Education and career of Alexander Grishin
Alexander Grishin was born on July 16, 1974 in the village of Dubovskoye, Rostov region.
He was raised by one mother. The boy met his father after graduating from school. From childhood, Sasha was drawn to the stage and at one time played in a youth theater. At the same time, he was involved in sports: boxing, basketball and football. In his youth, he received ranks in these sports, and also defended his candidate for master of sports in athletics. Therefore, it is not surprising that after graduating from school, Grishin wanted to enroll in the physical education department, but a hip injury forced him to change his decision. Alexander applied to the veterinary faculty of the Agrarian University. His future profession did not arouse enthusiasm in him and he spent more time at rehearsals of the local KVN team. After 3 years of study, Grishin dropped out of university.
The creative spirit did not leave the talented young man alone. At the first opportunity, he left for Moscow and immediately entered GITIS, where he studied acting on the course of Alexei Borodin until 2001.
Immediately after training from GITIS, Alexander was accepted into the troupe of the Theater in the South-West; after 3 years he moved to the Russian Academic Youth Theater. At the same time, the actor collaborated with an independent project by Vyacheslav Grishechkin and the Stanislavsky Theater. The public could see him in such high-profile performances as “Young People” and “The Master and Margarita.”
Alexander Grishin also has experience working on television. He was invited to participate in the creation of a program about historical figures, “Secrets of the 20th Century.” At one time, the actor voiced the entertainment program “Our Favorite Animals.”
Alexander is naturally gifted with a beautiful timbre of his voice, which helps him in his work and even in literary reading competitions held by various theater universities. He became a laureate in similar competitions three times.
To date, Grishin has played more than twenty roles in TV series and films, here are some of them: “A Tender Age”, “Service of Happiness”, “Star”, “Moscow. , “Trio”, “Soldiers 2”, “My Love”, “Life is a Hunting Field”.
Actress Uvarova told how her role in the television series changed her destiny
Film actress Nelly Uvarova told on the Russia 1 TV channel how filming in the series “Don’t Be Born Beautiful” and the role of the awkward Katya Pushkareva influenced her life.
The actress shared her memories of how, after the release of the first episodes, people on the street began to “throw” at her. The audience empathized with the heroine of the series, who eventually turned from an “ugly duckling” into a beautiful swan and found female happiness. People went to see Uvarova at the Russian Academic Youth Theater, on the stage of which she worked, and there was no end to offers from various directors to star in new films.
Uvarova said that everything was wonderful in her personal life then. She married the director of the series Sergei Pikalov, whom she met even earlier while working in the theater. This union, however, lasted only three years. Then the couple separated, and Nellie considers herself responsible for this breakup.
Grishin's acquaintance with Nelly Uvarova
The first meeting of the young actors took place back in 2003. Alexander Grishin was invited to play the main role of McMurphy in the play One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Nelly Uvarova at that time was a very young actress, in this production she played a prostitute.
The actors met at rehearsals, but failed to become close. The actor tried to court the girl, but was rejected. As Alexander himself commented on the first meeting in one of his interviews: “I was a rude boor, and she was an arrogant one, so our paths diverged.” However, a few years later they met again.
Nelly Uvarova: biography
Nelly Uvarova has established herself as a talented actress. Her role alone pushed her career dozens of steps forward. The actress herself admitted that for a long time she could not get rid of the obsessive attention to her person after Katya Pushkareva. Over time, Nellie still managed to show herself to the audience in other roles. She played in various films, starred in video clips, and did voice-over work. Uvarova is also an active actress of the RAMT Theater.
Childhood and youth, family, education
On March 14, 1980, a girl, Nelly, was born in the city of Mazeikyan, Lithuania. Her father, Vladimir Georgievich, is a civil engineer by profession. Mom, Galina Grigorievna, has an economics degree, but devoted her career to teaching gymnastics. Nelly’s older sister, Lena, is associated with creativity, although she found herself in clothing design. In other words, the younger Uvarova had nothing to do with acting since childhood.
Nelly was born into a Russian-Armenian family
Nelly spent most of her childhood in Georgia, but soon due to political circumstances the family moved to Moscow. It was here that she was hired into a theater studio on Shabolovka, because her soul still had creative impulses. Even during her school years, Nellie actively participated in amateur performances, was the star of matinees and performances, and she even has experience participating in KVN. Her parents supported her daughter’s creative aspirations, and her mother is the author of several scripts for Nelly’s productions.
The future celebrity studied under the guidance of Georgy Taratorkin, and after some time she received a grant from Fyodor Bondarchuk and Nikita Mikhalkov, and then the Rolan Bykov Prize.
Nellie is a master of transformation on the theater stage
Theater career
Having received a diploma from the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography, Uvarova devoted herself to the Russian Academic Youth Theater. It is noteworthy that she received many other offers, but Nelly settled on RAMT. Since 2001, she has played dozens of characters here, and her first was the role of a lame boy (production of “Little Lord Fauntleroy”).
Every year the actress appeared in a variety of images on stage. Uvarova played Italian women, German Frau, Japanese heroes, strict teachers, and a female jack-of-all-trades. She performed for children and played serious roles. Nellie has received many awards for acting; she is a Golden Mask nominee.
For her theatrical acting, Uvarova received dozens of awards, as well as audience recognition
Filming in films and TV series
The most famous role of Nelly Uvarova is dedicated to Katya Pushkareva in the TV series “Don’t Be Born Beautiful.” The interesting thing is that there was no need to hold an audition for her, since the director of the film was Nelly’s former teacher at VGIK. He immediately realized that this heroine should belong to Uvarova. However, the auditions still took place, and Nellie still stood out among hundreds of other applicants.
It was not easy for the actress to portray Pushkareva; the uncomfortable paraphernalia in the form of braces and oppressive glasses were very tiring. But soon the producers dared to ask Nellie to wear “Katya” in everyday life - the ratings of the series were so high. The film brought the actress such popularity that she began to receive a huge number of offers in films and on television. Uvarova refused them because there was too much “from Pushkareva”.
The whole country sympathized with Katya Pushkareva
Nellie acted differently; she began to choose paintings herself that had nothing to do with her previous rich but difficult experience. She played in such films as “I Stay”, “Atlantis”, “Mermaid”, “Closed Spaces”.
Participation in the show "Dancing with the Stars"
In 2021, Nelly became a participant in the Dancing with the Stars program. She performed in pairs with Evgeniy Raev. They competed with many stars and took second place in the season, losing to Alexandra Ursulyak and Denis Tagintsev. In addition, they received the People's Choice Award.
Family life of Nelly Uvarova and Alexander Grishin
At first, the actors communicated as good acquaintances, then as friends, and later, when ordinary conversations ceased to be ordinary, they began to meet. Eight years of dating had passed up to this point.
Both have experience of family life behind them. Nelly Uvarova was previously married to the young director Sergei Pikalov. Alexander Grishin has an eight-year-old son, Andrei, from a previous marriage, in whom his father dotes.
In 2011, Grishin and Uvarova decided to register their relationship. On April 7, 2011, the couple had a daughter, Iya, and they decided to get married a little later. Despite rumors appearing online about the adventures of the quickly carried away and amorous Grishin, the couple continues to live quietly in their family nest.
Alexander Grishin maintains an online blog called “GrIshkI”, where he shares his most secret things. His short sketches reveal the actor as a sensitive person, not without a poetic gift. About family and love, he writes: “Love is the feeling on which everything rests... The highest happiness is when you love... It means you are alive... Love is a huge work. The main thing for a woman is family, household, husband, but she must definitely realize herself in the profession! This alone is the success of family life.”
Apparently his wife Nelly shares the same point of view; on November 1, 2021, in confirmation of this, the couple had another child: son Ignat. The union of two loving hearts continues.
What is known about Nelly Uvarova’s first husband
Nelly met Sergei Pikalov long before the STS project “Don’t Be Born Beautiful” was launched. They worked together on the stage of the Russian youth theater. The relationship began much later, when the heroine Nelly, created by a talented director, began to slowly turn from a dirty woman into a beauty.
Biography and nationality of Sergei Pikalov
Sergei Pikalov was born in the summer of 1976. Pikalov’s hometown is Yaroslavl. He graduated from the Yaroslavl Theater Academy and left to conquer Moscow. There the future director worked as an actor at the Russian Youth Theater. On the stage, Sergei played in such plays as “The Idiot”, “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”, “The Prince and the Pauper”, “Tanya”.
Since 2005, Sergei began working as a director. He signed a contract to produce TV series. His work in the project “Don’t Be Born Beautiful” was remembered by the audience. Later he was invited to film “The Talisman of Love”, as well as the series “Rich Masha”. The products have made the director an expert in the Russian TV series production business on a long-term basis.
On the set of “Don’t Be Born Beautiful,” Sergei again met Nelly Uvarova, who was cast in the main role. Gradually, feelings flared up between former colleagues on the theater stage. Perhaps Nelly’s acting talent played a role. She successfully portrayed the changes in the main character and turned many heads with her transformation.
Dating history and family life
The wedding took place during a break between filming the series. Only the closest relatives and friends were invited to the celebration. When the newlyweds returned to work, a problem arose. The whole country started talking about Nelly Uvarova. The actress woke up famous, she was called to a talk show, asked to give an interview. At the same time, the husband who discovered her talent remained unknown. This ordeal created a rift in the marriage. Sergei and Nelly lived together for 3 years.
Reasons for divorce
The misunderstanding that arose between the spouses due to the wife's popularity did not disappear. Each of them tried to pretend that everything was fine. During the filming of the series, Sergei unexpectedly became interested in a young costume designer. This news crushed Nellie. She took the betrayal seriously, but soon realized that this event was only a consequence of mutual claims.
Nellie and Sergei talked openly and decided that the broken cup could no longer be mended. They filed for divorce, separated, but remained on good terms. Nellie later admitted that she felt guilty for the breakup of the marriage. She believes that she did not behave very correctly, because she never supported her husband, did not take his side, did not admit that he was right.
She says that when she found out about her husband’s betrayal, she even felt relieved. It seemed to her that this was the right development of events. Nellie was depressed by what happened, but at the same time she understood that the breakdown of the marriage was inevitable.
Does the couple have children together?
Many fans believe that the reason for Uvarova’s divorce from Pikalov was the lack of children. According to Sergei, his wife was focused on her career and did not want to sit at home with the child. One way or another, the lack of heirs helped the spouses easily separate, without making any claims against each other.
Olga Lomonosova, husband and 2 daughters
Lomonosova is the favorite actress of her director husband.
Photo: Ksenia Ugolnikova/Starface.ru In the series, her heroine Kira Yuryevna is unlucky in her personal life. But actress Lomonosova has harmony in her family. her husband Pavel Safonov at the theater, long before they began their relationship. Only a few years after their first acquaintance, Pavel and Olga recognized each other.
— As a director, I have a strange story with actress Olga Lomonosova. Starting from our first work, the play “Beautiful People,” I always doubted it. But as a result, she pleasantly surprised me. She constantly surprises me! - says Safonov.
The couple has two daughters, Varya and Sasha.
Nelly Uvarova now
Today Nelly continues her acting career both in cinema and in the theater. With her participation, the comedy series “Adaptation” was released. Nelly runs a charity project in the form of an online store called “Naive? Very". Here they sell designer products made by the hands of people with personality disorders. Thanks to this activity, Uvarova received a grant from the National Fund for the Support of Copyright Holders.
Fans pay attention to the fact that the actress constantly changes her image
Nellie regularly cuts off her hair completely. Someone even decided that her last such act was dedicated to Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, who suffers from cancer. The actress herself explains everything more simply - the constant change of images, costumes and especially hairstyles has a bad effect on the hair, and it is easier for her to cut it off completely than to revive and treat it.
Actress now
Nelly was offered to continue starring in the third season of “Don’t Be Born Beautiful,” but the star refused, considering the series finished. Katya Pushkareva has a destiny, why continue this action. Both actors continue their acting careers with success, enjoying the creative tandem of marriage and work. Both work at the RAMT theater with breaks between performances of one or two days.
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Grigory Antipenko, 3 wives, 3 sons
For the sake of Antipenko, Tatyana Arntgolts divorced her husband.
Photo: facebook.com Over the course of 200 episodes, the personal life of the leading male actor has also changed. Antipenko fell in love with his serial secretary played by Yulia Takshina . At that time, Gregory broke up with his first wife and helped her raise their common son, Sasha. The couple began to live in a civil marriage: their first-born Ivan was born in 2007, and their second son Fedor was born in 2009.
Yulia Takshina gave birth to two sons to Antipenko, but never became an official wife. Photo: facebook.com
In 2013, Antipenko fell in love with another colleague of his, Tatyana Arntgolts . He has already left Takshina, leaving her and the children with his parents’ apartment. But Tatyana filed for divorce from her daughter’s father, actor Ivan Zhidkov . Grigory moved in with Tanya, and last year he bought a one-room apartment in the Solntsevo district of Moscow. Antipenko did not formalize his relationship with all his wives.
“I am an absolutely free person and I don’t like it when someone infringes on my freedom,” explains the actor.
Real family with second husband
Subsequently, Uvarova began dating Alexander Grishin. However, for some reason, their relationship was hidden from the public for a long time. They began in 2004, and only 9 years later the lovers celebrated their wedding when their daughter named Iya was born.
This time, Nellie has already taken into account past negative experiences and began to pay more attention to her family.
My daughter is currently 9 years old. There is not much information about her because her parents do not want to attract much public attention to her. Uvarova says that the girl is not interested in acting, she dreams of becoming a doctor.
Also, Nellie’s family now has a son named Ignat, he is only 4 years old. After his birth, the woman began to play in films less and less and plunged headlong into caring for the family.
It is worth noting that Grishin was also previously married, from which he had a son, Andrei. Nelly accepts him as her own, they often spend time together.
Movies
The cinematic biography of Alexander Grishin began with the drama “A Tender Age” about the growing up and development of the personality of an ordinary young man during the period of market-mafia social life. The actor also took part in the creation of the sensational crime saga “Brigade”
, where he appeared as a bandit nicknamed Puma in the second episode of the serial film. He was also involved in another cult Russian film of the early 21st century - the war drama “Bastards” about juvenile delinquents, from whom a sabotage group is created during the Second World War. Grishin in this heavy dramatic film played the head of the police department, where the boys caught in theft are brought.
Alexander Grishin in the series “Farewell, Darling”
Viewers and film critics highly appreciated the actor’s performance in the detective series “Farewell, Darling.” His hero, security guard Andrei Troyanov, becomes involved in a strange story with the death of a young woman. Troyanov’s mistress turns out to be dead, and the widower of the deceased comes to the former detective for help in the investigation. Men forget hostility and disagreements in order to work together to understand the death of their beloved woman. But over time, men begin to suspect each other. Alexander managed to fully convey the range of feelings and emotions of a person under suspicion and confused in his own life.
In August 2015, the premiere of a new film with the participation of the actor, “Escape from Moscowabad,” took place at the “Window to Europe” film festival. The film shows the work of the Moscow division of the Federal Migration Service and the direct fight against illegal migrants. The main character, inspector Masha Lastochkina (Maria Mashkova), fights with redoubled zeal against guest workers because of a personal tragedy - Maria’s friend died at the hands of illegal migrants. The girl’s hard work bears fruit: the migration service is closing down the illegal personnel department - a whole group of underground migrants who are engaged in issuing fake work permits, residence permits and other documents for huge sums of money to new arrivals who are ready to become new guest workers.
Also in 2015, Alexander Grishin played in the film-play “Northern Odyssey”, based on the script “Feast of the Locusts” by the cult film playwrights of the late 20th century Pyotr Lutsik and Alexey Samoryadov. The performance was staged by the Russian Academic Youth Theater. The adventure drama is made in road movie and western formats, an analogue of the American genre of films about the conquest of the Wild West - the western, but about the conquest of the eastern, Siberian territories of Russia. The main characters of the play-film are Siberian smugglers who overcome border patrols and the riot of taiga nature, but end up not where they expected. The musical content of the film was provided by the team of Peter Nalich, a musician who previously represented Russia at Eurovision. At the same time, the musicians perform live and become part of the performance, interacting with the characters.
Maria Mashkova, 2 husbands, 2 daughters
Maria's marriages - with Alexander Slobodyanik and Artem Semakin (below) - did not last long.
Photo: Nikolay Kazeev/MainPeople/Starface.ru; Personastars.com The third office romance on the set happened between Vladimir Mashkov’s Maria and actor Artem Semakin . Mashkova played secretary Masha Tropinkina, Semakin played Nikolai Zorkin, Pushkareva’s friend. The actor left his wife and daughter for the sake of an affair with Maria.
“Work brought us together, but it also separated us,” admits Artem. — Masha and I broke up because of my betrayal.
The homewrecker is actress Sofia Kashtanova , whom Semakin met on the set of the film “Moon-Moon”. This novel was short.
Maria married businessman Alexander Slobodyanik and already gave birth to two daughters: Stefania and Alexandra. But this marriage could not be saved either...
First roles
Alexander Grishin is an actor whose filmography began with the drama “A Tender Age.” The film, released in 2000, raises questions about growing up and developing a personality. The main character of the film is an ordinary guy whose youth occurred during a difficult period in the history of his native country.
Alexander played a small role in the top-rated crime saga “Brigada”. Grishin's character is a young bandit nicknamed "Puma". This hero is present only in the second episode of the television project.
The aspiring actor also starred in the films “Service of Happiness” and “Trio”, and played episodic roles in the TV series “Moscow. , “Soldiers”, “Life is a hunting field”.
Choosing a life path
The failed athlete entered the Don State Agrarian University and was enrolled in the veterinary faculty. Grishin was of little interest in his studies, since the profession of a veterinarian did not attract him. But the young man liked to participate in the performances of the student theater “The Motley Van”.
Alexander Grishin never graduated from Don State Agrarian University; he took away his documents after the third year. For some time he was engaged in selling videotapes, but he did not become an entrepreneur. The young man moved to Moscow and entered GITIS. He was enrolled in the course of Alexei Borodin.
