Irma Vitovska Explained

Irma Vitovska
Native Name:Ірма Вітовська
Native Name Lang:uk
Birth Name:Iryna Hryhotivna Vitovska
Birth Date:30 December 1974
Birth Place:Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality:Ukrainian

Irma Hryhorivna Vitovska (Ukrainian: Ірма Григорівна Вітовська; born December 30, 1974) is a Ukrainian theater and film actress, producer and public figure, Honored Artist of Ukraine (2016).[1] She has worked at the Young Theater since 1998, and is best known for her role as Lesya in the Ukrainian comedy TV series (2005-2007).[2]

Biography

Vitovska was born on December 30, 1974, in Ivano-Frankivsk. Vitovska's father came from the village of Medukha, Galich district, Ivano-Frankivsk region. Her maternal great-grandfather is Russian, and his wife is Latvian.

She dreamed of becoming an archaeologist, and for several years in a row she tried to enter the Carpathian Institute, Stefanik. She attended a theater group at the Palace of Pioneers in Ivano-Frankivsk.

In 1998 she graduated from the Lviv State Musical Institute with a degree in Drama Theater Actress (course of Bohdan Kozak). Since the same year she has been working at the Kiev Academic Young Theatre.

She has been a repeated participant of many international theater festivals and received personal awards.[3]

Since October 11, 2015, she has been the coach of the Little Giants show on the 1+1 channel.[4] She was the host of the TV shows Marriage Games, or Number for the newlyweds (Ukrainian: Sweetheart games, or number for young people Home games, or number for young people) and People's Star (Ukrainian: Narodna Zirka People's Zirka) on the ICTV channel. She took part in the vocal show People's Star on the TV channel "Ukraine".[5]

Political position

Irma Vitovska is an activist of the "Revolution of Dignity" and "Language Maidan", a participant in all pro-Ukrainian protests.

In June 2018, she recorded a video message in support of the Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov, imprisoned in Russia.[6]

Charity

Irma Vitovska has been a participant in the social and public programs "Street Children" since 2007 and "Stop Bill" since 2011.[7]

In 2014, Irma Vitovska started making motanka dolls, selling them, and donates the proceeds to help the army. The most expensive cost 2000 hryvnia.[8] These funds were used to purchase underpants for the Coast Guard and plastic prayer cards for the Fifth Battalion.

With Irena Karpa, Irma Vitovska raised money at a creative evening for shoes for the battalion of the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps "Right Sector".

Irma Vitovska, as a member of the StopBill movement, initiated and starred in the Oscar and the Pink Lady art project, created to raise funds for the needs of terminally ill children. The premiere of the performance took place on October 7 in Ivano-Frankivsk and on October 11 in Kiev, received several theatrical awards and raised more than 700 thousand hryvnias for palliative children's departments, as well as mobile teams that will work with such children.[9]

Irma Vitovska donated most of her fee for filming in the TV series Robbery Like a Woman for the treatment of the wounded in the ATO.[10]

Personal life

Theater works

Other theaters

Filmography

Animation

Awards and nominations

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 26 March 2016 . УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №117/2016 . DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE No. 117/2016 . Official website of the President of Ukraine . uk . 7 April 2024 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210510210222/https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/1172016-19866 . 10 May 2021.
  2. Web site: Irma Vitovska . 7 March 2023 . uk . 7 April 2024.
  3. Web site: L'attrice ucraina Irma Vitovska: "Sono scappata da Kiev, ora sogno Cannes e la pace" . Ukrainian actress Irma Vitovska: "I escaped from Kiev, now I dream of Cannes and peace" . The Vanity Fair . 5 May 2022 . it . 7 April 2024.
  4. Web site: 14 September 2018 . Ірма Вітовська зізналася, що маленький син перестав її впізнавати - Гламур . Irma Vitovska admitted that her little son stopped recognizing her - Glamour . TCH.ua . 7 April 2024 . uk . https://web.archive.org/web/20180914022750/https://tsn.ua/glamur/irma-vitovska-ziznalasya-scho-malenkiy-sin-perestav-yiyi-vpiznavati-519607.html . 14 September 2018.
  5. Web site: "Актер работает с эпохой": почему Ирма Витовская снова стала студенткой .. . "An actor works with the era": why Irma Vitovska became a student again .. . ru . 7 April 2024.
  6. Web site: "Увійшла в глибокий ступор". Ірма Вітовська розповіла про вигоряння та депресивний стан під час війни . "Got into a deep stupor." Irma Vitovska spoke about burnout and depression during the war . 7 April 2024 . uk.
  7. News: Pylypenko . Heorhiy-Hryhoriy . Актриса Ірма Вітовська: «Я як шафа, з якої вивалилися всі таланти» . Actress Irma Vitovska: "I'm like a closet from which all talents have fallen out" . . 10 January 2015 . uk . 7 April 2024.
  8. Web site: 16 December 2019 . "У нас має бути велика "труба", яка невтомно сурмитиме про будь-яку нашу перемогу" – Ірма Вітовська-Ванца . "We must have a big "trumpet" that will tirelessly trumpet any of our victories" - Irma Vitovska-Vantsa . АрміяInform . 7 April 2024 . uk . https://web.archive.org/web/20191216164106/https://armyinform.com.ua/2019/12/u-nas-maye-buty-velyka-truba-yaka-nevtomno-surmytyme-pro-bud-yaku-nashu-peremogu-irma-vitovska-vancza/ . 16 December 2019.
  9. Web site: 14 September 2018 . Акторка Ірма Вітовська: Історія, що змінює життя . Actress Irma Vitovska: A life-changing story . uk . 7 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180914061518/https://espreso.tv/article/2015/10/01/aktorka_irma_vitovska_istoriya_scho_zminyuye_zhyttya . 14 September 2018.
  10. News: 29 July 2018 . Ірма Вітовська: "Я й не думала «йти в театр" . Львівська газета . Irma Vitovska: "I never thought of going to the theater" . 7 April 2024 . uk . https://web.archive.org/web/20180729012816/http://gazeta.lviv.ua/2017/07/19/irma-vitovska-bogdan-kozak-uchitel-vid-boga-navchiv-remeslu-yake-daye-meni-stimul-zhiti-tvoriti/ . 29 July 2018.
  11. Web site: 14 September 2018 . Ірма Вітовська вийшла заміж - Гламур . Irma Vitovska got married - Glamour . TCH.ua . 7 April 2024 . uk . https://web.archive.org/web/20180914022436/https://tsn.ua/glamur/irma-vitovska-ta-yiyi-kohaniy-odruzhilisya-v-odnakovih-futbolkah-627081.html . 14 September 2018.