Childhood and family of Alexandra Florinskaya
Alexandra was born on September 26, 1977 in Leningrad. Her family history is closely connected with art. Maternal great-grandfather, Gleb Andreevich Florinsky, performed at the famous Leningrad Comedy Theater, in the troupe of artistic director Nikolai Akimov, who made the institution famous. In 1964, Alexandra’s grandmother, actress Elena Florinskaya, also came there, and her husband, Lev Tsutsulkovsky, was a documentary director.
Alexandra Florinskaya grew up in a creative family
Their daughter Natalya, Alexandra’s mother, chose a profession far from creativity - she worked in the service sector. Her husband was guitarist and director Evgeny Budanov. Alexandra’s passport lists the surname “Budanova”, but in memory of the theater dynasty the girl took the pseudonym Florinskaya.
Young Alexandra Florinskaya
Like many children of actors, she spent a lot of time behind the scenes of the theater. She was looked after mainly by her grandmother, who by that time had stopped going on stage herself and became the head of the troupe of the Akimov Theater. As a child, Sasha dreamed of working in a circus as a tightrope walker or an animal tamer. Later, she thought about becoming a director, but her relatives dissuaded her - it was believed that it was doubly difficult for girls to get into the directing department. From the age of 15, the girl worked at the Model House and participated in fashion shows abroad.
Modeling career of Alexandra Florinskaya
In 1994, the girl entered the acting department of St. Petersburg State Academy of Theater Arts. While still a student, she began acting in films, and in 1997 she took part in a national beauty contest and became vice-Miss Russia.
Alexandra Florinskaya's height is 181 cm
The girl’s modeling career was taking off: she was entrusted with becoming the brand of the Northern Lights cosmetics brand. At the same time, she began an exciting romance with classmate Sergei Gorbchenko, as a result of which their son Gleb was born on October 14, 1997. Due to pregnancy, Alexandra broke up with the modeling business, and in 1998 she received a diploma from St. Petersburg State Academy of Theater Arts and entered the service at the Akimov Theater.
Acting career of Alexandra Florinskaya
At the Akimov Theater, where she knew every corner since childhood, Alexandra was busy in the plays “Lovers”, “The Importance of Being Serious”, “The Country Wife”.
Interview with Alexandra Florinskaya about the play “Bore” Later, she moved to the theater under the direction of Roman Viktyuk, where she participated in the productions “Let’s Have Sex” and “My Wife’s Name is Maurice.” As for cinema, Alexandra played her first role during her student years. She got the leading role in the 1994 film “Dedication to Love,” directed by her grandfather Lev Tsutsulkovsky.
Actress Alexandra Florinskaya
After graduation, the young actress of the Comedy Theater combined work on stage with filming. In 1998, she played a prostitute in the scandalous short film “Kept Woman.” She also began appearing in television series: she could be seen in “Streets of Broken Lanterns”, “Deadly Force”, “NLS Agency”, “Cobra” and many other domestic television projects.
Alexandra Florinskaya without makeup
In 2002, Florinskaya starred in the cult TV series “Brigade”. She appeared in three episodes as actress Anyuta, a friend of producer Andrei Kordon.
Alexandra Florinskaya in the TV series “Brigade”
Although this role brought her enormous popularity, she continued to appear in other projects only in the background. Everything changed in 2004 - that’s when the serial drama “Game Without Rules” was released. In it, Alexandra was entrusted with the main role - she reincarnated as the mistress of a crime boss. The actress’s partner on the set was Dmitry Nagiyev.
Because of her spectacular appearance, the girl was offered mainly the roles of such fatal beauties-bitches. She managed to break this stereotype with the release of the 20-episode melodrama “The Captain's Children” in 2006, where she played the role of the dreamy and vulnerable teacher Eva Grineva. The plot of the series centered on the problems of the Grinev family, people of the old school - honest and noble. Florinskaya's on-screen relatives were Oksana Akinshina, Inna Makarova, Andrei Tolubeev, Olga Ostroumova and Sergei Makhovikov.
Alexandra Florinskaya in the series "Captain's Children"
At this time, the actress met the man who was destined to become her second husband - producer Nikolai Bilyk. During the filming of The Captain's Children, she became pregnant. Coincidentally, her heroine was also in an interesting position at that moment. In 2005, their son Nikolai was born, after which the actress disappeared from the screens for a short time.
She returned in 2008, with the main female role in the drama series “The Witch Doctor”. She played Lina, the wife of the unjustly convicted young doctor Konstantin Razin.
Alexandra Florinskaya in the series “The Secret City” In 2013, the actress became a mother for the third time. The first major project after the third birth is the comedy “Woman’s Revolt, or the War in Novoselkovo” in 2020. In the same year, she played the queen in the fantasy series of the Ren-TV channel “Secret City”.
Movies
Alexandra Florinskaya first appeared on screen in 1994. The actress immediately got the main role in the film “Dedication to Love.” Her filming partner then became Yegor Beroev, who also played one of the main roles.
Alexandra Florinskaya in the series “Deadly Force”
The next time Florinskaya had a chance to act in a movie was 4 years later - she appeared in Viktor Buturlin’s short film “Kept Woman”. Then the actress’s filmography was replenished with small roles in the serial films “Streets of Broken Lanterns - 2”, “Turkish March”, “NLS Agency”, “Deadly Force”, “Cobra” and others. In 2001, she starred in the drama Russian Beauty.
Alexandra Florinskaya first gained popularity after participating in the cult 2002 TV series “Brigade”, in which the actress played the role of Anyuta. The debut film of Alexei Sidorov, which is positioned as a “Russian gangster saga,” brought popularity to both the director and the performers of the main and supporting roles. The key characters in the action film were presented by previously unproduced or unpopular young actors, for whom “The Brigade” became a career boost.
Alexandra Florinskaya in the TV series “Brigade”
At that time, success came to the actress thanks to her past associated with beauty contests. The girl had a beautiful appearance and model parameters (weight was 63 kg with a height of 181 cm). Alexandra mostly played the roles of sexy bitches - Masha in “Provincials,” and Raisa in “The Listener,” and Stella in “Thank You for Everything.” In 2003, she starred naked in the film “Lotus Strike - 3. The Riddle of the Sphinx.” An excerpt with Florinskaya bathing became one of the most popular videos on demand with her name.
Alexandra managed to change her role by playing the role of literature teacher Eva Grineva in the series “The Captain's Children.” In the film, she embodied the image of a subtle, receptive woman who is waiting to meet her prince.
Alexandra Florinskaya in the series "Captain's Children"
Another success in her career was her role in the 2008 film “The Witch Doctor,” where Florinskaya played the main character Lina.
2010 brought the actress only minor and episodic roles, but Alexandra appeared in 7 projects of different genres. Among them is the detective story “Moscow. Three Stations", the comedy "Marrying a Millionaire", the melodrama "Angelica", the action film "Bros". She began to be invited to entertainment television shows. In the summer of 2010, the artist shared her signature recipes with TV viewers in the “Smak” program.
Actress Alexandra Florinskaya
Over time, Florinskaya’s track record included the controversial film “A Short Course in a Happy Life” by Valeria Gai Germanika, the detective melodrama “The Lavrova Method” with Svetlana Khodchenkova in the role of a tough teacher at the Ministry of Internal Affairs Academy, and the drama “Nutty” with Maria Golubkina.
In 2012, the actress starred in the Russian-Ukrainian melodrama “Lucky Ticket”. Alexandra got the role of the main character of the film, Nina Osechkina. Another central character of the artist is in the comedy series “Woman’s Riot, or the War in Novoselkovo”
Alexandra Florinskaya in the series “Lucky Ticket”
This was followed by filming in the telenovela “Mama Lyuba”. At the same time, Alexandra played Queen Vseslava in the fantasy series “The Secret City” based on the series of books by Vadim Panov.
In 2020, Alexandra starred in the series “Teacher in Law. Fight", which combines the genres of action and melodrama. The film tells the story of an ex-criminal who gave up his criminal past and became a teacher and director of an orphanage. The hero tries to remain respectable, but enemies from his previous life drag him into a criminal whirlpool.
Alexandra Florinskaya in the series “Secret City”
In the comedy “Ivanovs-Ivanovs” Florinskaya appeared in the image of a society lady, not burdened with household chores. A carefree life ends when a woman finds out that her son was confused with another boy in the maternity hospital 15 years ago.
Over the course of 3 seasons, viewers watched as Alexandra’s heroine, together with her husband (Sergei Burunov), tries to bring her own child home, but encounters resistance from the second family, whose members were played by Anna Ukolova and Mikhail Trukhin.
Alexandra Florinskaya in the TV series “Ivanovs-Ivanovs”
The character is close to the actress in spirit. Polina is kind by nature, but inside she is strong, educated and intelligent, smoothing out the sharp edges that invariably arise between representatives of different social strata. Alexandra's zodiac sign is Libra and also does not like conflicts, she is constantly looking for balance.
Personal life of Alexandra Florinskaya
As noted above, in 1997, while a student, Alexandra began living with classmate Sergei Gorobchenko. In 2003, the common-law spouses separated, maintaining friendly relations. In this marriage, the actress had a son, Gleb. Already an adult guy, he is directing.
Alexandra Florinskaya and Sergey Gorobchenko
The actress's second husband was producer Nikolai Bilyk. The future spouses met at the birthday party of their mutual friend; Nikolai fell in love with Alexandra at first sight. At that time, both of them were still in a relationship, although they felt that things were nearing an end.
Nikolai Bilyk and Alexandra Florinskaya
In 2005, their first son Nikolai was born - her husband was present at the birth and supported Alexandra. A few years later, she gave birth to another child from him: in 2013, their daughter Agatha was born.
Alexandra Florinskaya with children
In her free time, Alexandra Florinskaya loves to engage in interior design - she admits that this hobby may develop into a second profession in the future.
Personal life
The actress does not hide her personal life and freely answers questions from the press about her children and husband.
In 1997, Alexandra Florinskaya, while a student, married fellow student Sergei Gorobchenko, who was remembered by the audience for his roles in “Boomer”, “Officers”, “Molodezhka”.
Alexandra Florinskaya and Sergey Gorobchenko
Soon the couple had a son, Gleb. The couple lived together for 6 years, after which they separated. As the actress explained, in youth it is difficult to realize what brings you closer to a person.
“And even after many years, sometimes you look, seemingly without emotion, at this or that situation, trying to analyze it detachedly, and you cannot even give yourself a clear answer as to why this happened then. It’s just that at that moment I could only be with him.”
Alexandra Florinskaya in a swimsuit
Florinskaya is happy in her second marriage to Nikolai Bilyk, who works as a producer and takes part in the creation of television programs. In 2005, Alexandra gave her husband a son, Nikolai Jr.
The second pregnancy coincided with filming in the series “Captain's Children”. According to the script, her heroine was also pregnant, and the first person to visit Eva Grineva in the maternity hospital was a hero named Georgy, played by Sergei Gorobchenko.
Alexandra Florinskaya with her husband Nikolai Bilyk
In 2013, the 35-year-old actress once again experienced the happiness of motherhood - her daughter Agatha was born.
Gleb is studying to become a director; he directed his father in his first short film. Agata is passionate about figure skating, Kolya is passionate about swimming, boxing and football. The young man already speaks English and Italian and is studying Spanish.
Alexandra Florinskaya in the program “While everyone is at home”
Mom’s favorite pastime is design, creating coziness and comfort. Alexandra furnished the large house that the family purchased in the Moscow region herself.
For Florinskaya, having children is not a reason to run to the registry office and get a stamp in your passport. This was the case after the birth of Gleb, and in relations with Nikolai. Like any woman, she loves romance, but believes that formalities are not necessary.
Alexandra Florinskaya with her family
The actress runs a page on Instagram, and in the photo she appears to her followers in different ways - in a swimsuit, in the gym, at a social event or on the set.
Alexandra Florinskaya now
In October 2020, the comedy series “Ivanovs-Ivanovs” was released. In the story, two families - rich and poor - many years ago got their newborns mixed up in a maternity hospital. Having learned about this only 16 years later, they decide to restore justice and again exchange children, who will have to get used to life in new conditions. Alexandra plays the carefree socialite Polina from the “rich Ivanov” family, and her relatives were played by Sergei Burunov and Alexey Lukin.
Alexandra Florinskaya in the TV series “Ivanovs-Ivanovs”
Creativity[ | ]
Movie roles[ | ]
- 1994 - Dedication to love - Olya Meshcherskaya
- 1998 - Streets of Broken Lanterns-2 (series “Looking for a job with risk”) - Lena
- 1998 — (short film)
- 2001 - Lethal force 2 (episode “Double Burn”) - Lisa
- 2001 - People and Shadows. Secrets of the puppet theater - Paola
- 2001 — — Lydia
- 2001 — — Veronica
- 2001 - Memorabilia. Memorabilia Collections - Sonya
- 2002 — — Laura
- 2002 - Provincials - Masha
- 2002 - (was not completed)
- 2002 - March of Turetsky - 3 - Katkov
(series “I am a killer”) - 2002 - Brigade - Anya
- 2003 - Lotus Strike 3: The Riddle of the Sphinx - Bather
- 2003 - Spas under the birches - Alla, chorus girl
- 2003 — — Lena
(credited as
Budanova
) - 2003 - Kamenskaya 3 - Marina, “Gazelle”
(series “Stylist”, credited
Budanova
) - 2003 — — Sasha
(credited as
Florinskaya
) - 2004 — — Ksenia
(credited as
Florinskaya
) - 2004 - Listener - Raisa
(credited as
Florinskaya
) - 2004 - My mother is the bride - Marina, Ivanovsky’s ex-wife
- 2003 — — Sasha, Shah's lover
- 2004 - Evlampia Romanova-2 - Angelina Brit
(series “Viper in Syrup”) - 2004 - House by a salt lake (Kazakhstan) - Ivona Januskaite, Lithuanian exile
- 2005 — — Margarita
- 2005 — — Veronica
- 2005 — — Stella
- 2006 — — Eva Grineva
- 2008 - Witch Doctor - Angelina Nikolaevna Razina
- 2009 — — Natasha Konysheva, daughter of a colonel
- 2010 — — Marina
- 2010 - Happiness under contract - Alina Belova
- 2010 - Angelica - Martha
- 2011 - A short course in a happy life - Svetlana
- 2011 — — Angelina
- 2012 - Big laugh - Angela
- 2010 — — Marina
- 2014 - Secret City (TV series) - Queen Vseslav
- 2015 - Woman's revolt, or the War in Novoselkovo - Lyudmila Korakovskaya
- 2017 - Ivanov-Ivanov - Polina, socialite and housewife
Theater roles[ | ]
Comedy Theater named after N.P. Akimov[ | ]
- 1998 — “Lovers.” Director: T. Kazakova
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Clorinda - 1998 - “The Importance of Being Serious” by O. Wilde. Director: I. Makarov
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Gwendolen - 2000 - “The Country Wife” by W. Wycherley. Director: T. Kazakova
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Alithea
Roman Viktyuk Theater[ | ]
- "Let's have sex." Director: Roman Viktyuk
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Girl - “My wife's name is Maurice” (French: Raffy Shart). Director: Roman Viktyuk
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Mistress
Entreprise [ | ]
- 2001 - “I must remove the president.” Director: A. Sinotov
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Louise
