Kristina Asmus is regularly included in the lists of the most successful actresses of the year. At the same time, you may not immediately remember the films with her participation. This is probably a sign of genuine acting talent, when audience recognition comes not thanks to the director’s talent or the film’s box office success.
Childhood
Christina was born in the town of Korolev near Moscow in the family of Igor and Rada Myasnikov. The surname “Asmus” was borne by her maternal grandfather, who came from Volga Germans. The girl began to use her grandfather's surname as a stage name while studying at a theater school.
In addition to Christina, the family had three more daughters. At first, everyone huddled together in a communal apartment, and then moved to a two-room apartment in a Khrushchev building. Despite the fact that my parents worked constantly, there was enough money from paycheck to paycheck. The younger girls wore clothes for their older sisters. The family lived very modestly, like most Russians in the 90s. Later, Christina recalled that sometimes the refrigerator was empty, and the parents asked the girls to wait a little until payday.
To prevent the children from hanging around aimlessly on the street, the Myasnikovs sent the girls to sports clubs. Christina studied gymnastics at the Dynamo school from the age of eight. Over time, she realized that she did not want to devote her life to sports, which she informed her parents about. But she didn’t give up gymnastics, regarding daily training as an effective method of character development, and fulfilled the standard for a candidate for master of sports. And her younger sister Karina has reached the level of international master and works as a children's coach.
In her early childhood, Christina wanted to become a veterinarian. In those years, by her own admission, she lacked parental attention and care. And she was intuitively drawn to a tactile and virtuous profession.
In high school, Asmus develops a new hobby, which becomes fateful for her. She attends classes at the Mel theater studio and takes part in productions. Christina gets one of the main roles in the play “And the Dawns Here Are Quiet...”
Kristina Asmus (Myasnikova): biography
Kristina Asmus gained wide popularity by playing in the series on the TNT channel. After this, she often received offers to star in various films, but the girl only takes on those that she considers interesting. Kristina has repeatedly been awarded the title of one of the most beautiful actresses in Russia.
Childhood and youth, family, education, real name
On April 14, 1988, Kristina Igorevna Myasnikova was born in the city of Korolev. She became Asmus much later, changing her parent's surname to her grandfather's. Christina's father, Igor Lvovich Myasnikov, worked at a rocket center, then went into business. Mom, Rada Viktorovna Myasnikova, was a housewife and raised four daughters: Ekaterina, Olga, Christina and Karina. With such a large family, they huddled in a two-room apartment.
Christina saw the series “Wild Angel” with Natalia Oreiro and became eager to become an actress
None of the household members had anything to do with creativity. Christina also did not immediately follow this path - at the age of six she was fascinated by artistic gymnastics. For several years, the girl developed in this direction, and the work was persistent, including diets and excluding holidays and weekends. Christina achieved the title of candidate master of sports, but in the end she did not like this business. Although, with a height of 164 cm, Christina’s weight is only about 50 kg, she tries to follow a diet, but never sets foot in the gym.
The parents did not oppose their daughter’s new hobby. At the age of 12, she attended the Mel theater studio, and then she first played in the play “The Dawns Here Are Quiet.” At that time, Christina was still in sports, but realized that she wanted to devote all her time to acting.
Asmus decided to tell her parents about leaving sports only at the age of 15
The first steps in the career of an actress
After receiving her certificate, Christina enrolled in the Moscow Art Theater School for the course of Konstantin Raikin. Star children also studied there: Ivan Makarevich, Pavel Priluchny, Anna Chipovskaya, Aristarkh Venes. Christina was already “lost” among them, and then she became ill. But instead of receiving treatment, Asmus stoically continued to go to classes until one day she lost consciousness there. She was taken away by ambulance. The saddest thing is that her zeal and perseverance were not appreciated - the girl was expelled after six months of study. Raikin finally only advised her to “work on herself.”
Christina returned to her hometown, found work at the Youth Theater and at the Good Fairy Tale Theater.
At the Youth Theater, Christina played in the play “Portrait of Mademoiselle Targi”
A couple of years later, Asmus entered the theater school. Shchepkina, and in 2012 became a certified actress.
"Interns"
While studying, Christina learned about the casting for a new television series. The girl decided to try her hand and in 2010 received the role of Varya Chernous, which brought her popularity and recognition from the audience.
The actress took the pseudonym “Kristina Asmus” before filming the TV series “Interns”
Theater career
By the time she graduated, Asmus already had popularity. In December of her graduation in 2012, she played the main role on the stage of the Theater. Ermolova in the production of “Pagans”. There she also participated in the plays “Hamlet”, “The Inspector General”, “Duck Hunt”. Other famous roles were played after the birth. The girl is a member of the troupe of the Moscow Drama Theater. Ermolova.
Filming in films and TV series
Asmus made her debut in a feature film in the film “Cinderella.” During filming, she could have been injured - a 700-liter aquarium spilled next to her, and there were exposed wires on the floor. Christina guessed to jump onto the chair. The film, however, brought her fame.
There was also the comedy film “The Understudy,” where the actress shared the set with Kharlamov and Revva. Reviews of the film were negative; viewers were hooked on the fact that Asmus called Garik by his real name, and not Pavel (whose character he played). However, this gave impetus to a very interesting relationship.
Christina harmoniously combines filming and acting in the theater
Asmus participated in the film “Champions: Faster, Higher, Stronger,” where she played Svetlana Khorkina herself. Her athletic youth allowed the actress to perform most of her stunts on her own. Svetlana was very satisfied with Christina’s professionalism.
Filming in the film “Text”: criticism of the role of Christina
Christina had the opportunity to play an explicit sex scene in the film “Text”. The reaction from viewers and critics was, to put it mildly, stormy. Christina was criticized by both her own fans and lovers of Kharlamov’s work. Spectators complained about the actress, and some even threatened her. Garik urged fans to see Christina not as his wife, but as an actress.
Asmus justified filming in “Text” by the fact that she was confident in the success of the film
Show "No Insurance"
During the filming of the film “Champions,” Asmus took part in the show “Without Insurance.” It ended problematically for her; Christina broke her leg. She was lucky that at that time she managed to film all the tricks of the film, although the actress received several interesting offers in cinema and theater, which she had to refuse.
Asmus occasionally regrets leaving her sports career
Show "Gold of Gelendzhik"
In 2021, Asmus became one of the hosts of the “Gold of Gelendzhik” program. Its co-hosts were Timur Rodriguez and Ivan Okhlobystin. The show is dedicated to the race of participants for real gold in the amount of 1 kg. The fight was conceived through sports competitions, although the presenters always brightened up the seriousness of the situation with jokes and funny remarks.
The first damn thing is lumpy
Inspired by his early theatrical successes, Asmus entered the studio school at the Moscow Art Theater. But in her second year of study, an unexpected disappointment awaits her: the head of the course, Konstantin Raikin, expelled the aspiring actress for incompetence.
There is a version that at the course, where future stars of Russian cinema also studied - Chipovskaya, Priluchny, Venis - the administration needed to make reductions. Asmus was also included in the list of least promising personnel. Christina herself later admitted that at that time she was not ready to compete with her bright and charismatic colleagues.
Film debut and recognition
This failure did not dissuade the girl from her goals. Asmus returns to his native Korolev. He works in the local Youth Theatre, plays in matinees and children's productions. Christina even has the idea of opening a company for organizing holidays.
But she will not have time to implement her planned enterprise, since after two years of peripheral theatrical life she will enter the Shchepkin School in the acting department. The experience gained at the Youth Theater helped Asmus become a leader in the course.
While still a student, Christina made many attempts to get noticed. I regularly attended castings, went to auditions, but to no avail. Until one day luck smiled at her - Asmus got a role in the comedy television series “Interns”, winning this right over hundreds of other contestants.
The role of the sincere and naively simple trainee Varya Chernous brought the aspiring actress all-Russian fame. And special recognition among the male part of the television audience. Noticing the audience's interest, the men's magazine MAXIM invited the spectacular blonde to shoot. There were rumors that this photo shoot cost Asmus her relationship: her boyfriend was strongly against Christina’s participation in explicit publications.
After the debut success, filming offers poured in like a cornucopia. In 2010, the first role in a full-length film was Bekmambetov’s New Year’s saga “Christmas Trees”. After starring in the second season of “Interns,” Christina decides to leave the project. There are exactly two reasons: workload and reluctance to become a genre actress in comedy sitcoms.
Asmus starred a lot in films of different genres. The main role in the modern adaptation of the popular fairy tale about Cinderella. In the same year, he plays a researcher in the detective series “Dragon Syndrome.” In parallel with the cinema, Christina plays in the performances of the Moscow Drama Theater named after. Ermolova, takes part in popular TV shows, voices cartoon characters.
In 2015, she starred in the remake of the Soviet film masterpiece “The Dawns Here Are Quiet...”. It is noteworthy that Christina’s acquaintance with the acting profession began with a role in a children’s play based on a story by Boris Vasiliev.
Asmus made another trip to childhood in the film “Champions. Faster. Higher. Stronger". In the sports telenovela she played the legend of women's gymnastics Svetlana Khorkina. In the filming of this film, Christina used the skills she acquired over the years of visiting the gym. She refused the services of an understudy and performed a cascade of complex exercises herself.
Personal life
Kristina Asmus has never been a supporter of publicizing the details of her personal life. And the celebrity’s lovers mainly became known from journalists’ publications. Her first chosen one was her classmate at the Shchepkinsky school, Viktor Stepanyan. Their romance ended when the actress began filming “Interns”
In 2013, after meeting Garik Kharlamov, Christina began a new stage in her personal life. She had crossed paths with the Comedy Club resident before, but then the “bulldog” seemed too narcissistic to her. On the set of the film “Easy to Know,” Asmus had time to change her mind about him.
Their romance began with correspondence on social networks and gradually grew into a full-fledged relationship, which was spiced up by the fact that Garik was officially married. Kharlamov’s divorce from his wife Yulia was accompanied by a public scandal, and the divorce process was accompanied by the division of property.
Having settled legal issues with Garik’s ex-wife, the lovers got married the same year, and in 2014 their daughter Nastya was born.
Christina Asmus's husband - Garik Kharlamov
The actress is happily married to the famous showman, comedian, Comedy Club resident Garik Kharlamov. Their close relationship began in 2012 on the set of the comedy “Easy to Know.” Garik at that time was still in a previous marriage, which is why Christina received unflattering reviews in the press. A few months later, official confirmation appeared on Kharlamov’s Twitter that he was dating Asmus and was in the process of divorcing his first wife, Yulia Leshchenko.
Actress Christina Asmus
The divorce proceedings were very scandalous, with division of property and multiple unpleasant interviews. When the passions subsided, Garik and Christina Asmus officially registered their relationship. However, soon the fans of their couple were shocked by the news of the divorce. It later turned out that this was a formality due to legal inconsistencies in the dissolution of Kharlamov’s previous marriage.
Kristina Asmus and Garik Kharlamov
On June 8, 2021, the couple celebrated a wooden wedding (five years of marriage). Christina Asmus touchingly congratulated Garik on this event on her Instagram: “You are the dearest person to me, I love you madly, admire you and look up to you in many ways. You are a super perfect loving husband and father. I was very lucky".
5 years together
But in the summer of 2021, the couple officially announced their divorce. Neither Christina nor Garik report the true reasons. According to the spouses, the marriage has simply outlived its usefulness. For the sake of the child, they decided to remain on good terms and not live together. On her Instagram, Christina said that this decision was deliberate and agreed upon a year ago. The divorce process itself has already begun.
"Text" and maiden name
In 2021, the crime thriller “Text” was released, which became a serious test of the relationship of the star couple. It was not the film itself that was widely discussed in society, but the explicit scenes that featured Asmus and her co-star Ivan Yankovsky. Film critics rated them as pornographic.
A barrage of criticism fell on Christina; viewers accused her of disgracing the high rank of wife and mother. Garik got it too; online commentators often branded him the word “cuckold” and advised him to divorce his slutty wife. Kharlamov publicly defended Christina, citing such filming as sacrifice to art.
It seemed that the married couple had successfully overcome the scandal associated with “Text”, when a divorce message appeared last summer. Asmus and Kharlamov ended their relationship peacefully and in a civilized manner. The former spouses unanimously deny the influence of the ill-fated film on the decision to divorce. “Bulldog” claims that he stopped loving his wife even before the release of “Text”.
After the divorce, Asmus raises her daughter, who was left with her by court decision. He continues to act in films, plays in the theater and attends directing courses, dreaming of someday making his own films.
Family, children and husband - Garik Kharlamov
Family is more important than career for an actress
Asmus's first and only husband is the famous comedian Garik Kharlamov. The couple got married in 2013.
Christina shared in an interview with Starhit that her husband is completely different from his stage image. This is a wise, serious and well-read man. He always supports his wife and dotes on his daughter Nastya.
The child shows a penchant for creativity: drawing, design and other visual arts. Plus she sings great. I recently started figure skating. The actress claims that she will not put pressure on her daughter and approves of any of her choices.
