Elena Evstratova

Elena Evstratova (1976) is a deaf actress who was born and raised in Siberia. Since 2018 she has been living in Lochristi (Ghent). She achieved her Master of Arts diploma at the Moscow Conservatory. She also graduated in the General Arts, majoring in literature, costume, and Russian and European theatre history. From 2000 to 2018 she worked as a professional actress in both youth theatre and regular theatre. As a deaf actress, she also specialised in the theatre of facial expressions and gestures, dance and comedy. She also gave theatre lessons to deaf children for years. During her professional acting period in Russia, she often appeared abroad. She has toured in Germany, Prague, Japan, the USA, Turkey, Mongolia, Ukraine and throughout Russia.