The spectacular appearance of a native of Volgograd and a remarkable desire to achieve her goal with all her might, inherited by Vera Mikhailovna Sotnikova, to a greater extent from her mother, who, in her "well over eighty" continues to "live" to the fullest, did their job. father is a foreman at a factory, and mother is a telephone operator) was able to independently break through to the very heights of glory of domestic theater and cinema.
The popular actress of the Soviet and Russian theater and cinema, as well as the famous TV presenter - Vera Sotnikova - currently has millions of fans of her talent throughout the post-Soviet space. Recently, she has less appeared on the stage and film sets, focusing in her creative career in favor of television.
Biography and career of Vera Mikhailovna Sotnikova
On July 19, 1960, in Stalingrad (a year later it was renamed Volgograd), the future actress was born in a family where her daughter Galina was already growing up. Both girls' parents managed to instill a sense of beauty, regularly visiting theaters, museums and exhibitions with them. In addition, his father wrote military memoirs, and his mother wrote and recited poetry in the family circle.
A favorable environment and a natural gift did their job, and the girl actively participated in school amateur performances, speaking at almost all festive events and playing in school plays. After receiving a certificate of secondary education, Vera unsuccessfully tried to enter the theater school in Saratov, and a year later she failed her exams at Moscow State University. And it was here that the hand of fate intervened when, as a simple experiment, she decided to try her hand at the Shchukin Theater School. It was Andrei Myagkov who was able to recognize Sotnikova's natural talent and allowed her to take the exams, which she, having withstood a huge competition, passed.
And then there were student years in the studio of Vasily Markov, the graduation performance by Chekhov "Three Sisters", where she played the role of Masha, and receiving the long-awaited diploma in 1982. Throughout her creative career, Vera Sotnikova gave preference to the theater, participating in cinematic projects to a much lesser extent. Her development as a theater actress began on the stage of the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya. And then there were the Anatoly Vasiliev Theater, the Mossovet Theater, the Moscow Art Theater, the Moon and Roman Viktyuk Theaters.
The most significant theatrical projects during this period include the following performances: Dog Waltz, Wounded Animal, Journey of Amateurs, Doctor Zhivago, Hoffman and others.
Vera Sotnikova made her film debut in 1983, when she starred in the film "Admit Guilty." For the next three years, she starred exclusively in episodic and secondary roles. And then the roles become more significant, and the demand for an aspiring actress is constantly growing. At present, her filmography includes several dozen films, among which the following can be singled out separately: "Gu-ha", "Hunt for a Pimp", "If I Want - I Will Love", "Battle of the Three Kings", "Byron", "Roman Emperor", "Queen Margot", "Chivalrous Romance", "Words and Music", "Lyudmila".
The last creative projects of the actress include the movie "Fools" and theatrical production "Five Evenings".
Personal life of the artist
The only official husband of Vera Mikhailovna Sotnikova was the restorer Yuri Nikolsky. In this marriage, a son, Yang, was born.
But the series of numerous lovers and common-law husbands of the famous actress is simply amazing. The artist herself explains this aspect of her life by the fact that she often fell in love.
The most striking men in the life of Vera Sotnikova include German entrepreneur Ernest Pindur, artist Vlad Vetrov, singer Vladimir Kuzmin and producer Renat Davletyarov.
