Actress Sotnikova Vera takes her work very seriously. Her love scenes are especially sensitive. She tries on such a role easily, because in reality she had to be a femme fatale more than once.
Childhood movie stars
The future actress was born on July 19, 1960. Stalingrad became her hometown. The future actress came from a simple family, whose fate is not connected with art. Father, Mikhail Petrovich, worked at a factory, mother, Margarita Petrovna, is a telephone operator. There was also an older child in the house - sister Galina.
Despite the fact that parents are far from creativity, they loved and respected music and literature. Good taste is also passed on to their children. Little Sotnikova Vera attended all kinds of exhibitions and concerts. Dad read his war memoirs to the children in the evenings, and mom recited her own poems.
Yes, and the girl herself was not indifferent to books. Once she was ill, and her sister decided to read to her one of the works of Anton Chekhov. The child liked the story so much that very soon Vera re-read all the author's works. Perhaps it was this love that eventually helped her achieve success in life.
Ticket tofuture
Ever since childhood, the girl dreamed of getting out of her native town and living in a different, fairy-tale world. Her first youthful love was Goiko Mitic, a Yugoslav actor who became popular in the Soviet Union because of the role of an Indian. A swarthy, handsome athlete with long hair won the heart of a teenager. Perhaps that is why some of the men of Vera Sotnikova look like this person.
School life was inseparable from creative pursuits. Mugs, performances and gala evenings developed her artistic gift.
After receiving a diploma of secondary education, the girl went to Saratov. There she applied to the theater school. But the young lady was refused. Saying goodbye to the dream of becoming a famous actress, Vera planned to devote her life to philology at Moscow State University. But due to the lack of one piece of paper, the application for the course was not accepted. I had to return home. To reduce the time left before the train, Sotnikova Vera went to audition at the Moscow Art Theater. There, her talent was noticed.
First love
After successfully passing the exams, the girl was enrolled in the classes of Oleg Efremov, who is known to viewers for the role of Maxim Podberezovikov from the movie "Beware of the Car" and Colonel Gulyaev from the movie "Battalions Ask for Fire."
Andrey Myagkov, known for the film "Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!" Helped the young talent! and Office Romance. It was he who noticed the girl on the test.
As soon as the training began, Vera fell in love. Her chosen one was the gallant handsome Yuri Nikolsky, whointroduced himself as a successful restorer. So, an eighteen-year-old student got married.
Very soon the woman became pregnant. But the family life of Vera Sotnikova and her husband did not work out. When the actress was in the hospital for preservation, she found out that her husband had spent their entire budget on expensive costumes for himself. The unfortunate news was that Yuri did not work as a restorer, but as a simple janitor. In addition to the fact that the man squandered the money that Vera earned, he also drank heavily and cheated on her. Therefore, the marriage immediately fell apart. Vera never married again.
He who owns the heart
From Yuri Nikolsky, the artist had a son, whom she named Jan. Education, attempts to build a career, constant tests did not allow her to raise a child on her own.
Vera Sotnikova began a new, free, but very poor life. The biography and her men have always interested the public and fans of the actress's work. But the media paid no less attention to relations with his son. Today, the actress confesses that she would give her fame to spend time with her only child.
And then she left the baby in Volgograd with tears in her eyes. Vera's mother, Margarita Petrovna, took up the upbringing of the child. The boy lived there until the 9th grade, after which the woman took him to her place in Moscow, but the relationship was already hopelessly destroyed.
Road to Success
But a professional career was getting better. The training is over. Her graduation work was the production of "Three Sisters" according to the script of her favorite writer Chekhov. In heryoung Sotnikova Vera talentedly introduced Masha.
A year has passed, and the woman declared herself as a successful actress. The first screen work was the film "Plead Guilty". In the picture, the beauty was instructed to play one of the main characters. With this work, she made herself known. Despite her success, the woman preferred to work on stage.
A talented woman played on Malaya Bronnaya. Then she gave preference to the School of Dramatic Art, which was founded by the director and teacher Anatoly Vasiliev. Later there were other theatres. The woman explained such abrupt and frequent changes by the inconstancy of her character.
Prince without a fairy tale
A beautiful woman has always had enough attention from the opposite sex. Successful and rich were the men of Vera Sotnikova. The biography of the actress is associated with many famous and influential people. Among them was Ernst Pindur. The German businessman often visited Russia on working visits. Once he came across a photo of a young beauty, and the man immediately fell in love with a 24-year-old actress, even though she was much younger than him. But the difference of 16 years did not become a hindrance. All this time, the rich man showered his beloved with expensive gifts. She, in turn, helped all her relatives.
The German gave the woman an apartment in Moscow, a car. He offered his hand and heart several times. But the woman, disappointed by her previous marriage, was in no hurry to get married.
Despite the influential gentleman, Vera Sotnikova did not stop working. Films with herparticipation were especially popular.
Femme Fatale
She devoted a lot of time to performances. On one of them she played with actor Vlad Vetrov. A romance arose between colleagues, which grew into a violent passion. Vera left the influential German, and the new lover broke up with his wife. But the sympathy faded as quickly as it was born.
In 1990, the filming of the crime drama Pimp Hunt began. There, the beauty met actor Andrei Sokolov. Sympathy arose between the young people. Vera Sotnikova and her men have always been a source of gossip. This time, the entire film crew followed the development of the plot. But the fiery nature of both actors did not allow them to build a normal relationship. Constant jealousy caused a breakup.
Special person
The next choice of the fatal beauty was Vladimir Kuzmin. The rock musician, songwriter and vocalist has already been married twice and had children from previous marriages. The couple started dating in 1993. At that time, he was in a romantic relationship with Alla Pugacheva. In fact, a new passion recaptured the man from the Primadonna. After that, the star elite believed that the singer would take revenge on her rival, who turned out to be Vera Sotnikova: the films would be failures, and the theatrical career would fade away. But the audience was disappointed. The women didn't even fight.
The lady became the muse of a rock musician, inspired him to work. In turn, the new love revealed unique talents in the actress. The woman acted as the director of the clips of her beloved, he, in hisqueue, dedicated songs to her.
Together they lived for a long 7 years. The reason for the breakup was Kuzmin's excessive dependence on music. He didn't need a wife or a family.
Heartbreaker
Didn't get bored for long. Vera accepted the courtship of Renat Davletyarov. The film director and producer showered the woman with gifts. But his complex and stubborn nature led to constant quarrels and misunderstandings. After another scandal, the beauty left the temperamental man.
But Vera Sotnikova did not survive this parting for long either. Biography and its men have always been the subject of magazine headlines. So, the press became aware that the actress was dating a work colleague Dmitry Malashenko.
In parallel, she played leading roles in such films as "Queen Margo", "A chivalric romance" and others.
In 2013, the television series "Lyudmila" was released. Vera Sotnikova reincarnated as the main character, pop singer Zykina. In order to better match the image, the woman gained 15 kg. Her partner in the film was the young singer Alexei Vorobyov, who played the role of the performer's young husband. For a long time, the press talked about the romance that began between the actors. But in one of the interviews, Vera noted that, even though her colleague is very attractive, she ignored his advances.
Now the femme fatale hides her personal life. When asked which of the men she loved the most, she always answers: son.
