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Igor Petrenko

Russian actor of cinema and theater (born 1977) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Igor Petrenko
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Igor Petrovich Petrenko (Russian: И́горь Петро́вич Петре́нко; born August 23, 1977) is a Russian actor of cinema and theater. In 2002 President of Russia, Vladimir Putin gave him The State prize of Russia.

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Biography

Igor Petrenko was born on August 23, 1977, in Potsdam (GDR) to a Soviet military family. His father Pyotr Vladimirovich Petrenko was a lieutenant colonel, and in addition to military service, he was a candidate of chemical sciences. Igor's mother, Tatyana Anatolievna Petrenko, was a professional translator from English. When Igor was three years old, the family moved to Moscow.

As a child, his main hobbies were gymnastics, judo and sambo, among his favorite school subjects was the English language.

In 2000 he graduated from The Shchepkin Higher Theatre School in Moscow. Igor became a famous actor after he appeared in the "Zvezda" TV Series. Thanks to his role in this series he won the "Nika" award in the nomination of the "Discovery of the year" in 2003.

For his acting skills, the actor was awarded the Presidential Award (Officially, the State Prize of the Russian Federation), and in 2004 he was awarded the "Triumph" Award as the best young actor.

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Igor Petrenko at the premiere in cinema Moscow, 2009.

In 2012, he played the role of Sherlock Holmes in new series based on the works of Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Personal life

Petrenko married his classmate, actress Irina Leonova, immediately after they both graduated in 2000. The marriage ended four years later.

In 2004 he divorced Leonova to marry actress Ekaterina Klimova, with whom he struck up a romance on the set of Moscow Windows. In addition to Klimova's daughter from a previous marriage, Liza Khoroshilova, Petrenko and Klimova had two boys together, Matvey and Korney. They divorced on 10 July 2014.

Petrenko has a daughter named Sophia-Karolina (b. 24 December 2014) with St. Petersburg actress Kristina Brodskaya.

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