Yelena Shulman
Yelena Anatolyevna Shulman was a Russian film and voice actress and announcer.
Early life
She was born on April 10, 1969 in Odesa. According to STMEGI, she had Jewish roots.She entered and graduated from the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts.
Yelena's mother was a designer of children's clothing, and her father was a sailor. He sailed on ships for ten years, after which he returned to his family and they moved to the Caucasus. There, Yelena's father became a builder.
From early childhood, Yelena began to show the ability to imitate various sounds. Her voice and musical ear became a serious reason to think about a creative profession. Yelena first encountered a microphone in her school years, when she became a presenter on the school radio. After finishing school, she went to the Academy of Theatre Arts.
Career
From 2012, she worked mainly in Moscow.Voice work
For over 15 years, Shulman was engaged in dubbing and voice-over work for foreign films and TV series. She collaborated with Moscow and St. Petersburg dubbing studios. She dubbed roles by Julia Roberts, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lucy Lawless, Zoe Saldaña, Lana Parrilla, Eva Mendes, Kirsten Dunst, Monica Bellucci, Drew Barrymore, Lindsay Lohan, Sigourney Weaver and many others. Shulman was a mezzo-soprano.Within Russia, she was the original voice actress for characters in the animated films Little Longnose, KikoRiki, Alyosha Popovich i Tugarin Zmey, and Prince Ivan and the Grey Wolf.
Shulman dubbed over 700 TV series and films.
Radio
She was the signature voice of the radio stations Eldoradio, Melodiya, and Baltika.Death
Shulman died on April 9, 2023 as a result of injuries sustained in a traffic accident. According to Mash, the day before, on April 7, she was hit by a trolleybus.Credits
Filmography
- 2009 — «Yeshcho ne vecher» — Tatyana
- 2006 — «Mentovskiye voyny-3» — Sveta
- 2005 — «Kholodilnik i drugiye...» — Maryana Vitalyevna
- 2003 — «Ya vsyo reshu sama» — Vera
- 2003 — «Igra bez pravil» — episodic role
Dubbing and voice-over
Russian voice of foreign actresses
| Year | Title | Role |
| 2000 | Charlie's Angels | Dylan Sanders |
| 2003 | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | Dylan Sanders |
| 2004 | 50 First Dates | Lucy Whitmore |
| 2009 | Everybody's Fine | Rosie Goode |
| Year | Title | Role |
| 2002 | Spider-Man | Mary [Jane Watson (2002 film series character)|Mary Jane Watson] |
| 2004 | Wimbledon | Lizzie Bradbury |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Mary Jane Watson |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 | Mary Jane Watson |