Zoya Kaidanovskaya is an actress who made herself known thanks to the TV series "Children of the Arbat". In this TV project, she brilliantly played Victoria Marasevich. "Elysium", "Ivan the Terrible", "Method", "House of the Sun" - other successful films and series with her participation. Zoya is the daughter of famous parents, who managed not to remain in the shadow of her mother and father.
Zoya Kaidanovskaya: family
Vicky Marasevich was born in Moscow in 1976. Zoya Kaidanovskaya is a person who was lucky enough to be born in a creative family. Her father is actor Alexander Kaidanovsky, who was remembered by the audience thanks to Stalker and The Lost Expedition. Zoya's mother is actress Evgenia Simonova, who can be seen in Athos, Ordinary Miracle.
The girl was barely four years old when her parents separated, and she was very worried about the departure of her father. Three years later, a stepfather appeared in Zoya's life - her mother married director Andrei Eshpay. With this man, our heroine developed an excellent relationship, hemanaged to become a second father for the girl. Zoya reconciled with Alexander Kaidanovsky as a teenager.
The start of the journey
Zoya Kaidanovskaya is a person who had a happy childhood. Basically, her grandmother was engaged in her, as her mother was constantly busy in the theater or on the set. Olga Sergeevna tried to instill in her granddaughter a love of order and discipline. It was thanks to her grandmother that the future actress began to learn English at the age of three.
Kaidanovskaya never aspired to become an excellent student, she had a special dislike for literature and mathematics. The mother encouraged her daughter to study music, Zoya learned to play the piano from the age of four. When the future actress turned 14, she faced the difficulties of adolescence. Kaidanovskaya suffered from complexes, looked at herself in the mirror without pleasure. All this led her into bad company, the girl began to smoke and drink. Fortunately, the transitional age was soon behind.
First roles
Zoya Kaidanovskaya first appeared on the set when she was seven. The girl made her debut in the short film "Jonah, or the Artist at Work." She got a small role, but the aspiring actress liked acting. It is difficult to say whether she would have become an actress if Boris Golubovsky had not invited her to become a student of his experimental course. So Kaidanovskaya turned out to be a student of GITIS.
Already during her studies, the future star got her second role. Director Aleinikov, a family friend, invited the girl to the extravagant drama Feofaniya, Painting Death. The picture tells about the times when the spread of Christianity in Russia began. Zoya did a great job with the role of Nastya. She convincingly portrayed a girl who is slowly going crazy.
Study, theater
After the third year, Zoya Kaidanovskaya, whose photo can be seen in the article, decided to leave GITIS. The father convinced his daughter to enter the Shchukin school, but this attempt failed. The actress herself explains this failure by the fact that her dad had a bad relationship with the Pike teachers. As a result, Kaidanovskaya returned to GITIS, was accepted into Kudryashov's studio.
Zoya became a graduate in 1999, almost immediately after that the Variety Theater opened its doors to her. “Life is getting better”, “Vanya and the crocodile” - performances in which she managed to take part. A few years later, the daughter of famous parents began to collaborate with the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya, played in the production of Three Tall Women. In 2006, the girl was admitted to the Mayakovsky Theater, where her mother worked. Zoya made her debut in the play "Shaky Balance", embodying the image of Julia. "Marriage", "Cupids in the Snow", "On Suitcases" - other performances with her participation.
Eshpay's films and series
Andrey Eshpay is the director, thanks to whom Zoya Kaidanovskaya became a famous actress. Her biography indicates that this happened after the release of the TV project "Children of the Arbat", in which she played Victoria Marasevich.
The cooperation between stepfather and stepdaughter, which began successfully, could not but continue. Zoya starred in the tapes "Event" and "Dots", and then reincarnated as the beautiful Elena Glinskaya in the film "Ivan the Terrible". Her heroine is the wife of Grand Duke Vasily, mother of Tsar Ivan the Terrible.
Worthy of attention is the historical drama "Elysium". In this film, Kaidanovskaya played one of the key roles. The picture tells about the creators of the Silver Age.
What else to see
Other directors also offer roles to the actress. Zoya played the mysterious witch Valeria in the drama "Signs of Love", created the image of Olga's secretary in the film "20 Cigarettes". Her role in the film Nothing Personal was appreciated: Kaidanovskaya was nominated for the Nika award.
In addition, the actress can be seen in the films and TV series "Puppy", "Where the Motherland Begins", "Adult Daughters", "House of the Sun".
Private life
Fans are interested not only in the roles played by Zoya Kaidanovskaya. The personal life of the star also occupies the public. Zoya's husband is her colleague Alexei Zakharov, with whom she once studied together. The couple have a daughter, Varvara, and together they are raising Alexei, the son of the actress from her first marriage.
