Gabriella Mariani: biography, best roles

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

Gabriella Mariani first made herself known in the late 90s, when Vladimir Popkov's drama "Countess de Monsoro" was released. The actress impressed everyone with her femininity and almost perfect features. But it was almost the only truly famous project in the work of Gabriella. How did her fate develop in the future?

Early years

Gabriella was born in the Moldavian SSR, in a small town. Not everything went well in the girl’s life in the early stages: her father left the family and did practically nothing to help, her mother, who wanted to make a “human” out of Gabriella, loaded the girl with studies and additional classes at a music school.

Surprisingly, Gabriella Mariani, who was quite tall already in her teenage years, considered herself a real ugly duckling at school. The actress admits that she wore shapeless clothes and glasses, was too thin and did not know how to beautifully comb her gorgeous hair.

When the girl was going to enter the theater, the mothertook the news with a grain of s alt. But Gabriella plucked up courage and left for Moscow. After some time, she became a student at the Shchukin School.

First film work

In 1990, Gabriella Mariani began her screen career. The films "Live Target" and "Womanizer-2" were the first works that replenished the girl's filmography. The time was not easy, so the artistic value of the films should be kept silent. In The Living Target, the actress played a cameo role as a nurse, and director Ivan Shchegolev entrusted Gabriella with the role of a translator named Victoria in his film Womanizer-2.

Mariani has always had an outstanding appearance, so it's easy to guess what roles she was usually assigned to: beauties, girls of easy virtue, etc. In 1993, director Alexander Kosarev began filming the detective story "Hostages of the Devil", in which he invited a pretty decent cast: Natalya Gundareva, Pyotr Velyaminov, Mikhail Gluzsky, Alexander Pankratov-Cherny. Gabriella played in this project a girl with the mysterious name Evnika.

Then there were two more minor films: "Letters to a Past Life" and "Rat Funeral". And in 1997, the girl first got the main role.

Gabriella Mariani: filmography. "Countess de Monsoro"

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the famous actor Sergei Zhigunov created his own production company and started shooting historical films. Zhigunov is a big fan of the works of Dumas, so the first film adaptation was made based on hisworks of "Queen Margot". Half of the cast of this project migrated to Zhigunov's new film, The Countess de Monsoro.

At the center of the touching narrative of the film "Countess de Monsoro" is the story of two young people in love, which unfolds against the backdrop of palace and political intrigues. The performer of the main male role was known in advance - Alexander Domogarov became him. But for a long time they could not find his on-screen girlfriend.

Gabriella Mariani got to the casting of the project by accident. It took place in a nearby pavilion audition for a role in another film. But assistant director Vladimir Popkov noticed the girl and immediately took her to the casting of the historical series, which was produced by Zhigunov.

True, for some reason, they decided to give the dubbing of the heroine Mariani to another girl with a higher timbre of voice. And, I must say, the guest actress coped with this task not very well: if Gabriella did not have an exceptional appearance, the image of the main character could be considered a failure.

Recent works of the actress

Gabriella Mariani never made a stunning career. "Countess de Monsoro" is the only more or less noticeable project with the participation of the actress.

In 2003, a soap opera en titled "Ondine" was launched on the Russia-1 TV channel. In this project, Mariani got the role of the bitchy wife of a we althy businessman. Together with her son, Elizaveta Gladieva continually plotted against the main character inperformed by Yulia Pozhidaeva.

In 2004, the shooting of the second season of the series began, and Gabriella returned to the set of Ondine again.

In 2006, the project "Pseudonym "Albanian"" with the participation of Alexander Dedyushko and Svetlana Khodchenkova was very popular. In this story, Mariani was assigned the role of a certain Maria Sanchez.

The artist also played the main role in the serial film "Tango Three". This tape was shot together with the Argentine TV channel Telefe. Mariani played in the series the role of the wife of a prominent Russian scientist who went to work in Argentina and disappeared without a trace. Not believing in his death, the heroine Mariani flies to an unfamiliar country to find her husband there.

Also, the artist can be seen in films such as "Search for Clues", "Mistress of the Taiga" and "Mistress of the Big City".

Private life

In 1999, Gabriella Mariani married the director, as is usually the case with beautiful actresses. A few years later, the couple had a son, who was named Alexander.