Actress Emilia Lenkovskaya died at the age of 56. This was reported by representatives of the Kaluga Regional Drama Theater on VKontakte.
Cause of death unknown.
Lenkovskaya has been working in the Kaluga Regional Drama Theater since 1988. She played several roles, including Nastasya Petrovna Zyablova in a play based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel, and Tatyana Andreevna in a production adapted from Leonid Andreev’s play Ekaterina Ivanovna she.
The theater team expressed their condolences to the actor’s family and relatives.
“She was a woman of refined beauty, grace, and high taste, and many of her heroines possessed an irresistible feminine charm. But the actress Lenkovskaya was never afraid to embody on the stage characters far from high standards, she enthusiastically worked on the roles of women who were by no means ideal in appearance and behavior, ”the representatives of the theater noted.
Previously Bulgarian actor Hristo Zhivkov died in Los Angeles at the age of 48. The cause of death was cancer. The actor is best known for his role as John the Evangelist in Mel Gibson’s TV series The Passion of the Christ.