Marina Aleksandrova: biography, filmography, personal life

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

Childhood and family

Marina Alexandrova was born in Hungary in the small town of Kiskunmaisha 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 the birth of his daughter Marina, Andrei Vitalievich was in the Hungarian city. He was a lieutenant colonel in the artillery troops. Marina's mother's name is Irina Anatolyevna. She is a methodologist, and until 2008 she worked at the Herzen Pedagogical University in St. Petersburg.

Marina's date of birth is August 29, 1982. At the age of five, she leaves Hungary with her parents and moves to Transbaikalia, and later they begin to live in St. Petersburg. She remembers her loved ones as a family where mutual understanding and respect reigned. After the change of residence, Marina spent her childhood on Baikal, andalso in Tula. During my school years, I moved to the city on the Neva, where the family still lives.

The parents dreamed that their only daughter would become an English translator because she had a good ability, or that she would start working as a tourism manager. But later, Marina Aleksandrovna realized that her real calling was to be an actress.

School years

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

In the Theater Studio at Channel Five, the girl began to engage in acting activities: 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 an acting career

Marina was not yet 17 when she firmly decided that she would go to conquer the capital and fulfill her dream. At that time, the only person who unconditionally believed in her success was her beloved grandfather. On the eve of his granddaughter's departure to Moscow, by coincidence, the old man falls into a coma and soon dies. From the first attempt, Marina Alexandrova was admitted to the Shchukin Theater School. Since then, her biography has been full of creative activity. Only later did she find out that 10 people applied for her place, but they took her. Even during her freshman year, the girl was invited to play a role in a movie.

Marina Alexandrova is an actress whose photo shows us a self-confident and purposeful young woman. Her debut work, which opened her way to cinema, was the film Northern Lights, as well as the TV series Empire Under Attack. In the first picture, the then-famous Alexander Zbruev became a partner in the film. In this picture, the girl played an abandoned daughter who grew up in an incomplete family and then went in search of her father. Eminent colleagues helped the still inexperienced actress Marina Aleksandrova 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. Three people recommended Marina for the role in this film, 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 being shot, there was a genuine interest in the work of Boris Akunin. This factor also benefited Marina Aleksandrova.

After she starred in the film "Azazel", her acting career went uphill, and the girl became a regularinvite to act in films.

Theatre

In 2006, Marina begins her creative activity 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 performances and was very much in demand. Among the works of Alexandrova, one can note such performances as "Woe from Wit", "Three Sisters", "Three Comrades", "A Steep Route". In Sovremennik, she was one of the leading actresses. In addition to creative development, the theater gave her a significant meeting. After two years of work, the woman married Ivan Stebunov, with whom they were colleagues.

Today, on our TV screens, we can observe a large number of melodramas starring Marina Aleksandrova. Photos of the actress and family now and then appear in various periodicals.

Private life

Ivan Stebunov is an actor and colleague in the Sovremennik theater, as well as the now ex-husband of Marina Alexandrova. The wedding took place in June 2008. Their marriage lasted 2 years, and in April 2010 they divorced.

Before her first official marriage, Marina Alexandrova lived in a civil marriage with the famous Russian actor Alexander Domogarov. They met on the set of the movie Star of the Age. Over the course of two years of relationship, this bright couple diverged and converged again and again.

Marina Aleksandrova: children

In the US in 2012, the actressgave birth to a son Andrei, and three years later a second child appeared - daughter Ekaterina. Andrei Boltenko, the chief director of Channel One, became the happy father of two children. The actress met her future husband on the set of the film "Street Racers", in which she played one of the main roles. For a long time they hid their relationship from the press. For herself, the actress decided that she would have at least three children.

TV show host and participation in TV projects

In 2010, Marina started the program "People Live". Famous people (stars of cinema, sports and show business) became the main characters of this project. Marina Aleksandrova came to visit them to talk heart to heart and lift the veil of their personal lives.

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

It happened in 2002. At that time, Marina Alexandrova became very interested in this extraordinary project and understood that she might not have such a chance again. She wanted to test herself for strength by taking part in the "Last Hero". In addition, the transfer could serve as good PR for her, which happened. Interest in the aspiring actress has increased many times over.

List of films

Marina Aleksandrova's films have found their many fans. There are already about 50 works in cinema in which our heroine was involved. Among them are both full-length feature films and documentaries,as well as serials. Acting career began to develop in full since 2002. Despite the fact that Marina was not from an acting dynasty, she managed to break into the cinema and take up roles in films.

Among the main films are the following:

• Empire Under Attack.
• Azazel.
• "Star of the era".
• "Snowmelt".
• "You are my happiness."
• Street Racers.
• Kotovsky.
• "I won't give you up to anyone."
• "Urgently looking for a husband."
• MosGaz.
• "Unreal Love".
• "Starborn".
• "The cedar pierces the sky."
• “Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive.”
• All Inclusive.
• Duhless-2.
• "An old legend. When the sun was God.”

Also, Marina was engaged in the voice acting of cartoon characters. A striking role for her was the heroine in the film "Star of the Era": in it, the actress played a sexually liberated blonde unusual for her role.

Achievements

In 2007, Marina Alexandrova became a laureate of the Triumph Youth Russian non-state award in the field of the highest achievements of literature and art. The "Best Debut" award for "The Snow Melt" was received in 2003 at the Saint Tropez Film Festival.

Interesting facts from the life of the actress

Marina's real name is Pupenina. Alexandrova was chosen as a pseudonym.

With her husband Andrei Boltenko and the father of her two children, the woman is not officially married,but at the same time they secretly married in the church. In the past, the man met with the famous top model Natalia Vodianova.

Marina Alexandrova often travels abroad – she has an apartment in the USA where she occasionally lives. She gave birth to two children in the same clinic in the USA.

During the filming of the film "Northern Lights" in a wedding dress, Marina ran barefoot for 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 had already begun acting in the film "All Inclusive -2", but at that time she did not want to leave the child with a nanny and took her to the set with her. Since her student years, the actress has been keeping a kind of list called "Ten Foolishnesses of Marina Alexandrova." In her notebook, she always updates this list with her 10 dumbest wishes.