Galina Loginova: biography of the mother of superstar Milla Jovovich

Films in which Galina Loginova starred

The debut work in 1971 brought success. We fell in love with Galina Loginova immediately after working in the film “Shadows Disappear at Noon.” Initially, they wanted to cast her in the role of a 10th grade student, but after the audition the director gave her the role of Olga Voronova, the adult daughter of Anisim and Marya. The girl's performance was natural and natural. You can't hide your talent...

In 1973, Loginova was given the main role in the film Much Ado About Nothing. The script was written based on Shakespeare's play. Galya appeared before the viewer in the image of the beautiful Beatrice. After the release of the film adaptation, she was met with success.

At the same time, the girl is starring in the film “Comrade and the Brigade.”

A year later, she was involved in two films, where she got the main female roles: in “Blue Patrol” (Tanya) and in the romantic film “Who, if not you...”.

In the film “A Fairy Tale as a Fairy Tale,” Loginova was destined to play an evil fairy. The film was shot in 1978. A year later, viewers had the opportunity to watch another film with the participation of the actress - the film “The Punchy Man” (Svetlana).

In 1980, Galina was invited to try herself in a new genre. In the detective story Fairfax's Millions, she played Molly. This film was banned in the USSR after Loginova moved to Europe, and viewers saw it after Perestroika.

Having moved to Europe, the actress almost never acts, and no longer works in her profession. She only appeared in episodes of the films “The Scarecrow and Mrs. King” (1983) and “Superboy” (1988). In the latter she played a Russian officer - a minor and almost imperceptible role.

22 years is the period she had to live through before getting a leading role again. Galina was invited to work in “Prisoner of Time” (1993), where she got the image of Rose.

In “The Hypnotist” (2002), her heroine (mother) is one of the main ones. In 2006, she again got a leading role - Galina wonderfully got used to the image of Alevtina Terpischeva in “The Irrevocable Man.”

In 2010, the film “Freaks” was released, where Loginova plays the role of Nadya’s mother.

In 2014, she starred in “The Silent Life,” where she portrays the main character Alla Nazimova.

That’s the entire list of films for today in which Galina Loginova was involved. Her filmography is modest. Why did the promising young actress, for whom everyone predicted fame and success, play so few roles? To answer this question, it is necessary to trace how Galina Loginova’s life developed. And therefore we move from filmography to biography. So…

Movies

His debut was a small role in the television series “Shadows Disappear at Noon.” Galina played 25-year-old Olga Voronova, the daughter of the main characters Anisim and Marya. Later, in an interview, Galina Aleksandrovna shared her impressions of her first role.

Galina Loginova in the film “Shadows Disappear at Noon”

It was difficult for her, an 18-year-old girl, to imagine what emotions a young woman with a child in her arms could experience when there is a war and she needs to go to the front, leaving her family and friends. Experienced colleagues helped, and they told the young actress what to do. The debut was a success, and Galina was noticed by the directors.

After 2 years, the VGIK student was invited to play the main role of Beatrice in the comedy Much Ado About Nothing. Her partner was Konstantin Raikin. The film gave a start to several more young actors. Galina Alexandrovna's daughter, Milla, often plays a cassette with this picture for her mother. Looking now at herself in her youth, she admits that she does not believe that this happened to her.

Konstantin Raikin and Galina Loginova in the film “Much Ado About Nothing”

Before leaving the Soviet Union, Galina managed to star in several more films. One of them is “Blue Patrol” of the Kyiv film studio named after Dovzhenko, in which she also played the main role. Another film, the detective film Fairfax's Millions, was banned from showing. The film reached the general public in the post-perestroika years.

During this period, dramatic changes occurred in Loginova’s personal and creative life.

Childhood and adolescence

Galina Loginova was born in the fall (October 28) of 1950 in the Ukrainian city of Dnepropetrovsk. My father was an officer, my mother took care of the family. Being the daughter of a military man, Galya saw almost the entire Union. The family constantly moved from place to place, from one garrison to another. The girl had almost no friends due to frequent changes of school. But she studied diligently. She didn’t dream of an acting career, but made more realistic, in her opinion, plans. However, as often happens, chance decided everything.

A graduate of one of the Dnipropetrovsk schools one day, walking in the rain, passed by a cinema, in which at that very moment everyone who wanted to enroll in VGIK for a course with Vladimir Belokurov was auditioning. In Soviet times, universities recruited students from different republics - this was a mandatory condition. Belokurov's course was supposed to include 12 students from Ukraine, who, after receiving their education, automatically became actors at the film studio named after. Dovzhenko in Kyiv.

Galya, having learned about the audition, without any preparation, decided to test her strength and went to the cinema. The audition ended with her enrollment in the ranks of VGIK students.

She was immediately noticeable among the students. She was surrounded by fashionably dressed children of Moscow's rich, celebrities and diplomats. The girl, not paying attention to anyone, studied, coming every day in the same dress. And even the beautiful daughter of an Iranian sheikh, changing her outfits several times a day, in no way aroused feelings of envy or annoyance in Gali.

Milla Jovovich's mother and agent

Galina Mikhailovna Jovovich, nee Galina Mikhailovna Loginova (10/28/1950) is a Russian actress. In the USSR she was known for a number of film roles; she later became additionally famous as the mother and agent of the famous actress and model Milla Jovovich. Currently he is acting in both American and Russian films.

Galina Jovovich photography

Galina Loginova was born in Tuapse, on the Black Sea.
Her father was an officer in the Soviet army, her mother was a housewife. Galina's parents later divorced; The girl was raised by her mother, and on the territory of Ukraine. Galina graduated from school in Dnepropetrovsk, she began studying acting in her native Tuapse. Later Galina moved to Moscow; there she continued to develop her talents within the walls of one of the most prestigious educational institutions in the country, the All-Russian State University of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov. Loginova studied in the workshop of Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Belokurov. Advertising:
In 1971, while still a student at VGIK, Galina played her first role; she had the opportunity to star in the popular television series 'Shadows Vanish at Noon'. In 1972, Loginova graduated from VGIK; from that moment on, she was able to fully concentrate on acting. Galina played on stage, in films, and on television. Among her most significant roles of that period, mention should be made of Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing, an adaptation of the work of the same name by William Shakespeare, and Molly from the crime drama Fairfax's Millions.

Galina Jovovich photography

In 1973, Galina left Moscow and returned to Ukraine; there he became a full-time actress at the Dovzhenko film studio in Kyiv. It was in Kyiv, in the popular local restaurant 'Lybid', that Loginova met the Serbian physician Bogi Jovović. An affair with a foreigner in the USSR at that time was extremely dangerous; Galina had to appear before a KGB officer, who strongly (under the threat of completely destroying her acting career) recommended that Loginova forget about Jovovich. Galina, however, did not heed the threats; first Loginova and Jovovich got married, and then, on December 17, 1975, their first child, Milla, was born.

In 1980, Loginova-Jovovich and her family left the Soviet Union. The USSR authorities reacted immediately to Galina’s departure - all films in which Loginova played were removed from the airwaves. Thus, she was deprived of any hope of receiving further royalties. Jovovich lived with her family in London, England for several years, then moved to Sacramento, and from there to Los Angeles, California. Galina settled in Los Angeles for a long time; here she raised her daughter Milla and here she worked for some time in the house of the famous Hollywood director Brian De Palma.

Galina Jovovich photography

Over time, serious changes occurred in Loginova’s life; she became her own daughter's agent. Galina played a key role in Milla's acting success; She herself did not forget about the shooting - to this day Loginova-Jovovich continues to act in both American and Russian films. In 2010, Galina played the mother of her own daughter’s character in the Russian comedy “Freaks.” More recently, in 2014, Jovovich played in the American silent film 'Silent Life' with Vlad Kozlov and Isabella Rossellini; The film was based on the story of Hollywood legend Rudolph Valentino. Galina Jovovich herself in this film played another Hollywood star from the silent film era, Alla Nazimova.

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Student years and first roles

Meanwhile, Galina Loginova studied without any achievements. Her biography at that time was not marked by anything remarkable, most likely, and Galya’s life would have turned out somehow normally if not for her refined beauty and unobtrusive attractiveness. It was thanks to her appearance that she received, while still a student, an invitation to star in the legendary film “Shadows Disappear at Noon.” The role was minor, but quite suitable for a debut.

The work was very hard, the film took a long time to shoot and was released 3 years later. And then they found out about Loginova and started talking. True, the actress was not in the spotlight for long.

While a student, she also starred in a musical adaptation of Shakespeare's play, where she starred as the main character Beatrice. In order to perform well in the scene at the ball, the girl danced and trained with the corps de ballet at the Bolshoi Theater before filming began.

Viewers saw the film already in 1973, when a photo of actress Galina Loginova adorned the walls of the film studio named after. Dovzhenko in Kyiv. Nobody considered her a star of Russian cinema yet, but she became famous immediately after the release of the film.

Literally right there she receives an offer from V. Monetov to play in his production, which was called “Blue Patrol”. I must say that this was one of the last invitations to lead roles. Out of envy or for some other reason, directors began to ignore her. Soon, Galina Loginova stopped appearing on screens, and in public too. Her photos gradually disappeared from the press. At the meetings it was said that the young actress was behaving antisocially. By that time, the KGB became interested in her person.

Galina Loginova

Russian and American actress.

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The most famous role is Beatrice in the television film “Much Ado About Nothing” based on the comedy of the same name by William Shakespeare.

Galina Loginova was born into the family of a career officer and a housewife. As befits a military family, the Loginov family traveled extensively around the garrisons of the Soviet Union, visiting the Kazakh steppes, the Far East, and Nakhodka. Chance intervened in her fate. A graduate of the Dnepropetrovsk school, Galya Loginova, entered VGIK in 1968. During the rain, Galina accidentally found herself near one of the Dnipropetrovsk cinemas, in which at that very moment auditions were taking place for boys and girls wishing to enter VGIK. The fact is that in Soviet times there was a practice of special admission to capital universities from national republics, a kind of quota. That year, Vladimir Belokurov’s course was being recruited at VGIK, which was supposed to include 12 students from Ukraine. Upon graduation, they were required to join the ranks of the Kyiv Film Studio named after Dovzhenko. And it so happened that Galina Loginova became interested in what was happening, tried her hand at an audition without much preparation and became one of those 12 lucky ones. And the so-called Ukrainian course, consisting of only 12 people, went to Moscow! Galina stood out among the children of celebrities who studied there with her striking beauty. She walked through the entire VGIK in one dress, calmly reacting to the daughter of the Iranian Shah or the children of diplomats resplendent in her outfits. At VGIK itself, she completed her studies smoothly, without any outstanding achievements. But no complaints either. It quickly became obvious that her attractive appearance would allow the future actress to easily and naturally get roles as romantic heroines, and she began acting while still a student. Loginova’s film debut took place already in 1968, almost immediately after admission - she was invited to one of the supporting roles in the legendary Soviet series “Shadows Disappear at Noon.” True, the TV movie itself was released only in 1971 - filming was long and difficult. Loginova was initially invited to play the role of a tenth-grader, but after auditioning, Valery Uskov decided that she could play an older girl - the 25-year-old daughter of Anisim and Marya. By the time she graduated from VGIK in 1972, Galina starred in her first real leading role, Beatrice, in the musical adaptation of Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Samson Samsonov. Every morning before filming, Galina ran to the Bolshoi Theater to warm up with the corps de ballet for the masquerade ball scenes. The film, in which young Konstantin Raikin became Loginova’s partner, was released in 1973, so that Galina, who by that time had been assigned to work at the Dovzhenko Film Studio, was at that time in Kiev in the status of, if not a star, then already a famous actress . The film brought Galina great fame. Viktor Monetov immediately gave her one of the main roles in his “Blue Patrol”. And then... the directors suddenly forgot about Galina. At film studio meetings, only the “antisocial” behavior of the new actress was discussed. Galina fell in love with Bogi Jovovich, a pediatrician, Serbian by nationality, originally from Montenegro. Despite pressure and threats from the KGB, she married him. But after that, Loginova had to forget about the main roles. She went home and wanted to give birth. On December 17, 1975, she gave birth to a daughter, Militsa (Milla). Galina admitted that Milla Jovovich was a very long-awaited child. My husband's Yugoslav passport has expired. He had to leave the USSR, but he could not return to his homeland, because his father opposed Tito himself in Yugoslavia, and all members of his family were declared state criminals. “Gods saw my daughter when she was only seven months old,” says Loginova. “It took me six months to get a visa.” For a long time, she was not given serious roles because she was unreliable (after all, she married a foreigner). The only real success was the role of Molly in Nikolai Ilyinsky’s detective story “Fairfax’s Millions” (1980). The film was shot quite quickly and, thanks to the genre (detective), as well as the participation of Baltic stars, it instantly became popular. But not for long. In the early eighties, Bogi already lived permanently in London, he had a private clinic there. Galina constantly tried to come to him in London. On one of her visits to her husband, she encountered officers of the Yugoslav special services in his house. Then they decided that it was better to leave England together. Galina was terribly afraid that she would be handed over to the Soviet authorities. But everything was decided in 15 minutes: at the embassy, ​​Galina and her husband were immediately given the required stamp. And in January 1981, Galina and her daughter moved to London with her husband. The Soviet authorities immediately banned the distribution of films featuring Loginova-Jovovich, which deprived her of income. But "Fairfax's Millions" was banned and put on the shelf, and the unsuspecting viewer saw this somewhat naive detective story only six years later - when perestroika began. The family lived in London for several years, then they decided to move to the USA: to Sacramento, then to Los Angeles. True, a much less prosperous life awaited them in the States - the respectable doctor Jovovich had to start his career virtually from the beginning; for a long time he could not get a job. Russian emigrants are not the best recommendation in the United States, especially in the anti-Soviet era of Reagan. An elite family, where the wife is a film actress and the husband is a doctor, has turned into an emigrant family. In the 1980s, the Jovovich couple worked as domestic servants in the home of Hollywood director Brian De Palma. In America, Galina tried to continue her career, but to no avail. Actress Loginova had to forget about her profession (there was no escape from her accent). In Los Angeles, Galina got a job as a maid, then as a costume designer. She also went to screen tests, but they only took her to shoot commercials. But she had her own special goal - to make a real star out of her daughter. Therefore, almost all the money that Galina earned went towards the appropriate upbringing of her daughter, who from a young age attended acting courses, modeling courses, choreography classes, and so on. For Galina, the situation was complicated by the fact that in the early 1990s Bogdan went to prison on charges of financial fraud, so she had to raise her daughter and pursue her career alone for seven years. Galina Loginova supported both her daughter and her house, paid for her acting studies, took her to shows and did not disdain any kind of work, worked as a taxi driver, courier, and nurse. Jovovich was then released, but the relationship changed and the couple soon divorced. True, by this time Milla Jovovich’s career as a fashion model and film actress was already in full swing, but this is a completely different story, in which Galina Loginova plays a rather important, but still passive role. In the 2000s, Galina Loginova starred in several Russian and American films. In 2002, after a 22-year break, she starred in the film “The Hypnotist.” In May 2005, Galina Loginova came to Moscow to film the Russian film “The Irrevocable Man.” Galina currently lives in Los Angeles and is the agent of her daughter, actress and model Mila Jovovich. The latest film with her participation is the American full-length silent film Silent Life (released in August 2012), based on the life story of the first Hollywood sex symbol Rudolph Valentino. Galina Loginova played the role of the legendary Hollywood silent film star Alla Nazimova. Vladislav Kozlov, Isabella Rossellini and others take part in the film. The filmography of Galina Loginova from 1971 to 2011 includes 16 films.

The actress fell in love with a Serb

Attention from legal structures seriously damaged her career. The interest of the security guards was connected with the Serbian doctor Boggy Jovovich, with whom Galina Loginova fell in love. Films and participation in filming for the girl took a back seat. She constantly received threats from the KGB; they tried to morally suppress and break her. But Galya, despite this, still decided to marry Bogdan. From then on, she was no longer given leading roles.

Inspired by a happy relationship, the woman dreamed of having a child. And in 1975 she became the mother of a charming daughter, who was named Militsa. The young woman could not get enough of her happiness. But the husband saw Milla at the age of 7 months. His permission to stay in the USSR had expired, but there was no way back to his homeland in Yugoslavia either. Bogdan's father, along with all family members, was declared a state criminal. Boggy went to Europe, and Loginova tried for more than six months to get permission to leave and a visa.

Due to her marriage to a foreigner, the actress was not offered serious roles. True, 5 years after Milla’s birth, fame returned to her, but not for long. She was invited to star in a detective film together with Baltic movie stars.

Milla Jovovich read “Mukhu-Tsokotukha” in Russian and delighted fans

Famous actress Milla Jovovich speaks Russian well. The other day, the eminent daughter of artist Galina Loginova decided to recall her roots and read aloud Korney Chukovsky’s fairy tale “The Tsokotukha Fly,” NUR.KZ reports.

Milla Jovovich with her daughter. Photo: instagram.com/millajovovich

Now, along with half of the planet, Milla is in self-isolation. However, even without a pandemic, she has no time to go for walks: on February 2, her third daughter was born, and she devotes all her free time to caring for her. The two older daughters are actively studying Russian.

The other day, Jovovich herself read aloud Korney Chukovsky’s fairy tale “The Tsokotukha Fly” and posted the video on social networks. In the video, she holds a picture book in her hands and flips through it. The video is provided with commentary in English and Russian.

"Hi all! So, I was asked to read a story for children stuck in quarantine, and I chose one of my favorite songs from my childhood called “Fly Tsokotukha” in Russian! I'm going to record some of my favorite songs in Russian and then try to write some fairy tales in English for older children too! Enjoy." — Jovovich signed the video.

Final move to a foreign land

Boggy Jovovich lived and worked in London, opening his own private clinic. Galya came to him at the first opportunity. Loginova made the decision to leave the Union forever with lightning speed. Arriving at her husband’s, she met Yugoslav officers near their house. Fear filled the woman's soul. She was afraid for her husband, and for her daughter, and for herself. The actress did not intend to return to her homeland. But at the embassy, ​​the Jovovich couple had their documents stamped, allowing them all to live together in England.

As soon as Galina Loginova left the borders of the USSR, films with her participation were immediately banned. They simply stopped showing them to the Soviet audience. And the ban was in effect until Perestroika.

After living in London for about 7 years, the Jovovich family moved to the States. It is very difficult for them to live here. Bogdan was a successful and good doctor in London, but he cannot get a job in America. Now they are emigrants from Russia, and not the elite of society. At first, both had to work as domestic servants for an American director.

The actress's attempts to conquer America

Having moved to the States, Galina Loginova is trying to find a job in her profession. She goes to auditions, but is unsuccessful. Nobody invites a woman with such an accent to play roles. She managed to appear in commercials several times. In general, Loginova-Jovovich had to forget about her career as an actress. But the woman was not going to refuse to conquer America. Somewhere in the depths of her soul, she knew that the name Jovovich would be proudly displayed on posters, illuminated by neon lights. How close she was then in her dreams to future reality! In the meantime, Galina worked as a maid, then as a costume designer, and tried to earn money to pay for a decent education for her daughter Militsa.

Raising a daughter

Galina Loginova is a failed actress. She is considered one of the people whose talent was irretrievably buried during the Soviet era. But she passed it on with her genes to her daughter. Galina developed little Milla comprehensively. The girl visited a choreographer and music teacher, studied in an acting club and in a modeling agency at the same time. The mother sought to reveal as many talents as possible in Militsa so that she could conquer inhospitable America in the future.

Bogdan's arrest and divorce

Galina Loginova is a very strong woman. Many trials fell on her fragile shoulders. But the most unexpected and difficult thing was the arrest of her husband in the early 90s. He was accused of financial fraud and sentenced to 7 years in prison.

The woman raised her daughter herself, paid all the bills and ran the household. Galya worked in all sorts of ways to feed herself and continue to pay for Milla’s studies. Courier, taxi driver, nurse, postman - this is an incomplete list of professions that the former actress had to master. But she persevered and persevered.

When the husband returned home from prison, the relationship was strained at first, but after a while it completely went wrong. The Jovovich couple filed for divorce.

True, by this time Milla had already been recognized and recognized by America - the girl became famous as a fashion model and film actress.

Finally, we note that Galina Loginova’s dream of becoming a famous actress did come true. She returned to cinema with the beginning of the 21st century. She was invited to star in several Russian films. American directors also sent their scripts and waited for the actress to accept the offers. So, after 22 years of oblivion, her star shone with renewed vigor, and even brighter than the one that they tried to extinguish in the distant past.

Acting career development

Such outwardly beautiful parents could not help but give birth to a beautiful daughter. Milla Jovovich, a child of love, had an extraordinary appearance. Slender, graceful, blue-eyed, she was unusually attractive and very photogenic.

The girl’s photographs were included in a photo advertisement for Revlon, which was called “The Most Unforgettable Women in the World.” But Mila was still underage and they were afraid to put these pictures on the cover of the magazine, but Richard Avedon himself, the photographer who raised American photography to the level of art, intervened.

Thanks to him, Milla Jovovich became a fashion model. Then there was acting school and the first roles, very different. After one of the films, she was remembered for only one phrase: “Get off my sister!” But her main roles and best films were ahead.

In her youth, Mila got a little crazy, but her mother’s firm hand allowed the girl to completely go off the rails and returned her to the right direction.

In 1997, her role in the film “The Fifth Element” determined her niche in cinema - action. And besides, she became the wife of the film's director, Luc Besson.

And when their relationship had exhausted itself, new love came in time. In November 2007, Mila and Paul Anderson had a daughter, Ever Gabo. And two years later, a marriage ceremony took place and the baby’s parents officially got married - Mila was so afraid of making a mistake.

This time she informed her mother in advance. The actress loves to be different from others and she succeeds. She is constantly developing and reads a lot. Her lively, inquisitive mind is looking for new food for itself, so Mila takes on a new business - creating clothing models.

She can safely be considered one of the most beautiful women in the world, and besides, she is still young enough to delight viewers and simply admirers of her beauty with new images.

The celebrity teaches his daughter to speak Russian. Motherhood has changed Mila. She feels constant concern about her daughter.

In the summer of 2010, when Mila was filming in Moscow, there was terrible heat and the actress ate only soups and salads. And yet, after two weeks I gained 7.5 kg. Of course she was upset. She knows how difficult it is to part with them.

During pregnancy, Mila gained 32 kg, and it is not surprising if you consider that for breakfast alone she ate three bagels with butter, several donuts, jelly and cream. After giving birth, I had to make a lot of effort to eliminate the excess.

But by giving up pizza and cakes and working out at the gym twice a week, she managed to regain her former shape.

Some time ago, Mila was spotted with the book of the famous nutritionist Harley Pasternak, Five Factors.

All the rules of the diet he developed are based on the number five:

1. you need to eat five times a day
2. All dishes are prepared in no more than five minutes
3. each dish includes five components: proteins, complex carbohydrates, fiber, healthy fats, sugar-free drinks
4. The diet lasts five weeks
5. no more than 25 minutes a day are allocated for fitness - experience shows that short workouts are much more effective than long ones. Therefore, five different exercises for five minutes each
6. Take a break once a week and you can eat everything you love, even if it’s unhealthy.