Alexandra Tabakova, daughter of the legendary Soviet and Russian master of theater, cinema, and the most is a unique actress. Unfortunately, in her work and career there was only one stellar bright role, but she was remembered by moviegoers, critics. Why didn’t Sasha continue to develop her career?
The daughter of Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov Alexander literally broke into the world of Russian cinema. Critics and directors predicted a brilliant career for her, but were mistaken. Sasha didn’t act in films anymore, and in her father’s theater she didn’t find the main roles, despite her talent. Why did it happen so? Is Oleg Pavlovich guilty of this? Why in recent years, Alexandra, almost did not communicate with relatives - father, his wife, older brother?
Biography of actress Alexandra Olegovna Tabakova
Alexandra was born in Moscow in early May 1966 in a creative family. Her dad is Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov, well-known to all, her mother is actress Lyudmila Krylova. In addition to Sasha, the eldest son Anton was in the family. At the time of the birth of his younger sister, he was already 6 years old.
The children of the Tabakov-Krylov couple literally grew up in the theater. But such a lifestyle did not interfere with learning. For example, Alexandra showed excellent results in the exact sciences, she was an excellent student in mathematics.
After school, following the recommendations of her parents, Alexandra entered the Moscow Art Theater School. The group where Sasha studied was often called the “star group” - her fellow students were Masha Evstigneeva, Mikhail Efremova, and Vyacheslav Innocent. Head of the course Vladimir Bogomolov and master of acting Kira Golovko noted that Alexandra Tabakova is one of the best students, they were sure that she would become the star of the theater stage and cinema screens, but their dreams were not destined to come true.
How did the career of Alexandra Tabakova
Sasha graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School in 1987. Teachers, especially the master of stage speech Tatyana Vasilyeva, persuaded the young actress to stay at the university, but Alexandra chose the stage. She became part of the theater troupe, led by her father. Perhaps this was her main mistake in her career path.
Oleg Pavlovich was sure that children should achieve success in life and profession on their own. The main roles in the performances invariably went to other actresses, most often to Marina Zudina, his former student.
For the first time on the stage of the theater, Alexander Tabakova appeared in the television play "Armchair", where she was entrusted with an episodic role. Her stage partners were Boris Scherbakov, Alla Pokrovskaya, Sergey Gazarov. Zudin shone in the title role.
Alexandra understood that only in the theater, under the “supervision” and guidance of her father, she would not be able to develop her career the way she wanted. She decided to try her hand at the cinema. There were many proposals, since directors and critics praised the talent of Tabakov’s daughter. Sasha chose the film "Little Faith", and was not mistaken.
Filmography of Alexandra Tabakova and a career on the radio
The social drama Little Faith was a real breakthrough for Alexandra Tabakova, despite the fact that she played a supporting role in her. The film was unusually relevant for that time, it became one of the highest grossing.
A year after the release of "Little Faith", the director of the film decided to shoot the tragicomedy "Dark Nights in Sochi, " and again invited Alexandra Tabakova to one of the secondary roles. Sasha was waiting for the main roles, but agreed, and again flashed. The image of her heroine was no less vivid than the main ones. But after this film, Alexandra disappeared from the world of cinema for a long time, only in 2003 she reappeared in the frame, in the short film "Another District", and again in the episode.
Alexander Tabakov could continue her television career only in Germany, where she left after a quarrel with her father. There she married, learned a language and appeared on the screen for several years as a TV presenter.
In the early 2000s, Alexandra returned to Russia. For several years she worked as a radio host on the Silver Rain channel. Her partner in the Mishanina program was Mikhail Kozyrev. In addition, Alexandra Olegovna hosted the TV show “Let's go!”. But she never returned to the cinema and theater.
Personal life of Alexandra Tabakova
In the life of Alexandra Olegovna, there were two episodes of a serious relationship with men, but only one ended in marriage - the first. Her future husband, Jan Lifers, was introduced to Alexander by her fellow student Vengerov Gennady. The charismatic optimist literally charmed the girl, the young people began a stormy romance. After a quarrel with her father because of his departure from the family to Zudina, Alexandra agreed to marry Jan and went with him to Germany.
In 1988, a few months after the filming of Little Faith, Alexandra and Ian had a daughter, Polina. At 7 years old, the girl already starred in her father’s film "I am the Boss."
After a divorce from Lifers, Alexandra returned to her homeland. After some time, a man reappeared in her life - actor Andrei Ilyin. The marriage was civil. According to Andrei, to make an offer of a hand and heart to Alexandra, her perpetual nitpicking to the lack of money and household trifles prevented him. Realizing that their relationship only brings them negative, the couple decided to leave.
