Larisa Shakhvorostova / Biography and filmography

Little mother

By the age of ten, little Lara began to beg her parents for a brother or sister. At first timidly, then with an ultimatum, arranging demarches for the family. And when she learned that the mother was pregnant, she wrote a whole notebook with poems dedicated to the unborn baby.

When the baby was brought from the maternity hospital, the girl did not leave her crib. Larisa herself admits that already at the age of 10-11 she developed a maternal instinct. Despite the small age difference with her sister, she treated her like her own daughter.

Second demarche

Larisa, who is generally flexible and an excellent student, made her second demarche when she was about to enter theater school. Dad didn’t let me in, considering his daughter’s desire a youthful fantasy. Meanwhile, Larisa was making excellent progress at music school.

Dad said that after eighth grade the girl goes to music school. And, if four years later, having received a diploma as a music teacher, he does not give up the idea of theater, he will think about allowing her to try herself in Moscow.

The girl protested and got ready to go to high school and then go to the capital, but her dad insisted.

Everything was decided when my father suffered a heart attack. Of course, it was not Larisa’s persistence that brought him to a hospital bed; the military officer had completely different reasons for this. But my daughter suddenly felt guilty. And, after the eighth grade, I went to a music school, which gladly accepted the talented student.

Plowed for a dream

She did not intend to hang around in Biysk. In secret from her father, she persuaded her mother to at least give her a job as a cleaner at a factory. Having a working permit, the girl had the right to study at a school for working youth. It was the certificate of complete education that she lacked for admission.

This is how she lived: in the morning, scales at the music theory and composition department, in the evening, school textbooks, at night she went to wash the floors, and returned after midnight. I spent a year pursuing my dream, received a certificate, wrote a note to my parents that I had left to enroll and went to Moscow.

Childhood and youth

Larisa Anatolyevna Shakhvorostova (Totunova) was born on June 24, 1963 in the village of Morozovskaya (now the city of Morozovsk) in the Rostov region. The zodiac sign Cancer became the patron symbol of the future artist. The girl grew up and was brought up in an ordinary family: her father was a military man, and her mother worked as a cook. Later, the Totunov family moved to the Altai Territory, to Biysk, where the future actress spent her childhood and youth.

Larisa Shakhvorostova with her parents and sister

Larisa was interested in creativity from early childhood. According to rumors, she wrote her first poem at the age of 3. On the street, the girl was a leader and tirelessly showed funny impromptu skits to the kids in the yard. The future TV and movie star grew up as a hardworking child. Larisa helped her parents with housework, loved to cook and was fond of sewing. Shakhvorostova earned her first money at the age of 13: she delivered telegrams and collected ripe sea buckthorn.

In addition to Larisa, another daughter was growing up in the family - the youngest Ekaterina. The older sister looked after her as best she could, and after moving to Moscow she invited Katya to follow her. The girl graduated from the theater and art college and became a makeup artist.

Larisa Shakhvorostova in childhood

Larisa's parents saw their daughter's creative potential. Her dad Anatoly even dreamed that the girl would become a professional musician in the future.

Shakhvorostova herself gravitated toward creativity, so after 8 years of high school she became a student at a music school. The girl entered the theoretical and composition department. There she learned the mysteries of the piano, studied solfeggio and the history of music. But the dream of becoming an actress did not leave Larisa. The student got a job as a cleaner at a factory. Having a work record book made it possible to complete high school at a school for working youth, with a certificate from which Larisa planned to enter a theater institute.

Larisa Shakhvorostova on stage

After her second year at college, Larisa set out to conquer Moscow without thinking. In the capital, Shakhvorostova managed to enter the Moscow Art Theater School, although she did not become a full-time student, but she attended acting lectures as a free listener; the applicant did not have half a point to enroll in the course.

Larisa's parents were concerned that their daughter was alone in a large and inhospitable city, so the future actress returned to Biysk. But in 1981, the girl came to Moscow again to begin her creative biography and conquer heights. She tried to enter VGIK, but did not pass the competition. However, Alexei Batalov noticed the young talent and invited Larisa to return in a year.

Larisa Shakhvorostova in her youth

So in 1982, the girl’s dream came true - she studied at one of the most prestigious universities. Initially, Shakhvorostova studied at VGIK, in the workshop of Alexei Vladimirovich Batalov, and then was transferred to GITIS for the acting and directing course of Oscar Remez. However, the girl did not stop attending lectures at the Institute of Cinematography as a volunteer. Larisa’s hard work and perseverance could be envied: in addition to daily classes, the student attended all possible auditions at Mosfilm and worked as a cleaner at the Ministry of Land Reclamation and Water Management and at the Khudozhestvenny cinema.

Dad and Zhenya

At the Moscow Art Theater School, after the first round, the gifted girl was sent straight to the competition. Didn't get half a point. Then Shakhvorostova was allowed to attend as a free listener and wait until someone was expelled and a place became available for her. Happy and ready to live in Moscow without a hostel or scholarship, she informed her parents about everything.

In response, dad appeared in person, collected his daughter and took her to Biysk to finish her musical studies.

Larisa was inconsolable not only because her parent had deprived her of her dreams again. With his decision, he tore her away from her nascent feeling - from her first love named Zhenya. The young man entered with her, but failed the exams. However, he did not give up and after the theater he went to the Moscow Higher Technical School. Bauman. Having already become a student, Zhenya decided that they would live together. And then dad came for his beloved...

The path to the dream

Larisa Totunova graduated from music school, thanks to which she can play the piano. Her teachers predicted a brilliant future for her in the field of music, and her father dreamed of the same. However, Larisa herself dreamed of an acting profession.

Already in high school, Totunova firmly decided that she would connect her life with dramatic art. She began saving money for a trip to Moscow in advance, working as a cleaner and postman. After graduating from school, Larisa tried to enter the Moscow Art Theater School, but failed. She had the opportunity to attend classes as a volunteer, but the girl chose to return to Biysk.

The following year, Larisa Totunova attempted to enter VGIK. She again failed to pass the entrance exams, but the young talent impressed Alexei Batalov. The famous actor advised the girl to return in a year, and that’s exactly what she did. The second attempt to enter VGIK was successful; in 1982, Larisa finally became a student. True, Totunova never graduated from VGIK; she preferred to transfer to GITIS.

Batalov

They wrote to each other several times a week. I had to tell my parents about meeting the man of my dreams. They were understanding: the daughter was already quite an adult.

The next year she submitted documents to VGIK and failed. But she was noticed by Batalov himself. He found out that Shakhvorostova needed to study for another year in her native Biysk to receive a diploma from a music school. Having said that he would take her to his course next year, he sent her home. And he handed over the phone: “Call me if you have any problems.”

Other

Zhenya reacted badly to his beloved’s latest departure from Moscow. It seemed to him that Larisa was in his pocket. But here she was already taken aback: “Well, did you think that you and I would immediately begin to live as a family? Let’s get our diplomas first!” the girl snapped. And flew away to Biysk. His wife’s letters became increasingly rare, and by the end of the year the guy stopped writing.

The student in love did not know whether to prepare for her thesis defense or sob into her pillow. Larisa was supported by her mother. She said that her daughter was about to go to Moscow and become an actress. It’s better not to remember about Zhenya and not to look for meetings with him.

But, having returned to VGIK, the first thing she will do is go to the Baumanka hostel and find her beloved. Zhenya becomes shy, lowers his eyes to the floor and mumbles that he has someone else and she is expecting a child. Larisa will be horrified.

Youth

After finishing the eighth grade, her parents sent her to a music school for piano class. In addition to the ability to play an instrument, they also taught music and solfeggio. Dad was especially happy about his daughter’s success in this field.

She graduated from this educational institution with honors. They predicted a good future for her as a musician. The teachers even recommended that I go further and enter the Moscow Conservatory.

But the dream from childhood did not leave her. She dreamed of becoming an actress. Her parents fully supported her desire. It was decided to go to Moscow and enter a theater university.

She did not accept money from her parents for admission. She earned everything herself. During the holidays, she worked part-time as a cleaner at a local factory. In general, I started working very early. She had her first official job at the age of sixteen.

Having arrived to conquer Moscow, when entering VGIK she does not pass the competition and begins to attend lectures as a free listener. Here A. Batalov noticed her talent. He invites her to come and enroll in a year.

Larisa goes back to Biysk. Mom was very worried that her daughter was alone in big and noisy Moscow. That’s why I was even happy about my daughter’s arrival at her father’s house.

Larisa does not lose hope of returning to Moscow in a year. She goes to a factory and works there as a cleaner, and in her free time she prepares to enter college.

A year later, in 1981, Larisa comes to conquer Moscow for the second time. And finally, my old dream of studying at a theater university came true. Larisa enters VGIK and ends up in a group with Alexei Batalov . She simply admires the master's work.

In the future, she will transfer to GITIS to take a course with Oscar Remez. So her childhood dream is over - she is graduating from the most prestigious higher acting institution. During her studies, she has already accumulated a large number of roles played.

Quite a Muscovite

The disappointments didn't end there. After the exams, news came that none of the five students selected by Batalov would study at VGIK: an order came this year to recruit only students from the Union republics. The five were enrolled as free listeners, and dad came to Larisa’s defense.

He talked for a long time personally with the famous artist and received assurances that his daughter would receive a place at VGIK as soon as possible. She was even placed in an additional room at the dormitory.

A year later it became clear that there would be no place for these students at the film institute.

She no longer despaired. Shakhvorostova has taken root in the capital and become comfortable. She submitted documents to “Shchepka” and GITIS, entered both, but the latter enrolled the free student of VGIK immediately into the second year. She stayed there. That same year, a newly minted student studying the schedule in the corridor of GITIS was met by the assistant director of the film “Season of Miracles.” After the audition, the girl was given the main role.

The beginning of a film career

Actress Larisa Totunova first came to the set in 1985. The girl made her debut in the film “Season of Miracles.” The film tells the story of the adventures of an artist who escaped from a noisy metropolis and settled in a small village. The aspiring actress got the role in this film by accident; the assistant director came across her at the university.

The debut role helped Larisa attract the attention of directors. The list of the first films and TV series with her participation is given below:

"Valentin and Valentina."
"Special Forces Unit"
"Servant".
"A wolf cub among people."
"Publication".
“Kites don’t share their prey.”
"The scourge of God."
"Stalingrad".
"Tsar Ivan the Terrible."
"Far from St. Petersburg."
"Goryachev and others."
"Baby by November."
"Angels of death".
"Marshmallows in chocolate."
"Maestro Thief"
"Simple-minded."
“Go!”
"Scar".
"Carnival Night 2".

Pending

Everything was going as well as possible, but it was still awkward in front of my parents. For so long she tried to become an artist, she frayed their nerves, made them worry, it was time and honor to know... she rented an apartment in the capital from the movie fee, and when the money ran out, she began to earn extra money at a familiar job - washing floors at night in government buildings.

So Larisa was able to refuse parental help, but there was no time left for her personal life.

The beautiful, matured actress drove men crazy. In an interview, she says that about once a month she received marriage proposals from fans. But she herself seemed to remain faithful to that first relationship. Classmates teased the artist that she had remained a virgin for so long, but Larisa was waiting for a real feeling.

Larisa Shakhvorostova and Sergei Makhovikov

Larisa Shakhvorostova, husband

Perhaps now actress Larisa Shakhvorostova appears on screens less often than she could, and her heroines are almost always women experiencing personal tragedies and betrayals, but at the same time humble and kind, but this is not a lack of attention on the part of the directors, but personal desire of the actress herself. Despite the fact that she herself is incredibly passionate about her profession and cannot imagine her life without cinema, and numerous fans are passionate about her and her acting, there is an equally important area of life for her as a woman. And its center is Larisa Shakhvorostova’s husband Sergei Makhovikov and their daughter.

In the life of the actress, as well as in the fate of her husband, this is already the second marriage. They both managed to gain experience of an unfulfilled family life. Larisa Shakhvorostova first married a guy from a parallel class while still a student. However, the loss of the child, and then the husband’s decision to leave medicine for business, eventually alienated the spouses from each other. The only solution was divorce. A few years later, having finally recovered from the breakup with her husband, Larisa Shakhvorostova found herself paired with St. Petersburg actor Sergei Makhovikov on the set. At first, his concentration and obsession with work frightened the actress a little, but after a while, underneath these qualities she saw the main thing - seriousness and willingness to bear responsibility. The romance between Larisa Shakhvorostova and her partner did not arise immediately. At the beginning of the relationship, there were quarrels and partings, when Sergei Makhovikov took the train and rushed to his native St. Petersburg, and as soon as he got there he realized that he was bored and rushed back. The couple’s life was turned upside down by their acquaintance with the abbot of Sretensky Monastery, after which much became clear. Thanks to him, Sergei Makhovikov and Larisa Shakhvorostova not only signed at the registry office, but also got married, and before official registration.

The only misfortune that darkened the actress’s happiness was the diagnosis of doctors who, even then, during her first marriage, questioned the possibility of becoming a mother. And this was the only incredibly strong desire. The couple had to wait and beg for their daughter for nine years. Both Larisa Shakhvorostova herself and her gynecologist do not consider the actress’s pregnancy anything other than a miracle. The baby was born right on time. Now Alexandra is already 12 years old. The girl is incredibly gifted. She sings, dances, plays the piano and guitar, and writes plays. Her parents are trying their best to ensure that Alexandra is a well-rounded and good person, and the choice of profession is left to her own discretion. True, for now their daughter dreams of following in her parents’ footsteps, and Larisa Shakhvorostova doesn’t mind, because she considers her profession the most interesting in the world.

Lesha

She needed to know the man well in order to agree to a long and deep relationship with him. Who could be so close? Unbelievable, but a classmate! She met Lesha Totunov on the plane, returning from her parents from Biysk. He studied at the Military Medical Academy in Leningrad and was also flying back from vacation.

We talked, went on a date and corresponded for two months... by that time the girl had fallen in love with a guy with whom she had once gone to school. It was not surprising to her that Lesha proposed so early. She agreed without hesitation.

Doctor husband

The artist first had to work to get her husband transferred from Leningrad to Moscow, and then, when it turned out that Doctor Totunov was being sent to Tver, so that he would be left in Moscow. As a result, the husband ended up in the cardiovascular department of Bakulevka, became a resident in the neonatal department, and within a few months assisted eminent surgeons.

Despite the successes, the debt for the expensive apartment was mainly paid off by Larisa. Doctors in this country have always earned very little.

Gypsy curse

She was not discouraged that her career had to be paused a little during pregnancy. Having adored little ones since childhood, the actress dreamed of becoming a mother! Once, during pregnancy, she went to the clinic, and on her way back she met a gypsy woman.

She behaved incorrectly, blocked the road and extorted money for fortune telling. Larisa denied it as best she could. Until she received a curse in the back: “Damn you! May you never give birth!”

Dead son

She was admitted to the hospital the same day. The diagnosis was made incorrectly. The husband had to confront the professors with whom he worked, urgently transfer his wife to another hospital, talk to the surgeon about the diagnosis... However, all this began to be done only a day later. The result was a ruptured appendicitis, a month with peritonitis, intensive care, and a dead son. The actress survived that nightmare only thanks to the care of her husband.

The situation forced the talented aspiring doctor to leave medicine. He then fully realized his responsibility to the parents of the babies who end up on his operating table. In addition, the debt for the apartment was still large, and Larisa could not work for some time. Alexey went into business.

An excerpt characterizing Shakhvorostov, Larisa Anatolyevna

On Bagration’s right flank at 9 o’clock the business had not yet begun. Not wanting to agree to Dolgorukov’s demand to start the business and wanting to deflect responsibility from himself, Prince Bagration suggested that Dolgorukov be sent to ask the commander-in-chief about this. Bagration knew that, due to the distance of almost 10 versts separating one flank from the other, if the one sent was not killed (which was very likely), and even if he found the commander-in-chief, which was very difficult, the sent one would not have time to return earlier evenings. Bagration looked around at his retinue with his large, expressionless, sleep-deprived eyes, and Rostov’s childish face, involuntarily frozen with excitement and hope, was the first to catch his eye. He sent it. - What if I meet His Majesty before the Commander-in-Chief, Your Excellency? - said Rostov, holding his hand to the visor. “You can hand it over to your Majesty,” Dolgorukov said, hastily interrupting Bagration. Having been released from the chain, Rostov managed to sleep for several hours before the morning and felt cheerful, courageous, decisive, with that elasticity of movements, confidence in his happiness and in that mood in which everything seems easy, fun and possible. All his wishes were fulfilled that morning; a general battle was fought, he took part in it; Moreover, he was an orderly under the bravest general; Moreover, he was traveling on an errand to Kutuzov, and perhaps even to the sovereign himself. The morning was clear, the horse under him was good. His soul was joyful and happy. Having received the order, he set off his horse and galloped along the line. At first he rode along the line of Bagration’s troops, which had not yet entered into action and stood motionless; then he entered the space occupied by Uvarov’s cavalry and here he already noticed movements and signs of preparations for the case; Having passed Uvarov's cavalry, he already clearly heard the sounds of cannon and gunfire ahead of him. The shooting intensified. In the fresh morning air there were no longer, as before, at irregular intervals, two, three shots and then one or two gun shots, and along the slopes of the mountains, in front of Pratzen, the rolls of gunfire were heard, interrupted by such frequent shots from guns that sometimes several cannon shots were no longer separated from each other, but merged into one common roar. It was visible how the smoke of the guns seemed to run along the slopes, catching up with each other, and how the smoke of the guns swirled, blurred and merged with one another. Visible, from the shine of the bayonets between the smoke, were the moving masses of infantry and narrow strips of artillery with green boxes. Rostov stopped his horse on a hill for a minute to examine what was happening; but no matter how hard he strained his attention, he could neither understand nor make out anything of what was happening: some people were moving there in the smoke, some canvases of troops were moving both in front and behind; but why? Who? Where? it was impossible to understand. This sight and these sounds not only did not arouse in him any dull or timid feeling, but, on the contrary, gave him energy and determination. “Well, more, give it more!” - He turned mentally to these sounds and again began to gallop along the line, penetrating further and further into the area of the troops who had already entered into action. “I don’t know how it will be there, but everything will be fine!” thought Rostov. Having passed some Austrian troops, Rostov noticed that the next part of the line (it was the guard) had already entered into action. "All the better! I’ll take a closer look,” he thought. He drove almost along the front line. Several horsemen galloped towards him. These were our life lancers, who were returning from the attack in disordered ranks. Rostov passed them, involuntarily noticed one of them covered in blood and galloped on. “I don’t care about this!” he thought. Before he had ridden a few hundred steps after this, to his left, across the entire length of the field, a huge mass of cavalrymen on black horses, in shiny white uniforms, appeared, trotting straight towards him. Rostov put his horse into full gallop in order to get out of the way of these cavalrymen, and he would have gotten away from them if they had kept the same gait, but they kept speeding up, so that some horses were already galloping. Rostov heard their stomping and the clanking of their weapons more and more clearly, and their horses, figures, and even faces became more visible. These were our cavalry guards, going into an attack on the French cavalry, which was moving towards them. The cavalry guards galloped, but still holding their horses. Rostov already saw their faces and heard the command: “march, march!” uttered by an officer who unleashed his blood horse at full speed. Rostov, fearing to be crushed or lured into an attack on the French, galloped along the front as fast as his horse could, and still did not manage to get past them. The last cavalry guard, a huge, pockmarked man, frowned angrily when he saw Rostov in front of him, with whom he would inevitably collide. This cavalry guard would certainly have knocked down Rostov and his Bedouin (Rostov himself seemed so small and weak in comparison with these huge people and horses), if he had not thought of swinging his whip into the eyes of the cavalry guard's horse. The black, heavy, five-inch horse shied away, laying down its ears; but the pockmarked cavalry guard thrust huge spurs into her sides, and the horse, waving its tail and stretching its neck, rushed even faster. The cavalry guards had barely passed Rostov when he heard them shout: “Hurray!” and looking back he saw that their front ranks were mingling with strangers, probably French, cavalrymen in red epaulets. It was impossible to see anything further, because immediately after that guns began firing from somewhere, and everything was covered in smoke. At that moment, as the cavalry guards, having passed him, disappeared into the smoke, Rostov hesitated whether to gallop after them or go where he needed to go. This was that brilliant attack of the cavalry guards, which surprised the French themselves. Rostov was scared to hear later that out of all this mass of huge handsome people, out of all these brilliant, rich young men, officers and cadets riding thousands of horses, galloping past him, only eighteen people remained after the attack.

Divorce

Alexey will never regret leaving surgery for business. Today he is called one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the country. But fate separated them. Having left the intellectual environment for the business one, according to the actress, he himself became different. The circle, conversations, goals and dreams have changed. The person has changed.

They lived together for several years, but one day Larisa packed her things and, asking for forgiveness, moved into a rented apartment.

As soon as the couple divorced, Totunov brought a new lover from Minsk, also an actress. Almost immediately they got married. Larisa asked if they could move into a friend’s apartment, and noble Alexey agreed, without even laying claim to the former family home. “Of course, you should live here,” he agreed. The apartment went to Shakhvorostova.

Simple-minded

After some time, the actress was approved for the role of Madeleine in “Simple.” There was a heroine, but it was still not possible to find a partner for her. Over and over again at the auditions, Larisa played along with new artists, over and over again the director rejected the candidates, until Sergei Makhovikov showed up to audition.

Larisa Shakhvorostova and Sergei Makhovikov

Both the director and Larisa immediately noted how he suited her. The actress swears that at first there was nothing between the actors: like true friends, they endlessly discussed scene after scene and were close only “for work.” However, you cannot fool the watchful eyes of your colleagues. Everyone predicted a romance for these actors.

Larisa Shakhvorostova now

One of the latest projects in which the actress appeared was the film “Near Us,” released in 2020. The social drama dealt with the problem of our time - the penetration of ultra-radical views into the minds of young people. The film received many prizes and nominations at international and all-Russian film festivals. The main roles, in addition to Larisa Shakhvorostova and her husband, were played by Anastasia Novopashina, Yuri Nazarov, Ilya Lyubimov, Ekaterina Vilkova.

Larisa Shakhvorostova with her husband and daughter on the set of the film in 2020

In 2020, the actress received an episodic but striking role in the historical series “Ksenia” directed by Timur Alpatov. In the summer, Shakhvorostova visited the Yalta TV film forum “Together”, and visited Moscow at the opening of the film festival on Poklonnaya Hill “We Will Live”, which she reported from her Instagram page. Now the actress is auditioning for the role of the Cossack woman Ustinya in a film about the Don Cossacks. The name of the project has not yet been announced.

Seryozha

It all happened when Sergei drank too much. Then Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, who also starred in the film, was given chacha. He brought it to dinner, and Sergei, who tried chacha for the first time, could not even imagine that the drink was so “drunk.” That evening the first sparks and the first romantic confessions flashed between the couple.

At the very beginning of the novel, when each of them talked about previous experiences, Larisa realized how much Sergei loved children. Before her, he had a relationship with a theater colleague who lived with her daughter from her first marriage. Sergei fell in love with this child as his own, raised him and spent money on his named daughter even after breaking up with his beloved. Then Shakhvorostova told her story. And she clarified that the doctors are not sure that she will be able to give birth.

Miracle

Sergei did not believe this. He proposed to Larisa several times, but she did not want to go to the registry office. She already had one such story... Then the couple decided to get married. The ritual was performed by the now famous Archimandrite Tikhon Shevkunov. However, they were almost turned away from the church: lovers who had not signed at the registry office were not allowed to get married. Tikhon came out and looked at them: “I will marry these!” And the mystery began.

It took Larisa nine long years to get pregnant.

All this time, she continued treatment, did physical therapy, maintained her health and prayed.

In my ninth year, I met a parishioner at the Sretensky Monastery who asked for money for a trip to Diveevo, to the spring of St. Seraphim of Sarov. Larisa gave without hesitation, and in the following days it was as if she heard someone’s insistent voice: “You must go to Diveevo!”

At the source she prayed and conjured the Lord to give her a child. Just before leaving, he seemed to give a sign: a tricolor cat with a large “pregnant” belly, lazily strolling among the pilgrims, chose Larisa and rubbed herself against her legs for a long time. The actress returned from the trip with a new mood, confident that this was a sign. A few months later, her pregnancy was discovered.

Career

In the cinematic environment, by the time she graduated from the theater institute, Larisa Shakhvorostova was already a well-known person. The young pretty actress is invited to act in film by famous directors, at first these are episodic roles, but with each new work comes invaluable experience.

Since 1988, he began working at the New Drama Theater of the capital. The actress has been playing on stage for three years, but feels that she wants to realize herself on television. In 1990, Larisa Totunova began working as a presenter of such programs as “Business Chronicle” and “Morning of a Business Man”; at the same time, the actress trained novice announcers.

Being an active person, the actress continues to act in films. During this period, she played in the films “Stalingrad”, “Tsar Ivan the Terrible”, “Scourge of God”. In 1992, he took part in the popular TV series “Goryachev and Others”, starred in the film “A Child by November” and many others. In 1995, at the Constellation festival, three films with Totunova’s participation were presented in the competition program. The roles were so diverse that it was impossible to recognize the actress, she was so skillful at transforming herself.

Today Larisa Shakhvorostova has 55 films to her name, the actress is invited to act in films, she is especially in demand in domestic TV series and melodramatic films. Larisa Totunova, whose photo often appears in gossip columns, is annually involved in at least five projects; the performance of this seemingly fragile woman is simply mesmerizing.

Special forces in the maternity hospital

Having gone to give birth to her only daughter Sasha, the actress did not bother her husband, who was busy filming “Blind.” Only after the baby was born did she call him and her mother. They arrived half an hour later. The husband is in camouflage and “special forces” makeup. The little girl screamed towards him in a strong, deep voice. “She will be an opera singer,” said one of the doctors. It’s interesting that the already adult Sasha actually has musical talents.

Larisa Shakhvorostova and Sergei Makhovikov

Now Shakhvorostova continues to act and participate in castings. In one of the latest projects (its name is not advertised), the actress auditioned for the role of a Don Cossack woman. It is known that Shakhvorostova, born near Rostov, really associates herself with the Don Cossacks. Well, fans just have to wait for this new project.

Personal life of celebrities.

The personal life of Larisa Shakhvorostova was happy, and the actress herself admits this. More than twenty years ago, she linked her fate with actor Sergei Makhovikov, and never regretted it. They met on the set of the film “Simplehearted” in 1994, when Larisa was already over thirty. On the set, Shakhvorostova and Makhovikov played lovers, and gradually a romance arose between them in real life, and other members of the film crew started talking about them as a couple much earlier than it actually happened.

In the photo - Larisa Shakhvorostova and Sergei Makhovikov

Their mutual feelings were further strengthened during a joint trip to Paris, where all the artists were called to finish filming the film. Larisa was convinced that Sergei is a responsible and reliable person from the first months of their romance, and this played a decisive role in the fact that she agreed to be with him. At first, Larisa and Sergei lived in a civil marriage, and she always brushed off Makhovikov’s repeated proposals to formalize the relationship, despite the fact that everything was going just fine for them. The only thing that darkened Larisa Shakhvorostova’s personal life was the inability to have her own children, and she told Sergei about this at the very beginning of their relationship.

In the photo - the actress's family

She knew how much he loved children, so she was afraid to admit it, but Makhovikov treated everything with understanding. After some time, they decided to get married, and Larisa deep down hoped that this would help change her fate for the better, but a miracle did not happen. Larisa Shakhvorostova’s personal life was spent in endless treatment and the hope that she would someday be able to give birth to a child. A miracle happened almost ten years later in her life with Sergei, and the actress is sure that turning to Seraphim of Sarovsky helped her make her dream come true - some time after the trip to Diveevo, she found out that she was pregnant, which surprised her attending physician, who had already lost hope of helping to the patient.

Today, the daughter of Larisa and Sergei is twelve years old, and the actress, despite the fact that she doesn’t have many roles now, feels infinitely happy. The key to happiness in Larisa Shakhvorostova’s personal life is her attitude towards the position of a man in the family, which her parents instilled in her. She never aspired to become a leader in her and Sergei’s married couple, and this helped make this union so strong.

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