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Video: Hot blooded: 5 modern Russian actresses with gypsy roots
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Today they are called one of the most beautiful and successful stars of Russian cinema. They say that these burning brunettes owe their artistry and bright appearance to their ancestors - the gypsies. But they also inherited incontinence, impulsive character and explosive temperament, because of which their loved ones often have to suffer …
Oksana Fandera
Oksana Fandera was born in Odessa, her father was half Ukrainian, half Gypsy, a representative of an ancient Gypsy family, and her mother was a purebred Jewess. Oleg Yakovlevich Fandera in the 1960s. performed on the stage of the Odessa Drama Theater, in the 1970s. was an actor of the Drama Theater of the Red Banner Far Eastern Military District in Ussuriysk, starred in 7 films, including an episode of the first film adaptation of Anatoly Kalinin's story "Gypsy", became a People's Artist of Russia. Although Oksana saw her father very rarely - at first he disappeared at work, then she and her mother broke up - she followed in his footsteps, inheriting not only her acting talent, but also an impulsive gypsy character, passionate temperament and love of freedom.
From the age of 14, after the divorce of her parents, Oksana and her mother moved to Moscow. After that, she tried to become more restrained: "". When she received her passport, she was asked whether to register her as Jewish or Ukrainian. Knowing about the prejudiced attitude towards Jews, Fandera asked to indicate her Ukrainian nationality - as a child she was teased, and she was ashamed of her roots. Only years later, she realized that she should be proud of the benefits that 3 bloods gave her. "", Says Fandera.
Olga Drozdova
Actress Olga Drozdova believes that she owes her Gypsy roots to her bright appearance and well-developed intuition. Her father, Russian sea captain Boris Drozdov, literally stole her gypsy mother from home in one dress and took her with him. Because of this, the mother did not communicate with her family for 12 years - only then they were able to forgive her.
Olga Drozdova was born and raised in Nakhodka, studied for some time in Vladivostok, then entered the Sverdlovsk Theater Institute, and later moved to Moscow. She is easy-going and explains it like this: "". When they met the actor Dmitry Pevtsov, Olga was going to marry a Swiss director, but she trusted her new feelings and intuition. Together with Pevtsov, they remain to this day.
Ekaterina Klimova
The great-grandmother of Ekaterina Klimova was a gypsy camp and in her youth wandered along with the camp. Probably, it is to her that the actress owes her dark skin color, curly hair and an explosive character. She admits that she is so hot-tempered that she can leave the house at night in boots on her bare feet and in a dressing gown, throwing a coat on top.
The actress is proud of her roots and believes that gypsy blood largely shaped her character: "".
Maria Shumakova
The star of the series “Sweet Life” and “Second Sight” Maria Shumakova admits: “I have Gypsy-Jewish blood. On my mother's side there were Jews in the family, and on my father's side there were gypsies. Therefore, in principle, they always and everywhere take me for their own. She speaks several languages, including Romani. She began acting in films at the age of 22, in 2010, but in 10 years she managed to become a fairly popular and successful actress. This she owes not only to her talent, but also to perseverance in achieving goals - any difficulties and obstacles only provoke her.
About herself Maria says: "".
Victoria Poltorak
Victoria Poltorak began acting in films in 2006, but widespread popularity came to her recently, after the main role in the TV series "Gypsy". In the image of Rada, she looked very convincing and organic, and this is not surprising, because the actress really has gypsy roots - she inherited an exotic appearance and violent temperament from her mother and grandmother, a purebred gypsy.
She says that her heroine, the gypsy Rada, is as close as possible to her in spirit: "".
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