Hélène Kuragina
| Hélène Kuragina | |
|---|---|
| War and Peace character | |
Anita Ekberg from the trailer for the film War and Peace | |
| Created by | Leo Tolstoy |
| Portrayed by | Anita Ekberg Irina Skobtseva Fiona Gaunt Tuppence Middleton Amber Gray Cat Simmons Lilli Cooper Violante Placido Carol Bezerra Hiromu Kiriya |
| In-universe information | |
| Full name | Yelena Vasilyevna Kuragina |
| Alias | the Queen of society |
| Nickname | Hélène |
| Gender | Female |
| Title | Princess (by birth) Countess (by marriage) |
| Family | Vasily Kuragin (father) Anatole Kuragin (brother) Hippolyte Kuragin (eldest brother) |
| Spouse | Pierre Bezukhov |
| Relatives | Catiche Bezukhova (cousin), Pierre Bezukhov (cousin) |
| Religion | Russian Orthodox (by birth) Roman Catholic (by convert) |
| Nationality | Russian |
Princess Yelena "Hélène" Vasilyevna Kuragina (Russian: Елена "Эле́н" Васи́льевна Кура́гина) is a fictional character in Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel War and Peace and its various cinematic adaptations. She is played by Anita Ekberg in the 1956 film, by Amber Gray in the New York stage premiere of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, and by Tuppence Middleton in the 2016 BBC miniseries.