Larisa Reginaldovna Luppian (; born 26 January 1953) is a Russian stage and film actress. She was awarded

People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation (, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an honorary and the highest title awarded to citizens of the Russian Federation ...

in 1999. She has served as the artistic director of the

Lensovet Theatre Lensovet Theatre, officially Saint Petersburg State Academic Lensoviet Theatre (in , literally St Petersburg Academic Theater of the Leningrad City Council), also known as Lensovet Academic Theatre and Lensoviet Theatre, is a theatre and theatri ...

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since 2019.

Biography

Luppian was born on 26 January 1953 in

Tashkent Tashkent (), also known as Toshkent, is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uzbekistan, largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of more than 3 million people as of April 1, 2024. I ...

. Her grandfather taught in Tashkent at a military school, and her grandmother worked as a general's governess. Her mother from the Volga, ended up in Tashkent in connection with admission to a medical institute. Luppian was raised by her

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n grandmother, who tried to speak

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with her. After the separation of her parents, Luppian and her mother moved to the city of

Chirchiq Chirchiq, also spelled as Chirchik, (; ) is a district-level city in Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan. It is about 32 km northeast of Tashkent, along the river Chirchiq. Chirchiq lies in the Chatkal Mountains. The population of Chirchiq as of 20 ...

. There, she went to kindergarten, participated in all sorts of New Year's performances, and even once played the Snow Maiden. When she was seven years old, her parents got back together, and the family again ended up in Tashkent. Luppian got her first experience in cinema when she was in the second grade; she starred at the Tashkent Film Studio in the film You Are Not an Orphan. In 1974, she graduated from LGITMiK (now called the

Russian State Institute of Performing Arts The Russian State Institute of Performing Arts (), formerly known as St Petersburg Theatre Arts Academy, formerly Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music, and Cinema (LGITMiK), is a theatre school in Saint Petersburg. It is the oldest Russia ...

) and came to the

. In 1986-1988 she worked at the Leningrad Theatre (now called the Baltic House Festival Theatre), then returned to the Lensovet Theatre. Luppian hosted the TV program "Theatrical Binoculars".Лариса Луппиан - биография, дата рождения, место рождения, фильмография, клипы
/ref> Since 21 May 2019 Luppian has been

artistic director An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre company or dance company, who handles the organization's artistic direction. They are generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogu ...

of Lensovet Theatre.

Personal life

Luppian is married to

Mikhail Boyarsky Mikhail Sergeyevich Boyarsky (; born 26 December 1949) is a Russian actor and singer. He is best known for playing swashbucklers in historical adventure films; the role of d'Artagnan in the 1978 Soviet adaptation of Alexander Dumas' ''Thre ...

. They have a son Sergey Boyarsky (born in 1980), and a daughter,

Elizaveta Boyarskaya Elizaveta Mikhailovna Boyarskaya (, born 20 December 1985) is a Russian theater and film actress. Honored Artists of the Russian Federation (2018). Biography Early life and education Elizaveta was born on 20 December 1985 in Leningrad to a f ...

(born 20 December 1985) as well as four grandchildren.''Олег Усков''
Актёр Максим Матвеев показал первое фото с новорождённым сыном.
«Российская газета» // rg.ru (10 декабря 2018 года)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Luppian, Larisa 1953 births Living people Actresses from Tashkent Soviet film actresses Soviet stage actresses Russian film actresses Russian stage actresses 20th-century Russian actresses 21st-century Russian actresses Russian people of Estonian descent Russian people of German descent