Daria Mayorova: the wife of the famous director Karen Shakhnazarov

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Daria Mayorova had a good start to her career as an actress, immediately starring in a film by a famous director. However, the same director reasoned that the main role in her life would be the role of his wife and mother of his children. Daria Mayorova left the profession for a long time, which, by the way, she never regretted. Later, she realized herself as a TV presenter, appearing on the morning broadcasts of one of the federal channels.

Mother's successor

Daria Mayorova was born in February 1972 in Moscow, spent her entire youth on Malaya Bronnaya. From an early age, the girl dreamed of becoming an actress, took an active part in the work of the school theater group. In this endeavor, Daria was supported by her mother, whose path to the stage was blocked by her father.

Daria's grandfather, Valery Pronin, was directly related to the world of cinema, was a venerable director of the pre-war period and sought to isolate his daughter - Dasha's mother - from the bohemian atmosphere of acting circles,which he considered unacceptable for well-bred young ladies.

Be that as it may, the biography of Darya Mayorova developed according to a different scenario. After graduation, she applied to the prestigious Shchukin school, having successfully passed a rigorous examination selection. The girl studied with the best teachers in the country, developed her dramatic talent, actively bringing to life the unfulfilled aspirations of her mother.

Fateful meeting

After completing her first year at the Shchukin school, Darya Mayorova visited Vladimir with her father. In this ancient Russian city, she met the famous film director Karen Shakhnazarov. According to the latter, he immediately saw his future wife in a pretty student. The master was not embarrassed by the solid age difference. He was then 38 years old, and Daria was not yet 20.

Daria herself did not immediately submit to the famous filmmaker: according to her, the relationship between them developed gradually, she gradually got accustomed to Shakhnazarov, evaluating him as her potential spouse.

The famous director had to fight for the girl's hand and heart for a long time: in order to be with her longer, he invited her to star in his new film. So Daria Mayorova, whose photo appeared on the poster of the new work, became an actress in the psychological-historical film "The Regicide". Here the girl played the role of Princess Olga, the daughter of the executed Tsar Nicholas the Bloody.

A year later, Daria Mayorova again tries her hand at cinema, starring in a film directed byUSA Jung "Three days of August". However, after the filming was completed, the film was never released on Russian screens, and overseas guests took all the footage with them.

Housewife

Shortly after graduating from college, Daria married Karen Shakhnazarov. This marriage turned out to be happy, the couple lived together, Mayorova gave birth to her husband's two sons - Ivan and Vasily. Focusing on family life, the director's wife retired from active work in theater and cinema.

Soon, Daria got bored with the role of a housewife, she wanted to get out of the four walls of her home. However, work in the theater did not appeal to her, and she could not return to the cinema for mysterious reasons. I had to look for another way out of the situation.

Television

Salvation for Mayorova came from television. TVC channel invited her to the role of host for the morning channel "Mood". The talented girl quickly got used to her new capacity and soon became a real star of the morning air.

The skills she acquired when she was a housewife came in handy. She mastered cooking, needlework, and many other things and could easily "cook" the most delicious programs for her regular viewers.

In 2005, Daria Mayorova once again showed activity as an actress, starring in three episodes of the TV series “Lover of Private Investigation Daria Vasilyeva”. However, after filming was completed, she was not eager to resume her film career and returned to her beloved television.