The long-suffering happiness of Elena Zakharova: How the star of "Kadetstvo" managed to survive the loss of a child and the betrayal of loved ones

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

By the age of 45, actress Elena Zakharova managed to achieve a lot: in her filmography there are already more than 100 roles, at 31 she gained popularity after filming in the TV series "Kadetstvo", for more than 20 years she has been performing on the stage of the Theater of the Moon, besides, the actress is happy mother of a three-year-old daughter. And 10 years ago it seemed to her that her life was ruined - when her 8-month-old child was gone, and a few days later her husband announced that he wanted to part with her, Zakharova lost her footing. How she managed to survive this terrible period, and in what she found new happiness - further in the review.

Elena Zakharova was fond of different types of creativity since childhood - from the age of 6 she performed in the pop-choreographic ensemble "Buratino", from the age of 8 she studied at the ballet school, took part in school performances and attended the acting section. She started her career as a model, and at the same time studied at the theater preparatory courses, and then entered the Shchukin School. Her film debut took place in high school thanks to a joke of classmates: once they called her on behalf of the assistant director and invited her to audition at the film studio. M. Gorky. Of course, Elena immediately rushed there. And, as it turned out, not in vain! The assistant director drew attention to her and offered a small role of the princess's girlfriend in a movie fairy tale.

While still a student, Elena received an invitation to the troupe of the Theater of the Moon and continued to act in films. True, she had few roles then - the beginning of her career fell on the crisis of the 1990s. But in the theater everything went well: Zakharova got the role that many actresses dream of - Ophelia in the play Hamlet, performed this production on tour in Japan and was awarded the Seagull Prize and the Discovery of the Year award for this role. from the magazine "Ogonyok". All this might not have happened, because at one time Zakharova thought about quitting her studies.

It so happened that her chosen ones often gave her ultimatums: either a relationship or a profession. And Zakharova repeatedly made a choice in favor of her vocation, without which she could not imagine her life. The young man, who was her first love and for whom she was going to marry, demanded to quit drama school. Elena chose to leave the young man.

The next romance lasted 7 years and ended for the same reason - the chosen one did not want to put up with her lifestyle. He did not believe that she had a future in the acting profession, although Zakharova was already well known after starring in the TV series "The Fifth Corner", and together they went to Japan to the premiere of the film "Red Moon", where Elena played one of roles. In this country, she was noticed during a theatrical tour and was later invited to shoot a film. However, for her young man, this was not a weighty argument in favor of continuing his career - he said that he would marry her only if she quit cinema and theater. Zakharova again chose a career, and soon there were happy changes in her: the role of the teacher of ethics and aesthetics in all seasons of the series "Kadetstvo" brought the actress deafening popularity and became her hallmark. Later, Zakharova called her one of her favorite works.

When Elena met businessman Sergei Mamontov at the Kinotavr film festival, it seemed to her that this was exactly the person she had been looking for for many years. He did not mind her public profession, was calm about touring and filming, accompanied her on the red carpet. In early 2011, the couple had a daughter, Anna Maria. Unfortunately, the girl lived only 8 months. The doctors did not immediately make the correct diagnosis, did not immediately take her to the hospital and could not save her.

And just 10 days later, Sergei Mamontov told her that they needed to part. Zakharova believes that this happened under the influence of his mother - she accused the actress of doing PR on a family tragedy and making a fuss in the press. It so happened that the journalists found out that Elena had lost her child, and wrote a lot about it. The spouse's family decided that this was happening at the suggestion of the actress herself, although she had nothing to do with this and did not even know about these publications. And later another blow followed: she was asked to take the child's things from the apartment, which they were supposedly going to rent.

After that, Elena Zakharova stopped appearing in public at all. According to her, for two years she cried almost every day, only no one knew about it. She plunged into work, immediately went to the shooting of the series "Glaciers". It didn’t help to forget, but it made you keep yourself in control. Faith helped Elena to survive the loss - she often went to church after that and did not get tired of praying that God would give her the strength to come to terms with the loss. Thanks to her faith, she was able to forgive her husband's betrayal and not hide any grudge against him.

A few years later, the actress tried to arrange her personal life, but did not begin to tie herself with family ties, as she did not feel love. And at the end of 2017, news appeared that Elena Zakharova became a mother - she had a long-awaited daughter, whose father's name she has not disclosed until now. She only admitted that there was a loving and caring man next to her at that time. However, in a recent interview, Elena admitted that she was alone again, but at the same time she was absolutely happy. After the birth of her daughter, the actress simply blossomed - everyone who meets her today is amazed at how she manages to look like that at 45.

Today the actress says: "" Elena Zakharova considers despondency to be the worst sin. After all she has experienced, the main thing is not to despair, not to lose faith and hope, and then one day what you dream of will surely happen!

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