Olena Kravets

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| birth_place = Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR, USSR

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Olena Yuriivna Kravets ({{langx|uk|Олена Юріївна Кравець}}, born 1 January 1977) is a Ukrainian actress, producer and television host.

Early life and career

Olena Maliashenko was born in Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. She is the only daughter of Yurii Viktorovych Maliashenko and Nadiia Fedorivna Maliashenko (a metallurgist and economist, respectively). She is best known internationally as the executive director of the Kvartal 95 Studio since 2000.{{cite web|title=Елена Кравец|url=http://karavan.ua/story/elena-kravets-uznav-chto-ya-beremenna-m/|work=Каравану историй|trans-work=Caravan of Stories Ukraine|language=uk|date=1 January 2018|orig-date=May 2015}}

In late 2022, Kravets left Kvartal 95 after 25 years with the studio, for health reasons and to focus on other projects.{{cite news |title=Олена Кравець розповіла, чому пішла з Кварталу 95{{!}} Новини шоу-бізнесу [Olena Kravets explained why she no longer participates in "Kvartal 95" concerts] |url=https://tsn.ua/glamur/olena-kravec-poyasnila-chomu-bilshe-ne-bere-uchast-u-koncertah-kvartalu-95-2222332.html |access-date=18 May 2025 |work=ТСН.ua |date=13 December 2022 |language=uk}}{{cite news |title=Чим сьогодні займається Олена Кравець, яка пішла з "Кварталу 95" [What is Olena Kravets doing today, who left "Kvartal 95"] |url=https://24tv.ua/show24/olena-kravets-biografiya-kvartal-95-osobiste-zhittya-skandali_n2719254 |access-date=18 May 2025 |work=24 Канал |date=1 January 2025 |language=uk}}{{cite news |title=Олена Кравець пояснила, чому пішла з "Кварталу 95", та чи є в неї образа на колег [Olena Kravets explained why she left "Kvartal 95" and whether she holds a grudge against her colleagues] |url=https://www.unian.ua/lite/stars/olena-kravec-kvartal-95-chomu-aktorka-pishla-z-komandi-ta-chi-hoche-vona-povernutisya-12986574.html |access-date=18 May 2025 |work=www.unian.ua |date=23 April 2025 |language=uk}}

Personal life

On 21 September 2002, she married the producer Serhii Kravets{{cite web|title=БЕРЕМЕННАЯ ЕЛЕНА КРАВЕЦ|url=http://viva.ua/lifestar/interesting-conversation/38313-beremennaya-elena-kravets-ya-uje-sedjmoy-god-hoju-k-psihoterapevtu.html|date=14 July 2016|work=Viva|publisher=Edimedia-Ukraine}} and adopted the surname of her husband. From this marriage, they have three children: Mariia, born on 24 February 2003, and twins Ivan and Kateryna, born on 15 August 2016.{{cite web|title=Елена Кравец рассказала, как назвала малышей, и показала их коляску|url=http://ivona.bigmir.net/showbiz/437329-Elena-Kravec-rasskazala-kak-nazvala-malyshej-i-pokazala-ih-koljasku|date=20 August 2016}}

On the occasion of her second pregnancy, Kravets launched her own line of specialized clothing for pregnant women under the name "OneSize by Lena Kravets".{{cite web|url=http://viva.ua/lifestar/news/37784-beremennaya-elena-kravets-stala-dizaynerom-odejdi-dlya-jenschin-v-polojenii.html|date=9 June 2016|title=Беременная Елена Кравец стала дизайнером одежды для женщин в положении}}

References

Category:Ukrainian film actresses

Category:Ukrainian stage actresses

Category:Ukrainian women comedians

Category:20th-century Ukrainian actresses

Category:21st-century Ukrainian actresses

Category:Inter (TV channel) people

Category:Kryvyi Rih National University alumni

Category:Mass media people from Kryvyi Rih

Category:Ukrainian women television presenters

Category:Living people

Category:1977 births

Category:Kvartal 95 Studio