Anna Ardova - biography, personal life and filmography of the actress

Biography

Anya was born into a creative family. Parents - actress of the Moscow Youth Theater Mira Valerianovna Ardova and actor of Sovremennik and the Soviet Army Theater, animator director and teacher at VGIK Boris Viktorovich Ardov - named their daughter in honor of Akhmatova. The great poetess was a close friend of her grandmother, actress Nina Olshanskaya, a student of Stanislavsky.

The famous Anna Akhmatova, Osip Mandelstam, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Boris Pasternak, Mikhail Zoshchenko, Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov, Faina Ranevskaya visited the house of Nina Antonovna and her husband, writer Viktor Efimovich Ardov, on Bolshaya Ordynka.

“I was very lucky to be born into such a big family. Grandfather Viktor Ardov is a writer, grandmother Nina Olshanskaya is an actress, one uncle, Mikhail Ardov, is a priest, the other, Alexei Batalov, is a famous film artist, parents have been in the theater all their lives, stepfather is the legendary Aramis.

My mother was six months pregnant when Igor Starygin fell in love with her. I was not even a year old when my parents separated, and Igor began to visit us often. I, a one and a half year old baby, approached my future stepfather and strictly asked: “Gosh, do you have a mother?” “Yes...” he answered. - “Why are you going to mine then?”

Gosha turned out to be the kindest man, and in the end we lived in perfect harmony. I called him “my beloved artificial dad.” I remember how he took me to the zoo, how he forced me to rewrite essays, how he sat for hours with my problems...

My last stepfather and I didn't get along well. Mom, having lived with Igor Starygin for ten years, divorced him and married director Lev Vaisman. Lev Davydovich staged a play at the Youth Theater. And while she and her mother were rehearsing, a romance broke out...,” said Anna Ardova.

The future actress did not face the question of choosing a profession; the girl decided everything for herself in childhood. However, the path to fame turned out to be thorny: “I entered the theater school for five years and failed all the time. Maybe the responsibility for the family name was pressing. I was so tense that I stopped thinking about anything at all and read very poorly. And then, how can you hide who you are if every time the members of the admissions committee say: “Hello to grandma! Bow to Uncle Lesha! How are mom and dad doing?”

Family[edit | edit code]

• Father is actor and director Boris Viktorovich Ardov, artistic director of animated films.
• Mother - actress of the Moscow Youth Theater Mira Valeryanovna Ardova.
• Stepfather - actor Igor Starygin.
• Grandfather - writer and playwright Viktor Efimovich Ardov (Zigberman).
• Grandmother is actress Nina Olshevskaya, a student of Stanislavsky.
• The uncles are actor, People's Artist of the USSR Alexey Batalov and writer-memoirist, archpriest of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church Mikhail Ardov.
• Stepfather - Ardov Lev Davydovich (Lev Vaisman). Anna played under his direction in the studio theater of the Moscow Aviation Institute.
• Children: daughter - Sofya Ardova, actress.
• son - Anton Shavrin.

Last name[edit | edit code]

According to family legend, the ancestors of Victor Zigberman were Ashkenazi Jews on the one hand, and Sephardim on the other. At first he decided to take the pseudonym Sephardi, and then the first three letters disappeared and it turned out to be “Ardov”[7][8].

Theater

Anna Ardova managed to enter GITIS only on her fifth attempt, when she was already 21 years old. She took a course with director Andrei Aleksandrovich Goncharov. After graduating in 1995, the young actress was offered a job at the Mayakovsky Theater, which she faithfully serves.

Plays in performances of the current repertoire:

• "August: Osage County" Tr. Letts – Barbara Fordham
• “Talents and admirers” A. Ostrovsky - Nina Vasilievna Smelskaya

Works of past years:

• “Bankrupt” A. Ostrovsky - Ustinya Naumovna, matchmaker
• “Farce for adults only” N. Kolyada – Rimka
• “The Adventures of Pinocchio” by A. Tolstoy – Fox Alice
• “Lizard” A. Volodin – Wife of the Eloquent One
• “Victim of the Century” A. Ostrovsky – Chansonette
• “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead” T. Stoppard – Gertrude
• “The Karamazovs” by F. Dostoevsky – Maria Kondratyevna
• "Divorce the Woman's Way" by Clare Booth Luce - Edith, Mrs. Philip Porter
• “A plague on both your houses!” Gr. Gorin – Rosalina

Center for Drama and Directing, directed by A. Kazantsev and M. Roshchin:

• “Ninkina Land. Aliens" – Nina

Content

• 1 Biography
• 2 Career
• 3 Family 3.1 Surname

Cinema

Anna Ardova made her debut on the big screen at the age of 14 in the school comedy by Mikhail Kozakov “If you believe Lopotukhin.” The aspiring actress found herself on the same set with such artists as Leonid Bronevoy, Borislav Brondukov and Svetlana Kryuchkova.

After filming in 2002 as the romantic Rosalina in the television play “A Plague on Both Your Houses!” Ardova’s proposals followed one after another: Isolde in the soulful series “Always Say Always”, the main role of Lilia Alexandrovna in the adventure “Secrets of the Blue Valley”, a housekeeper in the musical “Silver Lily of the Valley-2”, actress Veronica in the film adaptation of Anatoly Rybakov’s trilogy “Children of the Arbat” ", Vera Vodorezova in the melodrama "Only You".

Having played one of the main characters of the great Dumas - the charming Aramis - in the New Year's musical "The Three Musketeers" in 2005, and then the gloomy housekeeper Marfa Semyonovna in "The Case of the Dead Souls", Anna Ardova was invited to the series "Soldiers", "Journey to Love" ", "A Man Without a Gun", "Queen", "Happy Together", "School for Fat Girls", "All Inclusive", "My Crazy Family". Also participates in detective and crime films: “Volkov’s Hour”, “Urgently to Number 2”, “Photographer”, “I’m Going Out to Look for You”, “Old Men”. Viewers also note the artist’s performance in melodramas: “Winter Woman”, “And I Love a Married Man”, “And Still I Love...”, “Lace”, “Cold Sun”, “Paid with Love”, “Shores of Love”, “The Right to Love”, “Neighbors in Divorce”.

In the ironic detective story “The Postman,” Ardova got the main role of Ekaterina Petrovna, and in the biographical melodrama “Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive” played by the director of the House of Culture.

Some of the actress’s latest works: in the series “The Last of the Magikians,” the family comedy “Grandfather of My Dreams,” the melodramas “There Will Be No Wedding” and “Diary of a New Russian.”

Participation in the show

"Women's League"

In 2006, Anna Ardova received an invitation from director Olga Land to star in the comedy show “Women’s League.” The program was popular, and the artist began to be recognized on the street.

The multi-part project about four female characters was released until 2011. The storyline with the heroine Ardova was also shared by Olga Tumaikina, Evgenia Kregzhde and Anna Antonova. The “Women’s League” actresses are sure that a woman’s main weapon is a good sense of humor.

"Women's League" is a humorous program created by women in which they laugh at themselves. Her heroines are not shy about being ridiculous, and sometimes not very smart. This is humor that is close to women and not always understandable to men,” explains the actress.

This is the first project in television history that was created by women from start to finish. The main plot lines of small stories: a woman and her friends, a woman and her boss, a woman alone with herself, a woman and love.

"One for all"

The project “One for All” became a real breakthrough to fame for Anna Ardova. In fact, this is her solo comedy show, in which the actress played all the main roles: the Jewish mother Roza Moiseevna, the fighting old woman Serafima Arkadyevna, the glamorous blonde from Rublevka Angie, the dreaming saleswoman Gala talking with her unborn son, the pregnant woman, the female president of Russia, mother of the Caucasian and Russian families - over 20 images in total.

Anna's faithful companions were Evelina Bledans and Tatyana Orlova, who played almost all the minor heroines.

This project captivated viewers with its life-like humor and believability of situations. In 2010, he brought the artist an honorary TEFI award.

Anna Ardova said: “The children prefer Chris and Angie, but my husband prefers the Jewish mother. For me, the most difficult thing to film is Fat Woman, since she has heavy makeup, like Serafima Arkadyevna. But this role seems to me the strongest of all. By the way, Angie’s lips are silicone, and they stick them on me.”

In addition, the actress was the host of the TV game “Fort Boyard”, was on the jury of the popular transformation show “Just the Same”, and participated in the programs “Smak” and “Evening Urgant”.

In 2020, Anna with a new image (with a short haircut) appeared before the audience of the “Alone with Everyone” program.

Personal life

For the first time, Anna Ardova married her fellow student, the now famous actor Daniil Spivakovsky. The young couple fled quickly enough.

The actress’s second husband was her colleague at the Mayakovsky Theater, Alexander Shavrin. Anna had known him since she was 18, and the friendship at some point developed into romantic feelings.

In 1996, Ardova gave birth to a daughter, Sonya, and in 2001, a son, Anton. The children followed in their mother's footsteps. Sonya played her first role in Boris Grachevsky’s film “Roof”, and Anton and his mother appeared in Pavel Lungin’s film “The Case of Dead Souls” and the show “Women’s League”, “One for All”.

In March 2020, Alexander and Anna divorced after 20 years of marriage. Ardova herself initiated the divorce.

Years of childhood and youth

At the end of September 1969, a famous actress was born in one of the capital’s maternity hospitals. The girl was born prematurely, doctors discovered she had a benign tumor, but everything worked out without any complications. The Ardov family is representatives of a theatrical dynasty: mother Mira was an actress at the Youth Theater, father Boris Viktorovich worked as a director at the Multelefilm studio.

Anna was not even a year old when her parents divorced. Soon my mother got married for the second time. Her chosen one was her colleague Igor Starygin (who played Aramis in the legendary film “The Three Musketeers”). The daughter was very worried about her parents’ breakup. At first it was very difficult for her to accept her mother’s new husband, but the artist was able to win the girl’s favor. The actress’s own father also soon got married. Anna and her family lived on Bolshaya Ordynka; grandmother Nina and grandfather Victor lived next door.

My grandfather’s surname, Ardov, has an interesting origin. According to family legend, his ancestors were Jews and Sephardim. At first, my grandfather took the pseudonym Sephardov, but soon removed the first letters, and what remained was Ardov.

Anna had a restless and complex character. When the girl was in ninth grade, they wanted to expel her from school. That is why the parents had to send the girl to study in the Vologda region, where her own aunt was also the director of the school. Under the control of a relative, Ardova was able to get rid of bad habits and began to get involved in classical literature.

After graduating from school, Anna decided to study at a theater institute . However, the girl failed the entrance exams to GITIS. After that, she had to go to work as a junior economist at Mosobltransexpedition. Then she worked as a saleswoman at the Golden Ear Hotel. During her youth, the future star also managed to work as a cloakroom attendant in the theater.

For 4 long years, Anna persistently tried to enter the coveted university. In parallel with this, she attended Burov’s acting courses. Ardova was able to enter GITIS only in 1990. Upon completion of her studies, the girl was invited to serve at the Mayakovsky Theater, the director of which was her teacher. The woman still appears on the stage of her native theater today and is the leading actress there.

Interview

The actress often quotes Kozma Prutkov: “If you want to be happy, be happy,” and steadily follows this wisdom.

About Me:

“I would love to learn to love myself more. There is such an endless, boring intellectual reflection in me. I want to get rid of her. Although sometimes I think: what if I get rid of it and won’t be able to play?!”

“Look at the Jewish mother from One for All - we look alike. After all, Jewish blood flows in me, and blood, as they say, is not water. My grandfather Viktor Efimovich Zigberman is from Sephardim - Spanish Jews. I realized that you couldn’t live with his last name in the USSR, so he removed the “sef” and became Ardov.”

About women:

“We are all beautiful, even idiots. We are so different, so vulnerable, we have so many different experiences, we feel the world so subtly, we can do so many things. I like that we are set up like a house where a child can live. I really love women. Even their characters from the series “One for All” - all these big-lipped silicone idiots and office idiots.

The scriptwriters wanted the glamorous Chris and Angie to compete all the time. But Evelina Bledans and I said: “No way. Then the charm will disappear, and these wives of the oligarchs will only cause disgust.” And we were right. Viewers adore our girls, understanding that if we women do stupid things, it’s not out of malice, but from an inferiority complex, from the fact that we don’t know how to truly love ourselves.”

Filmography: Actress

• I'll give you the dawn (2018)
• Love and Sax (2018)
• Durehi (2018)
• Diary of a New Russian (2018)
• Ten arrows for one (2018)
• I remember, I don’t remember! (2015)
• There will be no wedding (2014)
• Grandfather of your dreams (2014)
• The Last of the Magikyans (2013-2015), TV series
• Divorced Neighbors (2013)
• All inclusive-2 (2013)
• Shores of Love (2013)
• True Love (2012)
• Paid with love (2011), TV series
• My Crazy Family (2011)
• Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive (2011)
• All inclusive! (2011)
• School for Fat Girls (2010)
• Old Men (2010)
• Wayfarers-2 (2010), TV series
• Phoenix Syndrome (2009), TV series
• City Lights (2009), TV series
• Roof (2009)
• Winter Woman (2009)
• One for all (2009), TV series
• I'm going out to look for you (2009), TV series
• Cold Sun (2008)
• Photographer (2008), TV series
• Happy Together (2008), TV series
• Urgently to number 2 (2008), TV series
• Incident in the city of M (2008)
• Postman (2008), TV series
• Lace (2008), TV series
• Queen (2008)
• And yet I love... (2008), TV series
• And I love a married man (2008)
• Man Without a Gun (2007), TV series
• Hour of Volkov (2007), TV series
• Soldiers. New Year, your division! (2007)
• Reporters (2007), TV series
• Journey into Love (2007)
• Kolobkov. A real colonel! (2007), TV series
• Rabid (2007), TV series
• Alibi Agency (207), TV series
• Soldiers-10 (2006), TV series
• Soldiers-9 (2006), TV series
• Prison. The Case of Fyodor Sechenov (2006), TV series
• Captain's Children (2006), TV series
• Of Fire and Light (2006), TV series
• Airport-2 (2006), TV series
• 977 (2006)
• Brand Story (2005), serail
• Three Musketeers (2005)
• Persona non grata (2005), TV series
• They Don't Kill Clowns (2005), TV series
• The Case of “Dead Souls” (2005), TV series
• Adventurer (2005), TV series
• Formula (2004), TV series
• Only you... or rich Lisa (2004), TV series
• Mystery of the Blue Valley (2004)
• Silver lily of the valley 2 (2004), TV series
• Children of Arbat (2004), TV series
• Always say "always" (2003), TV series
• Wheelies (2002), TV series
• Migrants (1991)
• According to Lopotukhin... (1983)

Anna Ardova now

Anna Ardova herself also developed health problems. In April 2020, the actress went to the hospital for planned kidney surgery. She notified her Instagram subscribers in advance about the surgical intervention in order to avoid unnecessary rumors.

Despite the difficulties, Anna is full of optimism and looks great. Recently, the artist radically changed her image. She rocked a short pixie bob hairstyle. At one time Ardova was brown-haired, but later she dyed her hair in her usual color. The haircut allows you to do several types of styling, which the actress uses with success, showing off her newly styled hair in the photo.

Anna’s new film project in 2020 was the detective film adaptation “Ten Arrows for One,” where she appeared in a leading role. Her partners on the stage were Ekaterina Kopanova and Stanislav Bondarenko.

Ardova also starred in the Ukrainian telenovela “I will give you the dawn.” Now the artist is working on roles in the films “Diary of a New Russian”, “Dawn on Mount Adam” and “Difficulties of Survival”, which will be released in 2020.