Biography

Elena Ksenofontova was born on December 17, 1972 in Khromtau, Kazakh SSR, USSR. She is an actress, known for Tayga (2002), Okhota na geniya (2006) and Pravo na pravdu (2012). She has been married to Aleksey Kulikov since December 30, 2022. She was previously married to Ilya Neretin and Igor Lipatov.

In early 1990s, Ksenofontova suffered from severe headaches and vomiting till the bile. Different doctors gave her various diagnoses, which included brain tumor. After years of treatment, Ksenofontova was told that she would have to get used to living with these intolerable headaches. She later admitted she pricked herself with needles to replace one pain on another. She feel better now.

Has two children - a son Timofey Neretin (b. 2003) with her ex-second husband Ilya Neretin and a daughter Sofia Ryzhikh (b. February 10, 2011) with her ex-boyfriend Aleksandr Ryzhikh (they were in on-off relationship from 2006 to 2015).

Before the birth of her son Timofey in 2003, Ksenofontova was troubled to conceive and had a miscarriage. Later she lost a baby boy at late term of pregnancy, who died in utero due to multiple problems, which included heart defect. She then welcomed her second child, daughter Sofia, in 2011.

(September 20, 2006) Honored Artist of Russian Federation.