Lady Perfection: how Natalya Andreichenko learned to live happily after betrayal and loss

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

May 3 celebrates its 60th anniversary of the famous actress Natalia Andreichenko … Her life could become a plot for a multi-part action movie. She had everything one could dream of: roles in legendary films, two happy marriages, a life of prosperity and luxury, nationwide popularity. However, she got all this at a high price: she had to overcome alcohol addiction, endure two clinical deaths, and face the betrayal of loved ones. And learn to live again.

In her first film, Andreichenko played in her second year at VGIK. But the real popularity came to her after filming in "Siberiade" A. Konchalovsky. And in 1983, two films were released at once, which made her an all-Union famous actress - "Mary Poppins, goodbye!" and "A Field-of-War Romance". 1980s became the most successful in her creative life: for three years in a row she was recognized as the best actress of the year.

With the first success, the first serious problem came to the cinema: even during the filming in "Sibiriada", her addiction to alcohol manifested itself. Natalya disrupted filming, Konchalovsky had to expel her from the set. As a result, the actress was sent to a clinic for compulsory treatment for alcoholism.

The 1980s also became fateful in her personal life. While filming Mary Poppins, Goodbye! Natalia met her first husband, composer Maxim Dunaevsky. But the marriage did not last long due to her husband's infidelity: 9 months after the birth of their son, Dunaevsky had a daughter from another woman.

In 1984 Natalia was offered the lead role in the film Winter Cherry, but she refused for the role of Evdokia Lopukhina in the American TV series Peter the Great. On the set, she met her second husband, American actor Maximilian Schell. Before meeting Andreichenko, the 53-year-old actor had never been married. But their relationship ended in marriage.

Natalia lived with Maximilian Schell for about 21 years, although their family cannot be called ordinary. They often lived separately, in different countries. Although Andreichenko worked with a coach-trainer, trying to comprehend the basics of American acting, she never succeeded abroad. Their marriage broke up for the same reason - the husband had another woman.

Not so long ago, Natalya Andreichenko became the heroine of a criminal chronicle: she sued her own son for fraudulently withdrawing all of her savings from an account in Switzerland. It was a great shock for her. However, Maxim Dunaevsky is sure that their son acted within the framework of the law.

Today Natalya says: “Despite all the cataclysms that have happened in my life, I have learned to live - when it is impossible to live. I went through the pain of betrayal of those closest to me, the pain of addictions, two clinical deaths. And only after experiencing and feeling all this, I came to myself and to complete harmony of body, spirit and consciousness. And the main lesson I learned was to give all my love, energy and knowledge to those who love me. Because only what you have given is yours!"

Only Lady Perfection can remain at 60 years of age as cheerful, full of optimism, beautiful and sexy as in her youth. She tries to teach people the feeling of inner harmony and happiness in her Spiritual Center in Mexico. After all that she has experienced, the actress claims: "There is only one sin on earth - when you do not enjoy life."

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