The famous actress, Honored Artist of Russia, a successful TV presenter and just a beautiful brunette with a strict look - all this is Lydia Velezheva. The biography of the actress is full of ups and downs, which probably influenced the formation of her views on life and helped her become what she is today. Who is she, where was she born, where did she study? What was her path to a confident today? These questions interest many fans of her talent.
Biography: Lidia Velezheva in childhood
The future TV star was born on October 2, 1966 in the capital of Ukraine, Kiev. She was born 5 minutes later than her twin sister Irina. Since the mother of the girls was alone, without a husband, she worked in different shifts, she had to take her daughters to a boarding school. But she visited them all the time and as soon as she got married (retired colonel became her companion), she immediately took her daughters home. The last name Velezheva, according to her, is of Yugoslav origin, but the actress is mixed with a lot of blood - Ukrainian, Russian, Spanish, Italian. And Lydia’s great-grandfather was a baron of the gypsy camp.
Biography: Lidia Velezheva in the movie
Lydia got her first acting experience as early as 13 years old. But the realization that she wants to connect her life with the cinema came to her much earlier. From childhood, she sang, danced and recited poems wherever possible.
In 1979, young Lydia herself came to the film studio to them. Dovzhenko give away his photo for the filing of actors-children. The girl who recorded all the data of Lydia looked at her carefully and asked her to wait a minute. She dialed a number and said: "Here, the girl came, in my opinion, the way you need." So the actress Lidia Velezheva was “born”. She got the main role in the film "Waiting." The young girl worked together with famous actors: Grinko, Talyzina, Pashkova. Yu. V. Katin-Yartsev, a teacher at the Shchukin school, went up to Lydia’s mother and said that her daughter had undoubted talent, invited them to enter the theater in Moscow.
When Lydia arrived in Moscow, she did not go to the teacher who remembered her, she was frightened. The girl was accustomed to doing everything on her own and never asked anyone for anything, she did this time too. Only in the first lesson, which was taught by Yuri Vasilyevich, did he recognize the young actress. After the Schukin School, she began working at the Moscow Academic Theater. E. Vakhtangova. So began her acting biography.
Lidia Velezheva: personal life
The husband of the actress was the famous producer and actor Alexei Guskov. Lydia says that at first glance she clearly understood that Alexey would be her husband, her presentiment was so strong. Two sons were born in the Guskov and Velezheva family - Vladimir in 1989 and Dmitry in 1994. Lydia is difficult with three men in the house, but they love her and take care of her.
Biography: Lidia Velezheva and true success
For a long time, the actress was not known to a wide audience, despite the fact that she already had 14 roles in her arsenal, including the main ones in the films Moscow Love, Gypsy Island, and The Enchanted Wanderer.
The first tangible success came to Velezheva with the film "Thieves." The second film with her participation, after which the actress began to be recognized, was the series "Investigators Are Experts."
In 2003, Lydia got a role in the film "The Idiot" (based on the novel by F. M. Dostoevsky). The director for a long time could not pick up the actress, and Lydia Velezheva became the very one, which she is very proud of.