From the performance "Intrigue and Love" / photo credit: Stefan Zdraveski
Graduated from The National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts "Kr. Sarafov" (NATFA) in 2001 in the class of Prof. Krikor Azaryan. She has performed in the Blagoevgrad Drama Theatre, the Plovdiv Drama Theatre, the Bulgarian Army Theatre, and the Aleko Konstantinov State Satirical Theatre. Some of her most important roles are: Fem in "BiFem" by Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Vera in "Vernissage" by Vaclav Havel, Dafinka in "Mother-in-law" by Anton Strashimirov, the Bride in "Blood Wedding" by Federico Garcia Lorca.
Since 2012 she has been in the troupe of the Ivan Vazov National Theatre, where her roles include: Camille in "No Trifling with Love" by Alfred de Musset, Valeria in "Duck Hunting" by Alexander Vampilov, Marya Antonovna in "The Government Inspector" by Nikolai Gogol, Mistress Quickly in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" by William Shakespeare, Mrs Geesche Gottfried in "Bremen Freedom" by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Gigi in the "The Therapist" by Elena Alexieva, Claire in "The Maids" by Jean Genet, Annette Reille in "The God of Carnage" by Yasmina Reza, Olga in "Useless Men" by Maxim Gorky, Sezonia in "Caligula" by Albert Camus, Grushenka in "The Brothers Karamazov" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
She has played in many film and television productions.
For the roles of Dafinka in "Mother-in-Law" and Fem in "BiFem", Alexandra has been awarded an ASKEER Аward 2004 for a "Rising Star". For the role of Geesche Gottfried, she received a Leading Female ASKEER Аward 2014. She also has an ASKEER Award 2022 nomination for Supporting Female Role for the role of Muncho in the play "Vazov's People", an Icarus Award 2024 for Supporting Female Role for the roles of The Librarian, Nurse and Persephone in the play "Petrov's in and around the flu" and an ASKEER Award 2024 nomination for Supporting Female Role for the roles of The Librarian, Nurse and Persephone in the play "Petrov's in and around the flu".
During this season, on the stage of the Ivan Vazov National Theatre, you can watch Alexandra Vasileva in the following performances: "Moby Dick", "Intrigue and Love", "The God of Carnage", "Caligula", "Useless Men", "A Capital(ist) Mistake", "New Land", "Ah, you, dear Anna", "Vazov's People", "Orpheus" and "The Petrovs in and Around the Flu".
