Biography of Danila Kozlovsky
Fans of Russian cinema are familiar with Danila Kozlovsky from the cult films “Garpastum”, “We are from the Future”, “Spiritless”, “Legend No. 17”. Now it’s hard to imagine Russian cinema without Danila, but he could have chosen a military career.
Russian actor and director Danila Kozlovsky
Kozlovsky Danila Valerievich was born on May 3, 1985 in an intelligent Moscow family. His nationality is Russian. He considers St. Petersburg his second hometown. Danila’s parents are people of creative professions.
Family of Danila Kozlovsky
Mom, Nadezhda Nikolaevna Zvenigorodtseva, after graduating from the Shchukin School, worked at the Mosconcert and traveled a lot around the country giving performances. After getting married, she chose to leave her career and devote herself to her family.
Danila Kozlovsky's mother with her sons
Dad, Valery Ivanovich Kozlovsky, has the academic degrees of Doctor of Philosophy and Professor. He works at the Moscow State Institute of Culture and created the first higher school of advertising in Russia.
Danila Kozlovsky with his parents at the premiere of “Legend No. 17”
There were three boys in the family: the eldest Egor, the middle one Danila and the youngest Ivan. The brothers were still very young when their parents divorced. The mother raised her sons alone.
Kozlovsky in childhood and youth
It was very difficult for Nadezhda Nikolaevna to cope with three playful boys, because the brothers were considered the first hooligans in the area. They spent all their free time on the street; with a small age difference, they had common interests.
Danila Kozlovsky with his brothers (pictured on the right)
There was not enough adrenaline in his growing body, and Danila, despite the fact that he was average, encouraged his brothers to do various tricks - break glass at a nearby construction site, steal a cake from a tray, exchange mother’s gold jewelry for a watermelon.
Danila in childhood and in the cadet corps
Tired of her sons' hooliganism, the mother assigned them to the Kronstadt Naval Cadet Military Corps. Egor and Ivan could not withstand the difficult physical activity, but Danila completed the required six years of schooling.
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Career of Danila Kozlovsky: theater and cinema
After studying in Kronstadt, Danila returned home as a completely different person. He remembers the educational institution, teachers and officers with gratitude for teaching him discipline and being demanding of himself. But the guy did not want to connect his future fate with military affairs.
1999: first film role
At the age of fourteen, Kozlovsky first became closely acquainted with cinema. He was still a cadet then and came home for the holidays. Mom’s friend invited him and his brother Ivan to participate in the filming of the teenage series “Simple Truths.” The brother didn’t want to, but Danila found it tempting. This is how his first role appeared in his creative biography - sixth-grader hooligan Seliverstov Denis.
Danila Kozlovsky in the film “Simple Truths”
The whole process that took place on the set fascinated the guy incredibly. In addition, my mother saw acting potential in Danil. But she warned her son that the profession of an artist is daily hard labor and constant fierce competition.
2002-2007: institute, debut performances and first awards
In response to his mother’s warning, Danila replied that he was ready to work, compete and master the profession of an actor. In 2002, he entered the State Academy of Theater Arts in St. Petersburg, where he chose the acting and directing department. His teacher, the famous theater director Lev Dodin, immediately singled out Kozlovsky among other students and began to involve him in his performances.
Danila Kozlovsky in the play "King Lear"
Danila's debut on the theater stage took place in the production of King Lear. The young actor's soulful performance was noticed by critics, and in 2006 he received his first award - the Golden Spotlight Award. Starting from his second year, Kozlovsky acted in films.
Danila Kozlovsky in the film “Garpastum”
The first four roles were episodic, but they were enough for director Alexey German Jr. to pay attention to the promising actor. He entrusted Danila with the main role in the historical film “Garpastum”. It was a hit in the top ten; the film not only took part in the Venice Film Festival, but also brought Kozlovsky the White Elephant film award for Best Actor.
2008-2017: roles in theater and cinema
Having received his diploma, Danila immediately joined the troupe of the St. Petersburg Drama Theater, directed by Lev Dodin. Now, due to his particular employment in cinema, the actor still finds time for the theater stage. Kozlovsky is involved in three performances - “Cunning and Love”, “Hamlet” and “The Cherry Orchard”.
Danila Kozlovsky in the play “Hamlet”
But the real success, fame and love of millions of fans brought Danila his roles in films - bright and diverse, when working on which he always gives his best and does not deceive his audience.
Danila Kozlovsky: “Crew”, “We are from the future”
The most famous roles of Danila Kozlovsky: “Borman” (Sergei Filatov) in the military science fiction “We are from the Future”; Soviet intelligence officer Yegor Dorin in "Spy"; top manager Max Andreev in the psychological drama “Dukhless” (and “Dukhless-2”); Valery Kharlamov in “Legend No. 17”; second trainee pilot Alexey Gushchin in “Crew”; Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavovich in "Viking".
Danila Kozlovsky: “Legend No. 17”, “Vikings”
In 2014, Danila starred in the Hollywood film “Vampire Academy” by Mark Waters, playing the role of Dmitry Belikov. In the same year, the French company Chanel invited him to star in a commercial with Keira Knightley.
Kozlovsky and Kirkorov: “The big dream of an ordinary person”
In 2015, Danila fulfilled his long-time dream; on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater he performed the concert “The Big Dream of an Ordinary Man,” performing hits by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett to the accompaniment of the Phonograph-Sympho-Jazz orchestra. The producer of the big show was Philip Kirkorov.
Personal life of Danila Kozlovsky
From the first moment of his appearance on the screen, the charming, handsome man drove his classmates, fellow actors, and hundreds of thousands of fans crazy. He himself is quite picky when it comes to girls - one legal marriage, one serious relationship, and a couple of fleeting romances.
Danila Kozlovsky and Olga Zueva
In 2015, on Valentine's Day on February 14, Danila Kozlovsky first appeared in public with his beloved Olga Zueva. They were seen at the Bolshoi Theater, but later it became known that before that the couple spent the New Year holidays together in the Maldives.
Danila Kozlovsky with Olga Zueva
In Russia, Olya was recognized as the girlfriend of the famous actor. But she herself is an incredibly talented woman. Even before meeting Kozlovsky, she managed to conquer not only domestic but also foreign catwalks, and played small roles in the American TV series “Orange is the New Black” and in the blockbuster “Salt.”
Danila Kozlovsky lives with Olga Zueva
Danila and Olya first saw each other in New York while visiting mutual friends. They have been living together for more than three years; Kozlovsky introduced his beloved to his brothers and mother. There has been no wedding yet, but recently journalists noticed a diamond ring on Olga’s ring finger, and there are rumors that a legal marriage is just around the corner.
Romance by Danila Kozlovsky and Elizaveta Boyarskaya
While studying at the theater academy, Danila was surrounded by many beautiful girls, but he chose Liza Boyarskaya. Their couple was very beautiful, but the lovers hid their relationship.
Danila Kozlovsky with Elizaveta Boyarskaya
Elizabeth, then and now, claims that she and Danya were and remain excellent friends. Their classmates say that Lisa was forbidden to meet with Kozlovsky by her father. Mikhail Sergeevich did not like this “fledgling chick”.
Kozlovsky and Boyarskaya in the film “Status: Single”
According to her friends, Elizabeth was very worried and cried after breaking up with Danila. And Kozlovsky soon got married. How it really happened is known only to the two of them. But now everyone has found their soul mate.
Danila's wife - Urszula Magdalena Malka
Danila met his first wife Urszula Magdalena Malka while still a student; in their fifth year they played together in the play “Warsaw Melody”. The girl was born in the small Polish town of Ostroleka, and was six years older than Kozlovsky.
Danila Kozlovsky and Urszula Magdalena Malka
Urszula dreamed of becoming an actress since childhood, but in her homeland she was unable to enter any acting school. And in Russia, her dreams came true, she not only entered a course with Lev Dodin at the Academy of Theater Arts of St. Petersburg, but also joined the drama theater troupe.
Danila and Urshula on stage together
Danila and Urshula had a classic office romance. Playing hugs and kisses together on stage, they transferred them to real life. The romantic relationship between them continued for two years, and in 2008 the lovers officially became husband and wife.
Kozlovsky and Malka, “Warsaw Melody”
But three years later the marriage broke up. About the reason for the divorce, Urszula said that they simply did not get along in character. While Kozlovsky has put a taboo on this topic and never talks about his first wife in interviews. The former spouses maintained friendly relations with each other and still play on the same stage in the same “Warsaw Melody”.
Yulia Snigir and Danila Kozlovsky
In 2011, on the set of the film “Rasputin,” Danila met actress Yulia Snigir. Both were free, Kozlovsky had just divorced his wife, and Yulia broke up with cameraman Maxim Osadchiy, with whom she had lived in a civil marriage for several years. So nothing stood in the way of the whirlwind romance.
Danila Kozlovsky with Yulia Snigir
True, the couple was in no hurry to advertise their relationship; Danila appeared in public either alone or accompanied by his mother. Yulia and Danya first appeared together in February 2013 at the premiere of the film “Die Hard: A Good Day to Die.” But a year later, this beautiful and harmonious couple broke up, each of them still putting career above family.
Does Danila Kozlovsky have children?
The actor has no children yet. During the legal marriage, Urshula really wanted a child, but Danila was categorically against it, explaining that he first needed to succeed as an actor and gain financial independence.
Are Kozlovsky and Zueva expecting a child?
In the summer of 2021, information appeared online that Olga Zueva was pregnant. The couple did not confirm this information, but did not deny it either. They simply do not want to let strangers into their personal lives.
Danila with the dog Grusha
Everything that is considered necessary is shown on Instagram pages. So far in their life there is only one beloved baby - this is the dog Pear, which they picked up in a snowy field while traveling around Georgia.
Filmography: films starring Danila Kozlovsky
The officers fell in love with him and gave him recommendations for enrollment in the Military Academy, however, the guy ended up at the Academy of Theater Arts in St. Petersburg. Danila enjoyed performing in plays, receiving awards while still a student, for example, for the plays “King Lear” and “The Warsaw Melody.”
After roles in episodes, the young man’s filmography began to be replenished with such films and TV series as: “Alka”, “Streets of Broken Lanterns”, “Viking”, “Garpastum”, “We are from the Future”, “Crew”, “Spiritless”, “Vampire Academy” ", "Matilda", "Spy". He tried himself as a director, filming the full-length film “Coach,” produced the film “On the Block,” and also actively became involved in charity work, helping children.
There are often rumors that Danila Kozlovsky is gay. It’s worth telling right away that the young man simply expressed himself incorrectly in an interview about the film “Merry Men.” He told reporters that dressing up as a woman was fun, easy and interesting, but he would never want to remain a representative of the fairer sex forever. The man said several times that he was loyal to representatives of sexual minorities, but he never intended to be one of them.
