Prokop, Valeria Ivanovna

Valeria Prokop was born on June 6, 1941 in the city of Tbilisi, Georgian SSR .

She graduated from the acting department of a theater studio at the Russian State Youth Theater in her native Tbilisi. In 1961 she was invited to work in this theater.

After she worked at the Tula Regional Drama Theater named after M. Gorky .

From 1966 to the present, she is an actress of the Omsk State Academic Drama Theater ^[3] .

Personal life

• The first husband is Nozheri Davidovich Chonishvili (October 18, 1926 - November 2, 1987), Soviet actor, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1974).
  • Son - Sergei Nozherievich Chonishvili (born August 3, 1965), Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1999).
• The second husband is Valery Ivanovich Alekseev (born April 7, 1948), a Soviet theater actor, director, teacher, people's artist of the Russian Federation (1997).

Omsk State Academic Drama Theater

From 1966 to the present, Valeria Prokop has served in the Omsk State Academic Drama Theater , where at different periods she performed the following roles ^[3] :

• Laura - The Glass Menagerie by T. Williams
• Mariyka - “Soldier Widow” by N. P. Ankilov
• Maria - “Maria” by A. D. Salynsky
• Myrtle - “Kingdom of the Earth” by T. Williams
• Murzavetskaya - “Wolves and Sheep” by A. N. Ostrovsky
• She - “ Scenes from Marital Life ” I. Bergman
• Ophelia - Shakespeare's Hamlet
• Frou Alving - “Ghosts” by G. Ibsen
• Aunt - “One Absolutely Happy Village” Boris Vakhtin
• Elaine Matsoni, Bobby Mitchell, Janet Fisher - “The Last Ardent Love” by Neil Simon
• Yvonne - “Unbearable Parents” by Jean Cocteau
• Colonel's Wife - “ Nobody Writes to Colonel ” by G. García Márquez
• Box - “Brother Chichikov” Nina Sadur
• Paulina, wife of Antigonus - “Winter's Tale” by William Shakespeare
• Miss Bardle, Pickwick's Housewife - Pickwick Club Dickens
• Anush - "Hanuma" Auxentius Tsagareli
• Sofya Ignatievna Turusina - “ For every sage of rather simplicity ” by A. N. Ostrovsky
• Violetta Weston, Beverly’s wife - “August. Osage County »Tracy Letts
• Elder of women - “ Lysistrata ” of Aristophanes
• Grandmother, Olya's mother - “Exhibits” by Vyacheslav Durnenkov
• Praskovya Sergeevna Lyamina, sister of Boris Timofeevich Izmailov, merchant - “ Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Uyezd ” by N. S. Leskov
• Seraphim, angel - “Sky for Two” based on the play by O. Bogaev “Maryino Field”
• Louisella - The Aristocrats of Holodomor by Eduardo Scarpetta
• Panya - “Green Zone” Mikhail Zuev
• Madeleine Bejar, actress - “The Cabal of the Holiness” by M. A. Bulgakov
• Seraphim - "The Ordeal of Troubles"
• "About the Christmas tree by the Ivanovs"

• 1973 - laureate of the State Prize of the RSFSR named after K.S. Stanislavsky for performing the role of Mariyka Uvarova in the play “Soldier Widow”, title “ Honored Artist of the RSFSR ” (December 7, 1979) - for merit in the field of art
• 1988 - medal "Veteran of Labor"
• 1997 - "Best Actress"
• 2006 - Honorary title " People's Artist of the Russian Federation " - for great merits in the field of art ^[1]
• 2006 - Prize of the Government of the Omsk Region “For Best Actress for Women” named after the People's Artist of the Russian Federation L. G. Polishchuk ^[4] - for playing the role in the play “The Last Ardent Lover” based on the play by Neil Simon
• 2006 - Prize of the Administration of the Omsk Region "For Merits in the Development of Culture and Art" ^[4]
• 2011 - nomination for the Golden Mask Award in the Best Actress category (season 2010-2011) - for playing the role of Violetta Weston in the play “August. Osage County " ^[5]
• 2018 - Theatrical Award " Golden Mask " in the nomination "Drama / Actress in a Supporting Role" (performance "Time of Second Hand" of the Omsk Drama Theater). ^[6]