Yelena and The Smashing Pumpkins's frontman Billy Corgan were romantically and artistically linked from 1995 to 2004.
She directed or co-directed the videos for "Zero" and "Thirty-Three" by the Smashing Pumpkins and she handled art direction for the album Adore and its related singles.
She also appeared in the video for the song "Stand Inside Your Love".
Two daughters with Ebon Moss-Bachrach: Sasha (b. 2007) and Mirabelle (b. 2009).