmography
editActress
editAnimation
edit- 2004 - Orphan Fox - Fox
- 2005 - Mountain of gems (Series "Sinister (Ukrainian)") - Marichka
- Teletubbies - Lala
- 2008 - Volt - cat Marquise
- 2009 - Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
- 2012 - The Lorax - Ted's mother
- 2013 - Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
- 2014 - Babai - witch
Awards and nominations
edit- 2001 - nomination of the Kyiv Pectoral award in the category "Best Actress" (The Little Mermaid in the play "The Little Mermaid")
- 2006 - nomination "Acting talent" at the Best Ukrainian Awards
- 2006 - "Teletriumph" in the nomination for the best TV series "Lesya + Roma"
- 2012 - "Teletriumph" in the nomination "Actress of a television film / series (female role)"
- 2015 - Laureate of the Kyiv Pectoral Award in the category "Best Actress" (Baba Prisya in the play "Stalkers" of the joint project of the Golden Gate Theater and the Young Theatre)
- 2015 — national competition "Charitable Ukraine-2015" for the play "Oscar and the Pink Lady"
- 2016 - Honored Artist of Ukraine
- 2018 — laureate of the Kinokolo award, the best actress of 2018. Brahma, dir. V. Quiet
- 2018 — laureate of "Woman of the Year 2018"
- 2018 - winner of the "Gold Dziga" best female role
- 2018 — laureate of "Women in art" category "theater and cinema" from the UN and "Ukrainian Institute"
- 2019 - laureate of the "Golden Duke" at the OIFF. Best acting work "My thoughts, quiet"
- 2019 - "Kіnokolo" best actress for "My thoughts are quiet"
- 2021 — entered the top 100 successful women of Ukraine according to Novoye vryamya magazine.
References
edit- ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №117/2016" [DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE No. 117/2016]. Official website of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 26 March 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ "Irma Vitovska" (in Ukrainian). 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ "L'attrice ucraina Irma Vitovska: "Sono scappata da Kiev, ora sogno Cannes e la pace"" [Ukrainian actress Irma Vitovska: "I escaped from Kyiv, now I dream of Cannes and peace"]. The Vanity Fair (in Italian). 5 May 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ "Ірма Вітовська зізналася, що маленький син перестав її впізнавати - Гламур" [Irma Vitovska admitted that her little son stopped recognizing her - Glamour]. TCH.ua (in Ukrainian). 14 September 2018. Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ ""Актер работает с эпохой": почему Ирма Витовская снова стала студенткой ." ["An actor works with the era": why Irma Vitovska became a student again ..] (in Russian). Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ ""Увійшла в глибокий ступор". Ірма Вітовська розповіла про вигоряння та депресивний стан під час війни" ["Got into a deep stupor." Irma Vitovska spoke about burnout and depression during the war] (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ Pylypenko, Heorhiy-Hryhoriy (10 January 2015). "Актриса Ірма Вітовська: «Я як шафа, з якої вивалилися всі таланти»" [Actress Irma Vitovska: "I'm like a closet from which all talents have fallen out"]. Uryadovy Kuryer (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ ""У нас має бути велика "труба", яка невтомно сурмитиме про будь-яку нашу перемогу" – Ірма Вітовська-Ванца" ["We must have a big "trumpet" that will tirelessly trumpet any of our victories" - Irma Vitovska-Vantsa]. АрміяInform (in Ukrainian). 16 December 2019. Archived from the original on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ "Акторка Ірма Вітовська: Історія, що змінює життя" [Actress Irma Vitovska: A life-changing story] (in Ukrainian). 14 September 2018. Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ "Ірма Вітовська: "Я й не думала «йти в театр"" [Irma Vitovska: "I never thought of going to the theater"]. Львівська газета (in Ukrainian). 29 July 2018. Archived from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ "Ірма Вітовська вийшла заміж - Гламур" [Irma Vitovska got married - Glamour]. TCH.ua (in Ukrainian). 14 September 2018. Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2024.