Svetlana Ustinova biography of the actress, photo, personal life 2020

BIOGRAPHY

Svetlana Ustinova was born in Severodvinsk.
The city, whose life was closely connected with shipbuilding, flourished at that time. The girl’s father is a submarine engineer, he worked at a shipbuilding plant, and her mother soldered engines for submarines there. But at one point everything changed: in the difficult economic conditions of the 90s, the plant’s management decided to release the game “Flight to Mars”, and they also began paying salaries to employees. The father of the future actress left the factory and began doing business. From first to seventh grade, Sveta studied in a regular school. Since childhood, the girl loved to attract attention to herself: she participated in amateur performances, played in KVN, and took ballroom dancing. Ustinova was well versed in fashion; many acquaintances even noted her resemblance to the famous actress and model Claudia Schiffer.

In high school, the girl went to the gymnasium. The time had come to decide on a career choice, but it was not so easy. The actress says: “In principle, I was more drawn to the humanities. I even planned to become a translator. In addition, she loved literature and wrote essays well. There were problems with the Russian language, but I was ready to improve it. However, dad suddenly decided that there were not enough good economists in the country. He said: “Svetlana, economic.” I never liked mathematics. But I started studying with tutors. Break yourself. I didn’t like all the subjects that accompanied the profession of an economist - statistics, higher mathematics. Maybe it's because I was forced to do it. I have such a character - I need everything to be from the heart and according to my own desire.”

After graduating from high school, Svetlana Ustinova moved to Moscow. She entered the Moscow University of Economics and Statistics, but in her second year she transferred to the Finance Academy. In parallel with her studies, she tried herself as a fashion model and starred in music videos for famous performers.

Svetlana Ustinova's childhood and family

The future star of Russian cinema was born in provincial Severodvinsk (Arkhangelsk region). Her father was a well-known entrepreneur in the city, and her mother worked at a local one.

From an early age, the girl attended local school No. 28. It was here that our today’s heroine began to show her artistic abilities for the first time. She participated in various competitions, holidays, and games of the local semi-professional KVN team. In addition, during this period the girl began to actively get involved in fashion. She was aware of all the latest news and tried in everything to be like her favorite supermodel, the German Claudia Schiffer. It is quite noteworthy that the only extracurricular activities that the future actress diligently avoided during this period were classes in theater arts.

Trying to always keep herself in shape, Svetlana Ustinova enrolled in the ballroom dancing section, where she achieved quite good success. As for her favorite subjects and life aspirations, in this regard Sveta was a very diverse child. At an early age, she showed great interest in the humanities - she did well in Russian and literature, and was also very diligent in her English classes. However, over time, she began to pay more attention to mathematics and economic geography. Such changes were associated with the girl’s great desire to enter one or another financial university.

Ultimately, this is what happened. Having successfully completed school, the girl and her father went to Moscow, where, after long trips to various higher educational institutions, she submitted documents to the Moscow Financial Academy.

Actress Svetlana Ustinova began her career in Moscow

MOVIE

A fateful meeting in Svetlana’s life was a chance meeting in a cafe with director Pyotr Buslov, the author of the film “Boomer” that thundered throughout the country in the early 2000s. Buslov was just at that time preparing to shoot his new film, “Boomer: The Second Film.” The director suggested that Sveta try out for

. She recalls: “In general, I didn’t immediately get the role. There were several castings and auditions. I was forced to act with every actor who was in the film. The director's assistants watched, assessed, scrutinized, and doubted. All this happened for a painfully long time. But in the end, Buslov insisted on my candidacy, and I was approved for the role.”

Ustinova was fascinated by the cinema, and she realized that this was exactly what she needed. After the fourth year, she left the Financial Academy and entered VGIK, in the workshop of the Honored Artist of the Russian Federation V.A. Grammatikova.

Studying took a lot of strength and energy, but nevertheless Svetlana managed to act in films. In 2007, she played in an episode of the series “The Law of the Mousetrap” and the mini-series “SMERSH” by Zinovy ​​Roizman, where she played the role of Pavlinka. The girl’s popularity grew every year, and she gained the status of one of the most promising actresses. The following series were released with the participation of Svetlana Ustinova: “Zhurov”, “Precinct”, “Last Meeting”, “Dark Waters”.

In 2012, the series “Snipers: Love at Gunpoint” premiered, in which Svetlana played sniper Lyusya Sokolova. The preparatory period took a lot of time: the actresses underwent military training, where they were taught to shoot professionally, crawl in trenches and march. These same skills were also useful for participating in the multi-part film “Scouts” (2013), where the main role of Arina Prozorovskaya was played by Svetlana Ivanova, and

embodied by Svetlana Ustinova. The director of the film, Felix Gerchikov, recalls: “I immediately offered Svetlana Ivanov the role of Arina. This is undoubtedly her role, no one doubted it. After reading the script, she agreed without hesitation. But it was hard to find Zoya. They looked in different ways, looked at many young talents, but I doubted, I didn’t see what I was looking for. More experienced actresses coped with the task better, but each particular case had its own obstacles. And I am happy that in the end this role was played by Sveta Ustinova. One hundred percent hit. It seems to me that she has never had a role like this before. Her heroine is so diverse, emotional, she goes through a very difficult journey, and is reincarnated several times.”

"COLD FRONT"

One of the brightest works of recent times has been the film “Cold Front,” which was released in early 2020. The film became a debut for many: for film critic Roman Volobuev, the film became his first directorial work, and actresses Svetlana Ustinova and Daria Charusha not only played the main roles, but also became co-authors of the script. In an interview with Hello! Svetlana said: “We needed somewhere to throw out the entire volume of creative energy seething inside us, because at that time I had six months of work behind me on a complex role in the TV series “Scouts,” and otherwise there weren’t many offers: the material was not pleased. Therefore, Dasha and I, who was in a similar state, decided to take everything into our own hands and try to create something of our own. The process is fascinating, it’s addictive, especially when your thoughts begin to turn into a movie, and your heroes come to life - this is a truly incomparable, incomparable feeling!”

In the center of the picture is a young couple experiencing a crisis in their relationship. Sasha (Daria Charusha) and Ilya (Alexander Molochnikov) rent a house in Normandy from friends, where they live in absolute solitude. But one day Sasha’s classmate appears in their lives, played by Svetlana Ustinova. The actress admits that this role was very difficult for her, because according to the script, her character had few words, and all experiences had to be expressed through gaze, facial expressions, movements and gestures. “I always thought that this was a positive character, but during filming I realized that she is a person who cannot be the same all the time, only good or only bad - she is always different. First one or the other side of our essence becomes more prominent, and much depends on our morality, the inner core, on which side we feed more in ourselves. It depends on us and our inner work who will win - the monster or the light inside us,” says the actress.

Acting career of Svetlana Ustinova and other successes

Despite the fact that entering a financial university had long been the dream of our today’s heroine, Svetlana Ustinova soon realized that accounts and finance were “not her thing.” While still a student at the Moscow Academy, the girl began to try herself in other industries. For some time she worked as a model, and then began appearing in videos for various Russian pop groups. So, in particular, the popular actress can be seen in episodes of the music video of the groups “Dynamite” and “Legal Business”.

Finally, in 2005, the girl decided to take the documents from the Moscow Financial Academy and try her hand at the VGIK entrance exams. The auditions were successful, and soon the girl began to study acting at Vladimir Grammatikov’s studio.

It is worth noting that the knowledge gained soon enough found its practical application. In 2006, Svetlana Ustinova came to the casting of the film “Boomer. The second film,” and this day became a turning point in her life...

The performance of the young actress made an excellent impression on the director and producers of the film. Svetlana was approved for the role, and very soon the young beauty Dasha from the sequel to the legendary “Boomer” became known throughout Russia.

From that moment on, Svetlana Ustinova’s rapid ascent to the heights of Russian cinema began. Her popularity grew every year. The girl often acted in films, attracting more and more attention with her new works. So, in the next three years, the young actress appeared in eleven (!) new films at once. The most famous of them were their roles in the films “SMERSH”, “Standing on the Edge”, “Gust of Wind”, “Good Reason for Murder”, “Unfortunate.” for love" and many others.

During this period, the girl acquired the role of a bright actress - one of the most promising stars of Russian cinema. Each of her new roles allowed us to look at the multifaceted talent of the young actress from a new perspective. She starred a lot and often, and therefore her photographs and interviews became integral attributes of all glossy magazines in Russia.

PERSONAL LIFE

In 2009, Svetlana Ustinova married Ukrainian director Mark Gorobets. After some time, the couple divorced.

Now the actress is dating Ilya Stewart, producer and co-founder. The girl admits that her lover influences her in many ways: “Ilya Stewart is my inspiration and support. Watching his fearlessness in mastering new heights and prospects, I also felt that if you really want something and start working on making your desire come true, then everything will begin to come true, and even your wildest dreams will begin to come true.”

The beginning of Ustinova’s creative path

The girl’s fans are waiting and actively discussing new films with the participation of actress Svetlana Ustinova, biography and personal life, but few people know how she achieved this.

After graduating from the institute, the girl found herself on the set of the film “Boomer” directed by Pyotr Buslov; the audience remembered Dasha well from the second film of the crime drama. The girl says that she was already familiar with the casting director of the project. But on this they parted ways. When it came time to look for an actress for the role of Dasha, the casting director remembered Sveta and invited her to the casting. As a result, after a few months the girl was not hired. Sveta accepted defeat, but suddenly the girl received a call and was informed that she had been approved for the role.

INTERVIEW

ABOUT ME

“Cheerful, hardworking and vulnerable.”

ABOUT THE ACTING PROFESSION

“There are many schools. There is Stanislavsky, there is Grotovsky, someone works according to Mikhail Chekhov. It is convenient for one director for the actor to be stupid and empty, for another it is necessary for the actor to come and do everything himself, for a third it is important for the dialogue with the actor. It is important to me that there is meaning. I often try on the hero for myself. I ask myself: what would I do in this situation?”

ABOUT THE CINEMA

“Why am I doing cinema? Firstly, for pleasure and self-realization. Secondly, for the viewer who will watch and take something away from it. Probably, an actor is a broadcaster who, passing through himself, conveys something important to the masses. This is a responsible profession, so every time I ask myself: what am I ready for now? what do I want at the moment? What can I say?

ABOUT STAR DISEASE

“No, I don’t feel like a star. The stars are Meryl Streep, Alisa Freundlich, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and Brad Pitt. And so... while we are working... I have actresses and actors whom I respect. But I have to be original. This is where I will be interesting to people, if I am myself, and not someone else’s copy. We need to occupy our niche and expand within it.”

Based on materials from the sites vokrug.tv, hellomagazine.com, gq.ru, peoples.ru, ok-magazine.ru, kino-teatr.ru, spletnik.ru, uznayvse.ru, wonderzine.com, graziamagazine.ru.

Stewart

Svetlana Ustinova, Ilya Stewart

In 2013, through mutual friends, Ustinova casually met the famous producer Ilya Stewart. Later in an interview, she admits that the man immediately impressed her. The thought was constantly spinning in my head that he was very smart and interesting. But things didn’t go beyond a couple of conversations. But six months later, when they met again by chance, an affair began.

She and Ilya themselves spoke about the fact that one of the main beauties of Russian cinema is now not free. Svetlana will explain this by saying that she did not want gossip and rumors around her personal life. In 2015, the lovers announced their engagement, and in 2020 they got married.

The wedding was closed - in one of the Mosfilm pavilions. In honor of the event, the lovers held a party in the style of a Hollywood film. Ustinova has repeatedly expressed her desire to become a mother. But for now the actress is too absorbed in work.

FILMOGRAPHY: ACTRESS

• Sasha the good, Sasha the evil (2016), TV series
• Route built (2016) (in production)
• Cold Front (2015)
• Man without a past (2015), TV series
• New Year's Happiness (2015), TV series
• Non-random meeting (2015), TV series
• Hardcore /Hardcore/ (2015)
• Secret City (2014), TV series
• Son for father (2014), TV series
• Headhunters (2014), TV series
• The Long Way Home (2014), TV series
• Rare blood type (2013), TV series
• Ultimate Depth (2013), TV series
• Scouts (2013), TV series
• Puppeteers (2013)
• Snipers (2012), TV series
• Escape 2 (2012), TV series
• Odessa-Mama (2012), TV series
• Astra, I love you (2012)
• Dark Waters (2011)
• Sea Devils. Destiny-2 (2011), TV series
• Mologa. Russian Atlantis (2011)
• Mine (2010), TV series
• Fog (2010)
• Capital of Sin (2010), TV series
• The Last Meeting (2010), TV series
• Golden Trap (2010), TV series
• Precinct (2009), TV series
• Unlucky in Love (2009)
• Zhurov (2009), TV series
• Good Reason for Murder (2009)
• Prodigal Children (2009), TV series
• Gust of Wind (2008), short film
• I'm standing on the edge (2008)
• The Well (2008), short film
• Schoolgirls (2007)
• SMERSH (2007)
• Law of the Mousetrap (2007), TV series
• Boomer. Film two (2007)

Sensational roles

The heyday of his career came in the tenth year. Then famous films with her participation began to appear - “SMERSH”, “Dark Waters”, “Scouts”. “Cold Front” became a breakthrough for the actress. In the film she acted as a co-writer and producer. A special highlight was the song “My girl”, performed by Svetlana’s close friend, actress Anna Chipovskaya.

Still from the film “Cold Front”

Together they will work on another project - BLOCKBUSTER. Friends will play there... girlfriends! The movie will receive warm approval from critics and a recommendation for viewing.

But another drama, released in the same 2020, in which Ustinova starred, became a cult classic: “Buy Me.” In an interview, the actress will explain that this story is not only about tragedy, but about growing up, love and a certain magic that has a place in everyone’s life.

Choice of profession

After filming, Svetlana had no doubt that her path in life was an acting profession. She left the Academy and quite easily entered the famous VGIK. I took Grammatikov’s course. Svetlana Ustinova is a versatile actress, and directors successfully use this quality of hers. After 2007, she received many offers for new films, but she was selective in choosing roles. Perhaps that is why the images she creates are always bright and memorable.

Svetlana Ustinova, whose filmography has just begun to be created, works a lot and very diligently. Her partners feel comfortable on set, and directors always note her responsibility in working on a role.

Personal life of the artist

The artist’s first marriage occurred at the age of twenty-seven with director Mark Gorobets, who directed the popular TV series “Closed School.” But due to the jealousy of the spouses, this family union did not last long.

On June 24, 2020, Svetlana married Ilya Stewart, who is a famous producer and founder of the Hype Production company. The ceremony took place in the Mosfilm pavilion in Hollywood style and aroused interest among the entire Moscow elite.

The actress has been at the peak of popularity lately. Of course, her high productivity (2-3 projects per year) and talented performance of complex roles in title films are the undeniable reason for this. But still, a very bright and attractive appearance also does not go unnoticed by fans. Thus, her photo on Instagram, where she posted a frame from a rehearsal of the play at the Moscow Art Theater, caused a storm of emotions among subscribers. Some thought that their favorite artist had undergone facial plastic surgery (removal of Bisha's lumps). Svetlana did not comment on the situation and deleted the photo.

Russian writer Tatyana Vitalievna Ustinova in her literary work focuses on detective works, which often become the basis of the plot for film adaptation. In addition, she is a popular TV presenter of the programs “My Hero” and “Hour of Judgment.”

Due to the fact that in Tatyana Ustinova’s books, a romantic story is almost always closely intertwined with a criminal investigation, her main audience is still women. The prolific writer’s creative assets today include forty-two books. Moreover, a distinctive feature is the serialization of detective stories, which are published in 3-4 books (“Crime story”, “Panther”, “Russian bestseller”, “Angel detective”). And the Eksmo publishing house, which has been cooperating with Tatyana Vitalievna for a long time, has also released a large series of the collector’s edition “Tatyana Ustinova. First among the best."

Childhood

Father, Vladimir Ivanovich, a submarine engineer by training, in the difficult 90s, when everything began to fall apart, left the factory and opened his own business, becoming a well-known entrepreneur in the city. Mother, Tatyana Vasilievna, remained to work at the factory.

The future actress spent her childhood in a harsh climate. I went to the first grade at regular secondary school No. 28 in the city of Severodvinsk. I studied well. The girl was most interested in humanitarian subjects, and was especially successful in Russian language and literature, as well as English.

She grew up as an active child, took part in many school events, and in the local KVN team.

I didn’t think about becoming a professional actress and didn’t attend any theater clubs. She loved ballroom dancing, practiced it with pleasure and achieved significant success. For Sveta, these were moments of self-expression. She was passionate about fashion and was interested in the latest in the fashion industry. I loved watching different films.

After graduating from the seventh grade, Sveta, on the advice of her father, decided to enter gymnasium No. 14, which had a humanitarian and linguistic focus. All summer, the girl studied additionally with private teachers in order to enter this educational institution. A gift from my father for his efforts was a trip to a children's camp.

New classmates accepted the girl immediately. Sveta had no fans at the gymnasium; everyone was only determined to receive a prestigious education. She had to study English more deeply and learn German from scratch; exact sciences were also taught at the highest level. At that time, the girl first heard from friends that she was very similar to the fashion model Claudia Schiffer, whom she really liked.

The first play on the theater stage that the girl saw was “Eliza Doolittle” on the stage of the Severodvinsk Drama Theater. In high school, Sveta began to think about becoming a translator. But a progressive and well-read father, when the girl was finishing high school, advised her to become an economist. The girl began to diligently prepare with tutors in the exact sciences.

After graduating from high school in 1999, Svetlana and her father go to Moscow, where with difficulty they enter the University of Economics and Statistics. The girl really wanted to stay in the capital, despite her unloved specialty at the university.

In her second year, the girl transferred to the Financial Academy. Not having a mathematical mind, she found it difficult to study. At that time, an 18-year-old girl was noticed on the subway and invited to star in the video for the rap group “Bad Balance.”

Svetlana got a job in a modeling agency, on whose behalf she periodically starred in videos and advertisements. She managed to get into the videos of Decl and the groups “Dynamite”, “Legal Business” and others.

At that moment in life, chance decided everything. Svetlana was sitting with friends in a cafe, where she accidentally met the director. Having mutual friends, Peter briefly joined the company, after which the girl received an offer to come and audition for the main character in the director’s film. The girl was interested in the offer; she was curious to act in a movie.

The girl, although she did not understand anything about acting, was approved for the leading role in the continuation of the cult film “Boomer. Film two"

. Svetlana did not understand then what great luck had befallen her. The girl liked acting in films, as well as the atmosphere on the set. She wanted to learn acting skills. In 2005, she left the Financial Academy after studying there for almost four years.

Enters the VGIK acting department in the workshop of the Honored Artist Vladimir Aleksandrovich Grammatikov (born in 1942).

In the first year, an excerpt from Arbuzov’s play “My Poor Marat” by Svetlana and her classmate was recognized as the best in the course. Students from all over the university came to see the composition. During her studies, the girl lived in a dormitory, often staying with her classmates to rehearse until late at night, sometimes spending the night there. From time to time Svetlana managed to act in films

, but basically she had to refuse many offers because of her studies.
Interesting notes:
Studying at a theater university lasted four years. Among the graduation works in which the talented student took part were: “Marriage” by director I. Tsalon, “Three Sisters” by director Y. Ilyashevsky, “In the First Person” by director Y. Zhzhenov. Svetlana graduated from GITIS with honors.

Personal life of the writer

The only marriage with Evgeny Ustinov took place in 1990, when the newlyweds studied together at Moscow State University. In this strong and happy family union, two sons appeared, ten years apart - Mikhail and Timofey.

During their history, the married couple also experienced a crisis, which occurred in the initial period of Tatyana’s creative career. However, later the couple were able to overcome it, and today nothing threatens their well-being.

Dmitry Ustinov is a Soviet military leader and statesman. The Marshal of the Soviet Union was awarded a huge number of awards and was called the last defender of socialism.