Evdokiya Germanova

Evdokiya Alekseevna Germanova (Russian: Евдокия Алексеевна Германова; born 8 November 1959) is a Russian film and stage actress.

Germanova graduated from the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts in 1986 (acting course of Oleg Tabakov and Avangard Leontyev). One year later she joined the theater studio of Oleg Tabakov. She played in the performances of the Moscow Art Theatre as well as independent theater projects.

Germanova debuted in film in 1975. She rose to popularity as a distinctive character actress in comedy. Germanova played more than seventy roles in film and television and won many awards at film festivals.

She is the head of the workshop of the theater faculty at the Moscow Institute of Television and Radio, "Ostankino".

She married and divorced Sergei Herman without public controversies. For some time she raised an orphan named Kolya, but ended up returning him to the orphanage, citing inappropriate physical attacks as the reason.

She is the sister of actress Lyubov Germanova.

• Practical Joke (1977) as Dasha
• New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1988) as Cindy
• The Inner Circle as Governess
• A Moslem (1995) as Verka
• Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman (2011) as Feklusha

• 1986 — All-union Festival for Young Cinematographers: Grand Prix for best actress in the 1985 film We Cannot Predict directed by Olga Narutskaya
• 1991 — Molodist International Film Festival: Audience Prize and Jury Prize for best actress in the 1991 film Niagara directed by Alexander Vizir
• 1992 — Karlovy Vary International Film Festival: Grand Prix The Crystal Globe for best actress in the 1991 film Kiks directed by Sergei Livnev
• 1992 — Constellation Film Festival: Prize for best actress in Kiks
• 1994 — Thessaloniki International Film Festival: Special Jury Mention for the film Hammer and Sickle.
• 1995 — Honored Artist of Russia
• 2000 — Winner of the International Stanislawski Prize for the role of Nastya in the play based on The Lower Depths by Maxim Gorky
• 2002 — Vera Kholodnaya Prize, for The Most Graceful Actress