Creative biography of Christina Orbakaite and personal life

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

Kristina Orbakaite, the daughter of Russian pop music legend Alla Pugacheva, impressed the audience with her artistic talent from a young age, starred in films. Later, she decided to follow the path of her famous mother and became a singer. Today Christina has a large army of fans.

Kristina Orbakaite: biography and career

On May 21, 1971, the young singer Alla Pugacheva gave birth to a daughter, whom she named Christina. The girl's father was a Lithuanian circus artist Mykolas Orbakas. Since childhood, the girl was very musical and plastic, she loved ballet, music and singing. She attended all the performances at the Bolshoi Theater and asked her mother to send her to a ballet school. Along with this, she attended piano classes and studied at an English special school.

First steps in music

The biography of Christina Orbakaite as a singer begins at the age of seven, when she sang the song “The Sun Laughs” on one of the children's programs on central television, and 4 years later she performed on the popular program of Yuri Nikolaev “Morningmail” with Igor Nikolaev’s song “Let them talk”.

First steps in cinema

Christina did not stand out for her appearance and, despite the perfect ear inherited from her mother, did not have a strong voice, so the viewer did not remember her as a little vocalist, but the movie brought her great popularity. The biography of Christina Orbakaite as an actress began with the main role in the dramatic film by Rolan Bykov “Scarecrow”. The girl was only twelve years old, but with her unusually talented game she made the entire Soviet society shudder. Many did not even suspect that Kristina Orbakaite, who played the main role (photo - a frame from the movie “Scarecrow”), is the daughter of the great Pugacheva. She was so truthful, so touching in the role of a little ugly girl, who was nicknamed Scarecrow at school, that she attracted the attention of not only domestic, but also foreign film critics.

Kristina's work

After her 20th birthday, Kristina Orbakaite has seriously taken up her solo career. For the first time she performed on the big stage at Alla Borisovna's "Christmas Evenings" with Igor Nikolaev's song "Let's Talk", but did not make a big impression on the public. Moreover, in some print media, her singing was severely criticized. But her work in the cinema - "Vivat, midshipmen!", "Midshipmen-3", "Charity Ball" - were beyond praise. However, she did not take offense at the criticism. The biography of Christina Orbakaite as a singer was not completed due to negative feedback from the public. Criticism spurred her to work with great diligence. Her performancesaccompanied by vibrant dance shows. Classes at the ballet school in childhood and innate plasticity helped Christina feel more than confident on stage. From year to year, the army of her fans grew, and the girl gained popularity, her songs, written by the best domestic composers, became hits. Along with her singing career, the number of films in which Kristina Orbakaite played has grown every year. One of the most significant roles of the actress was the role of a singer-scout in the serial film “Moscow Saga”. Her mother Alla Borisovna Pugacheva can only be proud of her talented daughter, the creative biography of Christina Orbakaite contains many pages worthy of pride.

Private life

Today Kristina Orbakaite is the mother of three children: two sons and a daughter. Her first husband was the famous pop singer Vladimir Presnyakov. He is the father of her eldest son, Nikita, who also followed in the footsteps of stellar ancestors (parents, grandparents) and is already taking his first stage steps. For the second time, Christina married a Chechen businessman Ruslan Baysarov, from whom she gave birth to her youngest son Denis (he is currently 15 years old). The current husband of Christina Orbakaite is an American businessman Mikhail Zemtsov. He is the father of the singer's only daughter, two-year-old Claudia.