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As a child, she was involved in short roles in various performances, and from the age of 15 she played in full force in the Sevastopol Youth Theater. In total, she spent three years as an actress for children - until she graduated from school. In high school, Sasha won the big competition “Intelligence + Beauty = Student”, as a result of which she received the right to enroll on a budget at St. Petersburg State University.
The happy girl chose the acting department, but a year later she had doubts and switched to the linguistics department. And then she completely took away the documents from the university. It seemed to the girl that she had received a pass to one of the main universities of the country dishonestly.
Theater
Alexandra Nikiforova became an actress at the Sevastopol Youth Theater at the age of 15. And after some time she joined the troupe of the Psycho Del Art theater. She played in such performances as “War Has Not a Woman’s Face”, “On an Island, Among the Raging Elements”, “Messalina - the Emperor’s Wife” and others.
Theater works
Sevastopol Theater for Young Spectators:
- “On an island, among the raging elements”, Tonya
- “War does not have a woman’s face”, Underground Woman
Theater "Psycho Del Art":
- "Messalina - the Emperor's Wife", Messalina
- "Donka", Michelle
Actress
She entered SPbGATI with the general stream, and only after passing all the exams and receiving a high rating from the professional commission did she agree that she really had the makings of an actor. While studying at the main St. Petersburg theater, the girl met her love.
Director Evgeny Semenov fell madly in love with the beautiful and talented Nikiforova and soon asked for her hand in marriage. She agreed, despite the fact that she knew: her husband had a lot of work in Moscow and they might have to move.
Two Annas
And so it happened. In addition to the fact that her husband was heading to the capital, Sasha became pregnant. I had to take a sabbatical leave and follow my beloved to Moscow. However, after the birth of her daughter Anna, the actress received another Anna - the main role in one of the highest quality detective series of 2020 - the mystical detective "Anna the Detective".
The costume drama, set in 1888, has a clever script, with some episodes based on Pushkin's stories and others featuring real historical characters. For example, in one of the episodes, none other than Anton Pavlovich Chekhov comes to Zatonsk, where Anna lives.
Movies
The filmography of Alexandra Nikiforova began to fill up in 2008, when the girl was still 15 years old. Her first film work was the children's adventure film “Three from Place Carronade”, in which she played the role of schoolgirl Lyuda Sviridova.
In the role of Lyudmila Sviridova in the film “Three from Place Carronade” | RusKino
Later, already during her student period, Alexandra Nikiforova’s films appeared, such as the melodrama “One Family”, the crime series “Russian Character”, the military detective story “Leningrad 46”, and the action movie “Leave due to injury”.
In the role of Evgenia in the film “Leningrad-46” | RusKino
When the actress moved to Moscow, she was almost immediately approved for the role of the main character of the historical project “Anna the Detective”. When Alexandra first read the script, she immediately realized that the image of Anna Mironova was very close to her, the character and the performer were actually related.
In the role of Anna Mironova in the film “Anna the Detective” | RusKino
It’s funny that during the filming, Nikiforova became so imbued with the era of the 19th century and the outfits corresponding to that time that she could not understand how she would later act in modern clothes. And when in the drama about the 60s “Idol” Alexandra was transformed into a Soviet fashion model, at first she felt very uncomfortable in knee-length dresses.
Blavatsky
Nikiforova's heroine, Anna Mironova, was based on Helena Blavatsky herself, a Russian noblewoman considered a religious philosopher and occultist in the 19th century. The actress coped brilliantly with the entrusted role and was even nominated for TEFI in 2017 as the best actress of the best television project. However, the young artist did not receive the award. But she gained invaluable experience and the adoration of fans.
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But Alexandra had no time to bask in the rays of glory. She completed her education in Moscow, at Sliver, and then went to the set again and again, because interest in the talented actress only grew.
Personal life
Even while studying in St. Petersburg, Alexandra Nikiforova’s personal life changed dramatically. The artist met a man whom she fell in love with and whom she married. Alexandra Nikiforova’s husband is also directly related to cinema: Evgeny Semenov is a director of feature films. For the sake of her husband, Alexandra left the institute and moved to Moscow.
The couple did not postpone the birth of children, and in 2015 Alexandra realized that she was pregnant. The actress spent only a month and a half on maternity leave, and then started working. Evgeniy brought Sasha’s daughter straight to the set, and the young mother fed the baby in a room specially designated for them. Motherhood, as Alexandra wrote on Instagram, is the best thing in the world.
At the end of 2017, the media learned about the divorce of Nikiforova and Semenov. According to the man, scandals suddenly began in the house, the actress demanded the conclusion of a marriage contract, according to which the right to dispose of the money earned jointly remained exclusively with her.
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Alexandra Nikiforova and her daughter
In addition, Evgeniy accused his wife of participating in films of a dubious nature, citing as an argument the photos of a girl in frivolous outfits and poses that looked similar to Sasha, distributed on the Internet. The director demanded custody of the child and determination of the place of residence, since at first Anya stayed with her father, and then Nikiforova allegedly took the girl by deception. Lawyers advise the father to agree on a time to meet with his daughter, because the chances of taking her away from her mother are negligible.
Alexandra’s departure to Istanbul to film the series “Sultan of My Heart” added fuel to the fire of the conflict between the actress and her husband. The ex-husband stated that the mother is not involved in raising her daughter, leaving the baby in the care of her parents. The child now lives with his mother.
In her spare time, Alexandra likes to walk and do yoga. Physical exercise helps her keep her weight in shape (the actress’s height is 170 cm). Born in Crimea, she cannot imagine life without the sea and periodically returns to her native places. The actress sings professionally, although she does not consider this facet of talent to be closely related to the art of impersonation, but she would not refuse an invitation to some song show.
Gossip about love
Now her filmography is less odious, but leaves questions of a personal nature. One of the latest projects in which Sasha participated was the Russian-Turkish series “Sultan of My Heart.” On the set, the actress got so used to the image of the main character, who is in love with the hero of Turkish actor Ali Ersan Duru, that fans immediately “married” the couple.
This is because Alexandra, who is inclined towards the humanities, quickly learned Turkish and was able to communicate with her filming partner more closely than other members of the team. In addition, after filming, Ali flew to visit Sasha in Moscow. The rumors were only heating up. In the end, the actress had to officially deny the rumor. She said that she and the Turkish actor really became close while working, but their relationship was only friendly.
Actress Alexandra Nikiforova - about the specifics of filming in Turkey, oriental men and signs of fate
Fans of the series “Sultan of My Heart” are looking forward to the new season of the oriental fairy tale. In the meantime, the main character told Znamenka about the specifics of filming in Turkey, oriental men and signs of fate.
“KIT Film Studio”
- Sasha, share what emotions did working in the series “Sultan of My Heart” give you?
“She opened my eyes to the world. This was my first time abroad for such a long period – six months. I had to immerse myself deeply in a foreign, previously unfamiliar culture. Now it seems that before that I was sitting in some closed space and was guided only by my ideas about what was happening around. And the project gave me freedom, I began to relate to life and other people’s opinions more simply. Previously, it seemed to me that Turkey was a wild country where illiterate barbarians lived, and there you had to always be on your guard. But the country greeted me with incredible kindness. Now I am friends with many Turkish colleagues, we still correspond, asking how everyone is doing. I still communicate with my Turkish teacher, Aglaya Makarova. She herself is Russian, but has been living in Turkey for many years. While I was learning the language for two months, I was very nervous. I went to Glasha every day, even on weekends, and studied with her for several hours. Now, as soon as the slightest opportunity arises, for example, I meet a Turkish-speaking person, I immediately try to talk to him. I often strike up a dialogue with taxi drivers, many of them are Azerbaijanis, and their language is very similar to Turkish.
The cult of food saved me from overload
– Have you become friends with actor Ali Ersan Duru, who played the Sultan? By the way, do you speak Turkish with him?
“Ali doesn’t spoil me very much, he likes to speak to me in English - for him it’s much faster than waiting for me to understand everything and say it.” We really became very close friends. When Ali came to Russia in winter, he and I walked around Moscow and walked along Red Square. It became a funny adventure because Ali turned out to be too prominent a figure. A huge number of young ladies recognized him, everyone shouted: “Oh, it’s the Sultan!”, Everyone wanted to take a photo, give him something - a nesting doll or a hand-knitted hat.
– Are there any peculiarities of filming films in Turkey?
– Our Russian actors are always protected by a 12-hour working day. And then everyone sets their own conditions. In Turkey it is different; they are very hardworking people who can work 20-30 hours without rest. I know that there was a story not on our set, when an actress fainted after a 30-hour shift. She was taken to the nearest hospital, put on an IV, and then returned to filming, and she again entered the frame. But it must be said that in Turkey there is a cult of food; on site they feed you every six hours, it’s very tasty and hearty, and, probably, this is a kind of compromise.
– Your heroine falls in love with a Turkish guy. Could you be attracted to a man from a different culture?
– I think it’s not so important where a person was born, religion and nationality are just a given. It is important to have some kind of internal set of qualities when, when you meet someone, you understand that all the internal puzzles of your souls are beginning to converge. And then you feel that this is the same person with whom you can walk together all your life.
– What can you say about Turkish men? What are the most unusual gifts or tokens of attention you received there?
– I did not provoke situations when they could give me something, I simply would not accept the gift. But I remember one day I was in a hurry somewhere and really wanted to drink. I ran into a cafe and handed the elderly waiter money for tea - 100 or 200 liras, I didn’t have anything smaller. And this man did not take money from me, he said that this was “ikram” - a treat.
Turkish men love to take care of themselves and know how to do it. They value themselves very much. But at the same time, I was struck by their attitude towards family and children. Turks do not marry early, they are dependent on the opinions of their mothers, which is why late marriages prevail there. In our country you don’t often see such a reverent attitude of fathers towards their children as in Turkey; there they simply idolize children. And my opinion, no matter how strange, maybe even shocking, it may sound, in Turkey the head of the family is the wife. This is achieved by various methods - whims, tricks, sometimes even blackmail. Turkish taxi drivers told me their favorite joke on this topic: the devil comes to Allah and says: “Why did you create me if there are Turkish women?”
To become an actress - following my aunt
– What is remarkable for you about the city of your childhood – Sevastopol?
– My city is unique. Its architecture, people, and history are imbued with the spirit of glory and honor. I think it was Sevastopol, where I was born, that influenced the development of me as a person. I fly there all the time, because my family still lives there - my parents and grandparents. And family, home is a place where you can always return, gain strength, and nourish yourself with life-giving moisture. This, by the way, is our similarity with the eastern peoples. Their love for family is instilled from birth. They stand by each other like a mountain, realizing that there is nothing more important than family. This is something we should learn from them. We can sometimes quarrel over some nonsense, and because of our pride we may not communicate with relatives for several years. I have encountered such a situation in the lives of friends and acquaintances, and it is very scary.
– You’ve dreamed of acting as a profession since childhood, haven’t you?
– I don’t understand where it came from, but from the age of seven I knew with absolute confidence that I would be an artist. This is probably due to the fact that my aunt, theater actress Victoria Shpakovskaya, has been an idol, a sorceress and an absolute figure for me since childhood. Until I was 17, my parents didn’t take my dream seriously. Indeed, living in a small town where there is no theater university, it is strange to think that your child will become an artist. My mother linked my destiny with languages - I studied English and French at school, but my father said that you need to do what you want. In general, thanks to my parents: they never forbade me anything. I have always had freedom of choice, since childhood - what to do, what clubs to go to. In high school there were times when I skipped classes - I took books and went to read by the sea. And sometimes my mother even knew about it. And my love for school is associated with specific teachers. We had excellent teachers in physics and chemistry, I still remember and love all of them, although I was not good at these subjects. Chemistry teacher Galina Makarovna always said: “Learn to do something with your own hands. You will need this any time." And this thought still sits in my head.
– What can you do with your own hands?
- Bake pies. And I’m great at braiding my daughter’s hair. Sometimes I like to draw, but it’s a pity I don’t always have time for that.
– How did you manage to study at as many as three universities?
– After school, I went to the St. Petersburg Humanitarian University of Trade Unions (I got there without exams, having won the “Intelligence + Beauty = Student” competition in the 11th grade) and studied there for a year and a half. Then she left and six months later, already on a general basis, having gone through several rounds of the competition, she entered the St. Petersburg Theater Academy (Russian State Institute of Performing Arts. - Note “ZN”). And in my third year I wrote an application for academic leave and went to Moscow, because I was offered the main role in the TV series “Anna the Detective”. I felt so strongly that this was my role and my team that I didn’t doubt it for a minute. In Moscow, I transferred to the VTU named after Shchepkin, from which I graduated in 2017.
– What was your first impression of Moscow?
- Oh, it was love at first sight. St. Petersburg, of course, is also beautiful, it is a very special city, but it is so coldly polite. Moscow is closer to me. I like the Moscow rhythm of life, people. In St. Petersburg, I acutely felt the difference between the native St. Petersburg residents and us, the “newcomers.” But in Moscow I don’t feel this; it’s not even clear whether there are any indigenous residents left in the Russian capital.
– Does my heroine consider the Sultan an ideal man? No, he is more like her favorite. Beloved and ideal are not the same thing Still from the series “Sultan of My Heart” “KIT Film Studio”
– You are the host of the mystical project “Signs of Fate” on TV-3. In life, do you believe in mysticism and do you follow any rules?
– I believe in signs. Fate gives us many signs and clues every day, which we either notice or not. I believe that our guardian angels are sending us warnings. And I really want us people to learn to pay attention to this, to listen to our inner voice. This often happens to me when I understand that I don’t need to do this. Or, on the contrary, that it is very important to go somewhere right now. Sometimes you ignore such premonitions, and later, when everything doesn’t happen as you wanted, you remember: “Oh, I was warned!” There was a period when I was faced with a difficult choice (I won’t go into details about what), and so I was sitting in my daughter’s room, she was playing, and I was thinking about what decision to make... And suddenly the child, looking up from his toys, said: “ Mom, there’s no need to rush.” And I understand that it was not my daughter Anya who said so, but a sign from above.
– How did you find a balance for yourself in combining family and work?
– You have to understand that family is also serious work. There are things that you must do at home. The woman in the family is the hook on which everything hangs. I am absolutely convinced that family happiness always depends on the girl and how much she can withstand, whether she will be able to turn the situation around at the right moment. It is the wife who always sets the direction.
I haven't met my person yet
– You became a mother quite early – at the age of 22, was this a conscious step?
– Since I was 18, I really wanted this and dreamed of a child. Of course, you need to be prepared for motherhood, because only in this case will you cope. I never had any thoughts that a child could somehow interfere with my career and my future. I think it’s better to be with your grandchildren in old age than to be tormented by the roles you played or didn’t play. I graduated from college, breastfed my child, and managed to do everything. The main thing here is to trust yourself and feel that this is your path.
– You went back to work two months after giving birth. Were you afraid of falling out of the cage?
– When the baby was one and a half months old, a small project “Idol” happened for several days of filming. The director knew that I was a young mother, but he still took me for the role, and I thought: why not? I gained a little weight then, but not critically. In the last months of pregnancy, I baked cakes almost every day and ate them almost entirely myself. In that film I played a Soviet fashion model, and Soviet models were very different from modern ones. So a few extra pounds may have been good for me.
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– How
do you compensate for the lack of time spent with your daughter?
“I quickly realized that daily gifts and surprises are a compromise with myself. Therefore, now I try to spend all my free time with my child: go to the children's theater, walk in the park, ride a bike. The most valuable thing you can give a child is attention. Now my daughter dreams of becoming a ballerina, but I take it easy because just a week ago she dreamed of being a firefighter. Anya sincerely surprises me with her ability to transform words and expressions. For example, yesterday I complained that she did not collect the toys in the room. And she retorted: “Mommy, I didn’t put away the toys in my room, but I already cleaned up the surrounding area.”
– The Sultan is the ideal companion for your heroine. What kind of man would you call ideal?
– The Sultan is not ideal, but rather beloved. It seems to me that you need to understand that your loved one will never be perfect, and he shouldn’t be. There are no ideal people; you always need to be able to put up with something. Just like there is something in yourself that your loved one will put up with if you want to be together. First of all, a man must be a man, understand what responsibility is and take it upon himself.
– To date, have you met your, albeit not ideal, but loved one?
– No, I’m not thinking about it yet. You can’t just wish and meet. It must come from above. I guess I will feel this sign...
Alexandra NIKIFOROVA
Born: February 16, 1993 in SevastopolFamily: daughter – Anna (4 years old)
Education: VTU named after Shchepkin
Career: starred in 18 films and TV series, including: “Leningrad-46”, “Anna the Detective”, “Secrets of Mrs. Kirsanova”, “Doctor Richter”, “Godunov”
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