The formula for the happiness of one of the strongest acting marriages: Sergey Garmash and Inna Timofeeva

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

On September 1, the famous theater and film actor, People's Artist of Russia Sergey Garmash will be 62 years old. Today he is one of the most sought-after modern actors, but he had to wait a very long time for his finest hour. Perhaps he would not have been able to achieve such success if all these years there was no one nearby who helped him to believe in himself and did not give up at the moment when he stopped waiting for changes for the better. True, she herself had to sacrifice a lot for this …

His path into the acting profession was quite long. After graduating from the Dnepropetrovsk theater school, Sergei Garmash returned to his hometown of Kherson, where he was sent on assignment to the local puppet theater. A year later, he was drafted into the army, where he served for 2 years, and only after that Garmash decided to try his luck in the capital's theater universities. He was not admitted to the Schepkin School, but at the Moscow Art Theater School he managed to impress the selection committee.

His classmate turned out to be Inna Timofeeva, who immediately attracted his attention. At that time, she was only 16 years old, Sergey was 5 years older, and he had to make a lot of efforts in order to achieve her location - yesterday's schoolgirl was simply afraid of him. In addition, he could hardly be called a serious and well-bred gentleman - several of Sergei's friends had birthdays in September, and the first month of study turned into one continuous feast. As a result, due to absenteeism, the entire company was deprived of scholarships for six months, and revelers had to earn extra money as janitors. But it was thanks to one of these spree that Garmash managed to melt the heart of his chosen one.

Sergei was always distinguished by an explosive temperament, and once in a restaurant he had a fight with someone and broke his leg. He spent a month in a hospital bed, and then went on crutches for another 3 months. Garmash needed help, and the girl's heart trembled - she took care of him, and the couple began to meet. And soon Sergey made an offer to Inna.

They got married in their fourth year at the Moscow Art Theater School, when both began their journey to the cinema. Sergei Garmash made his debut in 1984 in the title role in the film "Detachment", and Inna Timofeeva in 1986 in the film "The First Guy". They decided to play the wedding in Sergei's homeland, while he himself was then just busy filming his first film. On the eve of the wedding, he had a bachelor party and as a result missed the plane. The bride had to wait 7 hours for him! She recalled: "".

The family lived in poverty, at first they huddled in a rented small-sized car on the outskirts of Moscow, and then in a room in a communal apartment. In 1984, after graduating from the Moscow Art Theater School, Sergei Garmash was accepted into the troupe of the Sovremennik Theater. Inna Timofeeva, according to the distribution, had to leave for Noginsk, and then she was expecting a child, and her husband went for broke. "", - the actress recalled.

Thanks to Garmash's persistence, his wife was taken to the same theater. But this is where his "protection" ended - the actors were not partners on the stage, did not act in the same film projects and preferred not to mix personal and professional life. On this occasion, Sergei Garmash said: "".

Their life together was not cloudless. Inna Timofeeva admits that in the 1990s they were on the verge of divorce. A period of timelessness began in the cinema, and although both of them continued to act in film, neither the actor nor the actress had any serious big roles. The constrained material conditions and everyday difficulties, which increased tenfold with the birth of Dasha's daughter, exacerbated the situation. Garmash always had a difficult character, and during this period he became unbearable, moreover, he began to drink.

Inna Timofeeva recalled: "". It was thanks to her patience and wisdom that the actors managed to save the marriage. Sergey Garmash was very grateful to his wife for not leaving him in that difficult period: "".

In the late 1990s, when Sergei Garmash was already over 40, his film career finally took off. In 1999, several projects with his participation were released, which brought him resounding popularity: "Voroshilovsky shooter", "Dossier of detective Dubrovsky", "Fan", "Kamenskaya". Since then, he has appeared in several films and TV series every year and has become one of the most successful, sought-after and popular actors.

But Inna Timofeeva had to sacrifice her acting career for the sake of her family. In the early 2000s. she starred in several films, but in 2006, 18 years after the birth of their daughter, the couple had a son. And the actress decided to devote herself entirely to taking care of the family and raising children. Due to the great employment in the theater and in the cinema, Sergei Garmash could not pay enough attention to the children, his wife understood this and never reproached him for this.

Today their life is adjusted, they like to gather with the whole family at the dacha, in a large two-story mansion with a swimming pool and a bathhouse. In 2018, the couple celebrated the 35th anniversary of their marriage. Such strong and long-term alliances are rare in the acting environment. Probably, the key to their family happiness was the absence of creative jealousy, mutual respect, the spouse's willingness to make concessions and the distribution of roles in the family, which allowed them both to feel comfortable. Sergey Garmash is sure: "". He looks such a real man not only on screens, but also in the eyes of his loved ones!

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