How was the fate of the former wife of Vladimir Mashkov: Talented actress Elena Shevchenko in the shadow of her husband

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

In the filmography of 55-year-old actress Elena Shevchenko - more than 40 works, wide popularity came to her in the late 1990s, after the film "Kazan Orphan" and the TV series "Birthday of the Bourgeois", but in the media she is most often referred to as an ex-wife Vladimir Mashkov or the mother of actress Maria Mashkova. How it happened that the talented actress was in the shadow of her husband and daughter - further in the review.

Elena Shevchenko was born and raised in Novosibirsk, in the family of a pilot and a historian. She became interested in theater as a child, because her grandmother worked as a ticket collector at the Youth Theater, and Elena often attended performances. When she was in high school, one day she saw an ad for a theater school on the street and decided to try her hand. They were ready to accept her, but at that time she had not yet graduated from school, but they met her halfway and were allowed to receive a certificate later, at a school for working youth.

Her classmate was Vladimir Mashkov. Their romance was stormy and very impetuous. Soon they got married, but family happiness was not quiet and calm - both spouses were very temperamental, hot-tempered and unrestrained, did not know how to give in and often made scandals. Even from school, Mashkov was known as a notorious bully, his name sounded at every teacher's council. His parents were happy when he entered the drama school, because there he was an excellent student. But he still had to pick up the documents - not because of academic performance, but because of a fight, after which Elena Shevchenko complained about him to the teachers.

After that, Mashkov left Novosibirsk for Moscow and entered the Moscow Art Theater School. Elena gave birth to a daughter Masha, graduated from college and went after her husband. In Moscow, she entered GITIS - she was not accepted at the Moscow Art Theater School, saying that she had no idea about the acting profession. But although the spouses again ended up in the same city, this marriage was doomed - two strong characters could not exist in the same family. After that, they parted ways.

In 1989, Elena Shevchenko was admitted to the troupe of the Theater. V. Mayakovsky, on whose stage she performed for 10 years. In 1991, the 27-year-old actress made her film debut. Her first works were roles in the psychological thriller Armavir and the melodrama Black and White.

Soon, the actress married a second time, to Igor Lebedev, a graduate of the directing department of GITIS. Subsequently, he became a producer and head of the Carmen-video studio. In 1994, the couple had a son, Nikita, in 2002, a son, Vsevolod. When the brothers grew up, they did not begin to associate their lives with cinema, but the daughter from her first marriage followed in the footsteps of her parents.

At that time, Vladimir Mashkov also had a different family, but he continued to communicate with his ex-wife. They were able to maintain warm friendly relations, because they had a daughter, Masha, with whom Mashkov always kept in touch. And when he decided to try his hand at directing, in his first film "Kazan Orphan", he approved his ex-wife for the main role. True, she auditioned along with other actresses, but was able to convince him that she was the best suited for this role.

When the film was released, Mashkov and Shevchenko were again talked about as a couple - their joint work gave rise to rumors that the family was reunited. But in reality this was not the case - both were top-notch professionals and spoke only as a director and an actress on the set. Elena Shevchenko said: "".

Although Shevchenko has acted in films since 1991, the first popularity came to her only 6 years later, after the main role in the film "Kazan Orphan" by Vladimir Mashkov. She had a chance to visit her “ex-wife” not only in life, but also on the screen. It was this role that she got in 1999 in the sensational TV series "Birthday of the Bourgeois" - she played the ex-wife of the protagonist. After that, they started talking about her as one of the most talented actresses of the late 1990s.

In the 2000s. her film career took off, she performed dozens of roles in films and TV series, including "Harp for the beloved", "Mom, do not cry!", "Election day", "Lessons of seduction", "Where the Motherland begins", "Route of Death", "Lancet". The actress continues to act today, several films with her participation are released annually. But in the media, her name is still mentioned either in connection with Mashkov, or in connection with their daughter Masha. It seems that Shevchenko has long come to terms with the fact that she is “Mashkov’s ex-wife”, and now she is already proud of the fact that she is also “the mother of Maria Mashkova”.

Masha Mashkova spent all her childhood with her grandparents - her parents were completely absorbed in work. She recalled: "".

After filming in the TV series "Don't Be Born Beautiful", where Maria Mashkova played the role of secretary Maria Tropinkina, they began to recognize her on the streets, and on the set of "Liquidation" her father was jokingly called Vladimir Tropinkin. The actors are very proud of their daughter's success. Elena Shevchenko says: "".

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