Yelena Vsevolodovna Safonova (Russian: Еле́на Все́володовна Сафо́нова; born in Leningrad) is a former Soviet and a Russian actress. She is an Honored Artist of Russia (2011). She was made famous by the 1985 melodrama Winter Cherry and its two sequels. In 1988, she was awarded the David di Donatello Italian film award for her starring turn in Nikita Mikhalkov's film Dark Eyes.