Marina Alexandrova: biography, filmography, personal life

Marina Alexandrova is a famous Russian actress, and besides one of the most beautiful. She is the wife of the director Andrey Boltenko and the happy mother of two children. Her career is on the rise, because she was able to fulfill her dream - to act in films.

Childhood and family

Marina Alexandrova was born in Hungary in the small town of Kiskunmaysha in the south of the country. She grew up in a military family and a teacher. Like many employees, her father often changed his place of residence on duty. At the time of birth of Marina's daughter, Andrei Vitalievich was in the Hungarian city. He was a lieutenant colonel of artillery troops. Marina's mother is called Irina Anatolyevna. She is a methodologist, and until 2008 she worked at the Herzen Pedagogical University in St. Petersburg.

Date of birth of Marina - August 29, 1982. At five she left Hungary together with her parents and moved to Transbaikalia, and later they begin to live in St. Petersburg. She remembers her family as a family where mutual understanding and respect reigned. After the change of residence, Marina spent her childhood in Baikal, as well as in Tula. For school years, the move to the city on the Neva fell out, where the family lives until now.

Parents dreamed of having their only daughter become an English interpreter, as she had good abilities, or that she began to work as a tourism manager. But later Marina Alexandrovna realized that her real calling was to be an actress.

School years

She studied at the school with a mathematical bias. It was much harder to study in it than in a regular educational institution. In addition, Marina studied in parallel in a music school in harp class. At the age of 14 she came to the theater studio "Imagine". Parents were skeptical: they did not approve of her choice to engage in acting. Despite this, they did not interfere with the decision of their daughter for one simple reason - they were sure that Marina still would not be able to be an actress.

In the theatrical studio at the "Fifth Channel" the girl began to engage in acting: to take part in television programs and creative evenings. The director who worked there was a graduate of the Shchukin school. From him, Marina learned a lot about this place. Gradually, she mentally came to a fateful decision.

The beginning of acting career

Marina was not yet 17 and when she firmly decided that she would go to conquer the capital and fulfill her dream. At that time, the only person who believed unconditionally in her success was her beloved grandfather. On the eve of the granddaughter's departure to Moscow, by coincidence, the old man falls into a coma and soon dies. From the very first attempt, Marina Alexandrova was admitted to the Shchukinsky Theater School . Her biography has since been saturated with creative activity. Only then did she learn that 10 people claimed her place, but they took her. Even during the first year of training, the girl was invited to a role in the cinema.

Marina Alexandrova is an actress whose photo shows us a confident and purposeful young woman. Her debut work, which opened her way to the cinema - the film "Northern Lights", as well as the series "Empire under attack." In the first picture, the partner of the film was already known at that time Alexander Zbruev. In this picture the girl played an abandoned daughter who grew up in an incomplete family and then went in search of her father. Impressive colleagues have helped an inexperienced actress Marina Alexandrova master a difficult profession.

Breakthrough

Marina Alexandrova is an actress, now widely known in Russia. The film, which became a breakthrough in her acting career, was "Azazel" based on the novel by Boris Akunin. The premiere took place in 2001. For the role in this film, Marina was recommended by three people, and, finally, she was invited. She played Lisa, the bride of Erast Fandorin. The role was small, but memorable. At the time when the film was filmed, there was a genuine interest in the work of Boris Akunin. This factor also played to the benefit of Marina Alexandrova.

After she starred in the film "Azazel", acting career went up the hill, and the girl began to regularly invite to act in films.

Theater

In 2006, Marina began her creative career at the Sovremennik Theater. Here she worked for 5 years in a troupe led by Galina Volchek, who invited her. Unexpectedly for everyone in 2011, Marina applies for dismissal for personal reasons. During this time she played many roles in the performances and was very much in demand. Among the works of Alexandrova can be noted such performances as "Woe from Wit", "Three Sisters", "Three Comrades", "Cool Route". In "Contemporary" she was one of the leading actresses. In addition to creative development, the theater gave her a landmark meeting. Two years later, the woman married Ivan Stebunov, with whom they were colleagues.

Today, on the screens of our TVs, we can observe a large number of melodramas, in which Marina Alexandrova starred. Photos of the actress and family now and then appear in various periodicals.

Personal life

Ivan Stebunov - actor and colleague of the theater "Contemporary", and also now the former husband of Marina Alexandrova. The wedding took place in June 2008. Their marriage lasted 2 years, and in April 2010 they divorced.

Prior to her first official marriage, Marina Alexandrova lived a civil marriage with the famous Russian actor Alexander Domogarov. They met on the set of the film "Star of the Epoch". Over the course of two years of relations, this bright couple repeatedly diverged and converged again.

Marina Alexandrova: children

In the United States in 2012, the actress gave birth to Andrei's son, and three years later, a second child, a daughter, Ekaterina, appeared. The happy father of two children was Andrei Boltenko, the main director of Channel One. With the future husband, the actress met on the set of the film "Streetracers", in which she played one of the main roles. For a long time they hid their relations from the press. For herself, the actress decided that she will have at least three children.

Leading TV shows and participation in TV projects

In 2010, Marina began to conduct the program "People live the same." The main characters of this project were famous people (movie stars, sports and show business). To them, Marina Alexandrova came to visit, to talk heart to heart and lift the veil of their personal life.

The actress also periodically participates in TV projects, the most notorious of which was "The Last Hero-3". This show brought fame and popularity to the Marina.

This happened in 2002. At that time, Marina Alexandrova was very interested in this extraordinary project and realized that she might not have the chance to do so. She wanted to test herself for strength, taking part in "The Last Hero." In addition, the transfer could serve as a good PR for her, which happened. Interest in the beginning actress has increased many times.

List of film works

Marina Alexandrov's films have found their numerous admirers. There are already about 50 works in the cinema, in which our heroine was involved. Among them there are both full-length feature films and documentaries, and serials. Acting career began to develop fully since 2002. Despite the fact that Marina was not from an acting dynasty, she managed to get into the cinema and engage in film roles.

Among the main films can be noted the following:

• "The Empire is under attack."
• "Azazel."
• "Star of the era."
• "The melting of the snow."
• "My happiness".
• Street racing.
• "Kotovsky".
• "I will never give you away to somebody".
• "I'm urgently looking for a husband."
• "MosGas".
• "Unbelievable love".
• "Born by a star."
• "Cedar pierces the sky."
• "Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive".
• "All inclusive".
• «Duhless-2».
• "The old tradition. When the sun was God. "

Also Marina was engaged in the voice acting of characters from cartoons. A vivid role for her was the heroine in the film "Star of the era": in it the actress played a sexually unfettered blonde uncharacteristic for her role.

Achievements

In 2007 Marina Alexandrova became a laureate of the Youth Russian non-governmental award "Triumph" in the field of the highest achievements of literature and art. The "Best Debut" prize for the shooting in the film "Melting Snow" was received in 2003 at the Festival of feature films in Saint-Tropez.

Interesting facts about the life of the actress

The real name of Marina is Pupinina. Alexandrova was chosen as a pseudonym.

With her husband Andrei Boltenko and the father of her two children, the woman was not formally painted, but they secretly married in the church. In the past, the man met with the famous top model Natalia Vodyanova.

Marina Alexandrova often happens abroad - in the US she has an apartment in which she periodically lives. She gave birth to two children in the same clinic in the USA.

During filming in the film "Polar lights" in the wedding dress, Marina barefoot ran a total of 18 km, although at that time there were already frosts.

When three months passed after the birth of her son, Marina Alexandrova began to appear in the film "All-inclusive -2", but she did not want to leave the baby with the nanny at that time and took her with her. Since her student days, the actress has been conducting a kind of list called "The Ten Foolishnesses of Marina Alexandrova." In the notebook she always updates this list, which records the most stupid 10 of her desires.