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Childhood and youth

Novikova Vera Semenovna was born on October 6, 1958 in the capital of the USSR - Moscow. Very little is known about the early biography of the talented theater and film actress. Her father's name was Semyon Grigorievich. In her youth, the girl was an active participant in the drama club, since since childhood she had cherished the dream of becoming a famous artist.

When Vera was 21 years old, she successfully completed her higher education at the Boris Shchukin Theater School. The curators of her course were the Soviet director and playwright Evgeniy Rubenovich Simonov, as well as the film and theater actress Vera Konstantinovna Lvova.

The talented graduate was immediately noticed in acting circles, which resulted in an offer to join the Evgeni Vakhtangov State Academic Theater.

Novikova

Novikova

- Russian surname, feminine form of Novikov. Known carriers:

• Novikova, Anastasia Pavlovna (born 1987) - Russian volleyball player.
• Novikova, Valentina Viktorovna (born 1984) - Russian skier.
• Novikova, Vera Semyonovna (born 1958) - Soviet and Russian actress.
• Novikova, Daria Mikhailovna (born 1987) - Russian biathlete.
• Novikova, Evdokia Andreevna (1902-1999) - schema-nun.
• Novikova, Ekaterina
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• Novikova, Ekaterina Ivanovna (better known by the name Zarina
  ; 1837-1940) - writer, memoirist.
• Novikova, Ekaterina Nikolaevna (born 1996) - Russian volleyball player.

• Novikova, Klara Borisovna (born 1946) - Soviet and Russian pop artist.
• Novikova, Ksenia Andreevna (born 1980) - Russian singer, former soloist of the Russian female pop group "Brilliant".
• Novikova, Lidiya Sergeevna (1932-1965) - prototype of the main character of the film “Little Moscow”.
• Novikova, Lyudmila
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• Novikova, Lyudmila Ivanovna (1921-2004) - academician of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of the USSR.
• Novikova, Lyudmila Mikhailovna (better known under the name Atmazhitova
  ; 1936-1999) - Hero of Socialist Labor.

• Novikova, Maria Efimovna (1935-2018) - Hero of Socialist Labor.
• Novikova, Natalya
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• Novikova, Natalya Igorevna (Tam Greenhill) (born 1975) - Russian singer, composer and poetess, performer of art songs and folk music.
• Novikova, Natalya Mikhailovna (born 1953) - Russian mathematician, professor.

• Novikova, Olga
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• Novikova, Olga Alexandrovna
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• Novikova, Olga Aleksandrovna (born 1994) - Russian professional basketball player.
• Novikova, Olga Aleksandrovna (born 1985) - Kazakh (formerly Russian) orienteering athlete.

• Novikova, Olga Alekseevna ( nee Kireeva
  ; 1840-1925) - Russian writer, was a mediator in relations between Russian and British statesmen.
• Novikova, Olga Ilyinichna (born 1950) - Russian writer.

• Novikova, Tamara Grigorievna (born 1931) - Soviet cyclist.
• Novikova, Tatyana Vasilievna (born 1946) - Soviet and Russian opera singer (soprano).
• Novikova, Yulia
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• Novikova, Yulia Vladimirovna (Lyovochkina, born 1977) - People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VI-VIII convocations.
• Novikova, Yulia Gennadievna (born 1973) - Russian theater and film actress.
• Novikova, Yulia Sergeevna (born 1980) - Russian orienteering athlete.
• Novikova, Yulia Borisovna (born 1983) - Russian opera singer (soprano).

Theater

Throughout the 80s, the girl actively appeared on the theater stage, playing in such productions as “Little Tragedies” in the role of Laura, “Ladies and Hussars”, “The Wounded” (presented by the forester’s daughter), “Truth in Memory” (as the heroine named after Olga Solyanik), “Mystery-Buffe”, “Princess Turandot” in the role of the slave Zelima, “Rus, Bravo!” (played Dunya).

Having earned authority in theater circles, Vera Novikova took part in the production directed by Vladimir Ivanov, based on the story of the same name by Fyodor Dostoevsky “Uncle's Dream”. This time the actress reincarnated as a daring lady named Felisata Mikhailovna, who is the enemy of the main character Maria Alexandrovna.

Published by Evgenia Krupenina Monday, October 22, 2018

Vera Novikova and Sergei Zhigunov in their youth

In 2005, the woman decided to go further and pass on her extensive stage experience to aspiring actors by opening a theater club in Abramtsevo. Vera Semyonovna devoted a lot of time and energy to her brainchild.

3 years later, Novikova shone on stage in a vibrant musical performance called “The Shore of Women.” The actress played the heroine Peter. A special feature of the production was the use of tracks by Hollywood actress and singer Marlene Dietrich.

Just a year before this, Vera’s native theater received the status of one of the best institutions among its kind not only in Moscow, but throughout Russia. This joyful event was facilitated by the arrival of the new artistic director Rimas Tuminas.

Carier start

Vera Novikova was born in 1958. In 1979 she graduated from the College. Shchukin (course by V.K. Lvova and E.R. Simonov). In the same year, she was accepted into the Vakhtangov Theater and was immediately involved in popular productions. In the 80s she played in such performances as: “Rus! Bravo!”, “Little Tragedies”, “The Wounded”, “Ladies and Hussars”, “Truth of Memory”, “Princess Turandot”, “Mystery Bouffe”, etc.

In addition, the actress was very active in films. Her most famous films of that time: “Close Distance”, “The Ring from Amsterdam”, “Krosh’s Vacation” and “Donkey Skin”. All the heroines she embodied were different, but they were united by spontaneity and genuine charm.

Movies

In addition to playing in the spotlight, the woman did not forget about her cinematic career. The young beauty first appeared on television when she was not even 20 years old - in the role of a pioneer leader in the children's film by Vladimir Bychkov “There is an idea!” 1977.

A year later, the girl shone in 3 more films - “Citizen Nikanorova is Waiting for You” in the role of Tamara, “A Trip Through the City” and “Close Distance” (played by Zhenya Kolykhalova), thereby gaining her first experience in cinema and expanding her still small filmography.

At the age of 21, Vera Novikova appeared in a 2-part film directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, based on the classic novel by Ivan Goncharov “Oblomov” and called “A few days in the life of I. I. Oblomov.” In the 1980s, the actress broke into the role of Zoya in the adventure film “Krosh’s Vacation,” consisting of 4 episodes. The film, based on the story by Anatoly Rybakov, was about a Soviet schoolboy who was left alone at home during his parents' vacation and contacted collectors of Japanese small netsuke figurines.

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Actress Vera Novikova
In 1982, the girl reincarnated as Princess Teresa in the film adaptation of the fairy tale “Donkey Skin” by the writer Charles Perrault. Soviet viewers of all ages were delighted with the film and the talented performance of the young artist in particular.

2 years later, Vera Novikova played the role of an intern and 3rd year student at a pedagogical university named Shurochka in the fantastic comedy film “Chance”. The film was directed by Alexander Mayorov, and the plot was based on a story by writer Kir Bulychev called “The Martian Potion.” The girl’s partner was her future husband Sergei Zhigunov.

In 1996, Vera again appeared on the set with her husband, playing Zhiyon in the historical film “Queen Margot” (Zhigunov played Coconnas). Two years later, the woman starred in the leading role for director Kirill Serebrennikov in the film “Undressed,” based on the play by Casas Joan. It was about a photographer and a model who organized filming in an abandoned attic 3 times and each time found themselves in strange situations.

In the 2000s, Novikova took part in 6 more projects, including “Killed by Lightning”, the detective-comedy series “Sun or Missing” (Gerda Gustafson), “Uncle’s Dream”, “Vovochka”, “New Year in November” and “ Kill the evening." The actress’s last major work was her participation in the melodramatic series of 8 episodes “Always Say Always - 6” in 2010. The woman reincarnated as a heroine named Lydia.

The insidious nanny

The unknown actress from “Tabakerka” Anastasia Zavorotnyuk got to audition for a new project absolutely by accident - her family was vacationing in Anapa, and one of her friends told the young woman about the competition. Zhigunov’s first impression of the actress was sharply negative, and Zavorotnyuk did not feel much sympathy for her future colleague. A spark ran between the actors already during the filming process.

It has now become known that Nastya was the initiator of the relationship - either she was seriously counting on an affair with the famous Midshipman, or she wanted to become famous with the help of a famous actor, director, TV presenter and producer. The amorous Zhigunov did not resist for long, and soon the whole country was talking about their romance. Then in Sergei’s personal life everything faded into the background - work, wife, children.

Still from the film “My Fair Nanny”

As the actress’s mother said in numerous interviews about her daughter’s relationship with Zhigunov, he didn’t love Nanny so much as he wanted to make money on her popularity. In the shortest possible time, Zhigunov persuaded his chosen one to enter into a contract with his production center and forced her to work only in those projects that, in the opinion of the famous director, could make his companion popular. As you know, the next multimillion-dollar project made by Midshipman was a failure - in “The Apocalypse Code” Zavorotnyuk could not play a Russian intelligence agent convincingly, and besides, the project did not bring any income.

The actor’s divorce from his wife Vera Novikova, who learned about the new passion of her unfaithful husband from the newspapers, did not save the relationship. The artist himself suffered for a long time after parting with Anastasia, who exchanged the elderly womanizer for the more promising figure skater Chernyshev, whom she met on the television project “Ice Age”. Judging by the following statements by Zhigunov in an interview with glossy publications, the initiator of the separation was Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, which hurt the pride of the artist and producer. He simply disappeared from view for some time and appeared on screens only after reconciliation with his wife. As Zhigunov admitted to reporters, it was precisely this kind of PR move that saved his career from complete collapse - the country did not want to forgive betrayal after a long family life, even for such a celebrity, and Zhigunov’s ratings fell very much.

The joint work of Zhigunov and Zavorotnyuk ended in their romance

Personal life

In the actress’s personal life, things were not always smooth. Before meeting Sergei Zhigunov in 1984, Vera already had a painful breakup with her first husband and a 4-year-old daughter, Anastasia, whom she raised alone.

At first, the artist was skeptical about the obsessive courtship of the young and still little-known actor and assumed that by the end of filming the film “Chance” their romance would inevitably end. But the intentions of Zhigunov, who had previously been expelled from the educational institution, were serious - he convinced the beauty that he would soon gain fame and money.

As a result, 2 years after the end of their work together, the couple entered into an official marriage. The actress’s daughter from a previous relationship immediately fell in love with the charismatic artist and began calling him dad. And on September 5, 1990, 10-year-old Nastya had a long-awaited sister, whom her parents named Masha.

In the mid-2000s, relations between the spouses became tense. At this time, Sergei was experiencing a career takeoff, starring in the popular sitcom “My Fair Nanny,” while Vera, on the contrary, was going through a creative crisis and spent a lot of time in her theater club to hide from family problems.

Sergey Zhigunov and Vera Novikova
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Vera Novikova and her husband Sergei Zhigunov
In 2007, Zhigunov announced his desire to leave his wife for the young actress and that very “nanny” Anastasia Zavorotnyuk. The divorce passed calmly, without unnecessary drama - Novikova behaved like a worthy person who does not hold a grudge and steadfastly accepts the blows of fate.

In numerous interviews, she said only good words about her ex-husband and wished him happiness.

It took Sergei 2 years to realize what a mistake he had made. The repentant man tried his luck by proposing to Vera again, and received a positive response. Their second marriage took place in the fall of 2009.

Unfortunately, the “second call” also turned out to be inconclusive: in 2020, rumors appeared that the couple had separated again. And soon the name of Sergei’s new chosen one became known. She became a girl named Victoria Vorozhbit. It is known that the official divorce has not yet been filed.

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Yulia Menshova and Igor Gordin

The daughter of Vera Alentova followed in the footsteps of her parents. Yulia Menshova starred in several dozen films and TV series, played in the theater and voiced cartoons. She has been working on television since the early 90s. Now Menshova, together with Maxim Galkin, hosts the show “Tonight” on Channel One.

At the age of 27, Julia married her colleague Igor Gordin, who is 4 years older than the artist. In December 1997, the couple had a son, Andrei, and in May 2003, a daughter, Taisiya.

Soon after the birth of their second child, the couple separated. Igor left Yulia, but continued to communicate with the children. The actor even began an affair with Inga Oboldina. However, three years later he suggested that Menshova start all over again. “Only when you lose what you had do you begin to truly appreciate what you have. Thank God that we were able to return everything,” the actor admitted.

Vera Alentova and Vladimir Menshov

Yulia Menshova and Igor Gordin unwittingly repeated the fate of the famous parents of the TV presenter. Vera Alentova and Vladimir Menshov have been happy together for more than half a century. However, even in such a harmonious family there were serious disagreements. Soon after the birth of my daughter, accumulated grievances broke out and I was tired of the unsettled situation. Vladimir Menshov recalled:

“We didn’t officially get divorced. We just decided to live separately."

The director brought Yulia gifts, often visited her, and spent almost all his free time with his daughter. More than three years passed like this. Realizing that the love had not faded away, the couple, after a serious conversation, decided to try to start all over again: “On the first of September, we took our daughter to school and announced that from now on we would live together.” Since then, Vera Valentinovna and Vladimir Valentinovich have not parted.

Sergei Zhigunov and Vera Novikova

The star of “Midshipmen” married actress Vera Novikova twice. Having lived with his wife for more than 20 years in his first marriage, Sergei Zhigunov filed for divorce in 2006 for the sake of Anastasia Zavorotnyuk. Filming together in the TV series “My Fair Nanny” marked the beginning of a passionate romance. Zhigunov divorced Vera Novikova, leaving his daughter Maria and stepdaughter Anastasia.

The emotional explosive characters of Anastasia and Sergei did not allow them to stay together for long. Zavorotnyuk and Zhigunov broke up in 2008.

The reason for the breakup was Anastasia’s new hobby: in September of the same year, she married figure skater Pyotr Chernyshev. Sergei Zhigunov managed to achieve the forgiveness of his ex-wife and married her again in 2009. Now the artist, director and producer is happily married and goes out together with Vera Novikova.

Vitaly Gogunsky and Irina Mairko

Univer star Vitaly Gogunsky met model Maria Mairko on the set of the series more than 10 years ago. The couple lived in a civil union. In 2010, Vitaly and Maria had a daughter, Milana. Soon the girl’s parents separated, but the artist continued to communicate with the child.

In 2013, Gogunsky married a girl named Anna, but divorced her two years later.

In 2020, fans were pleased with unexpected news: Vitaly Gogunsky and Maria Mairko reunited. The couple was legally married and got married in April 2020. Back in October 2018, the actor shared joint photos on Instagram, and in March 2019 it became known that Vitaly and Maria divorced again.

Ivan Krasko and Natalya Vyal

People's Artist of Russia Ivan Krasko divorced in 2011 after 10 years of marriage with his third wife, who bore him two sons. Natalya Vyal was 47 years younger than her husband, while his new chosen one was 60. Ivan Ivanovich lived with Natalya Shevel for three years and broke up in the fall of 2020. It soon became known that Krasko had moved in with his ex-wife and sons, Ivan and Fedor. In early April, the 88-year-old actor announced that he had proposed to Natalia Vyal again.

Veronica Izotova and Valentin Bubentsov

The star of the films “On the Corner, at the Patriarch’s”, “Kadetstvo”, “The Secret of the Blackbirds” met Alexander Pankratov-black as a student. Their passionate romance ended in a breakup - Veronika Izotova found out that the actor’s ex-girlfriend gave birth to his son. In 1982, the artist married Valentin Bubentsov. Two years later, the couple had a daughter, Dina.

Veronica's marriage was short-lived - her husband objected to her filming, and the actress did not want to leave the profession.

After the divorce, Izotova accidentally met Pankratov-Cherny and, unexpectedly for herself, agreed to marry him: “It was not a serious marriage, we lived together for eight months. He jokingly proposed, I jokingly agreed,” the actress recalled. After the artist’s betrayal, Veronica left him. And ten years after the breakup with Pankratov-Cherny, the actress again got together with Valentin Bubentsov and is still happy with him.

Mikhail Boyarsky and Larisa Luppian

Mikhail Boyarsky and Larisa Luppian got married 42 years ago. The artists raised their son Sergei and daughter Elizaveta and are helping them raise two granddaughters and two grandchildren. However, the marriage of Mikhail Sergeevich and Larisa Reginaldovna was subjected to serious tests.

For the sake of her family, the actress actually had to give up her profession and devote herself to raising children.

The difficult character of her husband and his constant absence from home led to the fact that one day Luppian could not stand it and filed for divorce. According to the actress, the marriage was saved only by Boyarsky’s illness. The artist was hospitalized with an attack of pancreatitis, Larisa took care of her husband and agreed to save the family.

Leonid Yarmolnik and Oksana Afanasyeva

Leonid Yarmolnik has been happy with Oksana Afanasyeva for 35 years. Their romance began after the death of Vladimir Vysotsky - the girl was the poet’s last love. Leonid Yarmolnik did not consider marriage registration a necessary condition for a happy family life and married Oksana only when the couple was expecting a child. And in the 90s the couple divorced.

According to Yarmolnik, he did not plan to separate from his wife - the divorce was required to privatize an apartment in Lviv after the artist’s parents emigrated to the USA. An attempt to register the property as a property ended in failure. Subsequently, Yarmolnik married Oksana again and cannot imagine life without his wife. The couple's only daughter Alexandra became a glass artist. In November 2014, Leonid and Oksana had a grandson, Peter.

Bari Alibasov and Lidiya Fedoseeva-Shukshina

Bari Alibasov and Lidiya Fedoseeva-Shukshina met in 1995 at the Nika Awards. The artists lived in a civil union for about four years. Subsequently, the couple broke up, and the producer even married his former assistant Victoria Maksimova.

Lydia Nikolaevna and Bari Karimovich managed to maintain friendly relations and often went out together. And on November 20, 2020, 71-year-old Alibasov and 80-year-old Fedoseeva-Shukshina announced their marriage. The musician said after the wedding that even during the cooling years, he constantly thought about Lydia Nikolaevna and strived to be closer to her.

Vladimir Novikov - and his wife Elena

Vladimir Novikov is familiar to viewers from the films “Breakfast on the Grass”, “Cook”, “Piranha Hunt”, “Ivan the Terrible”. The artist was married for 16 years - but all marriages, starting from the second, he entered into with the same woman. Vladimir and Elena lived together for 26 years, during which they managed to get divorced 14 times and get married again 15 times.

The series of divorces and weddings was stopped by the actor’s confessor, who proposed that the couple get married. However, the happiness of Vladimir and Elena after the 15th registration of marriage was short-lived - in 2009 the woman died of a stroke. Now the 67-year-old artist has met a new love, but prefers not to advertise his romance.

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Vera Novikova now

In 2020, the actress is more involved in family responsibilities, enjoying the company of her children and husband, and also babysitting her long-awaited granddaughter Yulia, whom her eldest daughter Nastya gave birth to. Now Vera Semyonovna almost never acts in films or plays in the theater.

Neither Zhigunov nor Novikova have active pages on Instagram, but over 20 years of marriage, the artists have accumulated hundreds of photos from carpets, professional and family photo sessions, and vacations that can be found on the Internet. A woman of her age looks elegant and well-groomed in both a luxurious dress and a swimsuit.

Romance by Sergei Zhigunov and Anastasia Zavorotnyuk

Vera devoted herself to her family - she practically did not act in films, she only played in the theater. The popularity of her husband grew, he starred in several more films, the audience especially remembered Zhigunov’s roles in the films “Hearts of Three”, “The Princess on the Beans”.

Sergei Zhigunov in the films “Hearts of Three”, “The Princess on the Beans”

In 2004, Sergei agreed to the role of producer Maxim Shatalin in the series “My Fair Nanny”. The whole country watched in fascination the development of the relationship between the main characters – Shatalin and his children’s nanny Victoria, played by Anastasia Zavorotnyuk.

S. Zhigunov and A. Zavorotnyuk in the series “My Fair Nanny”

According to the actor, this role took all his energy and free time; he had to literally live on the set.

Infatuated with an attractive actress, Zhigunov divorced his wife; Vera did not interfere with this.

However, the affair with colleague Anastasia Zavorotnyuk did not last long, despite the fact that the lovers even tried to continue working together. Zhigunov, as director and producer, directed the actress in the film “Apocalypse Code.”

Ksenia Surkova

Ksenia Surkova dreamed of becoming an actress since childhood. To achieve her goal, she entered the theater, after which she began to receive offers to act in films.

Now Ksenia is a sought-after actress. She starred in the series “Closed School”, the melodrama “Crisis of a Tender Age”, etc.

Now she continues to star in the TV series “Olga”, playing the eldest daughter of the main character, while simultaneously starring in other films.