In the series “Matchmakers,” the actors are chosen in such a way that the film is captivating from the first frames. A light comedy plot sets the mood for relaxation and fun. But in fact, the film has many serious moments showing the relationship between fathers and children. Read about which actors are involved in the comedy “Matchmakers” in the article.
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The plot of the multi-part humorous film tells the story of the confrontation between two families, whose lifestyles are completely different.
The Budko family are simple, straightforward villagers. And the Kovalev couple are urban intelligentsia who do not understand the habits of their relatives. But they need to find a common language, since they have common grandchildren.
Which actors of the series “Matchmakers” glorified this project:
Ulyana Ivashchenko
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Ulyana embodied the main character of the first two seasons of “Matchmaker” - little Zhenya Kovaleva. The girl stays with two sets of grandparents while her parents go abroad. Their methods of education are different, so comical situations constantly occur in the everyday life of their relatives.
Ulyana Ivashchenko was born into an acting family. Her mother, actress of the Moscow Drama Theater "Benefit" Inna Koroleva, took the girl to filming more than once. And this often resulted in a new role for the baby.
It so happened that in the series “Matchmakers 1” the girl’s mother was invited to play the role of Maria Kovaleva. As a result, Ulya, by the will of fate, played Zhenya.
Now, in addition to her role in “Matchmakers,” the young actress has worked in the films “Trustline,” “Cinderella 4x4. It all starts with desires.” She also works as a presenter on Children's Radio.
Actor Daniil Belykh from “Matchmakers”: “After 5 years, I didn’t recognize my children from the series”
In an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda, Daniil told what awaits her daughter Zhenechka in the new season, what the artists talk about on set, why he himself doesn’t watch “Matchmakers” and which Belarusian artists he admires.
— “Matchmakers” was not filmed for five years. Your colleagues say they miss the project. Have you been waiting for this moment?
- Yes. But surprisingly, I did not recognize and forgot my children from the series. I forgot how many of them I have, in what order they were born, how old they are now. Adult young people came to the shooting. The main intrigue of this season, I’ll tell you a secret, is the wedding of my daughter Zhenya. So she is already such a bride that you would never say that I can play her father.
- What will happen to your hero?
“You know, I’m the cherry on the cake.” When the humor ends already in the 15th episode, what to do? All that remains is to call the rapid response team. Light, humor, love and the king of the episode - Daniel!
— According to the script, will the series take place in Belarus?
— You know, every person living in Belarus, Ukraine, Russia has some idea that somewhere far away there is a life that is better than here and now. I’ve been living in Odessa for four years now and often talk to taxi drivers who angrily say: “I should put the whole family in jail and go to the peninsula.” And on the other hand, people come from the peninsula to get biometric passports and whisper in whispers how difficult it has become. I am sure that it is because of this that the events in the series take place in the glorious city of Kitezh, which is a dream for every person.
The actor loves to walk along the wide avenues of Minsk. In the city center he knows every spot. Photo: Svyatoslav ZORKY
— How do you like filming with us?
- Wonderful. There is a creative atmosphere here that gives inner peace and a state of inspiration. If there were possibilities at the legislative and technical level, then I am sure that all the Bandiniads would be filmed in Belarus, and not somewhere in Prague.
— Do you often visit Minsk?
- Yes. Every corner of this city, especially the center, is familiar to me. Yesterday I visited the water park, saw new areas and new metro stations. And I see what great work has been done in Minsk over the past 15 years. It is clear that the money was invested in new metro stations, in new houses, in new technologies, and did not end up in Panamanian accounts.
—You don’t talk about politics on the set?
- Why? Kravchenko asked me: “When the war comes, who will you fight for?” We talk jokingly. The point is that everyone believes what they believe. I have seen many countries with my own eyes. But people, as a rule, are not interested in what you saw with your own eyes; they start telling you what they saw on TV. And this robs people of the opportunity to live their own lives. As a child, when your parents tell you what the world is like, you see a completely different picture than your heart sees. Then they tell you on TV what the world is like, and your heart sleeps and does not wake up. And then some sad thoughts come to you: time has gone somewhere, life has somehow flown by. And you realize that you lived some kind of life, as if without opening your eyes. Therefore, if you are interested in any political topics, go and see with your own eyes. If I was interested in something, I went and looked. Been to Beirut, Damascus, Aleppo, South Africa.
The new season of the folk series is being filmed in a village near Minsk. While his colleagues are playing their scenes, Daniil is exploring the surroundings. Photo: Svyatoslav ZORKY
— After filming, do you spend time with your colleagues?
- You know, this is a tough shoot. Elderly people are filming, and under the sun you get tanned during the day, you joke that there is no time for fun. As I understand it, many people order dinner to their room because they don’t have enough energy. Artists waste a lot of energy. But I’m young, and my role is small.
— Do you watch “Matchmakers” yourself?
- No. I know that the parents of close relatives are watching. This series is more for people who raised their consciousness during the times of the USSR, in times of such morals. I try to build different models of behavior in my family. Not the kind that are welcome there.
Daniil Belykh with his on-screen wife Inna Koroleva. Photo: Svyatoslav ZORKY
— You travel a lot, which country is the best to live in?
- A person always lives and hopes that somewhere there is better. And he wants to live there. But this is not true, these are just our fantasies. It’s good not where we are not, it’s good now, in this moment. At some point, in Moscow there became for me a lot of people who believe in another god, who consider this city to be disposable. I couldn’t meet the same person on my home street. This distinguishes a city from a metropolis. Odessa is a city where sailors live for a long time. And can you imagine the consciousness of a person who was in Japan in the 80s or saw Africa and America? His brain works completely differently. His consciousness is not narrow, brought up by newspapers and televisions. The man saw everything with his own eyes. And in every life there is some kind of story that takes your breath away. And such people are the majority, which is why I live in Odessa.
And, of course, with his on-screen father-in-law Fyodor Dobronravov (Ivan Budko). Photo: Svyatoslav ZORKY
— Do you have friends in Belarus?
— Over the past 15 years, almost all of my Belarusian friends have emigrated and now live somewhere in England, in India. I also remember what “Raisin” or “White Vezha” are. I visited there often. I remember how there were security guards as extras in some films, they came to the shooting and said: “Danila, how are you filming? Yesterday I saw you in this state at 4 am, and at 9 am you are already fresh, cheerful and filming.” Yes, the nights here were bright ten years ago. After this, all the youth of some progressive persuasion write letters from other countries. Nobody stayed. True, a segment of young people who remain in Belarus has now begun to form. I like that in Minsk cafes you can meet Sasha Filipenko or Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalok.
- Are you listening to Brutto , Lapis-98?
— Yes, I was recently at the Lapis 98 concert. A month ago, Sergei Vladimirovich and his wife visited me. I believe that this man is one of the brightest representatives of culture in Belarus. And in many ways he is an example for me. His attitude towards sports is that he does not eat meat, he runs. Maintains severe asceticism. You need to do something in life constantly and consciously. Something begins to crystallize in you, and your life becomes much more conscious.
The actor has many friends from Belarus. Daniel said. that he is friends with Sergei Mikhalko. Photo: Svyatoslav ZORKY
Sofia Stetsenko
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Native Kiev resident Sofia Stetsenko played Zhenya from the third season of the series until the heroine grew up in the story.
Before the comedy project, the actress participated in various variety competitions, including Ladies and Gentlemen. When she was six years old, the girl won the next show. There, radiant and mischievous, she was noticed by a theatrical agent and invited to one of the main roles in the TV series “Matchmakers.”
Now the actress is 15 years old. She is finishing school. In addition to the role of Zhenya Kovaleva, which brought her fame, she starred in “Peter Pan” and “The Blue Bird”.
Childhood and youth
The girl was born in the capital of Russia. Date of birth: October 18, 2002. Her parents also work in acting. Father, Pyotr Ivashchenko, works as a professional announcer and does voice-over work. Characters from “Game of Thrones”, “Hannibal Lector”, etc. speak in his voice. Mom, Inna Koroleva, is a Moscow theater actress. But fame came to her with her role in the TV series “Matchmakers,” where she starred with her daughter.
When little Ulyana had no one to leave with, dad took his daughter to work, which she really liked. From a young age, the girl showed interest in acting. As a child, the actress was sociable, very cheerful and very reasonable.
She studied at a Moscow school, and also studied acting in her free time. She also worked at Children's Radio.
Ulyana later said that she really liked such an unusual childhood. It was not carefree, but the girl is grateful to her parents for allowing her to have such an experience.
Despite the fact that from childhood Ivashchenko began to have fans and admirers of her talent, she remained kind and sweet, continuing to communicate on equal terms with her friends.
The actress tells herself that she loves to relax in nature and go fishing.
Fedor Dobronravov
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The famous artist played the charismatic Ivan Stepanovich Budko. In the movie "Matchmakers" he works as a driver at a bakery. Most of all he loves his wife, daughter and granddaughter.
Colorful, self-confident and cunning, he is always for justice. For this, his loved ones respect and listen to him.
Fedor Dobronravov played more than 120 roles in theater and cinema before “Matchmakers.” Voiced cartoons. In addition to the comedy genre, he performs well in dramatic roles. Viewers remember him for his roles in the TV series “Kadetstvo” and the historical film “Secrets of Palace Coups.” Awarded the title "People's Artist of the Russian Federation". Has its own production center.
A secret behind seven seals: what happened to actress Lyudmila Artemyeva after a difficult divorce
Everyone’s favorite actress Lyudmila Artemyeva today has gained enormous popularity in show business, she was a jury in the show “One to One”, and has starred in many wonderful films and TV series.
She became famous after the famous series “Matchmakers”, playing there the intelligent matchmaker Olga. But how did Lyudmila’s career begin, how did her life develop and what did she go through?
Luda was born in the territory of the former GDR, in the city of Dessau. Her father was a military man, so the family did not sit in one place and after some time they were transferred to Ukraine. Luda studied at school first in Uzhgorod, and then in Lvov.
The capable and artistic child was noticed everywhere, she loved to parody and did it very effectively, so that all the teachers kept repeating the same thing: “People need to go to the theater!”
As a child, Luda attended a drama club and singing lessons, excelling in both areas.
After graduating from school in the northern capital, the actress did not want to go to theater school, but decided to follow in her mother’s footsteps and study music professionally. So the first university for Artemyeva was the Leningrad Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory.
After studying there for a year, Luda came to her senses and realized that she couldn’t live without theater and cinema. She went to Moscow and successfully entered “Pike”.
The girl eagerly devoured all knowledge and was a successful student; some classmates even asked Luda to study with them. This is how she met Sergei Parfenov from the senior year, they saw each other every day and Lyuda helped him rehearse an excerpt from “Oblomov”. This was in the first year, and in the second year he already proposed to her.
In the third year, the couple had a daughter, Katya, and Lyudmila’s teacher Marina Ter-Zakharova, with whom she was very close, then helped her find a good obstetrician for childbirth.
The girl was sent to her husband’s parents in Tallinn, since it was difficult with a small child in the hostel; they came to see Katenka only on weekends. When their studies were nearing the end, it was time to look for housing and register, with which Ter-Zakharova once again helped the young people, getting them a room in a communal apartment.
Sergei has always been more talented, more successful and in demand in the world of cinema than Lyudmila. She was proud of her husband and supported him in every possible way. Sergei began to be invited to theaters - first to the Central Children's Theater, then to the Theater of Satire, and also to the theater on Malaya Bronnaya.
In the 90s, Lyudmila was invited to work in one of the most famous and prestigious theaters in Moscow - Lenkom. It was then that Lyuda felt the first pricks and coldness from her husband. Meanwhile, little Katya grew up. They decided to send her to school in Moscow, for which they took the girl from Tallinn. A difficult time began for cinema, and for the whole country - the 90s.
Sergei began to lose his job, he was invited less and less to filming, but Lyudmila, on the contrary, began to slowly climb up.
DIVORCE
At first, Sergei simply took a sip from the bottle. Lyudmila tried to talk with her husband, but it did not help, quarrels occurred more and more often.
Katya watched the drunken showdown, and later, when Lyudmila’s patience ran out, she would take her mother’s side and support her decision to divorce. After fifteen years of marriage, Artemyeva and Parfenov ended their relationship.
Having started a new life, the actress decides to leave the theater and try herself in cinema. She is immediately noticed and put on comedic roles, which she successfully performs.
Already in the early 2000s, Lyudmila played the charming taxi driver Nadezhda Romashova, with whom the audience literally fell in love, so much so that they had to film four seasons! Later, Artemyeva embodied another bright character - the typical urban intellectual Olya in “Matchmakers.” On the set of the sixth season of “Matchmakers,” 49-year-old Artemyeva goes on maternity leave; as it turns out, she has been happy in her new marriage for several years and has decided to have another child.
But after a couple of months, the actress felt unwell, they urgently called an ambulance, but the doctors were unable to save the baby. After the miscarriage, Lyudmila was only with those closest to her, not wanting to see anyone.
But, like a strong-willed woman, she pulls herself together and continues acting, delighting her fans. Now she works a lot, emphasizes that she is happy with her new husband and does not hide the fact that she has not yet given up the idea of becoming a mother again.
Tatiana Kravchenko
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The People's Artist of the Russian Federation played Valentina Budko, a thrifty and kind-hearted woman, in the sitcom. She and her husband lived for many years and raised a daughter. Having a large house and a garden in the village of Kuchugury, the woman does everything with her own hands - grows flowers, cooks dinners, takes care of animals.
Her heroine does not understand the lifestyle of the Kovalevs' matchmakers. But she soon changes her hostile attitude.
The actress, who has been working at the Lenkom Theater for more than 40 years, has 30 theatrical works to her credit. Kravchenko is even more in demand in cinema - 139 works. She excels at comedic roles. She played in the projects “Who’s the Boss?” and “My Fair Nanny.”
Anatoly Vasiliev
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People's Artist of Russia Anatoly Vasiliev perfectly performed the role of the timid professor-philosopher Yuri Kovalev in “Matchmakers.” Intelligent and calm, he was used to listening to his wife’s opinion in everything. But the new matchmaker shows him that sometimes it is necessary to take responsibility.
In fact, the actor has a violent temper. In the fifth season of the project, due to constant conflicts with other actors, the writers had to rewrite the plot. As a result, in the film, his hero died of heart disease.
Despite the fact that the actor left the film “Matchmakers,” the audience remembered him as a positive hero.
Before the series, Vasiliev played more than 50 film roles. The most famous films with his participation are “Crew” and “Beloved Woman of Mechanic Gavrilov.”
The prototypes of “Matchmakers” were the parents of Zelensky and his wife
The secret was revealed during a creative evening at the Kvartal 95 studio in Kyiv. The guys presented two new projects related to the series “Matchmakers”.
Firstly, this is the animated film “Svatiki”: 23 sketch episodes (5 minutes each), where the most striking episodes from the series are drawn in the style of “Fairytale Rus'”. They will be on TV soon.
Secondly, the book “Matchmakers”. The first literary work of the Kvartal 95 studio. Essentially, this is an artistically adapted script from the first three seasons of the series. But here everything is shown and described more subtly. Especially good are the internal monologues of the characters, which are practically omitted in the film.
But the authors, actors, screenwriters and director of the project also revealed some secrets that have long interested fans of “Matchmakers.” For example, for the first time they admitted who became the prototype of the main characters.
“Volodya Zelensky constantly fed us stories about the rivalry between his father and father-in-law,” says one of the authors of the idea and producer of “Matchmakers” Boris Shefir. — Do you remember the scene from the series when the fathers were doing push-ups? This is from life! And when Vova once again told us a story about his parents, his and his wife, we decided that this should be immortalized. This is how the idea of “Matchmakers” appeared, and then the series...
Since Zelensky’s father is a professor, Doctor of Technical Sciences, head of the department, it is not difficult to guess that he became the prototype for the image of Yuri Anatolyevich Kovalev.
Accordingly, the parents of Elena Zelenskaya (nee Kiyashko) were to some extent based on the Budko family. True, according to the residents of the quarter, Lena’s father and mother are much more intelligent and well-mannered. Therefore, Ivan and Valyukha are more collective images of people from the people.
QUESTIONS FOCUS
When will there be a sequel?
“They’ve been asking us about this for three years now (the last, sixth, season of “Matchmakers” aired on television in 2013 - Ed.), says series director Andrei Yakovlev. — The only thing I can say now is that the seventh season is almost written. All that remains is to remove it. But how to implement this in this situation? We are thinking about this now. We are moving in this direction. But for now I don’t know when the new season will come out.
Why are Russian actors cast?
Surprisingly, a boy of about ten years old approached the “quarters” with this complaint, declaring that there are many good actors in Ukraine who need to be cast.
“We invite actors not on the basis of nationality, but on the basis of professional qualities,” answered director Andrei Yakovlev. — It is important for us that a person is suitable for a particular role, and not his passport. Are the actors in the right place in “Matchmakers”? Yes! Then everything is fine. In addition, many Ukrainian artists star in this series.
Lyudmila Artemyeva
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The Honored Artist of Russia got the complex role of an active and impulsive woman - Olga Kovaleva.
An emotional lady loves a beautiful life, works as an accountant at a university and does not tolerate the behavior of her new relatives. She tries to be a strict grandmother for Zhenechka, and subsequently for her twin grandchildren. But she's not good at it.
Artemyeva started her acting career in her youth, but her role in the multi-part film “Taxi Driver” did not become her breakthrough. She starred in more than 80 films of different genres.
The star of the series “Matchmakers” found happiness through tragedy
The film “Matchmakers” with Fyodor Dobronravov and Lyudmila Artemyeva has long become a national treasure, the whole country adores it. However, like all the leading actors. The family comedy has been shown in reruns more than once, and recently they are starting to air it again on the Rossiya channel.
Skip the line
“The stars of the old Soviet cinema more than once told how fans showed their love for them: when they saw them on the street, they took them for a drink,” I note in a conversation with the beautiful actress Inna Koroleva, who played Masha, Zhenya’s mother. The open, smiling artist laughs, obviously imagining how she could be invited to take a hundred grams.
- Well, no, the modern viewer is more tactful. Strangers, recognizing me, simply smile and say hello. They may ask for an autograph or photo. But if they notice that I’m in a hurry, they apologize, wish me a good day and leave. There were cases when they let us skip the line, for example, to receive a foreign passport: “You need to hurry up, you have filming.” But at first no one could have imagined that the film would be such a success. We were planning a full-length two-part weekend film. My daughter Ulyana Ivashchenko was cast in the role of Zhenya in those two episodes. I accompanied her to the shooting, and they filmed me in the episode, as if at the same time - well, since I’m already here, I arrived (laughs). Then the film came out. And unexpectedly, it was the viewers who flooded the Rossiya TV channel with letters, demanding to film a sequel - they liked the story so much. But my Ulya couldn’t act anymore - she went to first grade. And they took another girl, Sonya Statsenko, to play the role of little Zhenya. I think she did a great job too.
Inna Koroleva /
After the accident she confessed her love
– “Matchmakers” is a family series. And I can’t help but ask you about your husband.
– It’s as if fate itself brought us together, and this was in the late 90s. Then I had an affair with an artist from Bulgaria. I lived in Moscow, my fiancé was at home, I wanted to write to him more often. But then computers and the Internet as a means of communication had just entered our lives and not everyone had them. I did not have. And then one day a friend suggested: “At our work, the computers are freed up at 8 pm. If you want, come and communicate with your artist until the morning.” And I started coming to the office. And Petya Ivashchenko, my future husband, worked in the same company as a computer engineer. And he helped me - either install the necessary program or troubleshoot some problems. We became friends, he began to visit me in a friendly manner.
And then one story happened. We were driving a car - me, Petya and a mutual friend - and got into a terrible accident in the center of Moscow. I remember it now: darkness, then a bright flash - and a truck was flying towards us. There was a terrible roar, and glass fragments rained down in my face. Usually they don’t come out of such troubles alive. Our car was crushed - they pulled me out of the window. Surprisingly, not a scratch on us. Only my legs gave way from shock. “Hold on to my neck!” - Peter commanded. I remember, I grabbed him with both hands, looked at him and repeated: “How I love you!” Then I thought more than once: fate arranged this accident to throw us into each other’s arms. That evening we went to my place, and Petya spent the night for the first time. 9 months later our daughter was born.
Daniil Belykh /
– What was it like filming with Daniil Belykh, who played Maxim?
– As an actor, Danya is talented, but unique - you never know what to expect from him in the next moment. When they were filming a sex scene, he became capricious: “My girlfriend is jealous, so, sorry, I won’t kiss you!” And he first patted me on the back and then tickled me. As a result, we have tense faces in the frame. Danya tries to play well and look decent in front of the girl. But I have one thought: don’t laugh.
Nowadays, the roles offered are increasingly of the same type – secretaries and dumpsters. After “Matchmakers” I don’t want to play in anything. That's why I give up a lot.
Anna Koshmal
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The bright young Ukrainian actress appeared in the sitcom when Zhenya grew up in the film. She plays a smart but characterful teenager. Either she immerses herself in music, or she scares her grandparents with her passion for subcultures. Everyone's favorite successfully graduates from school and goes to college.
The beautiful Anna Koshmal graduated from the circus school and starred in 15 popular television series, many television shows and video clips. She was nominated for the Teletriumph Award.
In May 2020, 23-year-old Anna suspended filming and took a creative break. The reason for this was the actress’s pregnancy.
Marina Serdeshnyuk
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For Kiev resident Marina Serdeshnyuk, the role in the sitcom was her debut. She got to the casting by filming herself on a video camera. The girl got the role of Katya Berkovich, the daughter of the university rector and the matchmakers' neighbor.
The aspiring actress was upset that the directors saw her as a blonde. She, a brown-haired woman, had to dye her hair. But the role in the series launched Serdeshnyuk’s acting career. After filming “Matchmakers” ended, Marina was offered to participate in the Ukrainian film project “On the Line of Life.”
Alexander Feklistov
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Alexander Feklistov is known not only as a popular actor, but also a successful director and screenwriter. In the sitcom he appears in the last two seasons in the role of San Sanych Berkovich.
After the death of Yuri, Kovalev becomes Olga's second husband. Heartthrob Berkovich gives up his old lifestyle and enjoys the already established family values of the matchmakers.
Before filming the series, Alexander Vasilyevich played in many films, including the famous films “In August 1944” and “The Birthday of the Bourgeois”.
A new story from the lives of heroes
The third season of Matchmakers tells how Maxim (actor Daniil Belykh) and Masha (actress Inna Koroleva) go to the Netherlands in the summer. Their daughter Zhenya (Sofia Stetsenko) remains in the village under the supervision of the Budko family (played by actors Fyodor Dobronravov and Tatyana Kravchenko). To help look after their granddaughter, as well as prepare the girl for admission to the lyceum, their son-in-law’s relatives, his parents Kovalev (actors Anatoly Vasiliev and Lyudmila Artemyeva), come to visit them.
During the same period, another rather significant character appears in the frame - this is in one person a neighbor, as well as godfather, friend and drinking companion of Ivan Mityai (actor Nikolai Dobrynin).
In the new season, the matchmakers find a common language and begin to get along with each other. They try to lead a healthy lifestyle, not smoking, not drinking, and not even eating after six in the evening.
During this period, Ivan remains unemployed, but soon, thanks to a combination of circumstances, he returns to the bread factory as the manager of the garage.
A few words about the cast
- Actor Alexander Feklistov was initially invited to play the role of Yuri Anatolyevich in Matchmakers. But, given his busy schedule, the actor was unable to take part in the filming. Although the actor appeared further, first in a cameo role, and then became fully involved in the game. He played the role of rector Berkovich, who replaced the hero Anatoly Vasilyev, who refused to continue filming.
- Actor from Matchmakers Alexander Feklistov liked working with Kvartal so much that he agreed to star in their new film “Relatives” in the title role.
- Anatoly Vasiliev constantly argued with Andrei Yakovlev, producer and screenwriter, about his vision of the characters. He advised paying more attention to the development of their images. And he even asked to take his hero out of the picture, which, in the end, happened.
- Actors Lyudmila Artemyeva and Anatoly Vasilyev are the same age in the story. They studied at university together. In fact, their age difference is 17 years.
- The series “Matchmakers” is not the first collaboration on screen between Lyudmila Artemyeva and Tatyana Kravchenko. They already had this experience in the sitcom “Who’s the Boss?”
- Actress Anna Koshmal, before filming the series, had never even held a guitar in her hands, let alone played it. And during filming, Fyodor Dobronravov himself taught her this.
- Many of the musical compositions in the series are performed by the actors themselves. In the third season of “Matchmakers,” this is the screensaver with the work “Summer of My Childhood” (sung by Fyodor Dobronravov).
- In the next parts of the series Matchmakers there will be more such cases, but for now they are helped by professional actors such as Nadezha Babkina (“Thin Rowan”), Nikolai Dobrynin (composition “The Reeds Made a Noisy”).
Nikolay Dobrynin
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Dobrynin's hero is Mityai Bukhankin. He is a joker and a drinker. This is a friend and godfather of the head of the Budko family. But meeting the woman he loves will force him to improve and become a respectable husband and father.
The actor is well known to theatergoers. He played in productions of “The Master and Margarita” and “The Maids.” He starred in 134 films and television series. Dobrynin was awarded the title “Honored Artist of Russia.”
The first season of “Matchmakers” was released 10 years ago. Recently it became known that the seventh season of the kind, humorous film series, so beloved by viewers, will be filmed. Its release on television is planned for 2020.
Professional activity
Immediately after graduating from a theater university (2000), the young actress was hired by the Benefis Drama Theater in Moscow. The artistic director of the theater was Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Anna Mikhailovna Nerovnaya. In the theater, Inna was involved in many productions, most often in performances based on classical works of literature.
Particularly noteworthy are the following theatrical projects with the participation of the actress: “Vasilisa Melentyeva”, “The Taming of the Shrew”, “The Thunderstorm”, “The Importance of Being Serious”, “Matchmaking in Moscow”, “Aliens” and “The Marriage of Balzaminov”. She also took part in the children's fairy tale “My Dad is the Best,” where she played the role of the Fox.
In addition, the actress has experience as a radio presenter (on Radio Mayak) and is also a versatile voice-over artist. Inna's works include numerous films and cartoons, audio and video clips, advertising, audio books and congratulations. Among the various projects that the actress voiced, many are known to a wide range of viewers:
- "Ghostbusters";
- "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button";
- "Fixies";
- "Django Unchained"
- "Grandfather of easy virtue";
- "Run away";
- "Shrek Forever After";
- "Naked truth".
Inna made her film debut while still at school. The girl played a cameo role as a student in the dramatic film “White Clothes” directed by Leonid Belozorovich. The student managed to work in one project with famous artists: Zhanna Epple, Valery Garkalin, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Alexey Buldakov and others.
Later, already in 1996, the girl took part in the war drama directed by Dmitry Astrakhan “From Hell to Hell”, where she played a small role.
After moving to Moscow, the young actress began acting in films only in 2003. This year, the actress played the role of secretary Maltseva in the detective series “On the Corner of the Patriarchs-3.”
The filmography of the beautiful and charming actress currently includes more than 30 works in various film projects. Among them are the following works: “Rublyovka Live”, “Trust Service”, “Cinderella 4x4. It all starts with desires” and others.
The actress gained great fame and popularity when she was invited to the comedy project of the Kvartal-95 studio - “Matchmakers” (2008). In the series, Inna has been playing since the first season (there are six in total) the daughter of the Budko family, Masha, who is very fond of the audience. From 2009 to 2013, Inna starred in five more seasons of the already popular and rated comedy series, where she also played the daughter of Valya and Ivan Budko, Maria Kovaleva.
In production for 2020, it is planned to release on television the continuation of the comedy project “Matchmakers-7”, in which Inna also participates. The directors of the series this time are Andrei Yakovlev and Mikhail Savin.
