Laura Keosayan's childhood
When a girl, Laura, was born into the family of David Keosayan, everyone was very surprised, everyone was so expecting and were sure that it would be a boy.
Laura’s famous grandfather, Edmond Keosayan, was most surprised. He believed that he could only have a grandson. As the actress herself says, at first her grandfather even looked at her with skepticism, which is confirmed by photographs from the home archive. But very little time passed, and she became his favorite. Laura, who got her name from her grandmother, remembers with love and sadness the time when her grandfather was in her life. He was an interesting man and she enjoyed talking with him. Everything that the grandfather told, he put into an allegorical form, so that the child could immediately understand him.
Laura Keosayan grew up in a star family and became a popular actress
Laura grew up as a fairly calm and obedient child. It was customary in the family to communicate with children as with adults, on equal terms, thanks to which the concepts of good and bad were formed in her in early childhood. The word “no” was never uttered by the parents, but at the same time, it was always clear why this should not be done. This is how the girl learned to make her own decisions and be responsible for her actions.
Grandfather always played an important role in Laura's life. The worst punishment for her was being ignored by her grandfather. He could always make it clear, without shouting or punishment, what was good and what was not, and taught responsibility and respect for the work of others.
Edmond Keosayan gave his granddaughter a small role in his film “The Ascension.” The role was tiny, but Laura remembers how the filming went, how interesting and exciting it was for her to film.
Childhood memories include the famous guests of my grandfather, who often came to their house, stayed for a long time, talked a lot and joked. Among them was Tarkovsky, whom his grandfather considered a genius, and Dzhigarkhanyan.
Laura more clearly remembers her uncle’s close friends, Tigran Keosayan, and her father’s friends. My uncle was especially friendly with Fyodor Bondarchuk and Maxim Osadchiy, with whom they filmed a lot in the nineties. Her uncle has always meant a lot in her life; she respects him for his talent, for his ability to push the usual boundaries. Thanks to her uncle, Laura met many famous singers as a child, when he took her with him to a competition in Jurmala. Irina Ponarovskaya, Alexander Malinin, Pavliashvili and many others were there.
Tigran Keosayan filmed his niece in several videos. It was a good school, as it became absolutely clear to her that the work of an actor is “far from a holiday.”
There was no thought about becoming an actress in the future. This is due to the fact that her grandfather died very early, when the girl was only twelve years old. She lost a person she trusted, who was her support. There was resentment that she had lost a loved one so early. As Laura herself says, this knocked her out of her usual rut; for some time, so to speak, she got lost in space. The search for myself began. One thing was clear: she did not want to be an actress, and as a result, she entered MGIMO to study at the Faculty of Economics.
Alena Khmelnitskaya: I don’t regret my marriage to Keosayan
Alena Khmelnitskaya told Sobesednik.ru about her relationship with her ex-husband, raising her daughters and continuous diets.
Sobesednik.ru met with the actress in Sochi at the Kinotavr festival. Alena represented Kutsenko’s film “The Doctor” there, in which she played one of the lovers of the main character, a neurosurgeon played by the director Gosha himself. We spoke frankly with the star of the popular films “Ondine”, “Silver Lily of the Valley”, “Hearts of Three” about how she managed to maintain friendly relations with him after the betrayal of her husband, TV presenter and director Tigran Keosayan, how the movie star exhausted herself with diets and why before I'm still unhappy with myself.
– This year marks 25 years since the release of the first film with your participation – “Courier”. Now you have fifty roles in your filmography. Have you ever felt unclaimed in your profession?
- Always! I had long gaps in work. Plus, there are clichés, especially in my work, because cinema is about types. Few people will take you on for a role that doesn’t seem right for you; there are many similar ones offered. Of course, I look for something different everywhere, but I want variety. I read another script and think: oh, this woman is stalking me again. A businesswoman, without children for some reason, lonely, often with some kind of pet, disappointed in men, but not completely. My heroines are strong, a little bitchy, but they are waiting for great and bright love. It seems to me that I have already grown together with this image.
The 50-year-old director, after his divorce from Alena, lives with 36-year-old journalist Simonyan / Global Look Press
– Do you have a dream role?
– I’m a realist, there are no more dreams. I would like to star in some kind of historical or military film, because there all the senses are heightened, everything is very concentrated. The aggravation of emotions is precisely created by critical situations in life. I would really like to star in a war movie, I don’t understand why they don’t invite me there.
– Do you often refuse roles?
– There are certain criteria by which I can refuse. But you can’t do this often, otherwise you will sit without work. I was very upset with one picture, which was about the post-war period - the 50s and 60s. I was approved for the role, and I became pregnant with my youngest daughter. The period of work on the painting was long, and I didn’t know whether I would have time or not. My interesting position was in no way justified there. In the end I had to give up, and I still regret it.
– I read that your youngest daughter Ksenia is a girl with character, she often argues...
– On June 24 she will be 6 years old - such an age, she is now in contradictions, but it is very interesting and fun to be with her. She is such an energizer, very emotional, she has everything going too far.
The actress with her daughters Alexandra and Ksenia / Global Look Press
- Did it hit you?
– No, I’m just not overdoing it. And Tigran didn’t have anything like this in his childhood, as his mother said. She is such a child: when it’s good, there’s bright joy, but when it’s bad, everything is also intensified 10 times.
– Does he want to become an actress, like his mother?
– No, by the way, Ksyusha is very interested in medicine. I constantly buy her toy suitcases, my daughter likes to give injections to dolls, treat them, and smear them with brilliant green. And so she studies at the Domisolka theater, where there is a fairly professional group, they study choreography, many musical disciplines - solfeggio, vocals. I’ll keep watching: if she wants to become an actress herself, then why not.
– Usually, parents-actors are not delighted with the fact that their children are following in their footsteps, they say that it is a dependent, cruel profession. You won't dissuade your daughter?
- Of course, there is such a thing. But if a person has an acting nature, then there is no escape from it. The worst thing is to become “crazy” parents, in the sense that, while adoring your child, you stop adequately assessing his abilities. If Tigran or I understand that objectively Ksyusha has no acting talent, then we will try to take her into another field of activity. Therefore, it is important to give her different options in childhood: sports, drawing, music, so that she can realize herself in various fields, and then make her professional choice.
45-year-old Khmelnitskaya does not disclose details of her personal life / Global Look Press
– What does Ksyusha say when she sees her mother on the screen?
– He asks funny: “Where am I?!” I was there?" I answer that no, and my daughter then adds: “I’ll be there,” I say: “Well, okay, you will be.”
– What does Alexandra’s eldest daughter do?
– Now in America, in New York, she is studying to become a television and film director, she herself entered this university, the education there is broader than ours: they study sound in great detail, for example, that is, she can also work as a sound engineer. Next year, my daughter will defend her diploma and become a specialist.
– Will he stay in America?
– This is a difficult question for us. Let's see. I really want Sasha to succeed professionally, and it doesn’t matter where it will be - in our country or some other.
– Will you act in your daughter’s films?
– With pleasure, I tease her all the time about this topic, telling her to take me.
After the divorce, Alena went out with PR man Peter Lidov... / Global Look Press
– Does Alexandra watch films with your participation?
- Of course, sometimes he criticizes me. My daughter and I can look at a specific role. Naturally, I don’t give her professional advice, because I’m still an actress, but dad, as a director, can do this. But in America they give her an excellent education, so I rather ask her a lot.
– Does your daughter not want to act as an actress?
“I’ve never wanted to run in front of a camera, even as a child. She loved the set, Tigran and I often took her with us to filming, but Sasha liked to be on the other side of the camera.
- Alena, in your interviews you talked about how you were able to part with Tigran on good terms (the couple broke up in 2014 after 21 years of marriage, a month after the divorce, the famous journalist Margarita Simonyan gave birth to a son, Bagrat, from Keosayan. - Author). Has the relationship deteriorated now?
– I don’t want to exaggerate this topic throughout the country. I don’t want to immerse anyone in all the details of our separation, everyone knows only the facts... My ex-husband and I are on excellent friendly terms, we have two children, we are raising them together. I never limited his communication with children. Ksyusha visits her dad very often; she communicates with her younger brother Bagrat.
– Why didn’t you change your last name when you married Tigran? Or is that the way celebrities do it?
– When we got married, we were still nobody, so it’s not about our profession. In my family it so happened that all the girls, the surname in our branch was interrupted. So I decided to keep mine.
“Hearts of Three” (1992) / Kinopoisk.ru
– Do you regret having lived with this man for so many years?
- Of course not. Over 21 years of marriage, we have become what we are now. If this marriage had not happened, then, probably, I would have been a different person and Tigran too. No worse, maybe even better, but different - how can you regret it.
– A few months after the divorce, you appeared at the premiere of the musical with the PR director of one of the cellular companies, Pyotr Lidov, arm in arm on the red carpet. Are you dating him?
“I couldn’t even imagine that it would cause such a wave of discussion.” At that time I was a free woman, so I don’t see anything wrong with it. Petya is my friend, we just walked together, we looked good, so we got married right away. There is nothing between us, he got married, recently became a father - a daughter was born, so everything is fine with him and everything is fine with me too...
– What is the key to your beauty: diet, plastic surgery – is this about you?
– I really hope, to be honest, that I am still far from plastic surgery. But never say “never”, naturally, you want to avoid this. I’ve been on diets since I was 13, and I constantly saw myself not as I would like. I was under restrictions all the time, tried many crazy diets that were absolutely unhealthy. I didn’t drive myself to the point of anorexia, but there were times when I lost a lot of weight, but I still liked to rattle my bones. I recently looked at photos from that time and thought that it was too much...
- Well, are you satisfied with yourself now?
– Not really, but I’m doing something to make it better. Previously, I didn’t care about anything as long as I didn’t gain weight, but now I still want to be a healthy person, so I watch my diet. For example, I don’t allow myself flour or sweets, it quickly makes me sick. This doesn’t mean that I don’t eat buns or cakes at all; sometimes I allow myself them in the morning if I really want to. The main thing is not to overdo it, to find an internal balance. Dietary restrictions are good; they help you avoid overeating and eat in small portions. I drink a lot of water, it makes me feel very good, I stopped swelling. I do yoga twice a week, an instructor comes to my house, which is very convenient for me, since with our Moscow traffic jams it is difficult to organize all this somewhere else. There comes an age when you begin to take special care of your health, because aging sets in. Previously, as a child, my mother and I talked about how it could be that we would all die, my childhood consciousness could not perceive this. She answered that they would definitely invent such pills that we would live forever, I calmed down. Now Ksyusha asks me this question, and I answer her the same way.
– It seems that you are such a happy woman, despite everything that has happened in your life. Is this just an impression?
– I won’t disappoint anyone. Ranevskaya said a brilliant, in my opinion, phrase: “Optimism is a lack of information.” I am a thinking person, sometimes sad, but I can’t afford to fall into depression, there are too many interesting things in life that I can switch to. In general, suffering from depression is a great selfishness. Sometimes we are in a bad mood simply because the sky is gray, and we, without understanding this, begin to dig around and look for reasons within ourselves. Each person must find his own source of pleasure and happiness, despite the fact that many are consumed by everyday moments and do not have time and energy left to search.
– What premieres of films and TV series with your participation can we expect in the near future?
– Filming in Kaliningrad for the first season of the TV series “Crime” has completed. It will be shown on the Rossiya TV channel, where I played one of the central roles, the main characters are Lyudmila Artemyeva and Andrei Smolyakov. In America and Denmark, a similar series “Killing”, translated into Russian as “murder”, was a success. We remade this crime story with a Russian theme.
– Taking ideas from abroad has become a kind of trend; we don’t have our own screenwriters?
– It’s not just us who do this; other countries, European ones, for example, also buy franchises of successful projects. The only bad thing is that no one buys anything from us. Indeed, there is a crisis of ideas because we live at the crossroads of times.
The beginning of Laura Keosayan's career
When Laura entered MGIMO, everyone in the family was happy, believing that Laura would have a job that would bring a stable income. But their joy was premature. Very quickly she got bored with numbers, and the older she got, the more often she thought about an acting career, realizing that she had to at least try. It became clear that it was necessary to enroll in one of the theater universities. But she still graduated from MGIMO and at the age of 22 she entered the Shchukin Institute. She shared her plans only with her mother, who always supported her in everything. But the father did not immediately accept his daughter’s decision. They even quarreled. Laura Keosayan But two years passed and the father softened when he saw his daughter playing in a student play. While still studying, at the encouragement of her father, Laura Keosayan began acting in films. One of the films was “Gypsy Coming Out.” These shootings became significant because she met her future husband on them, they met Ivan Rudakov and fell in love with each other in Kaluga on the set. After graduating from the institute, work began at the Vakhtangov Theater, where Laura played in several performances.
Life after divorce
Against the backdrop of the divorce, information about Tigran Keosayan’s infidelities was actively highlighted in the press, but Alena Khmelnitskaya assured fans that the reason for their divorce had nothing to do with the new woman in the director’s life. They had already lived their own lives for two years, remaining spouses only on paper. Alena knew that a new woman had appeared in her husband’s life and took her existence as a given.
In addition, Khmelnitskaya, who gave birth to Tigran two beautiful daughters, did not interfere with their communication with their new sister and brother. Alena and Margarita maintain friendly relations and spend their leisure time together. They not only did not quarrel, but also organized their own family traditions. Women celebrate all children's birthdays together. Alena Khmelnitskaya continues to communicate with Tigran Keosayan, believing that divorce is not a reason to stir up scandals in the press.
Laura Keosayan's work in cinema, filmography
Laura became popular after graduation thanks to several successful roles.
This was work in the film “Girl”, in the series “Love on the Edge of a Knife” and in several episodes of films with a wonderful cast: Dogileva, Dzhigarkhanyan, Poroshina, Strakhov, Dobrovolskaya, Khmelnitskaya and others. The year 2010 was especially fruitful for her, when Keosayan simultaneously starred in several films and TV series, including: - “The Only Man” in the role of Lera; — “The Mysterious Tomorrow of Fate” as the gypsy Lachi; — “Faith, Hope, Love” as Nelya; - "Moscow. Central District-3" in the role of Armine. The series “Sklifosovsky”, which was released in 2012 and immediately gained popularity among viewers, became significant for Laura. In it she played the role of anesthesiologist Emma Lusparyan.
Children of Tigran Keosayan - photo
The personal life of Tigran Keosayan has never been hidden from the public. His first wife was the famous actress and TV presenter Alena Khmelnitskaya, known for such films as “Hearts of Three”, “Three Half-Graces” and the same “Silver Lily of the Valley”. The future spouses met during the filming of one of the commercials. The fleeting romance quickly grew into a strong relationship, ending in marriage in 1993. The family moved to live in Samara, and their first child, daughter Alexandra, was born there.
This marriage went through many trials, and for a long time was considered one of the strong and lasting marriages of domestic show business. The belief in this strengthened even more after the birth of their second daughter, Ksenia (2010), but the very next year there was discord in the life of the spouses, and since 2012, Tigran began to appear in public with another lover. He filed for divorce, which took place in 2014, refusing to comment on this situation. Tigran Keosayan and his children from his marriage to Alena constantly maintain warm relations.
After the official divorce, the showman and his new wife no longer hid their relationship. The lover turned out to be Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of the Russia Today channel. Back in 2012, their daughter Maryana was born, and the following year their son Bagrat was born.
It is also known that Margarita is currently pregnant with her third child. Tigran Keosayan and his children from his second marriage, together with his wife, live mainly in the capital of Russia. Judging by the numerous photos of Tigran Keosayan’s children, he takes an active part in their upbringing, and also maintains a warm relationship with the children of Alena Khmelnitskaya.
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Personal life of Laura Keosayan
While filming the series “Sklifosovsky”, Laura Keosayan became pregnant. She continued to work until the fifth month, when it became problematic. Three months after Seraphim’s birth, filming began again. She parted ways with the Vakhtangov Theater and began playing in the S.A.D. Theater, while simultaneously acting in films, including with her uncle in the television film “Olympic Village” (working title).
Laura Keosayan in the TV series Sklifosovsky
According to Laura, her family has always been a source of immense happiness for her. The whole huge family gathered for my daughter’s christening; it’s a great rarity and great happiness to see everyone you love together. A young mother dreams of bringing her daughter and husband to Armenia, introducing her to her friends and neighbors, going to a local church, sitting at a long table in the courtyard, where the whole family gathers for dinner. These childhood memories are carefully stored in my soul, and I want to share them with my husband and daughter.
