Sometimes children of actors and actresses have no other choice when it comes to choosing a profession. Genes! Photo: STS.
Any psychologist will say that the example of parents towards their children, even on an unconscious level, is basic and formative of behavior. So, if you suddenly see in the credits a familiar surname or the face of a young actor/actress that is very reminiscent of a popularly beloved star, do not rush to complain about cronyism and spitting. Sometimes children of actors and actresses have no choice. Genes! In the KP review there are several examples of how an apple honestly tries to land not far from the apple tree.
Nika Zhukova (16 years old)
Sergei Zhukov with his daughter Nika. Photo: STS.
Sergei Zhukov’s daughter has long declared serious ambitions in her work – she writes music, sings, and more recently she has also become the star of a TV series. The teenage melodrama “Crybaby” (STS, Wink) was written and produced by musician Sergei Zhukov especially for Nika; the girl plays Masha Terekhova, the leader of the “Crybaby” group, which through music takes away the pain of bullying at school. The first season was a huge success among zoom lovers, and now Zhukov and his team are finishing work on the second, where the action moves from a seaside town to Moscow.
Nika Zhukova in the teen melodrama “Crybaby.” Photo: STS.
“We filmed the project for about a week on the territory of an existing children’s correctional colony, and when I, a girl, was riding in a taxi, each driver anxiously asked if everything was okay, if they needed help. I had to explain that I was going to film (smiles). Of course, on the territory of the colony it is completely, to put it mildly, uncomfortable. I am extremely emotionally sensitive: and when we filmed in real cells, in the dining room, we had to cover up the inscriptions on the walls that remained there – it was uncomfortable. I even had to take a pill for a headache.
Even the topic of bullying in our series doesn’t surprise me as much as prison. After difficult scenes there, you sometimes have to step aside and readjust. And when I come home, it happens that I cry after difficult scenes – I don’t see anything wrong with that, it’s a great way to get rid of the pain. Of course, I also complain to my parents and explain to them how and what happened on the set.
Zhenya Ustyugova (16 years old)
Zhenya has been acting in films since she was four years old. Photo: Alexandra Milovanova’s acting agency.
The daughter of artists Yanina Sokolovskaya and Alexander Ustyugov initially intended to join the police. And she really wanted to work as an undercover agent, like Volodya Sharapov. But after the girl’s mother talked about this in all interviews, Zhenya realized that she would soon be discovered and, not without nerves (primarily those of her parents), she entered.
Zhenya’s first role in the TV series “Cop Wars”. Photo: a frame from the video.
By the way, Zhenya started acting in films at the age of four – in the TV series “Cop Wars” she essentially played herself, the daughter of Alexander Ustyugov (more precisely, his hero Shilov).
Masha Porechenkova (19 years old)
The most grown-up family man in Russian cinema, Mikhail Porechenkov, is already helping his second son get a job at the Moscow Art Theatre, which has become his home after moving from St. Petersburg. Chekhov.
Vladimir Lyubimtsev on the stage of the theatre. Photo: Moscow Art Theatre photo. Chekhova/Ekaterina TSVETKOVA.
The first to appear in the theater was Vladimir Lyubimtsev, the illegitimate son of an actor from a relationship during his years in the army in the late 1980s. The boy, whose mother passed away in 1995, first successfully practiced martial arts, served in the army like his father, and then decided to become an actor. He was accepted into the training group of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre, after which he was enrolled in the troupe; now he plays with his father in the “Running” (in total he takes part in seven performances and special projects) of the theater.
Maria Porechenkova is preparing to train as an artist. Photo: STS.
And now Maria Porechenkova, the daughter of the artist from his second marriage with the artist Olga, is preparing to train as an artist and join the theatre troupe in Kamergersky. The girl, who became famous for her notorious road accident, graduated from a difficult Orthodox gymnasium, after which she successfully passed all the exams, including creative tests, getting the required score for admission to the Moscow Art Theatre School (by the way, the girl is very similar to another actress of this theatre – Kristina Babushkina). Porechenkova will study in the workshop of Marina Brusnikina and Sergei Shchedrin.
Vera Aldonina (17 years old)
Vera Aldonina graduated from school with a gold medal and entered VGIK at the acting department. Photo: social networks of the hero of the post.
Even before her tragic death, Yulia Nachalova predicted that her daughter Vera (footballer Evgeny Aldonin) would take up acting. And how I looked into the water! The girl graduated from school with a gold medal, brilliantly passed the Unified State Exam – she scored one hundred points in Russian! — I passed the creative competition with flying colors and entered the acting department of VGIK. Now Vera is studying the course of the legend of Russian cinema Alexander Mikhailov (“Love and Pigeons”).
Vera with her classmates and teacher. Photo: social networks of the hero of the post.
– We are now members of VGIK! – Vera wrote on social networks after joining, taking pictures with her classmates and teacher. – Happiness.
Aldonina firmly rejects the label of “second Nachalova” and modeling prospects and wants to build an independent career as a theater and film actress.
