Ingeborga Dapkunaite

Ingeborga Dapkunaite is an actress of Lithuanian descent who has long become quite native to the Russian audience. She is lovingly called "our foreigner" and is closely watching everything she does - in the movies, on television, in advertising. What was the path of Dapkunaite to success? What is her personal life full of, and what are the secrets of unfading beauty and amazing style?

Ingeborga Edmundovna's date of birth is January 20, 1963. The future actress was born in one of the most beautiful and cozy Baltic cities - in Vilnius. And although today Dapkunaite lives in London, and before that the actress spent a lot of time in Russia, her small homeland is one of her favorite places.

Ingeborg can remember and talk about Vilnius for hours. For example, an actress is often asked to be a guide through her hometown in various television projects.

By the way, the lively temperament of Ingeborga Dapkunaite and the energy that always beats out of her key is a perfect example of the stereotype of the Baltic states. Nationality not only did not Dapkunaite slow, as it is commonly believed by Latvians, but, on the contrary, served the actress at the Russian castings in favor: the exotic accent was her crown highlight.

The father of the Dapkunaite family, Peter-Edmund, was a diplomat, and his mother a meteorologist. From the very moment of her birth, it was clear to the parents of young Ingeborga which career awaits their girl. The grandmother, Genovaitė Sabliene, who worked as an administrator in the Vilnius Opera and Ballet Theater, took the initiative most of all. Actually, in the early childhood of Ingeborg, she lived with her grandmother for a long time, since her parents worked in Moscow. Therefore, grandmother’s plans for a granddaughter came true so quickly and easily.

From a young age, Dapkunaite was surrounded by creative relatives: in addition to her grandparents, her aunt and uncle, the musicians of the theater orchestra, spent a lot of time with her. All this fun company set itself the goal of distracting the baby from a long separation from her parents with constant creativity.

Ingeborga Dapkunaite debuted in the theater when she was four years old. It was the role of Madame Butterfly's little son in Puccini's opera production of Cio Cio San. This experience was very interesting for the girl and, moreover, successful: they began to invite young talent in other productions. She played the imp in Faust, the angel in Demon. However, after the “opera” debut, the usual drama theater seemed Ingeborg boring, because there they did not sing at all and almost never danced.

In any case, acting career attracted Dapkunaite from early childhood. Although, in childhood, the girl paid much more attention to sports: basketball and figure skating were no less her hobbies than acting. The last Dapkunaite studied for three years in a small theater studio, which was located near her house. Surprisingly, in the Solomen Neris secondary school, which Ingeborg graduated from, everyone remembers her as a quiet and timid girl.

By the time Ingeborg graduated from high school, the ballerina's career caught on fire. The girl decided to devote her life to dancing, and she wanted to enter a profession that, if anything, could always feed - to the Institute of Foreign Languages.

However, theatrical childhood also did not let Dapkunaite go. Since exams at the acting university were held earlier than in all the others, the girl decided (just in case or just out of curiosity) to try her hand there. As a result, she acted, decided that it was fate, and began to master the profession of the mummery.

Ingeborga Dapkunaite in 1985 became a graduate of the Theater Arts Department of the Vilnius State Conservatory (today - the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater). The young actress immediately went to work in the Kaunas Drama Theater. Here, in the troupe, directed by the teacher Dapkunaite - Jonos Vaitkus - the actress instantly earns the palm, getting the main roles immediately in seven major productions.

Very soon other directors began to notice Dapkunaite, so Eimuntas Nyakroshus invited her to the Vilnius Youth Theater, the actress agreed and began to play the main roles in classical performances: “The Seagull”, “Carmen”, “King Lear”. Work in the Youth Theater gave Inge a friendship with John Malkovich. The famous American actor, director and producer noticed the young actress and invited her to audition for the London theater.

Ingegeborg moved to London in 1993, where the very first performance (Speech Mistake) became crucial for Dapkunaite. The actress also had great success here, other works fell in after this production. Behind the foggy Albion, Ingeborg conquers the "land of freedom": she is invited to the Chicago Theater, where she plays in the scandalous play "Vagina's Monologues".

Here the actress got a difficult task, she had to say very difficult, from a psychological point of view, monologues (about orgasm, rape, childbirth).But Dapkunaite’s versatile talent and her incredible ability to work, coupled with vivid charisma - all this led to the success of every production in which she participated.

The list of performances with Ingeborga in Russian, Lithuanian, English and American theaters is impressive. Even in her youth, the artist showed persistence of character, huge acting potential and the ability to cope with any, even the most complex tasks. And over the years, she did not for a moment lose her grip and professionalism.

The debut of the actress in the movie took place when she was still studying at the institute. In 1984, the film "My Little Wife" was released, in which Ingeborg played the role of a restless nonchalant girl who was very fond of the audience. The role of Kisuli in the scandalous "Intergirl" consolidated success.

Much in Dapkunaite’s life happens spontaneously and by chance. So, already, it would seem, having left for a distant foreign land, it was in London that Ingeborg met Oleg Menshikov, thanks to which she got into the Oscar-winning picture “Burnt by the Sun”.

The actress is a real citizen of the world, because she is filmed around the world. Even when Dapkunaite receives a job for a long time within one country, she does not sit in one place. In Russia, the actress used to spend more and more time in Moscow, but in recent years - on the affairs of the theater, and on work in the cinema - Ingeborg has long been attached to Petersburg. There are filmed series (“Heavenly Court”, “Bridge”), feature films (for example, “Matilda”, where Danila Kozlovsky acts as a partner of the actress), as well as short films (“8” - a film by Anna Melikyan, where Evgeny Tsyganov and Anka also played Tsitsishvili).

In a word, in which films Dapkunaite just did not appear. She even somehow happened to appear in the role of Michael Jackson ("Drunk Firm"). Each new film with the participation of “our foreigner” is always something unexpected and bright.

• "Intergirl" (1989);
• “Burnt by the Sun” (1994);
• “Mission Impossible” (1996);
• “Seven Years in Tibet” (1997);
• The War (2002);
• “Winter Heat” (2004);
• "Night seller" (2005);
• Morphine (2008);
• “30 hits” (2012);
• "Heavenly Judgement. Continuation "(2014);
• “Fast Moscow-Russia” ”(2014);
• The Snoop (2015, was not completed);
• “Drunken Firm” (2016);
• The Bridge (2017);
• Matilda (2017).

Ingeborg has a bright appearance, a stunning smile and luxurious blond curls. Not surprisingly, the actress is constantly invited to shoot for glossy magazines.

The actress had a chance to show off in the erotic men's magazine "Maxim", however, as always in such controversial situations, Dapkunaite remained chaste, feminine and modest.

Even in commercials, Dapkunaite embodies the original roles. So, for advertising NESCAFE Gold Barista Ingeborg and actor Daniil Strakhov portray secret agents.

Ingeborga Dapkunaite is also the messenger of beauty from L'Oréal Paris. She advertises for the brand, including hair dye, which she enjoys using herself.

The actress got married three times. The first husband is actor Arunas Sakalauskas, he was a colleague of Dapkunaite in the theater in Kaunass. The marriage broke up when a fateful turn occurred in the career of Dapkunaite, and she got a job in England.

Actually, along with a new job in Ingeborg's life, a new man appeared. The second husband of the artist was the director of the same British theatrical production, in which the foreign beauty Dapkunaite was called - Simon Stokes. The couple lived together for almost 10 years, but in 2009 the couple divorced. Everything went quietly, without scandals and any comments for the press. Dapkunaite generally very reverently protects your personal life from prying eyes.

Of course, this is not to the liking of the representatives of the "yellow" press, and therefore, rumors began to appear in the media about the possible reasons for the separation of the star couple.The actress herself speaks of breaking up with Simon, avoiding specifics, only declares that this is just a page from her life, which has already become history.

The third husband Dapkunaite is the first time a person is not from the acting circle. Dmitry Yampolsky is a successful entrepreneur and businessman. He owns a network of famous restaurants, is fond of art and is 12 years younger than his wife. The difference in age and the difference in professions does not interfere with lovers. And although details about their personal life, as always, cannot be obtained from Dapkunaite, the photographs indicate that the couple are happy together.

It is also known that between the second and third marriages, Dapkunaite had a serious affair with the Serbian director Emir Kusturica. This relationship ended pretty quickly, and surprisingly painlessly. By the way, Dapkunaite always parted peacefully with all her men; she is still in excellent relations with both Arunas Sakalauskas and Simon Stokes.

Many fans of the actress’s work and biography are interested in whether Ingeborga Dapkunaite has children. The beloved and only daughter of her parents, she was not able to experience all the delights of motherhood in the pursuit of creative achievements in her career. However, the marriage with Dmitry Yampolsky gave the artist not only happiness with her beloved man, but also led to the fact that children finally appeared in the actress's house. Dmitry has children from his first marriage, who often visit his father and his new wife.

It will be very difficult to find a second person on the whole planet who boasts the same cheerfulness and capacity for work that Ingeborga Dapkunaite demonstrates. She constantly appears somewhere: roles in the cinema and in the theater do not end, the number of television and radio projects is growing every day.

And Ingeborg, probably, the world champion in the number of funny or touching stories that could happen only to her. “Our Foreigner” refused Quentin Tarantino, took acting lessons from Kavin Spacey, and she herself could probably give lessons of fervent laughter in every way. In a word, her life is too saturated, even by acting standards.

At the same time, hardly anyone can accurately determine in appearance how old the famous actress is. But her age has already passed the “mature” mark: in 2017, the artist celebrated her 54th birthday. In the numerous interviews that the movie star constantly gives, she is always full of positive and is in a good mood. She is spontaneous and keen on nature. Spontaneous, restless - as the actress says about herself - but at the same time incredibly efficient.

When Dapkunaite was invited to participate in the television project Ice Age (Stars on Ice), the actress agreed without hesitation. And even a fracture of the rib did not stop the athlete from further participation in the project, as a result, the pair of Ingeborg Dapkunaite and Alexander Zhulin won.

Ingeborg is a frequent visitor to the Evening Urgant program. She comes there both as an actress and as a charitable figure. For example, once Ingeborga Dapkunaite and her colleague and like-minded person Tatyana Drubich spoke on the air of Ivan Urgant's program about the Faith Hospice Assistance Fund.

Dapkunaite and Urgant met in another show of the popular TV presenter. On the air of the Smak program, the actress shared her culinary secrets and gastronomic addictions.

Another interesting work in the Ingeborgs arsenal was shooting in a music video for the composition of the Bi-2 group. The song "My Rock and Roll" was so popular among fans of Russian rock, and a clip with the participation of such a bright actress only increased the attention of the public to the work of the group.

Dapkunaite always keeps himself in excellent shape. With a growth of 165 cm, the actress at any age tries to maintain weight between 45-47 kg. Such a slender figure - in matters of beauty is already half the battle. That is why the actress in her years is young - not only in soul, but also in body.

One of the secrets of maintaining the figure of the actress in good shape can be safely considered her frantic rhythm of life. Everything is logical: the more mobile the day, the lower the risk of unwanted fat.

Of course, envious persons shout with one voice that plastic surgery helps Ingeborg to look good, although the actress was not officially "caught" during their conduct. And if you look at the photo Dapkunaite without make-up, on which, quite naturally, you can see the “print of the time”, it becomes clear that the plastic of the face is also not for her.

Incredibly feminine, Ingeborga is one of those women who have a very natural beauty. And to maintain the natural by artificial means is very strange. So the actress adheres to completely natural beauty methods: sports, diet, thorough skin and hair care.

To be slim always, a woman must and always eat healthy. This simple rule should be understood by every representative of the fair sex. Ingeborga never eats unhealthy fast food, compiles its menu of low-fat and low-calorie foods.

The perfect menu from the actress:

• breakfast - oatmeal;
• lunch - chicken soup;
• dinner - vegetable salad.

Be sure to have a snack between the main meals, it can be apples, nuts or kefir. Strictly adhering to proper nutrition, Dapkunaite has thin legs and looks great in a swimsuit.

To look well-groomed, you need to monitor the condition of the hairstyle. And in this matter, it is not so much a fashionable haircut that matters as healthy and thick hair. The actress in different years tried all kinds of hairstyles, and different shades for her hair, but she always devoted a lot of time to caring for them, and showed ingenuity. So, already in England, then in America, the actress shocked her foreign colleagues for a long time with stories about how she was in her homeland in the 1980-1990s, where good hair care cosmetics were still a rarity, smeared curls with mayonnaise so that the hairstyle is shiny and supple.

Today, when the actress is available even the most expensive personal care products in the world, she still uses only proven and not always expensive. So, in her purse you can find:

• Lancôme Mascara;
• eyeliners and L’Oréal Paris liner;
• Face Fabric foundation (Giorgio Armani);
• Génifique Moisturizer and Serum (Lancôme);
• L’Oréal Paris micellar water for sensitive skin;
• lipstick (oddly enough, also from L’Oréal) J.Lo shade (yes, the same one used by a Latin American singer!).

The first thing that comes to mind when thinking about this wonderful actress is, of course, her charming smile. And the second thought that comes after it concerns the delightful sense of style inherent in Dapkunaite.

Everyone admires the way the actress draws up her outfits: fans of creativity, colleagues, and even eminent couturiers. So, the Russian fashion designer Alexander Zaitsev emphasizes and appreciates in the style of clothing Dapkunaite its accuracy, restraint and isolation. Consider in detail the outfits of this delightful style icon.

Different directions of this style are reflected in the images of Ingeborga Dapkunaite. Moreover, the actress welcomes such outfits not only in her private life, but also on public visits.

From the name of this trend in casual style, it becomes clear that it implies the simplest and most convenient options for every day. Such examples are the most in the arsenal of Dapkunaite. But even in such an elementary direction, which may seem boring to many, Ingeborga demonstrates the originality and relevance of bright details.

In the first photo, the actress demonstrates how with the help of only one simple, but bright thing you can cool up the stern total black look.Strict black pants with low waistline, a simple top and leather ankle boots with high stable heels - this is certainly a very stylish combination. But a bright quilted jacket takes the whole ensemble to a completely different level. It is important that for all its color brightness, the jacket retains the main features of this outfit - the simplicity of the cut.

The second example is no longer so minimalistic, instead of two colors, the actress uses as many as four, but does it impeccably true. There are two main tones: a pale blue shade of jeans and a top, as well as the same “tasty” orange top - a single-breasted lightweight coat with one button. Complementary colors: chocolate-colored belt and creamy beige ankle boots. Two lessons can be learned from this image: firstly, if you approach the matter wisely and tastefully, you can quite successfully combine more than three colors in the outfit that many stylists insist on. Secondly, two bright shades can be perfectly combined with each other, the main thing is that one refers to the cold, and the second to the warm spectrum of the gamut.

The wardrobe item that Dapkunaite wears is no less spectacular and varied than luxurious evening dresses. They are always different and always relevant.

The actress can always afford to appear somewhere in public in a childish style, for example, in a mischievous t-shirt.

Dress does not have to be combined with shoes or any other strict shoes. Wear stylish sneakers under a long dress or a strict cloak - this has long been the norm in fashion circles.

In the performance of the actress, it can be monophonic, monochrome or variegated options. But always all the things in such ensembles are very well selected and perfectly combined with each other.

This image is so natural that you don’t even need to talk about it for a long time, everything is perfect in it: the style of the dress, selected jewelry, hairstyle and handbag. If you add a stylish wreath, it could very well be a wedding outfit.

The dress is in a similar style, but the mood of the image is completely different. If in the previous outfit Dapkunaite evoked associations with an innocent and tender bride, then in this she is the imperious queen or goddess from Greek mythology.

Gray-blue gamma, velvet and very little skin - such an exquisite combination can be safely called the choice of a true lady.

Naughty Dipkunayte not hold a good mood: she always shines and smiles. And her appearance in such outfits in public is a great occasion for approving smiles from the public. A wonderful romantic look for an evening cocktail or a trip to the theater.

Fabrics with interesting patterns are sometimes a better choice than a plain version. Even if the cut is very intricate, the outfit can still lose to a simple version of an unusual fabric.

Who said that you should definitely go to the red carpet in a dress? A delightful example that there are other options - the bold jumpsuit that Ingeborg chose for one gala event. A wide belt and an original print are the trump cards of this little thing. It also fits perfectly wide leg, because they resemble a skirt, which is so familiar and expected at social events. Collar adds a touch of romance.

A dress in the floor, completely closed, layered and monochrome - such chaste outfits are again in fashion, because they provide an opportunity to play out the fantasies of men. Here, the waist line is perfectly emphasized. The collected hairstyle chosen by the actress is the perfect option, the only one possible here.

An elegant evening dress on the floor is the key to a luxurious look. And if the outfit features black lace, which, moreover, is complemented by white pearl beads, then such a bow already claims to be the royal one.

Eclecticism will always skip in the lists of current trends. For example, a small lace dress with classic boats is already a little boring. Whether it is a matter of completing the look with black leather boots on a rough thick sole - this is fresh, beautiful and comfortable.

Sometimes for a vivid image, just one outrageous element is enough. In this outfit, Dapkunaite has only two colors - black and white. They are boring on their own, and even the style of the chosen dress does break all records in the ordinary. But the outfit is formed just so by chance. Such a neutral toilet is just a backdrop for the main participant of this ensemble - an unusual hat, from which it is difficult to take your eyes off.

Sequins, rhinestones, all kinds of crystals and just a completely sparkling fabric - Ingeborga's frequent choice. Such decorative solutions give room for imagination and definitely guarantee at least one thing: in the rays of spotlights, the actress will always be dazzlingly beautiful.

Silver, gold, bronze - the sparkle of a variety of precious metals is often emitted by the outfits of actress Dapkunaite. It can be a dress or a skirt, or maybe a cloak.

Black or white is the artist's most frequent choice. But sometimes other options come across: gray, dairy, olive, blue.

A frequent alternative to the evening gown, which Ingeborg resorts to when choosing an outfit for the event, is a strict white blouse or shirt combined with a skirt. It can be a strict office version or an original floor skirt, gathered at the waist with a stylish belt.

In addition to the fact that Ingeborga Dapkunaite is a wonderful actress with an unearthly smile and an unsurpassed sense of style, she can still be proud of her excellent fashion reputation: not a single failed dress has ever been noticed, although the artist has been under the scrutiny of the public for more than 30 years.