Honoured Artist of Russia, Soloist of Mariinsky theatre (from 2002), prima ballerina of the Bolshoi theatre (from 2012), Winner of “Golden Mask” Award as well as of many other Russian and International Awards.
In 2002, after she had graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet, she was accepted into the ballet company of the Mariinsky Theatre. During her very first season the eighteen-year-old ballerina took part in the theatre’s tour to Paris and debuted as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet – it was the first and so far, the only time when that role was given to such a young artist.
In 2005 Evgenia won the gold medal of the Х Moscow International Ballet Competition under guidance of Grigorovich whereupon she got her first personal touring invitation that turned out to be the beginning of a very successful collaboration with many world famous theatres such as La Scala in Italy, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Berlin State Opera, Royal Opera House, Metropolitan Opera, Royal Danish Ballet, Tokyo Ballet, Vienna State Opera. In 2012 Evgenia Obraztsova became a prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theatre rehearsing with ballet master-répétiteur Nadezhda Gracheva.
In 2005 Evgenia debuted as a movie actress – she performed the role of a ballerina and a fiancée of one of the characters in Cédric Klapisch's film Les poupées russes. The following year she was filmed for a movie Ballerina, and in 2019 Evgenia performed the main female role of Frenchman, which premiered at XXX Kinotavr Russian Film Festival.
