Lesya Kryvytska, née Oleksandra Serhiivna Yelyseyeva (Ukrainian: Олександра Сергіївна Кривицька; 16 January 1899 – 7 November 1983) was a Soviet and Ukrainian stage actress and pedagogue. People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1954).

Oleksandra Kryvytska was born in Chyhyryn, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire.^[1]

Kryvytska began her acting career in 1916 in the troupe of Serhii Pronsky.^[2] From 1918 she studied in the Theater school in Kyiv and at the same time worked at the Mykola Sadovsky Theater.^[3] In 1919–1920, she was an actress at the State National Theater of the Ukrainian People's Republic in Kamianets-Podilskyi which operated under the direction of Mykola Sadovsky.^[4] Together with the theater she went to Galicia, where she was interned in Dombie - a camp near Krakow.^[5]

In 1921–1922, Kryvytska returned to Soviet Ukraine and was admitted to the Ivan Franko Traveling Theater.^[6] She married Yakiv Kryvytsky and performed under the stage name Lesya Kryvytska.^[6] In 1922–1923, she worked at the Ukrainian Theater under the direction of Mykola Orel-Stepnyak.^[7] In 1924, Kryvytska worked at the Ukrainian Theater of Volodymyr Demchyshyn.^[4] From 1925 to 1927, she was playing at the Ukrainian Dnieper Theater.^[7] In 1927–1929, Kryvytska worked in the cooperative Ukrainian Theater under the direction of Joseph Stadnyk.^[3]

From 1929 to 1934, Kryvytska worked at the Ukrainian Ivan Tobilevych Theater under the direction of Volodymyr Blavatsky.^[7] In 1934–1936, she played at the Zagrava Theater [uk].^[4] In 1938 -1939, she worked at the Ukrainian National Ivan Kotliarevsky Theater.^[7] Since 1940, Kryvytska was an actress of Lviv Ukrainian Lesia Ukrainka Theater.^[3] During the German occupation from 1941 to 1944, she continued working at this theater.^[4] After the World War II until 1973, Kryvytska was the leading actress of the Lviv Ukrainian Maria Zankovetska Drama Theater.^[6]

In 1958, she published a book, Povist pro moye Zhyttya: Spogady Artustku (A Story of my Life: Memories of the Artist).^[5]

Lesya Kryvytska died on 7 November 1983 in her apartment in Lviv.^[1] She is buried at the Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv.^[6]

In 1954, Kryvytska was awarded a title of People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR.^[8] She was also awarded the Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, and medals.^[2]