Evgenia Dodina
Evgenia Dodina | |
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יבגניה דודינה | |
 Evgenia Dodina | |
| Born | 10 December 1964 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1987-present |
Evgenia (Zhenya) Dodina (in Belarusian: Евге́ния Бори́совна (Женя) До́дин; born December 10, 1964) is an Israeli theater, film, and television actress, originally from Soviet Belarus. After meeting director Yevgeny Aryeh at the Mayakovsky Theater in Moscow, she immigrated to Israel and became a founding member of the Gesher Theater.
Dodina has appeared in numerous stage productions, films, and television series in Israel and abroad, and has received multiple awards for her performances. She is known for her linguistic versatility, having performed in Hebrew, Russian, German, English, Polish, and Dutch.
Biography
[edit]Dodina was born in Mogilev, in Soviet Belarus (now Belarus), to a father who was a teacher and a mother who was a pediatrician. She studied acting at the State Academy of Arts in Moscow. After graduating, she joined the Mayakovsky Theater, where she met Yevgeny Aryeh. Their collaboration led her to immigrate to Israel in the early 1990s, joining Aryeh and a group of actors to establish the Gesher Theater. She quickly gained recognition for her talent.
Theater career
[edit]Upon her arrival in Israel, Dodina began performing at the Gesher Theater, despite not initially speaking Hebrew. She appeared in productions such as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1992), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2001, Israeli Theater Award for Actress of the Year), The Slave (2002), Medea (2005), and The Cherry Orchard (2006).
She later joined the Habima National Theater, where she starred in plays including Little Eyolf, A Track to Damascus, Anna Karenina, A Simple Story (2016), A Streetcar Named Desire, and Three Sisters. In 2012, she performed in Persona, a co-production between Habima and Munich’s ResidenzTheater.
From 2020 to 2024, Dodina was a permanent ensemble member at the Staatstheater Stuttgart in Germany. Upon returning to Israel, she starred as Richard in a 2023 Gesher Theater production of Richard III, directed by Itay Tiran.
Film and Television Career
[edit]Dodina has acted in over 50 films and television series. She appeared in four Ophir Awards-winning films: Saint Clara (1996), Circus Palestina (1998), Nina’s Tragedies, (2004), and several award-winning TV productions including מרחק נגיעה and Rehearsals(2020).
She has collaborated with prominent Israeli directors such as Folman, Maoz, and Levi. In 2003, she portrayed legendary actress Hanna Rovina in the TV film Was or Wasn't, earning Best Actress at the Warsaw Jewish Film Festival. She won Best Actress at the Haifa International Film Festival for Invisible (2011).
In 2016, she appeared in One Week and a Day and the short film Anna, both awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2019, she played Tatiana, Villanelle’s mother, in the BBC hit series Killing Eve. Other international credits include The Attack (2012), and In Times of Fading Light (2017).
Personal life
[edit]Dodina is married to Israeli musician and composer Avi Benjamin. Their daughter, Anna Benjamin Nedzvetzki, is an actress and pianist.
Awards and Recognition
[edit]- 2017 – Best Actress, Short Shorts Film Festival, Tokyo, for Anna
- 2016 – Seymour Cassel Award, One Week and a Day
- 2011 – Best Actress, Haifa International Film Festival, for Invisible
- 2010 – Honorary doctorate, Tel Aviv University
- 2010 – Star on Israeli Walk of Fame (Haifa Film Festival)
- 2009 – Torch lighter at Israel’s Independence Day ceremony
- 2005 – Klatzkin Israeli-American Fund Award recipient
- 2003 – Israeli Theater Award, Actress of the Year, for The Slave
- 2003 – Best Actress, Warsaw Jewish Film Festival, for Snow Paper
- 2001 – Israeli Theater Award, Actress of the Year, for A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- 1998 – Rosenblum Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Type | Role | Director | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Houses | Film | – | Veronica Nicole Tetenbaum | nominated for Teddy award for Best at the 75th International Film Festival | |
| 2024 | Etty Hillesum | TV Series | – | Hagai Levi | To be released 2025 | |
| 2024 | Mama | Film | – | Or Sinai | To be released 2025 | |
| 2024 | Unconditional | TV Series - | - | Jonathan Gurfinkel | To be released 2025 | |
| 2023 | Sovietzka | TV Series | Ella Goldenberg | Anat Stalinsky | Kan 11 | |
| 2023 | The Most Beutiful Day | Short Film | - | Shira Meishar | ||
| 2022 | Munich Games | TV Series | - | Philipp Kadelbach | Prime Video | |
| 2020 | Killing Eve | TV Series | Tatiana | – | BBC | |
| 2020 | Rehearsals | TV Series | Vera Kokrin | Boaz Frenkel | Kan 11 | |
| 2019 | Parquet | Film | – | Alexander Mindadze | ||
| 2019 | Your Honor | TV Series | – | Ronni Ninio | ||
| 2018 | Virgins | Film | Irena/Famous actress | Keren Ben Refeal | Nomination - Ophir Award for Best Supporting Actress| | |
| 2017 | A Perfect Day for Swimming | Film | - | Shira Porat | ||
| 2017 | Death of a Poetess | Film | – | Dana Goldberg | ||
| 2017 | Home Made | Short Film | – | Shira Meishar | ||
| 2017 | In Times of Fading Light (In Zeiten des abnehmenden Lichts) | Film | – | Matti Geschonneck | Constantin films | |
| 2016 | Past Life | Film | – | Avi Nesher | ||
| 2016 | One Another | Short Film | – | Dasha Sherman | ||
| 2016 | Anna | Short Film | – | Or Sinai | ||
| 2016 | One Week and a Day | Film | – | Asaph Polonsky | Cannes Award | |
| 2012 | The Attack | Film | – | Ziad Doueiri | ||
| 2011 | Dr Pomerantz | Film | – | Assi Dayan | – | |
| 2011 | Silver Fox of Felicia T | Film | – | Edward Elter | ||
| 2011 | Invisible | Film | – | Michal Aviad | ||
| 2008 | There were nights | Film | – | Roni Ninio | ||
| 2008 | Adam Resurrected | Film | – | Paul Schrader | July August Productions and 3L Filmproduktion | |
| 2008 | The Naked Truth | TV Series | – | Uri Barabash | ||
| 2006 | Love and Dance | Film | – | Eitan Anner | ||
| 2006 | Letters to America | Film | – | Hanan Peled | ||
| 2006 | Parashat Hashvua | TV Series | – | Rani Blaire | ||
| 2006 | A Touch Away | TV Series | – | Roni Ninio | ||
| 2003 | Snow Paper | TV Film | – | Lena Chaplin, Slava Chaplin | ||
| 2003 | Nina's Tragedies | Film | – | Savi Gabizon | ||
| 2001 | Made in Israel | Film | – | Ari Folman | ||
| 2000 | Total Eclipse | Film | – | Samuel Maoz | ||
| 1999 | Circus Palestina | Film | – | Eyal Halfon | ||
| 1998 | Detective in Jerusalem | Mini Series | – | Uri Rozevaks | ||
| 1997 | Ga'Ntila | Film | – | Agor Shif | ||
| 1997 | Game Over | Film | – | Yoni Darmon | ||
| 1997 | Bat Yam- New York | TV Series | – | Yosi Madmoni, David Ofek | ||
| 1996 | Saint Clara | Film | – | Ari Folman, Uri Sivan | Ophir Award winner | |
| 1996 | A Story of Lovers | Film | – | Isaac Zepel Yeshurun | ||
| 1995 | Siton | Tv Series | – | Uri Barabash | ||
| 1994 | Scar | Film | – | Haim Bozaglo | ||
| 1993 | Adam's Circus | Film | – | Lihi Hanoch |
Theater
[edit]| Year | Play | Theater | Director | Character |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Souls | Gesher Theater | Itai Tiran | Marina |
| 2023 | Richard III | Gesher Theater | Itai Tiran | Richard |
| 2023 | The Tempest | The Staatstheater Stuttgart | Burkhard C. Kosminski | Caliban |
| 2023 | DER GUTE MENSCH VON SEZUAN | The Staatstheater Stuttgart | Tina Lanik | Die Witwe Shin |
| 2022 | VERBRENNUNGEN | The Staatstheater Stuttgart | Burkhard C. Kosminski | Nawal |
| 2021 | SIEBZEHN SKIZZEN AUS DER DUNKELHEIT | The Staatstheater Stuttgart | Tina Lanik | Vicktor |
| 2020 | The Visit of the Old Lady | The Staatstheater Stuttgart | Burkhard C. Kosminski | Clara |
| 2018 | VOGEL | The Staatstheater Stuttgart | Burkhard C. Kosminski | Lea |
| 2017 | Three Sisters | Habima Theater | Hanan Snir | Irina |
| 2016 | A Simple Story | Habima Theater | Shir Goldberg | Tzirel |
| 2015 | A Street Car Named Desire | Habima Theater | Ilan Ronen | Blanche |
| 2015 | Oedipus Rex | Habima Theater | Hanan Snir | Jocasta |
| 2014 | Our Class | Habima Theater | Hanan Snir | Mariana |
| 2013 | A Man Doesn’t Just Die | Habima Theater | Shir Goldberg | Fradel |
| 2012 | Persona | Co-production: Habima Theater & Residenz Theater Munich | Amelie Niermeyer | Elizabeth / Alma |
| 2009 | A Track to Damascus | Habima Theater | Ilan Ronen | Sarah |
| 2008 | Little Eyolf | Habima Theater | Hanan Snir | Rita |
| 2007 | Anna Karenina | Habima Theater | Ilan Ronen | Anna Karenina |
| 2006 | Cherry Orchard | Gesher Theater | Yevgeny Aryeh | Ranevskaya |
| 2005 | Medea | Gesher Theater | Lena Kreindlin | Medea |
| 2004 | The Marriage of Figaro | Gesher Theater | Yevgeny Aryeh | Cherubino |
| 2003 | Shosha | Gesher Theater | Yevgeny Aryeh | Betty Slonim |
| 2002 | The Slave | Gesher Theater | Yevgeny Aryeh | Vanda/Sarah |
| 2001 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Gesher Theater | Yevgeny Aryeh | Puck |
| 2000 | Mr. Brink | Gesher Theater | Yevgeny Aryeh | Aunt Demetria |
| 1999 | Eating | Gesher Theater | Yevgeny Aryeh | Isabel |
| 1999 | Intrigue and Love | Gesher Theater | Leander Haubmann | Lady Milford |
| 1997 | Three Sisters | Gesher Theater | Yevgeny Aryeh | Masha |
| 1996 | The City | Gesher Theater | Yevgeny Aryeh | Basia / little Babel |
| 1995 | Tartuffe | Gesher Theater | Yevgeny Aryeh | Dorina |
| 1994 | The Lower Depths | Gesher Theater | Yevgeny Aryeh | Natasha |
| 1993 | Adam Resurrected | Gesher Theater | Yevgeny Aryeh | Jeny / Gretchen |
| 1992 | Idiot | Gesher Theater | Yevgeny Aryeh | Aglaya |
| 1992 | The Cabal of Hypocrites | Gesher Theater | Yevgeny Aryeh | Armand |
| 1991 | Dreyfus Affair | Gesher Theater | Yevgeny Aryeh | Miriam |
| 1991 | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead | Gesher Theater | Yevgeny Aryeh | Ophelia |
References
[edit]- ^ Davide Abbatescianni (28 January 2025). "Berlinale's Forum announces a selection of contemporary cinema questioning our time". Cineuropa. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ Veronica Nicole Tetelbaum (28 January 2025). "Houses (Batim)". Cineuropa. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
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